In fact, it can be directly said that based on the situation at the time, it was the most normal response for those Deities to want to retreat. However, although those Deities chose to retreat when they saw the situation was hopeless, they had to consider Zhou Tian's response at that moment.
Those Deities seemed to come to deal with Zhou Tian, but realistically, based on Zhou Tian's Divine Land Strength, these Deities were incapable of handling him. If Zhou Tian were to truly display his abilities, he could likely kill those Deities within minutes.
It was only because Zhou Tian discovered the Deities' strength was perfectly suitable for practicing his Time Ability that he chose not to kill them, even though he had the ability to do so. Instead, he allowed those Deities to join forces against him.
