The first thing that the power elders did was to go and determine the power of the man-eating plant. This cost them some of their lives because Ouroborus ate some of them.
Ouroborus is very slow for a being at the fourth mortal coil, but it is still faster than many people at the third mortal coil. No matter how some elders tried to escape, Ouroborus was able to catch up to them and kill them.
Once the presence and power of Ouroborus were confirmed, and it was determined that they couldn't defeat the man-eating plant, the patriarch of the cultivation family reached out to the Beast Training sect for help.
This time, someone from the Beast Training sect came to help. They had to come partly to save the cultivation family, but mostly to capture the man-eating plant and tame it. So Ouroborus was the bait in this fishing attempt.
Ouroborus played his part well and reeled in a big fish. But things were not exactly as Arthur had expected.
