Ming Han and the others saw this and hurriedly followed.

"Senior Brother Shangguan, with your strength, why aren’t you challenging the Saint King List?" Qu Ya flew beside Lin Feng again, her eyes sparkling as she asked.

Her heart was burning with desire; being favored by Shangguan Hao would indeed be an immense fortune.

"Not interested!" Lin Feng replied indifferently. Not to mention he had already become the strongest Saint King in Xuanhuang, but even without such achievements, he wouldn’t challenge the list.

The last time he went to the Xuanhuang Saint King Hall, it was merely to witness Gongcheng Taihao’s strength, but he hadn’t seen him.

"Senior Brother Shangguan, this is an immense honor. With your strength, getting into the top three shouldn’t be a problem!!" Qu Ya said, seeing Lin Feng’s formidable power, believing he could easily enter the top three.

Moreover, he’s currently only in the Late Stage of the Martial Saint Realm; once he reaches the Peak, surpassing Gongcheng Taihao wouldn’t be difficult.

Lin Feng was disinclined to engage with Qu Ya, his face cold, continuing to fly.

He, with such perceptive eyes, had long noticed that this woman was someone who liked to cozy up to influential people.

"Senior Brother Shangguan, when we return to the sect, could you provide me some guidance!" Qu Ya said, with a charming expression once more.

"You’d better let Ming Han guide you!" Lin Feng gently refused.

Upon hearing this, Qu Ya’s brows furrowed, feeling a bit angry. She had expressed her intentions clearly, yet Lin Feng outright rejected her.

Does this mean he disdains her?

Qu Ya thought to herself, but she refrained from pushing further. Since Lin Feng wasn’t interested, she had to let it go.

Without another word, nearly two months later, the group returned to Qingzu Star.

The task was handed over by Qu Ya and the others at the Upper Pure Divine Palace, while Lin Feng casually found an excuse to part ways with them.

He didn’t travel far; instead, he hid in a barren mountain tens of thousands of miles away from the Upper Pure Divine Palace.

Sitting cross-legged in a secluded valley, Lin Feng released his spiritual sense, like an invisible curtain, enveloping the Upper Pure Divine Palace.

He was extremely cautious because inside the Upper Pure Divine Palace, there were certainly many great powers.

Yet, he felt some confidence. His spiritual power was extraordinarily strong, and ordinary Virtual God Realm First Stage powers would have difficulty detecting his spiritual sense.

Soon, Lin Feng’s spiritual sense poured into the Upper Pure Divine Palace.

He ’saw’ numerous disciples, including Ming Han and Qu Ya.

In the Great Elder’s palace, the Great Elder was pacing back and forth, asking about Ming Han and the others, his expression grave. Lin Feng did not scrutinize, merely sweeping his spiritual sense past.

He didn’t need to guess; Ming Han and the others definitely reported the matter of him killing Li Hong to the Great Elder.

"Indeed!" Lin Feng thought with delight, noting that the Great Elder, despite being a Virtual God Realm First Stage power, couldn’t detect his spiritual sense at all.

Lin Feng carefully and cautiously probed, discovering three other Virtual God Realm First Stage powers with similar aura to the Great Elder.

"Second Stage!"

Soon, Lin Feng sensed a massive and profound aura, probably a Virtual God Realm Second Stage power.

His spiritual sense did not investigate further, fearing it would be detected.

He bypassed the individual, continuing to explore cautiously, soon discovering someone even stronger, but chose not to probe, circumnavigating from a distance.

Soon, he had searched the entire Upper Pure Divine Palace but found no trace of Ling Shang.

"Is she really not in the Upper Pure Divine Palace?" Lin Feng’s expression grew somber, unwilling to give up, he searched again, still unable to locate Ling Shang.

"Where could she be?" Lin Feng speculated to himself, realizing that this was Ling Shang’s weakest moment.

At this time, she must be hiding somewhere to regain her cultivation.

Lin Feng felt a bit anxious; if he couldn’t find her soon, it would be troublesome.

"Hmm?"

Just then, Lin Feng paused slightly, his eyes flashing with sharp light.

It wasn’t that he had found Ling Shang, but that Dark Sword had transmitted news once again.

Instantly, Lin Feng closed his eyes, carefully perceiving the information sent by Dark Sword.

Since it was merely a spiritual imprint, mutual communication wasn’t possible; he could only grasp Dark Sword’s general intent.

"Gongcheng Taihao has returned!"

In a moment, Lin Feng opened his eyes, an intense light shooting toward a hundred meters.

The general message conveyed by Dark Sword was that Gongcheng Taihao had returned, back to the Ba Tian Clan.

"Finally returned, huh?" Lin Feng muttered in a low voice, feeling his blood surge within.

He knew he must have a decisive battle with Gongcheng Taihao, a fight to the death.

Because Lin Feng knew Gongcheng Taihao wasn’t the Main Soul; only by devouring him could he become stronger, preparing to confront the Main Soul in the future.

This battle was one of destiny; it’s either you fuse with me or I with you.

Lin Feng thought rapidly, realizing that the news of him at the Upper Pure Divine Palace would soon reach the Ba Tian Clan, prompting immediate action.

Yet how the Ba Tian Clan intended to act was still unclear.

Whether it’s because of Li Hong’s death or for Gongcheng Taihao, the Ba Tian Clan would surely seek out the Upper Pure Divine Palace.

And the Upper Pure Divine Palace, not being a true adversary to the Ba Tian Clan, would inevitably disassociate themselves from him.

Lin Feng pondered in secret, knowing he had to intensify the enmity between the Ba Tian Clan and the Upper Pure Divine Palace, making them irreconcilable. Only then could he lure out Ling Shang.

Lin Feng was ambitious, planning to achieve two goals: devour and fuse Gongcheng Taihao, and suppress Ling Shang, then find a way to erase her previous life’s memories.

However, numerous obstacles remained, with one major issue being the presence of superpowers he couldn’t contend with, from both the Ba Tian Clan and Upper Pure Divine Palace.