Huang Tianyu didn’t hold anything back and directly told Lin Feng about the current situation of the Ascenders. After a brief pause, he looked at Lin Feng with a deep gaze and continued, "However, you are an anomaly among the Ascenders. If you heed my advice, don’t head towards the center of the continent for now. Keep your distance. If the major forces find out about the existence of an Ascender like you, the pressure you’ll face will be unimaginable, and surviving might not even be possible."

Hearing the City Lord’s words, Lin Feng was shocked. He never imagined the plight of Ascenders in the Myriad Heavens Divine Realm would be like this. For a moment, he weighed his options. This Ning City was just a small city on the outskirts, and if the City Lord was like this, then there must be the presence of a Qiankun Mirror in the larger cities. With his current strength, encountering a Divine King Powerhouse with a Qiankun Mirror, he might not survive even with all his trump cards!

With this in mind, Lin Feng abandoned his plan to go to the Heaven Sanctuary and said to Huang Tianyu, "Thank you, City Lord, for informing me of these details. Lin Feng thanks you again."

This expression of gratitude was sincere from Lin Feng. Without the City Lord’s words, he might have rashly entered a large city, and the results would have been unimaginable even to him. The idea of going to the Heaven Sanctuary had to be set aside for now.

Suddenly, Lin Feng remembered the City Lord mentioning the major forces and immediately thought of the Ning King Valley nearby. With so many events happening around Ning City, the Ning King Valley would surely have its eyes on him. Given the situation, wouldn’t he be in great danger?

Seeing through Lin Feng’s thoughts, Huang Tianyu shook his head and spoke, "It seems you’ve realized your current predicament. In the future, try your best not to expose yourself. Once your strength grows, everything will no longer be a problem. As for the Ning King Valley, they likely just received the news, and it will take time for them to come. You are temporarily safe, but you definitely can’t stay in Ning City for long."

"Thank you, City Lord, for the information. Lin Feng takes his leave now." Hearing Huang Tianyu say this, Lin Feng stood up, bowed, and expressed his gratitude. It surprised him that the City Lord would share so much with him, as his matter couldn’t possibly involve the City Lord.

"Very well, take care of yourself from now on. If you have any questions in the future, you can come to me." Seeing Lin Feng about to leave, Huang Tianyu didn’t stop him but instead smiled and said these words. With things said up to this point, Lin Feng naturally knew what to do.

At this moment, Lin Feng clasped his fist in thanks to Huang Tianyu and then quickly left...

...

Ning King Valley, where birds sang and flowers bloomed, with mountains overlapping in the distance, countless pavilions and towers scattered throughout, resembling a paradise on Earth.

In one of the pavilions, in front of an elderly man in black, a middle-aged man in green was kneeling.

"Wu Feng, is what you say true?" The elder’s voice was deep, seemingly incredulous.

"Great Elder, how dare I lie about this matter. Ning City has already sent word; the other party is an Ascender in his twenties, but his specific name is unknown. Here’s how the events transpired..." The middle-aged man named Wu Feng replied with trepidation.

After hearing Wu Feng’s words, the elderly man in black believed what he said. His eyes shone brightly as they slightly squinted. After some thought, he commanded, "Take care of this matter. Capture that person. I’m quite curious how such an Ascender could exist."

"Yes, Great Elder!" Wu Feng immediately replied, and then his body vanished on the spot as if he had never been there.

"How could this young man ascend outside the Heaven Sanctuary and possess such power? Truly bizarre..."

After Wu Feng left, the elderly man in black muttered to himself, then stood motionless as if pondering something...

...

Lin Feng left Ning City, walking in the wild country. Tangyuan, standing on Lin Feng’s shoulder, could no longer hold back. It never thought the Ascenders lived so miserably now. With this realization, wouldn’t the Boss be hopeless? Thinking of this, it began to regret in its heart.

"Boss, where are we going now?" Tangyuan asked Lin Feng with tearful eyes. If they couldn’t enter the city or obtain cultivation resources, how would they live in the future?

"Find a place to cultivate." Lin Feng didn’t specify but answered this way. He was becoming increasingly eager to complete the Yuangang Transformation as soon as possible to have the strength to establish a foothold.

Hearing Lin Feng’s words, Tangyuan understood his intent and said nothing more, quietly standing on Lin Feng’s shoulder. However, the expression in its small eyes was complex, and no one knew what it was thinking...

After walking for about half a day, Lin Feng suddenly stopped, then quickly headed up a mountain. To Lin Feng’s delight, there was an ancient temple on the mountain, though mostly in ruins now. Despite the crumbling walls, Lin Feng didn’t care about those. What mattered to him was that the Yuan Energy around the ancient temple was incredibly abundant, and it was a fair distance from Ning City. Unless someone came deliberately, no one would pay attention to this ancient temple, making it a perfect place for cultivation!

Walking into the ancient temple, Lin Feng’s Gang Qi surged, immediately clearing out a section inside the temple. After accomplishing this, Lin Feng began studying the formation on the floor of the ancient temple.

"Boss, are you still going to study the formation?" Tangyuan saw Lin Feng researching the formation and promptly asked, thinking about the pace at which Lin Feng burns through Yuan Stones, its mouth kept twitching.

"Yes!" Lin Feng replied simply and continued studying the formation. Elevating his strength was urgent, and only by completely transforming Yuangang could he formally cultivate in this Myriad Heavens Divine Realm, hence Yuangang Transformation was a prerequisite, the only thing he needed to accomplish quickly now.

Tangyuan saw Lin Feng like this, shook its head in resignation, jumped off Lin Feng’s shoulder, and then disappeared, not knowing what it was going to do...

As for Tangyuan’s departure, Lin Feng paid no mind; he was wholly focused on studying the formation. In fact, he had no choice, for he was unfamiliar with the elixir system in this Myriad Heavens Divine Realm, relying on alchemy to enhance his strength was basically an unlikely proposition, so he could only rely on formations.

This won’t work!

This won’t work either!

What exactly will work?

...

Four consecutive days, Lin Feng set up numerous formations in every respect available. To Lin Feng’s utter dismay, these formations were essentially useless; even though he could eventually use formations to gather Yuan Energy in a very small space, he couldn’t solve the problem of his own Yuan Energy transformation. This outcome frustrated Lin Feng greatly.

After another failure, Lin Feng sat on the ground, reflecting on the past few days of realizations. Although he had squandered away nearly twenty or thirty thousand Yuan Stones, there were still many gains, particularly in the increase of his formation knowledge. He also clearly recognized that the Yuan Energy in this world was far more advanced than the Earth’s Spiritual Energy. Without a specialized transformation cultivation technique, transforming his Gang Qi into Yuangang was indeed not easy.

But this didn’t make Lin Feng give up. Thinking about the ladies in the Cave Heaven Mansion, his mood only grew more urgent; he definitely didn’t want them to stay in the Cave Heaven Mansion for hundreds of years.

While Lin Feng was pondering solutions, Tangyuan unexpectedly returned from afar, surprising Lin Feng. The current Tangyuan was not the previously chubby and round Tangyuan; its fur had fallen significantly and was covered in wounds, Lin Feng even discovered one of Tangyuan’s little legs was broken and it could no longer fly!

"Tangyuan, what happened to you?" Lin Feng exclaimed, his figure flickered over to Tangyuan, picked it up, and then noticed Tangyuan was gravely injured, its breath utterly weak. He truly couldn’t fathom how Tangyuan, with its incredible concealment skills, could end up so injured.

Tangyuan, held up by Lin Feng, glanced at Lin Feng and struggled to muster a shred of spirit, then opened its mouth and spit out a fruit resembling an apple, handing it to Lin Feng with its two little paws before suddenly fainting.

Seeing this, Lin Feng hurriedly panicked, placed Tangyuan and the fruit on the ground, then unleashed Golden Gang Qi to heal Tangyuan. Surprisingly, the otherwise omnipotent healing techniques barely worked on Tangyuan, healing at a snail’s pace!

But this was the only method he had to save Tangyuan, though not as miraculous as it once was, it still worked somewhat. Therefore, Lin Feng didn’t abandon the effort, the golden Gang Qi enveloped Lin Feng and Tangyuan like a giant cocoon...

Seven days later, when Lin Feng released the golden Gang Qi, his face was extremely grim; his Gang Qi completely depleted, he hadn’t expected Tangyuan’s small body to require all his Gang Qi. His only solace came from knowing that Tangyuan’s injury had been controlled and healed to seventy or eighty percent; however, it still hadn’t awoken for unknown reasons.

He casually tossed several elixirs into his mouth, Lin Feng then began sitting silently to restore his own Gang Qi...

An hour later, Lin Feng stood up, although his Gang Qi had recovered, the Yuangang Transformation remained scarce, which left Lin Feng speechless. Glancing at the still unchanged Tangyuan, his gaze shifted to the fruit resembling an apple that Tangyuan had handed him last.

Tangyuan sustained such grave injuries all to fetch this fruit for him?

Holding the fruit in his hand, Lin Feng looked at Tangyuan, speculating Tangyuan’s intent. Although Tangyuan hadn’t mentioned the fruit, Lin Feng was certain that Tangyuan wouldn’t harm him!

Thinking of this, Lin Feng began attentively scrutinizing the fruit in his hand. On the surface, it resembled an apple from Earth, but in reality, it was vastly different; externally, it appeared conspicuous but was actually as hard as steel, and upon close contact with the fruit, Lin Feng even felt traces of Yuangang penetrate deeply into his meridians through his skin!