Three years later, you used your immense power to threaten Ling Tinglan, demanding that she return your split soul, or else it would be a fight to the death.

After a battle, Ling Tinglan was no match for you.

In the end, Ling Tinglan agreed to serve you for another three years before returning your divided soul to you.

Due to the recent beast tide affecting the desolate city, you are temporarily unable to leave and have no choice but to sign an agreement with them.

Six years later, the three-year period has expired, and you find Ling Tinglan to retrieve your fragmented soul.

Ling Tinglan asked you to wait in a room, where an old man in the late stage of the Celestial Immortal realm attacked you.

The old man possessed an extremely powerful aura, and was about to break through from the late stage of Celestial Immortal to Golden Immortal.

You didn't expect Ling Tinglan to go back on her word; this old man is none other than the old city lord.

Facing the old city lord who was almost at the Golden Immortal realm, you had almost no power to resist.

Ling Tinglan crushed your soul again, but fortunately, your cultivation technique included the Spirit Refining Technique, preventing you from immediately losing the ability to resist.

Ten years later, after escaping the desolate city, you travel to other immortal cities, searching for a fragment of your soul to complete your divine soul.

Meanwhile, you encounter Zhao Bufan in a celestial city. Zhao Bufan's meridians have been completely destroyed, and he will likely be unable to cultivate again in this lifetime.

His ability to escape the desolate city at the late Mahayana stage was all due to luck.

When Ling Tinglan killed him, she still had some feelings for her master and disciple, so she didn't hit him too hard.

Taking advantage of Ling Tinglan's absence, he quickly escaped from the desolate city.

However, due to his previous severe injuries and the constant travel, his meridians were completely ruined.

Zhao Bufan suggested that you take him to find his great-grandfather, but you refused.

Because his great-grandfather was only at the late stage of the Celestial Immortal realm, while Master Ling Tinglan's cultivation might already be at the early stage of the Golden Immortal realm, going there would be like offering himself up as food.

Finally, after you restored Zhao Bufan's meridians, you said goodbye to him.

[Fifty years later, you still haven't found a way to repair your divine soul, and your cultivation level remains at the late True Immortal stage.]

One hundred years later, after making inquiries from various sources, you finally found a clue to complete your soul.

As you and the group headed there, you saw a familiar figure; it turned out to be the old city lord of Lihuang City.

The old city lord's cultivation has broken through to the Golden Immortal stage. He found your approximate location with the help of Zhao Bufan.

Zhao Bufan didn't listen to you. He recovered his cultivation and went to find his great-grandfather. The ending was just as you predicted.

Zhao's great-grandfather was no match for the old city lord and was even eaten by him, allowing him to successfully break through to the Golden Immortal realm.

Ling Tinglan showed no mercy this time, killing Zhao Bufan and then using her soul to find out his specific situation.

You have absolutely no chance of winning against a Golden Immortal.

You were defeated and died!

[You can save your options after the simulation.]

[Option 1: Retain all learned knowledge, skills, and combat experience.]

[Option 2: Retain your cultivation level.]

[Option 3: Maintain blood circulation and physical condition.]

Option 4: Keep the items that appear.

Han Feng did not immediately choose to keep the option.

He's currently on someone else's turf. If he keeps option 3, the breakthrough will definitely cause a lot of anomalies.

The unusual phenomenon will definitely attract Ling Tinglan's attention, causing a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Through the events that occurred in the life simulation, Han Feng realized that Ling Tinglan had never had good intentions towards him from the beginning.

Ling Tinglan's master may not have truly relinquished his position as city lord, but rather temporarily passed it on to his disciple by practicing an evil art.

On the surface, Ling Tinglan is in control, but in reality, it's still the old city lord.

Evil arts require a large amount of blood and flesh, and a cultivator from the lower realm in the late stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, like Han Feng, who came to their doorstep, was definitely the best choice.

Having no powerful backers in the immortal realm, no one would seek revenge if I killed him.

Giving Han Feng a spot in the Immortal Cleansing Pool is more like a disguised form of pig farming.

But they didn't expect Han Feng to be so strong. His cultivation level had changed from the late stage of Tribulation Transcending to the late stage of True Immortal, and he actually had the strength to fight against a late stage Celestial Immortal.

"I'll escape from here now, find a suitable place to keep my options open, and the fate of this desolate city is no longer my concern."

Han Feng decided to leave this place of trouble, for the waters of the desolate city were much deeper than he had imagined.

He had just come out of the private room when he found someone waiting for him.

A servant was sweeping fallen leaves in the courtyard, but his eyes kept glancing at Han Feng.

Several passing maids were also staring at Han Feng.

After Han Feng left the city lord's mansion, he could clearly feel someone following him.

The person who was following them was a true immortal, whose concealment skills were extremely advanced.

If Han Feng's divine sense hadn't been so powerful, he wouldn't have been able to detect this person at all.

Han Feng conducted a life simulation to see which old city lord would not take action if he left the desolate city.

As he expected, the old city lord actually took action.

Through this life simulation, he learned some secrets, namely that Zhu Xu and others' senior uncle regularly went to the Great Wilderness to be provided with food and drink by the old city lord.

At the same time, many people in the immortal city will mysteriously disappear, especially outsiders, whose chances of disappearing are even greater.

These missing persons and the strange creatures of the Great Wilderness all became food for the old city lord.

"Since you've made it impossible for me to escape, I have no choice but to stay."

Han Feng did not go straight back, but instead rented a high-class spiritual room in an inn.

The high-level spiritual chambers are filled with pure immortal energy, making cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.

Han Feng only rented it for an hour, yet it cost him ten million top-grade spirit stones.

This caused him a pang of heartache.

However, there was nothing that could be done; this was one of the few places where they could escape being tracked down.

The city lord's mansion.

Inside a secret room.

An elderly man with half-black and half-white hair sat on a futon, meditating and cultivating.

Before him stood a beautiful middle-aged woman, none other than Ling Tinglan, the lord of Lihuang City.

“Master, our eldest brother has perished. While hunting prey, he saw an injured white python and tried to capture it, but he died along with it.” Ling Tinglan’s eyes were red.

"He's a complete waste. I told him he only needed to hunt monsters below True Immortal level, but he insisted on provoking ancient beasts above True Immortal level. If he hadn't succeeded in cultivating my technique, he wouldn't have been able to atone for his sins even if he died ten thousand times." Ling Zhongtian was furious.

"Master, don't worry. Although our eldest brother has perished, I will arrange for others to go to the Great Wilderness to find food."

"If only your senior brother were as easy to manage as you, once I break through to the Golden Immortal realm, Lihuang City will become the largest immortal city in the area."

"What should we do with that person? I have a feeling he's not being honest. He's already been in and out of the mansion twice and has gathered a lot of information. Maybe it would be better to kill him beforehand."

"This person's physical body is incredibly powerful. It would be a waste to devour him now. As long as he doesn't intend to leave the Immortal City, let him do as he pleases. If he does leave the Immortal City, I will take action myself."

"I understand. This person has made another request: he wants us to provide him with the opportunity to enter the Immortal Cleansing Pool. What do you think, should we grant him that request?"

"I will definitely give it to him. The stronger his cultivation, the more benefits I will gain."

After Han Feng entered the City Lord's Mansion, he was targeted by Ling Tinglan's master, Tianhuang Daoren.