Qin Fengming already stood at the very pinnacle of the Human Realm's Cultivation World. With such a firm mind, he naturally would not be fettered by matters outside himself. Although he was equally concerned about Li Ning and the others, he forcefully buried those worries deep in his heart, leaving his mind perfectly clear.
In the Human Realm, he had already done everything he could think of and accomplish. At this point, if there was anything he still could not let go of, it was only Gongsun Jingyao, who was under the control of Yinluo Holy Lord.
However, even if he could capture Yinluo Holy Lord now, he had no means of forcibly separating the two divine souls that had already fused together.
And ascending to the upper realm was even more impossible if he brought Yinluo Holy Lord along.
Thus, allowing Yinluo Holy Lord to bring Gongsun Jingyao to the True Ghost Realm was an excellent outcome in itself. At least, it left him with a sliver of hope that they might meet again.
With the divided soul of a Mahayana cultivator, even without a spatial node, returning to the upper realm would not be terribly difficult. At the very least, his cultivation would encounter no bottlenecks; given enough time, he could still cultivate to the late Integration stage.
By then, after bringing down the Ascension Heavenly Tribulation, he would naturally find it easier to ascend to the upper realm than the other Human Realm cultivators.
Two months later, Qin Fengming stood atop an island of immense size.
Looking at the endless stream of cultivators coming and going before him, a trace of astonishment appeared on his youthful face.
This island was none other than Blazing Flame Island, once occupied by Lie Yang.
Back then, Qin Fengming had led