He dared not waste a single moment, striving to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm before his battle with Leng Jiang.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and by noon, Lin Feng arrived at Tushan Town.

Flying over the mansion of the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace, he looked down at the dwelling below, a slight smile appearing on his face.

In less than two months, the mansion of the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace had expanded more than threefold from when he left, now forming a small city.

Moreover, when he left, the mansion was very simple, almost like a slum.

But now, there were white jade paths, pavilions, and grand palaces, all built up.

"Not bad!" Lin Feng was quite pleased with this, and then his figure descended, landing directly on a plaza within the mansion.

"The Palace Master has returned!"

"The Palace Master has returned!"

"Greetings, Palace Master!"

At that moment, the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace was in an uproar, with disciples of the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace who saw Lin Feng all calling out in excitement.

In a flash, hundreds of disciples and Elders of the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace flew toward him and proceeded to salute.

"Pass my command, have everyone above the Martial King Realm come here." Lin Feng stood on the plaza and commanded loudly.

Martial Artists below the Martial King Realm can only hunt low-level fierce beasts, which isn’t useful; he wanted to send out those above the Martial King Realm.

"Yes!" The crowd complied, but before they could spread the word, the strong warriors of the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace arrived rapidly.

Zhan Luan, and the masters of the Nine Palaces, Emperor Shih, Hai Mingjiang, and other elder warriors all arrived.

In just a moment, the plaza was crowded, leaving no space.

Lin Feng, helpless, had to order all those below the Martial King Realm to leave and return to their cultivation.

No one dared to defy Lin Feng’s orders, so they all left the plaza.

"Palace Master!"

"Palace Master!"

The strong warriors of the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace all saluted Lin Feng.

Lin Feng nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the crowd, secretly nodding in approval.

At this moment, the people remaining on the plaza numbered over twenty thousand. In other words, over twenty thousand people had cultivation above the Martial King level.

Moreover, many people’s cultivation had improved significantly compared to their time in the Heavenly Vault World.

For example, Yin Tianchou, Lin Feng remembered as being in the Martial King Level Six Realm before leaving the Heavenly Vault World, and now he was already at Martial King Level Seven.

Also, Luo Qianfan had only been at half-step Martial King Realm cultivation, and now he was at Martial King First Layer cultivation.

The dense spiritual energy of the outside world was far surpassing that of the Heavenly Vault World by tenfold. Regardless of the environment or resources for cultivation, they were far superior to the Heavenly Vault World.

The rapid improvement of everyone’s strength made sense.

"Everyone, my return this time is to assign a task to you!" Lin Feng looked around at the crowd and spoke loudly.

"Palace Master, there’s no need to be so polite, just tell us what needs to be done!"

"That’s right! Please command, Palace Master!"

"Palace Master, just speak!"

Upon hearing this, many people immediately voiced out, causing a clamor.

The Palace Master needed help, and they would certainly not refuse.

Lin Feng nodded, raising his hand slightly, indicating for everyone to quiet down. Once the scene calmed, he said loudly: "Everyone, leave Tushan Town, to hunt fierce beasts and extract beast souls."

"Extract beast souls?" The crowd was momentarily stunned at these words, though not too surprised, since many knew Lin Feng could devour beast souls.

"Extract beast souls of Fierce Beasts Level Six and above, as many as possible, and return it to me within ten days!" Lin Feng said loudly.

With half a month remaining, whether his Star could advance to Heavenly Level Ninth Rank all depended on them.

Of course, during this time he would not idle about, because his direct devouring speed was faster than all of theirs combined.

"Yes!" The crowd responded.

At this moment, Xi’er in the crowd had a turn of thought and said with a smile: "Brother Lin Feng, our Heavenly Vault Divine Palace now controls the entire Tushan Town. The former dominator, the Tu Family, and several small families have all submitted. We can also command them."

Xi’er understood that Lin Feng suddenly returning to have everyone gather beast souls was surely in a hurry to enhance the level of Stars, so she thought of mobilizing all manpower.

"Really? That’s excellent!" Lin Feng was delighted at hearing this. The more people there are, the more beast souls that can be obtained.

"Xi’er, then I’ll leave this matter to you!" Lin Feng said to Xi’er.

"Don’t worry, Brother Lin Feng, I’ll definitely accomplish the task perfectly!" Xi’er responded coyly.

Afterwards, the strong warriors of the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace all left, going off to hunt fierce beasts.

Of course, to ensure the sect was not left unguarded, Lin Feng instructed Cai Yun and Qing Ya to stay behind.

Both of them were Martial Emperor Realm Ninth Layer Peak in cultivation, their strength close to Realm Strong People of the Martial Emperor Realm, enough to oversee the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace.

After that, Lin Feng released Feng Shaoyu and Jun Wuxi from the Jade Bracelet Space, instructing Cai Yun and Qing Ya to make arrangements, then he left the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace.

Upon leaving, Lin Feng flew for more than ten hours, distancing himself millions of miles from Tushan Town, finally arriving at a large mountain range.

The mountain ranges closer to Tushan Town were naturally hunted by people of the Heavenly Vault Divine Palace, so he had to head farther away.

Once inside the mountains, Lin Feng did not immediately devour the Demon Beasts; instead, he landed on a small hill, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes.

His Devouring Mystical Technique was about to reach First Rank.

Sitting quietly on the ground, he slightly activated the Devouring Stars, comprehending the true essence of devouring.

With continued insights, Lin Feng’s understanding of devouring grew deeper.

After another half day, Lin Feng suddenly opened his eyes, an aura of Devouring Mystical Technique burst forth from his body, sweeping a radius of ten miles.

"First Rank!" A slight smile appeared on Lin Feng’s face, his Devouring Mystical Technique reached a new realm, its power greatly increased.

Without needing Yama Demon Saint’s reminder, he knew that his Devouring Mystical Technique had reached the First Rank.

As the one-month deadline approached, his hopes of breaking through to the Martial Emperor Realm were high.

Once he broke through to the Martial Emperor Realm, Leng Jiang should be no match for him!

Perhaps, as Yama Demon Saint suggested, he should be more high-profile, displaying an extraordinary talent, drawing the academy’s attention, and making various major forces compete to win him over.

In doing so, perhaps in the future, no one would dare to cause trouble!

Defeating Leng Jiang would mark the start of his rapid rise in the Divine Martial Academy!

Subsequently, Lin Feng wasted no time and began devouring in the mountain range.

In the vast mountain range, beast roars shook the heavens, constant wails echoed, and bloodstains turned the sky crimson.

Within a radius of ten thousand miles, it seemed to transform into a world of blood.

Lin Feng, his figure constantly moving above the mountain range, a large number of Beast Souls roared and struggled, converging towards him.

He devoured madly, relentlessly, countless Beast Souls being devoured by him.

"Lin Feng, weren’t you going to give me some Soul Power?"

While flying, the mental voice of Yama Demon Saint entered Lin Feng’s mind.

He was always waiting for Lin Feng to grant him some devoured Soul Power, as it was the best remedy for his recovery.

"Then I’ll give you some!" Lin Feng replied in a deep voice, then directed the Soul Power from the souls of dozens of King Level Fierce Beasts towards Yama Demon Saint.

Instantly, the Soul Power poured into the Flame Demon Saint’s Demon Soul and was completely absorbed by the latter.

Since Yama Demon Saint resided within the Devouring Stars, Lin Feng could clearly feel that the strength of the other’s Demon Soul had somewhat recovered. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Though the recovery was very limited, it indeed became slightly stronger.

Lin Feng immediately stopped granting Soul Power to the other, to prevent the other from becoming too powerful and escaping his control.

"Can I have some more, Lin Feng?" Yama Demon Saint said with longing.

The Soul Power he received just a moment ago had already considerably restored him, equivalent to ten years of meditation, how could he not long for more!

"Don’t worry, Senior Ghost Saint, once I break through to the Martial Emperor Realm, I will surely help you recover more!" Lin Feng said with a light smile.

Yama Demon Saint sighed secretly at the words, knowing Lin Feng couldn’t let him recover too much, and pressing now would be useless.

Progressing step by step was the only way!

Afterward, Yama Demon Saint didn’t say more and fell into silence.

Lin Feng continued to devour Beast Souls.

Rumbling!

At this moment, the ground shook violently, and a gigantic lizard appeared in the forest ahead.

This lizard was entirely blue-purple, over a hundred yards long, and its enormous eyes shot out blood-red light.

Whoosh!

The lizard flew up into the sky, charging directly at Lin Feng, its savage and violent killing intent overwhelming.

Rumbling!

Before reaching Lin Feng, the lizard’s enormous tail swung like a massive whip, crushing everything, sweeping the void.

Rather than being alarmed, Lin Feng was pleased, as this lizard was an Eighth Level Second Layer Fierce Beast equivalent to a Martial Emperor Realm Second Layer Martial Artist.

Having been in this mountain range for a considerable time, this was the first Eighth Level Second Layer Fierce Beast he encountered.