"I'm starting!" Feng Cong sat cross-legged, and that life pattern shard floated up to the sky at his summons.

Another shard flew out from Feng Cong's brow, this one slightly larger, but it appeared somewhat dull and lackluster because over the years, Feng Cong had been depleting its power without any energy replenishment.

"Buzz!" The shard emitted a ripple, and the new life pattern shard seemed to be summoned as it began to closely adhere to the shard on Du Shang.

Along the broken gap, the two shards perfectly joined together, and under Du Shang's energy fusion, the crack at the seam gradually disappeared.

The shard seemed to let out a cheer before merging once more into the center of Feng Cong's brow.

In an instant, an incomparably powerful force surged from Feng Cong's body, the life force continuously washing over his body. His graying, dull hair began to darken at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the wrinkles on his skin started to disappear.

A few minutes later, except for the ragged clothes, he had turned into a graceful and handsome young man, his good looks even impressed Zhang Menglong.

"Boom!" The sky began to crackle with thunder and lightning, a warning from the world force to Feng Cong because his power had completely surpassed the limit that Haotian Continent could bear.

"I didn't expect this life pattern shard to be one of the larger pieces, really lucky, and the power wasn't too damaged either," Feng Cong's expression was particularly joyful, "I've basically recovered ten percent of my power now."

"Boom!" A blinding lightning bolt struck straight down towards Feng Cong, its power comparable to the tribulation thunder Zhang Menglong faced when breaking through the Heaven-breaking Realm.

However, Feng Cong merely brushed it away with a casual wave, and the lightning dispersed into the void, with only flickering arcs remaining as evidence of its previous existence.

"Alright, alright, I get it, I'll give you face!" Feng Cong seemed to be speaking to the world force.

In his former world, he was considered a top strongman, and he still had ways to seal the power within himself.

Quickly, his aura descended to around the God-breaking peak level, and the dark clouds and thunder in the sky gradually dissipated.

"Tsk tsk tsk, old beggar, you look quite handsome now with this new skin!" Zhang Menglong wasn't stingy with his praise, "If you came over to our side, you'd definitely overshadow the hottest stars in three days and launch your career!"

"Hahaha," Feng Cong was in an excellent mood, "All thanks to you, I, old man, can live for tens of thousands more years!"

"It doesn't seem quite right to call you the old beggar in the future," Zhang Menglong said, "From today on, let's call you Brother Feng."

"Menglong brother, this great favor and kindness, I, Feng Cong, will never forget!" Feng Cong's gratitude to Zhang Menglong was simply beyond words, he indulged in a feast of durian given by Zhang Menglong, which resulted in obtaining great fortune for himself.

"You're being too formal," Zhang Menglong said, "This is just the first shard, there are six more left. If I manage to find them for you, won't you have to be my workhorse?"

"Alright, I'm a bit tired of this place, and the facade has been put on enough. In a couple of days, I'll come with you to your original world to have some fun!" Zhang Menglong was quite interested in Feng Cong's Stigma Continent, and who knows, he might even run into one of his ancestors there.

"Give me three days, I need to say goodbye to someone!" Feng Cong said.

From his eyes, Zhang Menglong could see some stories, after all, he had wandered the Haotian Continent for tens of thousands of years, there were bound to be some people and things he couldn't let go of.

"Alright, then we'll meet here in three days!" During his time on the Haotian Continent, Zhang Menglong had made quite a few friends, Kong Lan, Qi Xiu, Han family's siblings, and so on. Since he had to leave, he should give them a proper farewell.

It was a very simple gathering, Zhang Menglong had everyone brought over, and at a party filled with delicious food, wine, and candlelight, Zhang Menglong ended his journey on the Haotian Continent.

In the morning, he quietly left them a ring that contained a large number of Soul Cores he brought back from the World of the Dead, and numerous Life Fruits. Besides that, there were many precious protections. With the help of these items, he believed they could eventually break through this world's limits on their own, and perhaps in the near future, they might reunite on the Stigma Continent.

...

Arriving at the agreed place, Feng Cong was already waiting for him. Completely different from a few days ago, Feng Cong was now dressed in a set of magnificent clothes, and his entire demeanor had undergone a massive transformation.

"Menglong brother, you're here, are you ready?" Feng Cong asked, "From the lower world to the high-grade world is easy, but if you ever want to come back, it's not going to be easy!"

"As long as the mind doesn't stagnate, there's always more solutions than difficulties," Zhang Menglong laughed, "If I want to return, there are plenty of ways. I'm curious though, how are we going to travel to Stigma Continent? Are we breaking through this place's spatial barrier directly to cross over?"

"Back when I arrived at this Haotian continent, I left a teleportation array in the heartlands, through that teleportation array, we can directly return to Stigma Continent," Feng Cong said proudly, "I originally thought I would never have the chance to use it again, didn't expect a twist of fate gave me a chance to go back."

Following Feng Cong's memory, they arrived at the central region of the entire Haotian Continent, the largest dynasty on this continent. In the outskirts of this dynasty, there is a continuous mountain range, and this formation was left in these mountains.

Because of these tens of thousands of years of geological changes, everything here has changed completely. Back when Feng Cong left the formation, it was still a valley, and now this place has turned into a freshwater lake.

However, this is an energy formation, it won't change with the passage of time, and as long as it's activated, it can be reused immediately.

But as they reached the lakeside, Feng Cong suddenly stopped.

"Brother Feng, what's wrong? Is there a problem with the formation?" Zhang Menglong asked.

"The formation shouldn't have any issues, but I forgot one thing," Feng Cong showed an embarrassed expression, "Activating this formation requires a type of high-grade energy to move it, when I came here, I still had a few..."

"Don't tell me you didn't leave any behind?"

"Wasn't there an unexpected situation, even living for tens of thousands of years, couldn't avoid some fighting, to save the life pattern shard's power, I had to use those energy stones to fuel my powers, so they're used up."

"I took off my pants to see this?" Zhang Menglong was speechless, "Then what should we do? Is there anything on Haotian Continent that can replace it?"

"No, the energy level isn't sufficient, those energy stones aren't common commodities even on Stigma Continent, they can't be found here."

"Then what should we do?"

"I'm afraid my current power isn't enough to support us to break the world's barrier..." Feng Cong turned his head away, apparently a bit embarrassed to meet Zhang Menglong's disdainful gaze directly.

"Fine, I guess it's up to me!" Zhang Menglong sighed.

"Do you have a way?"

"What else can we do? Since we don't have the energy stone, we'll just have to find someone to send it over!"