Shi Hao and the Purple Gold Rat left the Heavenly Palace and decided to leave this Celestial Body in search of more Rivers of Time, aiming to comprehend the Primordial Scripture and refine the Mother of Gold.
On the way, they did not encounter Nangong Zheng.
Shi Hao was actually quite eager to truly battle this person; even though he still had not broken through to the Supplementing Divine Temple, compared to the previous Fourth Kings, he was now the Ninth King and his combat power had surged significantly, which he believed qualified him for a confrontation.
Of course, to defeat a true super-genius like Nangong Zheng, Shi Hao felt he would need to wait until he had stepped into the Supplementing Divine Temple to be sure of victory; for now, he estimated the likelihood of defeat was higher.
He was a confident man but never blindly so; facts were facts, there was no need for self-deception.
After leaving the Heavenly Palace, they arrived at the damaged area of the Celestial Body.
