Chen Yan had already undergone nineteen reincarnations.
As mentioned before, throughout these nineteen reincarnations, Chen Yan had mainly been observing.
Through observation, he identified the peerless geniuses in this world who could participate in the "Myriad Heavens Dao Strife" spoken of by the Purple Mansion Heavenly Monarch in the future.
Naturally, this included geniuses like Lin Jian and Han Xiangming, who had great hope of entering the True Purity Realm—or could even be said to be certain to enter it.
Children as sincere and pure as Xu Sheng would also be taken in as Chen Yan's disciples.
Ten Sages, a hundred True Lords, a thousand True Persons.
Not only were Immortal Ascendant Realm cultivators important, but Ascension Realm immortals were also exceptionally important to Azure Crossing Continent.
And throughout these observations, Chen Yan had never ceased testing the Outer Dao.
Only by minimizing the Outer Dao's influence upon this world could Chen Yan give the peerless geniuses he had gathered sufficient time and resources to cultivate and grow.
The first thing Chen Yan did was still the same as before: he surrounded that small village in the Far Eastern Lands of Azure Crossing Continent with city walls.
This method could bring Azure Crossing Continent at least seventeen thousand years of peace. At the very least, that had been the case during the fourth reincarnation.
During the fifth, sixth, and seventh reincarnations, Chen Yan had still chosen the same method.
Yet at the same time, Chen Yan had also begun interfering with Azure Crossing Continent's Karma.
As he had said before, Chen Yan had to withstand the butterfly effect's impact upon this world.
That was to say, an exceedingly minute variable could trigger a chain reaction far beyond anyone's imagination.
Even for Chen Yan, who had cultivated the Void Annihilation Method