The Twenty-Four Personal Disciples.
Chen Yan had already laid out this plan in his previous reincarnations.
For now, he had only seven.
But this nineteenth reincarnation had begun just over three thousand years ago. By Chen Yan's estimate, from the day he entered seclusion until the day he became a Sage, it would take perhaps a hundred thousand years.
If, in the end, he still failed to reach the True Purity Realm,
he would probably have to prepare for a twentieth reincarnation.
Of course, Chen Yan hoped it would not come to that.
He had placed great hopes on this nineteenth reincarnation. This was the one in which he would fight the final battle against the Outer Dao.
And once it was all over, the Myriad Heavens Dao Strife that the Purple Mansion Heavenly Monarch had spoken of would follow.
Chen Yan still did not know what the Myriad Heavens Dao Strife truly meant.
But he knew that everything the Purple Mansion Heavenly Monarch had had him do on Azure Crossing Continent so far was meant to prepare for that day.
At the same time, Chen Yan did not know how far his true body, currently in seclusion, had progressed.
This External Incarnation of Chen Yan—or rather, the youngest son of Master Mo in Sunset-Cloud City—existed for one purpose alone.
To take on Chen Yan's eighth disciple.
Judging by the situation, though, even if he brought his eighth disciple back to Myriad Immortal City, he would probably have to leave the child in the care of his second and third disciples for the time being.
The second was Xu Sheng.
The third was Han Xiangming.
As for the first disciple Chen Yan had taken, Lin Jian,
his talent was certainly impressive, and his comprehension was exceptional. Once he reached the