Heartless

"..."

In the empty Du Cang Hall, Chen Yan slowly opened his eyes.

Eleven years had passed since True Person Caiyun Kong Yang's death.

He had merely thought of some things from the past, recalling his visit to Empty Mountain Sect eleven years ago, when True Person Caiyun Kong Yang had died.

At the time, Chen Yan had told Yun Yichen, the Sect Master of Empty Mountain Sect, the truth about his master: he was, in fact, the reincarnation of Yan Yunhe, the first Ascension Realm Sect Master in Empty Mountain Sect's history.

He had hoped to obtain more valuable information from Yun Yichen.

But Chen Yan had still held something back.

He had not told Yun Yichen or Lin Qifeng that Ruan Tingzhu's true identity was not as simple as merely being Yan Yunhe's reincarnation.

There was a deeper connection behind Ruan Tingzhu.

Yan Yunhe was a strand of Karma left in this world by Supreme Saint of Imperial Void Bai Chen.

That was the real reason Chen Yan cared so much about the matter.

During that visit to Empty Mountain Sect eleven years ago, Chen Yan had gained a fairly detailed understanding of Ruan Tingzhu's life.

Overall, for an Upper Three Realms cultivator, it had been a rather uneventful and ordinary life.

According to Yun Yichen, Ruan Tingzhu had been born in the northwestern region of Chenping Continent.

He was born in a town belonging to an ordinary mortal dynasty, about a hundred and seventy thousand li from Empty Mountain Sect.

When Ruan Tingzhu was seven, the mortal dynasty ruling the town took notice of him and sent him to the nearest immortal ferry crossing. He boarded a ferry and traveled the hundred and seventy thousand li to attend Empty Mountain Sect's recruitment ceremony.

Ruan Tingzhu had performed