A Fragmented Way

The one who entered the enormous cave that had appeared beneath the bed of Nanyu Lake was not Chen Yan himself, but his External Incarnation.

Moreover, this was not the only External Incarnation Chen Yan had sent out to act.

Another External Incarnation had already headed toward the Wuxian Mountain Range, on the border between the Western and Northwestern Regions of Chenping Continent.

Not long ago, Qin Qingyu had told Chen Yan something that weighed heavily on his mind.

A Sage's Karma was hidden within the Wuxian Mountain Range.

When Qin Qingyu returned from Xingtian Gate to Du Cang Mountain and told Chen Yan this secret, he had not doubted her at all. In his previous understanding, the only two cultivators in the world who knew anything about the truth behind a Sage's Karma were himself and Mister You.

Qin Qingyu's words had overturned that conclusion.

Although Chen Yan had founded Du Cang Mountain and proclaimed himself the steward of Chenping Continent, gathering all the Ascension Realm cultivators in Chenping Continent under his command, he still did not have complete control over its cultivation world.

There were still many secrets in this world that Chen Yan knew nothing about.

As for Bai Chen's praise of his External Incarnation just now, Chen Yan had nothing to say.

Both the Great Evolution Art and the Hidden Immortal Art were of an extraordinarily high rank.

So high that even a Sage in the second of the Five Realms Above Ascension, the True Purity Realm, would be genuinely astonished upon seeing them.

"You flatter me, Sage."

And so, that was all Chen Yan said.

"I hear you're now the steward of this region's Heaven and Earth. So I was wondering: should I address you as Sage Chen from now on?"

Bai Chen's tone was