Chen Lin's expression shifted at Qian Ziduo's words.
"Are you certain this person came from the Inner World? What's his name?"
Vast as the Inner World was, few factions could train a Vanguard. It might well be one he knew.
"Li Xiangru. He's at the Peak Void Realm, and his divine abilities are formidable. More than ten of the Dark Hearts we collected this time came from him."
"Li Xiangru?"
Chen Lin searched his memory.
He did not seem to remember anyone by that name.
Still, it was no easy feat for a cultivator from the Inner World to retain Peak Void Realm cultivation in the Outer World.
He had most likely been at the True Realm in the Inner World.
Otherwise...
Chen Lin continued to speculate.
Another possibility was that he had a method to remove his mark, or that his level of existence was high enough to withstand the suppression of true energy.
Whichever it was, he was no ordinary person.
"Have you spoken with him? Do you know which faction he comes from, or when he left the Inner World?"
Chen Lin asked intently.
Another possibility occurred to him.
The man might not have emerged during this Cage Array Cycle, but ten thousand years earlier. In that case, his cultivation would be nothing unusual.
"I don't know the details."
Qian Ziduo shook his head.
"It seems he didn't come out during the Cage Array Cycle, but through some other route. He also said he'd only recently emerged. He happened to encounter the Dark Cultivators running rampant and killed them along his way before settling here."
"Some other route?"
Chen Lin's brows furrowed slightly.
"Show me what he looks like."
With the surname Li and such formidable strength, Chen Lin could not help suspecting that this was Li