Because Yang Chen had already left the Western Forty-Two Commanderies and headed for the Central Capital region with the Northern Territory Sect!
The Northern Territory Sect was not from the Western Forty-Two Commanderies, so it declined the invitations of the many powers there and did not attend this grand feast. As a member of the Northern Territory Sect, Yang Chen naturally had no reason to attend if the sect itself did not.
When the Northern Territory Sect returned to the Central Capital region, Yang Chen left with them.
Before leaving, Yang Chen wrote and left behind many letters, personally handing them to different people. It was also his way of making proper arrangements before his departure.
For instance, there were letters for Saintess Jinling and Luosheng Gate, among others.
That way, those who had helped him would not find his departure so inexplicable and sudden. As for those people, he had revealed his identity to all of them.
His identity was no longer a secret in the Western Forty-Two Commanderies. Several days after Yang Chen left, news that Yang Xilin was Yang Chen secretly spread, though no one knew who had disseminated it...
Several days later, Yang Chen arrived in the Central Capital region alongside the Northern Territory Sect's party!
When he arrived in the Central Capital region, Yang Chen was deeply moved.
After so many years, he had never expected that he would be able to return to the Central Capital region—to what had once been his home. Sadly, after so many years had passed, he had no idea what had become of those who had followed him back then, the subordinates he had once been proud of.
"Hua Wanru, Hua Wanru, I, Yang Chen, have returned once more." Yang Chen clenched his fists.
"Yang Chen, this is the