Tree Court Inn, a top-floor premium room.
"..."
Ye Li, who had used an escape technique to leave, slowly opened his eyes there.
Spiritual energy suffused the room, and the isolating Source Energy in its four corners still circulated silently.
He looked down at his hands, clenching and spreading his fingers.
The Source Energy within him flowed as smoothly as ever, and his vital blood remained as vigorous as a blazing furnace...
Ye Li could not help marveling:
"...Isn't this ridiculously unfair?"
There was no other reason.
His incarnation's death had caused him no discomfort whatsoever.
When Kong Chunqiu descended upon the valley, he had actually prepared himself to endure some backlash.
He was definitely going to finish off the opponent he had already crippled.
But that incarnation had carried seventy percent of his combat strength, after all. By all rights, its destruction should have affected his main body to some extent, ranging from disrupted Source Energy to damage to his True Spirit.
And yet.
Nothing had happened. His dantian remained stable, and his True Spirit remained intact.
The effects of [External Incarnation] were almost absurdly powerful.
It could fight, take hits, and put on an act, and its death came at absolutely no cost.
It was practically the perfect troublemaking machine!
Ye Li's thoughts raced as all sorts of possible uses swiftly surfaced in his mind.
The feeling of stirring up trouble and then simply walking away was honestly rather intoxicating.
"...Still, I need to be careful."
If he ran into a powerful cultivator who could trace the incarnation back to him, things would get troublesome.
He still needed his main body to assess the risks before taking action.
Ye Li then breathed out softly:
"All according to plan."
But just because he was fine did not mean the