Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation - Chapter 220: You can also divine the secrets of heaven?

Seeing the strand of spiritual energy derived from the Great Derivation Art, bursting forth from between his fingers and congealing in the air as if completely frozen in time and space, Chen Yan suddenly felt a sense of release.

He had known it all along.

From the moment he began touching so-called Fate and causality, again and again, his path forward would be filled with hardship.

“Your cultivation level is clearly only at the Qi Circulation Realm, yet the magnitude of your movement techniques and true qi far surpasses ordinary Qi Sea Realm cultivators.”

The young man in front of him flicked his fingertip slightly. The strand of spiritual energy frozen in the air began to crack into fragments like glass, then vanished without a trace.

“And, spiritual energy?”

The young man slowly placed both hands behind his back, showing no further intention to continue fighting Chen Yan, merely observing him with curiosity.

“Interesting,” he said.

“Dare I ask, which Grand Elder of the Star Heaven Sect are you, esteemed sir?”

Knowing he stood no chance of winning, Chen Yan simply gave up struggling.

“As I said earlier, shouldn’t you state your real name first?”

The young man replied.

“… Yan Chen,” Chen Yan answered.

Hearing this, the young man still stood before Chen Yan with his hands behind his back, smiling silently, then slowly shook his head:

“Still not honest.”

Chen Yan’s heart sank like a stone.

Why?

How was this possible? How could he know that “Yan Chen” was also his alias?

After much thought, only two possibilities surfaced in Chen Yan’s mind.

One possibility was that the Upper Three Realms cultivator before him already knew his true identity.

The other possibility was that this seemingly young man possessed an ability like Li Haoran’s, capable of glimpsing the secrets of heaven.

Whichever possibility it was, both represented extremely dangerous situations for Chen Yan at present.

This meant either the information about his death and rebirth was already completely exposed before the other party, or the other party’s cultivation realm was above the Dao Union Realm.

Of course, the most terrifying scenario was undoubtedly if the other party was a Dao Union Realm great power who also possessed intelligence about his death and rebirth.

“So, what is your real name?”

The young man asked Chen Yan again, then continued with a smile:

“Even if my temper is good, I will eventually grow impatient.”

Chen Yan pondered for a few breaths.

The other party had already thoroughly demonstrated his strength. Chen Yan had almost no possibility of defeating him through force.

Therefore, no matter how he thought about it, as an Upper Three Realms great power, the other party had absolutely no need to continue playing word games with him.

After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Yan decided to confess truthfully.

“Chen Yan,” he said.

“It seems you still haven’t learned your lesson…”

The words were only half spoken when the young man in front of Chen Yan suddenly uttered a sound of surprise, then raised his hand and performed some quick calculations for a few breaths, his brow slightly furrowing:

“This really is your real name?”

“Yes,” Chen Yan replied.

The young man’s inexplicable reaction left Chen Yan utterly bewildered.

“Who are you?”

“Chen Yan.”

“Who is Chen Yan?”

“That’s me.”

Even Chen Yan himself felt this strange dialogue was somewhat absurd.

“Strange, strange. If that’s the case, then why…”

This person who looked very young but whose cultivation was actually above the Unity Realm, this old monster of unknown age, muttered to himself before Chen Yan.

And from his earlier action of finger-calculating something, Chen Yan even began to suspect the other party’s cultivation might be above the Dao Union Realm.

“Forget it.”

The young man suddenly flicked the sleeve of his Daoist robe:

“You, come with me.”

“Esteemed sir…”

“Don’t give me all that nonsense. Either I throw you to the Star Heaven Sect, or you come with me. Only these two choices. Which do you pick?”

The young man said.

Chen Yan had no other choice.

Right now, the entire Chenping Continent knew that the former Chief Disciple of Kongyuan Mountain of the Kongshan Sect, Chen Yan, had died in the Outer Court Cataclysm five years ago.

And a young cultivator who looked exactly like the former Chief Disciple of Kongyuan Mountain, and could even wield spiritual energy, being thrown to the Star Heaven Sect…

The consequences would undoubtedly be severe.

As for following this Upper Three Realms great power before him, who seemed capable of calculating heavenly secrets and wore a Star Heaven Sect token at his waist, what would happen was an unknown.

At the very least, from the current perspective, he didn’t seem to have any intention of taking Chen Yan’s life.

And even if he did want Chen Yan’s life, Chen Yan had no ability to resist.

Therefore, just as Chen Yan had said earlier, he had no other choice.

…

Chenping Continent, Southern Region, Great Yi Dynasty.

The Great Yi Dynasty was the most powerful and prosperous secular dynasty in the Southern Region of Chenping Continent in terms of national strength, economy, and culture. It was only six thousand li away from Chenji Peak, where the Star Heaven Sect was located.

Although in terms of distance, the gap between the Great Yi Dynasty and Chenji Peak was much greater than that between the Qingque Kingdom and the Kongshan Sect, for these two great sects, the roles of these two secular dynasties were similar.

The Star Heaven Sect, located in the Southern Region of Chenping Continent, had a total of six major peak lineages.

They were respectively: the Vast Dome Gate, the Chenhui Gate, the Night Weaving Gate, the Sun Radiance Gate, the Moon Void Gate, and the Sword Chime Gate.

Unlike the Kongshan Sect, the Star Heaven Sect did not have a concept of a main lineage.

For example, in the Kongshan Sect, every sect master had to be a disciple of Kongyuan Mountain, but the Star Heaven Sect was not like that.

The current sect master of the Star Heaven Sect, who also concurrently served as the master of the Sun Radiance Gate, was a Unity Realm peak great power named Shao Qianjun.

Chen Yan followed behind the young man, walking on the streets of Yi Capital, the capital city of the Great Yi Dynasty.

The blue stone street before them was several dozen zhang wide, arguably the broadest road Chen Yan had seen since arriving in this world of immortal cultivation.

It was said that over forty million common people lived in this capital city. It was hard to imagine how, given the technological development level of secular dynasties in this world, such large-scale urban planning was accomplished and maintained in such an orderly and systematic manner.

Both Chen Yan and the young man before him wore Daoist robes. The common people passing by on the street, upon seeing two cultivators passing before them, all gave way one after another, showing respectful expressions on their faces.

In fact, cultivators were quite common in the capital city of the Great Yi Dynasty, especially disciples of the Star Heaven Sect.

Just like now.

Walking towards Chen Yan and the young man from the opposite direction were two Star Heaven Sect disciples.

Chen Yan recognized the standard Daoist robes of the six major peak lineages of the Star Heaven Sect.

For example, the light blue Daoist robes worn by these two Star Heaven Sect disciples before him, with light white curling cloud patterns extending from the left shoulder to the waist, identified them as disciples of the Star Heaven Sect’s Chenhui Gate.

These two Chenhui Gate disciples also clearly noticed Chen Yan and the young cultivator walking ahead of him.

At that moment, Chen Yan suddenly noticed a small movement from the young man walking in front of him—

As if very casually, he covered the Star Heaven Sect token at his waist.