Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation - Chapter 385: A Message for That Person
Chen Yan naturally understood the meaning implied in Realman Shuangyu’s words.
He merely smiled and then said:
“If you already know the answer, Realman Yin, then what difference does it make whether I confirm or deny it?”
He saw no need to deny that he was Si Chen.
Because if Yin Xia truly wanted to get to the bottom of things, figuring out the true identity and whereabouts of the North Pass Sect Leader would be a simple matter.
“Immortal Qi, Immortal Qi…”
Realman Shuangyu murmured to herself:
“In an era where the Great Dao has yet to recover, how can there be Immortal Qi again? Could it be that the source of that jade slip back then was also that person’s doing?”
Chen Yan just smiled in silence.
She could ponder that question herself.
The fact that he was Si Chen, the Sect Leader of the North Pass Sect, was inconsequential.
But the fact that he possessed the two top-tier arts, the Great Derivation Art and the Hidden Immortal Art, absolutely must not be exposed under any circumstances.
Currently, the only person who knew he could wield Immortal Qi was Mr. You.
And Mr. You simply knew; he never pressed Chen Yan on how he could do such a thing. That was the unspoken understanding between them during their travels together back in the day.
“Enough.”
Yin Xia shook her head:
“You came to my Wind Ravine Valley today and took three Nine Revolutions Chaos Heaven Tempering Meridian Pills. I can’t just give them to you for free.”
“What do you mean, Realman Yin?”
Chen Yan asked.
“You must do something for me.”
“What is it?”
“When you see that person again, deliver a message to him for me.”
“Please speak, Realman Yin.”
“True Person Lingxuan of Heavenly Summit Mountain has already informed me of the truth. The grudge of Realman Cangfeng from back then, my Wind Ravine Valley will surely avenge.”
…
In the history of Wind Ravine Valley, a total of three Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators have appeared.
Among these three, the one universally acknowledged as the strongest Ascender was Realman Bai Shang.
However, an individual’s personal strength, whether great or not, cannot dictate a sect’s development and trajectory.
Realman Bai Shang did not understand the meaning of concealing one’s strength and biding one’s time.
This great power, whose combat prowess could rank among the top five among the total thirty-one Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators of the Chenping Continent, streaked across the sky like a shooting star.
Realman Bai Shang presided over Wind Ravine Valley for only a little over eighteen hundred years in total. Considering the nearly limitless lifespan of an Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator, he was, apart from the Falling Star Realman Su Hongzhen, the shortest-lived among the thirty-one Ascenders in history.
Throughout his entire life, Realman Bai Shang was constantly waging wars everywhere. Consequently, the numerous karmic ties he incurred caused his Dao Basis to wear down at an alarming rate, ultimately leading to his sudden, violent death.
The era of Realman Bai Shang’s rule over Wind Ravine Valley marked the sect’s transition from prosperity to decline.
If Realman Shuangyu had not promptly taken over the mess left by Realman Bai Shang, Wind Ravine Valley would likely have ceased to exist long ago.
As for Realman Cangfeng, he was an Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator active over ninety thousand years ago on the Chenping Continent.
He was also the first Immortal Ascension Realm great power of Wind Ravine Valley.
It’s almost laughable to say, but Realman Cangfeng was, aside from the Falling Star Realman and Realman Bai Shang, the third shortest-lived Immortal Ascension great power among the thirty-one Ascenders.
As for the cause of his demise, just like that of True Person Lingxuan of Heavenly Summit Mountain back then, it left no trace in any historical records.
In other words, Wind Ravine Valley’s first two Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators could almost be said to have died sudden, violent deaths. This led to many of Wind Ravine Valley’s Grand Elders harboring a secret worry after Realman Shuangyu’s ascension: would their sect’s third Ascender also perish abruptly at any moment?
Fortunately, Realman Shuangyu presided over Wind Ravine Valley for a full twelve thousand years. She successfully cleaned up the mess left behind by Realman Bai Shang’s sudden death and stabilized Wind Ravine Valley’s position among the Five Great Sects.
And from what Yin Xia said, it seems the death of Wind Ravine Valley’s first Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator, Realman Cangfeng, might have some connection to that person.
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Kongshan Sect, Qingchan Peak.
Caijun Tower.
The news of Chen Yan and Li Haowen’s journey to Shengyuan Mountain had already reached Kong Yang’s ears two days prior.
Everything was proceeding according to his plan.
Ten thousand years ago, a great demon ran amok in Shengyuan Mountain.
At that time, the Kongshan Sect had no cultivators in the Dao Union Realm. When facing an Eighth Realm great demon, even peak Divine Ability Realm cultivators did not have a high probability of a guaranteed victory.
Therefore, Kong Yang personally left the mountain to go to Shengyuan Mountain and slay the demon.
Once he took to the field himself, Kong Yang quickly discovered something peculiar about the Shengyuan Mountain area.
The flow of heaven and earth spiritual energy here was remarkably sluggish, easily causing spiritual energy to accumulate within the mountain. This, in turn, made it very easy for great demons to be born within Shengyuan Mountain.
Consequently, Kong Yang did not kill the Eighth Realm great demon in Shengyuan Mountain. Instead, he used True Person Minghua’s Dao Basis to seal it deep within the mountain. The existence of this Eighth Realm great demon could, to a certain extent, alter the flow of heaven and earth spiritual energy in Shengyuan Mountain.
Thus, in the ten thousand years since Kong Yang left Shengyuan Mountain, the mountain had at most produced Sixth Realm demonic beasts, with never a Seventh or Eighth Realm demonic beast appearing.
Furthermore, by supporting the small and medium-sized immortal sects around Shengyuan Mountain, he completely stabilized the western borderlands of the Qingque Kingdom.
This achievement was undoubtedly Kong Yang’s credit.
To be fair, Kong Yang possessed quite remarkable ability in the aspect of managing a sect.
If one were to tally all the successive Sect Leaders of Kongshan Sect, the Supreme Pivot Elder, and the other two Ascenders including Yan Yunhe, and judge solely on the ability to manage a sect, no one could surpass Kong Yang.
However, when facing situations that could almost be described as desperate, Kong Yang preferred to choose an all-or-nothing, burn-the-boats approach.
This wasn’t necessarily his flaw; it was merely the most extreme, yet also the most efficient, choice.
Kong Yang knew that Chen Yan was searching for the Dao Basis of Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators.
This was an excellent opportunity.
Send him to Shengyuan Mountain to retrieve True Person Minghua’s Dao Basis. If he succeeds, then he succeeds.
If he dies, that’s even more cause for celebration.
This was Kong Yang’s calculation.
He understood clearly that the reason the Cause of Calamity was eradicated, the reason the Great Dao began to recover, was because Chen Yan bore all the Karmic Backlash from those over sixty thousand years.
That was not simply the Karmic Backlash from over sixty thousand years.
If, over sixty thousand years ago, Heavenly Summit Mountain had not been destroyed overnight, then the landscape of the Chenping Continent today, over sixty thousand years later, would be completely different.
This was an immensely vast chain of events, each link interconnected.
And the Karmic Backlash that Chen Yan bore was the backlash from all the changes that occurred within those over sixty thousand years.
If Chen Yan were to die, something terrifying might happen.
But Kong Yang had no confidence that he could rival the two Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators of Heavenly Summit Mountain.
Therefore, he chose to gamble, to bet on Chen Yan’s death.
As for the outcome, he would deal with it when it happened.
After all, if Gu Jing and Qiu Siruo’s plan succeeded, the current era would cease to exist anyway.
Kong Yang suddenly opened his eyes, looking towards the figure that had appeared in the corner of Caijun Tower.
It was a young cultivator dressed in plain daoist robes, smiling, with a serene expression.
