In Yishan District, inside the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall.
"Xiaofan, how did you manage to get to Tiannan Star Province?" Chen Huai'an asked in bewilderment.
Chen Huai'an could not figure it out. After all, when she left Earth, he was only at the Xiantian Realm and had broken through to the Early-stage Nascent Soul only by relying on the resources given by Immortal Cangqing. Only by reaching her current realm did she know how difficult it was to travel from the barren star region to Tiannan Star Province. At that moment, she guessed that Chen Fan was at most in the Golden Core stage.
Chen Fan smiled bitterly. "Grandfather doesn't know what happened in the Lesser Xiaotian Realm yet."
"Grandfather, I am long past the Golden Core stage. Right now, I am at Peak Nascent Soul... capable of suppressing Deity Transformation!"
*How could that be?* Fighting a Deity Transformation expert at the Nascent Soul stage and even defeating them was something she didn't even dare to imagine. Even the divine sons of major sects couldn't do it. Besides, a Half-Step Deity Transformation expert could pinch a hundred Nascent Soul cultivators to death with two fingers, let alone a genuine Deity Transformation being! Could her grandson truly be an immortal reincarnated?
"Xiaofan, what have you experienced all these years? How did you break through to the Nascent Soul stage so quickly?"
"Grandfather, it's a long story, but the news will reach your ears soon enough," Chen Fan said with a faint smile. His grandfather didn't quite believe that a Nascent Soul cultivator could fight a Deity Transformation expert, and he didn't plan to explain it either. After all, the power of a single epoch was very hard for him to understand; even the major sects had never heard of it.
Chen Huai'an only felt more and more that her grandson was unfathomable—whether on Earth or in the barren star region, and now here as well.
"By the way, Grandfather, why are you in Tiannan Star Province? Where are Immortal Cangqing and Xiao Qiong?" Chen Fan asked Chen Huai'an. They had been chatting for so long, yet there was no sign of his parents, Xiao Qiong, or his old acquaintances from Earth.
"Sigh! Back then, after Immortal Cangqing took us away, he left us in Tiannan Star Province. General Ye and Hua Yunfeng were both locked up in the Chu Family, and there was nothing I could do. As for Xiao Qiong, she was taken away by Immortal Cangqing alone."
"Since you're back, Xiaofan, General Ye and the others can be saved. By the way, who on earth is Immortal Cangqing, and why did he take us away?"
"Immortal Cangqing is a Dao Integration True Immortal of the Zhenwu Immortal Sect. As for why he took you all, it was because of the Zhenwu Divine Fist," Chen Fan said, though there was no awe in his eyes. He no longer trusted Immortal Cangqing; it felt as though some invisible chess game had been cast over him.
As for why Fang Qing was taken away, only Chen Beixuan himself knew in his heart.
"Dao Integration True Immortal? What kind of realm is that? And the Zhenwu Divine Fist—it truly didn't look like boxing techniques belonging to the mortal world. To call it an immortal art is no exaggeration." Chen Huai'an was completely lost in a fog of confusion.
"To shatter stars with a roar, swallow suns alive, and blot out the sky with a flick of a finger—that is a Dao Integration True Immortal. Moreover, their might goes far beyond that."
Chen Huai'an felt as though she were listening to a heavenly book. Such a realm was beyond imagining, and it was no wonder she had never heard of it. After all, this was not the Central Galaxy Great World, and Tiannan Star Province only had a single Tiansuo Divine Monarch holding the fort. Lin Yang, the domain lord, was merely a Half-Step Great Power. As for the ancestors within the major sects, at the absolute most, they were at Late-stage Deity Transformation. In their eyes, Void Refinement was the pinnacle, and anything above that they simply regarded as legend.
Just as Chen Fan was about to continue, two men and a woman entered through the door. They were precisely the ones he had met on the train.
"Aren't you that man we met on the train? Why are you here? Could it be that you're also here to seek discipleship in the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall?" Zhang Yunha asked arrogantly. After all, in Yishan District, the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall was a renowned existence.
"Yunhai, Chen Yue, you're here. Now, I solemnly announce something," Chen Huai'an said with a stern face.
Seeing his master looking so solemn, Zhang Yunhai knew something major had happened, so he stopped wasting words with Chen Beixuan.
"Yunhai, Yue'er, and all disciples, starting today, the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall is hereby renamed the Beiqiong Sect, and the man standing before you is its Sect Master!" Chen Huai'an proclaimed loudly. However, as soon as those words left his mouth, someone immediately stepped out in opposition.
"Why?" Chen Yue's face was full of disbelief. To let someone in the Golden Core stage be the Sect Master—her brother Chen Hao was a divine golden core and wasn't even made the successor to the Sect Master, yet this man before them was being promoted straight to Sect Master without even having been a disciple.
Of course Chen Fan knew they had misunderstood his cultivation realm. He smiled faintly and stopped hiding his Golden Core stage cultivation. He released a tenth of his true power, which was more than enough to rival a Nascent Soul cultivator, or even surpass one.
"How is this possible? How could you be at the Nascent Soul stage?" Chen Yue's face was etched with shock.
Not to mention her, the people who had come with her refused to believe it either. But with the facts right before their eyes, they had no choice but to believe—that aura alone was powerful enough to crush them to death with a single slap.
"Xiaofan is not only at the Nascent Soul stage, but he is also my grandson," Chen Huai'an told them.
At this, Chen Yue, Zhang Yunhai, and the others had nothing more to say and could only accept it in silence. Though they were unwilling to admit it, all their helpless frustration melted into nothingness, leaving them no choice but to drop to their knees and bow. "Greetings, Sect Master."
"Rise. I know you're not convinced, but rest assured. Although I am the Sect Master of the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall, it is only in name. The hall is being renamed the Beiqiong Sect, but from now on, this place will still be managed by Chen Huai'an."
What a joke; would he, the grand Divine Monarch Beiqiong, stay in this place forever? His target was the Central Galaxy Great World.
"Once we rescue Ye Qingcang and the others, I can head into the depths of the star river. Enemies of my past life, just wait. I, Chen Beixuan, will shatter your confidence and pride, time and time again," Chen Fan thought to himself, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.
Chen Huai'an gave a slight nod. In the end, Xiaofan would not stay here; his future lay much further away.