Great Western Paradise Realm, Joyous Temple.
Recently, Joyous Abbot had kept feeling uneasy.
Ever since Wu Ai had accepted his decree and gone to Small Spirit Mountain to retrieve the ancient Buddhist treasure, there had been no word from him.
At first, Joyous Abbot had not been that worried.
Though Wu Ai was not yet at the Earth Supreme realm, he was still someone who had long immersed himself in the Ninth Grade Supreme realm. The cultivation methods and Divine Skills he practiced were all Joyous Abbot's true teachings.
On top of that, he had attached a thread of Earth Supreme power to the alms bowl treasure in his possession and allowed Wu Ai to wield it. It was no exaggeration to say that, from Joyous Abbot's perspective, as long as Wu Ai did not encounter an expert at the Earth Supreme realm, he would be able to remain undefeated.
And even if he did encounter an expert at the Earth Supreme realm, with that alms bowl treasure of his, protecting Wu Ai and letting him retreat in one piece should not have been a problem.
Should not have been a problem...
That was how it should have been.
That was what Joyous Abbot had originally thought.
Yet even after making such thorough preparations, when he realized that his alms bowl treasure had actually severed its connection with him, Joyous Abbot completely panicked.
His alms bowl treasure had actually lost its rightful connection with him?!
He had never expected something like this to happen.
After all, who in the world could snatch away a Divine Artifact from the hands of an Earth Supreme expert?!
If there was someone, then it could only be another Earth Supreme expert. But even from that angle, everything had happened far too suddenly.
Even if