Today's fourth update: Chapter 3236! 4/4!
Faced with this earth-shattering truth, the dim lion eyes of the Nine Spirits Lion Saint showed neither much shock nor disbelief. Instead, they held a sense of relief and understanding, as though he had expected it all along.
During their earlier conversation, which had seemed casual but was actually filled with hidden probing, Xu Kun's unfathomable strength and various unreasonable displays had already given him a faint suspicion. He had guessed that this mysterious Lord Huang was very likely the final disciple of his old friend Yu Ding Zhenren—the peerless genius who should have "fallen" nineteen years ago... the Kun of the Human Race!
His only surprise now was this: why had Xu Kun chosen this moment, before him, to reveal without reservation this ultimate secret that could shake all races?
Was it to prove his identity to him, an "old friend of his master," and gain his trust?
No.
The Nine Spirits Lion Saint understood in an instant.
From his earlier suggestive words, which had nearly laid everything bare, Xu Kun had already known that he had long since seen through his true identity.
Then, the reason he had revealed this unprecedented true form of the Human Emperor to the world for the first time could not possibly be something as simple and shallow as flaunting his strength or proving his identity before an elder like him.
He was going to fulfill a promise!
He was going to fulfill the promise his master, Yu Ding Zhenren, had failed to honor in life—the promise made to the Nine Spirits Lion Saint—
To reconstruct his foundation and make up for the innate flaw that had plagued him for centuries and barred his way into the Saint Path!
As for exactly how he would do