After Xu Ying left, the supreme will of the Heavenly Dao World transformed into rolling thunder above the Temple of Heavenly Gods: "Can you trace his origins?"
"We found no such person."
"Find his birthplace."
"No such place exists."
"Investigate his father and mother."
"There are too many possibilities. We cannot investigate them."
The supreme will fell silent. After a long while, a divine will asked, "Your Majesty, should we report this?"
"Not yet. What if we offend someone... Suppress it."
The supreme will exploded into thunder, its voice rumbling loudly. "Treat what happened today as though it never happened. Erase all records on the Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact. Plague God, you are forbidden from seeking revenge."
"We obey Your Majesty's decree."
Outside the Temple of Heavenly Gods, Yuan Qi and Yuan Weiyang were both incredulous. Yuan Qi in particular—some of the crimes committed by criminal Xu had been carried out together with him. How could Xu Ying suddenly have done no evil?
Could it be that Seventh Master Niu's case had been wiped away too?
"I'm truly innocent—innocent as no one has ever been."
Xu Ying explained to them, "The divine lords of the Temple of Heavenly Gods pulled out the records and investigated me through three lifetimes. I'm spotless, without a single criminal record. If you don't believe me, ask Master Zhong!"
"You're lying!"
Zhou Qiyun had very much wanted to point at his nose and berate him for spouting nonsense, but he restrained himself.
Even he could never have resisted the myriad gods of the Temple of Heavenly Gods and survived. The gods of the Temple of Heavenly Gods wielded the Heavenly Dao Divine Artifacts—the Heavenly Net, Heavenly Law, Heavenly Principles, Heavenly Punishment, and many others—and possessed peerless might.
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