Cross-sect bounties in the Heavenly Zither Realm were exceedingly rare. There might not even be one in a hundred years.
Not only were those wanted usually guilty of heinous crimes, but the party issuing the bounty also had to offer sufficient stakes.
Who would risk their life for you without money? If it was only about connections, several factions issuing a joint warrant would be enough.
Golden Crow Sect had issued a realm-wide bounty: two thousand Upper Spirit Stones, a Primal Fire Embryo, or a Nascent Soul cultivation manual—one could choose freely.
The reason they gave was: illegally passing on a core Golden Crow Sect cultivation method.
As for which cultivation method had been passed on, the Golden Crow Sect did not say, and naturally, no one else felt comfortable asking.
In any case, as long as the Great Sun True Immortal did not come forward to deny it and prove his innocence, then it counted as illegally passing on a cultivation method.
However, there were rumors that the Great Sun True Immortal had stolen a Golden Crow Sect secret treasure and fled after being discovered.
Everyone felt that explanation was closer to the truth—if he had not stolen a secret treasure, how could that bastard have advanced so quickly?
During the pursuit of the Great Sun True Immortal, nearly thirty True Immortals had fallen in the Heavenly Zither Realm.
That man's combat strength had been truly terrifying. Three True Immortals had once ambushed him, only for him to kill two and severely injure the third.
In the end, the Gray Raccoon Demon Venerable of the Myriad Illusions Sect killed him. One sexagenary cycle later, the Gray Raccoon Demon Venerable passed away in meditation.
The Myriad Illusions Sect Master had been deeply grieved and once furiously denounced them: "The Golden