Amid the tribulation, the Heavenly Secrets were muddled and karma was obscured. On top of that, the war between the Witch and Demon Clans had swept across the four seas and eight wildernesses, erasing all traces. Xuan Qing believed that even a Sage personally calculating the Heavenly Secrets would never discover that he had taken the corpses of the nine Young Golden Crows amid the chaos through his Other Self Incarnation.
Yet facing Xi He in person, his heart still trembled, and he could not help but feel panicked.
She was a quasi-Sage who had severed two corpses, while he had only recently advanced to the Great Golden Immortal realm. If Xi He made a move, he would have no ability to resist!
However, Xi He appeared exceptionally gentle. She had even lowered herself to befriend him, treating a junior like him as a fellow Daoist on equal footing... It did not seem as though she had come to settle accounts with him!
"May I ask why Empress Xi He has sought out this junior?" Xuan Qing took the initiative to speak. "This junior is merely a Great Golden Immortal, while Your Majesty is the Empress of Heaven. In the past, you even listened to the Dao Ancestor's teachings in the Purple Cloud Palace alongside my master, Saint Tongtian. For Your Majesty to call this junior a fellow Daoist truly flatters me beyond measure!"
Without revealing anything, he invoked Sect Master Tongtian, then lavished Xi He with praise, hoping she would think twice before making a move against him.
My master, Sect Master Tongtian!
After thinking for a moment, he raised the Map of Mountains and Rivers above his head, making his meaning perfectly clear.
My mother is the supreme Empress Wa!
Seeing Xuan Qing's guarded expression, Xi He immediately