Clearly, this Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox had either been corrupted by demonic qi or implanted with a demon seed.
The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox enjoyed the unparalleled advantage of Heaven's favor, after all, so when the news spread across the Azure Realm, it inevitably sent a wave of unease through the populace.
If even a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, with its divine nature, could be corrupted, could ordinary people truly withstand the Demon-Subduing Land?
That same year, the Zen Sound Temple joined the Azure Tide Sect's alliance.
The Buddha Child who had once briefly met Su Jiu had long since grown up and become a pillar of the Zen Sound Temple. He was handsome, his smile warm and holy; merely looking at him made people reluctant to hurt him.
The Buddha Child had a pure, compassionate heart devoted to goodness. Though only in his thirties, he had already traveled across the Shangyin Continent alone, performing countless good deeds and witnessing the warmth and coldness of human nature.
His Cultivation Level did not depend entirely on spiritual qi, but rather on merit. By the time he returned from his journey around the Shangyin Continent, he had already reached the out-of-body stage.
He thus became another prodigy born into the world after Su Jiu.
Only this prodigy practiced Zen cultivation.
As the Buddha Child's fame spread, the Vast Righteousness Sect of the Vast Heaven Continent also began itching to join the alliance.
Two elders from the Vast Righteousness Sect had privately contacted several sects, even offering all manner of generous terms, but the Azure Tide Sect ultimately still rejected them.
There was no other reason-it was all because of one person.
"They really are dreaming. They think a few words will get our Martial Uncle Chu to marry into their sect."
"They must have lost