Heavenly Lord Hanjian stared at Xu Taiping, whose entire body blazed with boundless radiance. After a moment of stunned silence, his jaw tightened, and he said in disbelief:
"What exactly did this kid do in the Lower Realm to accumulate such a terrifying amount of good karma?"
The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage chuckled.
"Back then, with his cultivation merely at the Spirit Refining Realm, he joined a group of Demon-Slaying Cultivators to hunt the Primordial Lord. The good karma he accumulated from that battle alone is more than those people from the Tianxing Bureau can bear."
At those words, Heavenly Lord Hanjian's lower eyelid twitched slightly, and his expression stiffened.
"He was there when they stamped out the Primordial Lord's calamity in the Lower Realm? Didn't they say it was ultimately the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, the Pearl Relic House Master, and a few other veteran cultivators who destroyed it?"
The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage said nothing.
He merely tossed Heavenly Lord Hanjian a Moonshadow Stone.
The images recorded within that Moonshadow Stone showed Xu Taiping's battle with him in the Golden Court Inner Grotto-Heaven all those years ago.
Back then, the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage had only told Heavenly Lord Hanjian that he had met a cultivator in a dream who could inherit his Dharma Robe and Bowl.
He had not explained the circumstances in detail.
After watching the images within the Moonshadow Stone, Heavenly Lord Hanjian stood rooted in shock. Only after a long while did he glare at the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage and say:
"You old bastard, you were still keeping something from us! Were you afraid I'd fight you over this kid?"
The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage chuckled.
"I certainly was!"
"You!..." Heavenly Lord Hanjian was momentarily speechless.
"Aah-!"
Just then, a piercing scream suddenly rang out from the Bronze Sparrow