During the cataclysmic era, the workings of Heaven were obscured, the cause and effect were indiscernible. Furthermore, the great battles between the Witch and Demon Clan affected the Four Seas and Eight Desolates, erasing all traces. Xuanqing believed that even a Saint who personally deduces the secrets of Heaven would be unable to discover that it was he who, amid the chaos, had collected the bodies of the nine little Golden Crows.
But faced with Xi He in person, he still couldn't help a tremor in his heart, an inevitable panic rising within.
The other party was a Quasi-Saint who had slain her Second Corpse, while he had only recently advanced to a Daluo Golden Immortal. If Xi He were to make a move, he would have no chance to retaliate at all!
However, Xi He appeared to be very gentle in her demeanor, even humbling herself to reach out and treat him, a junior, as a Daoist peer... It didn't seem like she had come to settle scores with him!