“What do you mean, Bodhisattva?” Ye Qing voiced his puzzlement.0

“You didn’t think that Xiong Kuohai went so far as to risk the wrath of Sword King City and Earthfire Palace of Demons just to destroy me and the Buddhist Hall of Joy, did you?”0

Joy Bodhisattva explained slowly, “For the longest time, Xiong Kuohai had plotted to conquer Bei You, which is why he views his greatest competitors—Tower of Cornucopia, Shade of Scents, and my Buddhist Hall of Joy—as the thorns in his side. Long before I became a Grandmaster, Xiong Kuohai had already been scheming to devour us all. To that end, he even colluded with Huang Tianba in secret and enacted multiple crafty plots and machinations, though he hadn’t succeeded so far due to one reason or another.”0

“This time, all of the heads in Bei You including Gold Ingot of Tower of Cornucopia and Mistress Ruyi of Shade of Scents are gathered at Blissful Mountain. This is his chance to destroy all of us in one go, and Xiong Kuohai isn’t one to let such an opportunity slip through his grasp.”0

Ye Qing nodded in realization. Now he...0