Stunned for a moment, Kuangsheng's face darkened with anger shortly after.
Knowing that the Sword Saint had believed his deception, Zhou Chuan immediately explained: "A Holy Beast from beyond the heavens descended upon Crescent Star a long time ago. It controlled the Black Dragon, attempting to use it to devour various origins and transmit them back to itself. The Heavenly Dao learned of this and naturally could not let it go unpunished, so it sent me to assist. We succeeded by a fluke, killing the Black Dragon and ruining the Holy Beast's plan, which enraged it. In its fury, the Holy Beast tore through space to assassinate this avatar of the Heavenly Dao."
He had merely played an auxiliary role, which logically explained why the Holy Beast had only killed the Heavenly Dao and spared him.
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