Two beams of golden light descended from the sky, and two warriors emerged from them. They were much bigger and taller than the average human being and clad from head to toe in heavy armor. One of them was wielding a big saber, and the other a heavy axe. The ground trembled with every footstep.

As soon as the two warriors appeared, they spotted the three corpses in front of the temple and flew into a rage. “You lot are the ones who killed the Great King’s only son? You even killed his two attendants as well! Do you know the gravity of the crime?”

The hunter San Kui stuck out his chin defiantly and said, “I killed a white wolf. Who knew it would turn into a human? Is your Great King a wolf?”

One of the warriors sneered coldly. “Our Great King, Yue Sheng[1], was originally a white wolf who took human form thirty thousand years ago. He once served as the Bodhisattva’s mount and guarded the lamps at the foot of the Spirit Mountain. He had long attained Buddhahood, which...