An untimely silence fell inside the temple of Kabbalah. A giant appeared, wearing a gong-shaped helmet with a fluttering red feather on top and metal cleats embedded on the sides and back of a padded aventail. Under his thick and bushy eyebrows, his deep-set eyes gave off a subtle glow. The white cloth wrapped around his brigandine shimmered in the wind, and the enormous golden guandao in his hand was big enough to split this temple into two. He looked like the very embodiment of an extraordinary general.

He was the great general who guarded the great Jade Emperor and was even acknowledged by the heavens for his greatness. The Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters was the first Buddhist sutra translated into Chinese by two Indian monks Kasyapa Matanga and Dharmaratna under the orders of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, and the god who advocated and protected this scripture was no other than the White Horse Heavenly General.

When the White Horse General first came down to Liber, he made a deal with Princess Sahee and handed over the Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters to Chi-Woo. Chi-Woo had cherished these precious scriptures, which were as precious as sacred objects, and had planned to take them out when it became necessary. He judged that now was the best time for the White Horse General to garner faith in this world.

“…” Kabal looked up at the giant with her mouth open. She instinctively felt the gap between their strengths. There were clear differences in power even among gods. The White Horse General was a top-ranking god of Taoism and was allowed to escort the Jade Emperor who was in the 9th celestial...