Where the Heavenly Fox Wept Blood, the Dao Lord Broke the Tribulation and Escaped the Dark Abyss

"Kaiyuan!"

"You're courting death!"

The Nine-Tailed Great Sage had his own pride.

He was the ancestor of Qingqiu's heavenly foxes, the Eastern Splendor Sovereign of Jurong World, revered as the Bewitching Mind Illusory Wheel Nine-Tailed Great Sage!

He was an innate divine being in the Dao-Wielding Realm. Even if Kaiyuan ranked first among those who wielded the Dao, how could he belittle him like this, even humiliate him?

Demons and nature spirits differed from humans.

Though the myriad races of All Heavens and Myriad Worlds could all cultivate arts and enter the Dao, each had its strengths and weaknesses.

Unlike the frail human race, the demon race possessed naturally powerful bodies. Even the lowliest demon had a stronger body than a human, and as its cultivation grew, every heavenly tribulation it survived and every sublimation it underwent tempered its body anew.

Through this repeated process, a demon's body became the magical treasure or artifact most perfectly suited to it.

The Nine-Tailed Great Sage was a heavenly fox, an innate divine being by nature. His eyes that could bewilder souls and disorder minds, his nine tails with their distinct miraculous powers, and his sharp claws capable of tearing apart heaven, earth, and space and shattering all manner of divine abilities were all his natural magical treasures.

Now, the enraged Nine-Tailed Great Sage unleashed his divine ability. Curved, saber-like claws three feet long grew from his hands. With a casual swipe, chaotic demonic light danced in all directions like an exquisite wind, shredding the boundless celestial river to dust in an instant.

Then the Nine-Tailed Great Sage became a strange, streaking radiance that shattered heaven and earth. He thrust both hands forward, his hooked claw tips instantly breaking through layer upon layer of space. Boundless space continually collapsed beneath his claws as