Breaking the seal on the jade box and lifting its lid, Wang Chen immediately saw a dark gold fox-shaped token before his eyes.
It emitted a faint, ghostly glow. The dense runes engraved upon its surface were clearly visible, carrying an aura of profound mystery and unfathomable depth.
The Mysterious Fox Token!
This was why Wang Chen had descended into the Mist Mountain Realm.
In the blink of an eye, eight years had passed!
Wang Chen could not help feeling deeply moved.
Over the years, he had cultivated in seclusion at Taiji Palace and built up such a vast foundation in Chang'an City. His ties to this world had grown ever deeper, and he had nearly forgotten the events of the Haotian Realm.
Yet Wang Chen knew very well that the Mist Mountain Realm was merely a waystation along his long road of cultivation.
This world's ceiling was too low. Even if one broke through into the Supreme Realm, one would have only three to five hundred years of lifespan, and would still be shunned by heaven and earth.
There was no meaning in that at all.
Just then, the White Fox leaped down from his arms.
The moment she landed, she had already transformed into human form.
"Wang Chen."
Tears shimmered in Hu Jiaojiao's lovely eyes as she said softly, "I heard Mother's summons. I have to leave!"
The instant Wang Chen broke the jade box's seal, she resonated intensely with the Mysterious Fox Token inside it, alerting the Qingqiu Fox Queen, who held the World-Asking Bell.
In truth, the Fox Queen had spent all these years searching for ways to cast her consciousness into the Mist Mountain Realm and seek out her willful daughter.
Only now, with the power of the Mysterious Fox Token, had mother and daughter