Among the Fox Clan, there was a surname renowned throughout the Myriad Worlds: Tushan.
For example, Tushan Yun, the Fox Clan's only Nine-tailed Celestial Fox who had fallen a hundred thousand years ago, bore the surname Tushan and the given name Yun.
Within the Fox Clan, only those who grew nine tails could bear the two-character surname Tushan.
Even direct descendants of the Tushan Clan could only use Tu as their surname rather than Tushan if they did not possess nine tails.
Tushan was the most noble surname among the Fox Clan, without equal.
Its preciousness lay in an almost heaven-defying divine ability of the Tushan Fox Clan—Tail for Life. One tail, one life.
At a critical moment, a fox tail could act like the finest substitute puppet, shielding its owner from fatal calamity.
Once one cultivated nine tails, one could be called a Nine-tailed Celestial Fox. A Nine-tailed Celestial Fox's tails could not only ward off disasters and tribulations for themselves, but also save others—even shield an entire clan from disasters and tribulations.
Most importantly, nine was the ultimate number. Once one cultivated nine tails, even if tails were severed to preserve one's life or block calamities, so long as a single tail remained, all nine could be regrown after prolonged bitter cultivation.
In other words, someone like the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Tushan Yun could only truly be killed by being slain nine times in rapid succession. Otherwise, as long as she still had tails, she was effectively immortal.
As for Tu Zheng, the Qingqiu Fox Clan's Grand Clan Head, his bloodline was impure and he possessed only seven tails, so he could only bear the surname Tu. Yet he still possessed this innate divine ability of one tail for one life.
However, the greatest difference between the Tushan