Fox Demon Feeding Blood

Bai Su's words were both a declaration of her stance and a warning.

The hatred between her and the Heavenly Emperor had already reached the utmost extreme.

In truth, during ancient times, the Demon Race had been one of the foremost great clans, its influence even surpassing that of the Heavenly Palace. Yet because of the Heavenly Emperor, who slaughtered the Demon Race in a rage for his own selfish desires, he alone had nearly driven the Demon Race to extinction in this world.

Setting aside this racial hatred.

The Heavenly Emperor had also suppressed Bai Su's mother with the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Heart.

As long as the Heavenly Emperor remained alive, her mother would never, through all eternity, be able to break free from the seal.

For these two reasons, the Demon Empress was naturally irreconcilable with the Heavenly Emperor.

Seeing this, Ye Chen finally felt somewhat relieved.

Gu Youwei's betrayal and Jiang Minghuang's wavering had left him somewhat uneasy.

But he dared to be certain that this one would never betray him. After all, the grudge between the Demon Race and the Heavenly Emperor ran far too deep!

Within the Bronze Ancient Mirror.

A bitter smile could not help but appear at the corner of Gu Changqing's lips.

He had not expected that, after giving up so much for Jiang Minghuang, his good brother would still want to kill him.

If Jiang Minghuang could turn against them, then with the support of Jiang Minghuang and Gu Youwei, even if they could not save him, they would at least build up some strength for his eventual escape.

Still, his arrangement had not been without results.

In the future, once he resolved the matter concerning Jiang Minghuang's sister, Jiang Minghuang would surely stand by his side without the slightest hesitation.

"What's troublesome now is this Demon Empress."

Gu Changqing murmured to himself.

The conflict between him and the Demon Empress ran as deep as the sea. If he could not make her turn against them or at least waver, she would absolutely remain Ye Chen's most loyal supporter.

Gu Changqing had a headache.

The Heavenly Emperor's fragmented memories left him unable, for the moment, to find a breakthrough regarding the Demon Empress.

He repeatedly recalled the grievances between the two of them.

After a long while, a story slowly unfolded in his mind...

Gu Changqing dragged his severely wounded body away from the Sword Sect.

The mountain-guarding formation, which he had once been able to pass through with casual ease, had now become an impassable chasm.

He had destroyed his own Sword Heart and severed one arm.

His parents' Blood Feud had once again become an empty dream. His heart was bleak, and he was more lost than ever before.

The feeling of finally seeing hope, only to lose it once more, plunged him into a despair unlike anything he had ever known.

There was no sorrow greater than a heart that had died. The desire for death rose within him; he knew neither where to go nor what to do, and simply let the mountain-guarding formation batter his body, hurling him toward an unknown land.

He did not know how long passed.

He felt that he had finally left the formation. His body was rapidly falling, while the biting cold wind lashed his cheeks with stinging pain.

The Heavenly Secrets Sect was located within a spatial-temporal rift.

Having destroyed his Sword Heart and lost an arm, he was now no different from an ordinary mortal. Without any cultivation, and left at the mercy of the formation's impact, he had no idea where he would be sent.

Bang.

Gu Changqing heard the violent sound of impact as he felt his body slam into the ground.

No pain reached him, because he had completely fainted. At that moment, Gu Changqing actually felt a sense of release.

"Hey, wake up."

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Changqing vaguely heard a clear, sweet voice.

The voice was exceptionally pleasant, like the wondrous music of a celestial maiden.

But he soon lost consciousness again.

Gu Changqing woke from the pain.

Yet he could not open his eyes.

He felt a furry little head rubbing against his forehead.

A warm tongue seemed to be licking at the place where his arm had been severed.

The instant he regained consciousness, boundless pain crashed over him, and he fainted once more.

Gu Changqing felt some warm liquid flow into his throat.

It was a little sweet.

But there was also a... fishy tang.

Blood!

Gu Changqing quickly identified it.

Yet this blood was miraculous. He could feel his body gradually healing as it flowed into him.

The connection between his consciousness and body grew increasingly clear.

At a certain moment.

He finally managed to open his eyes.

What met his gaze was a snow-white fox. There was a bite mark on its forelimb, oozing scarlet blood. Mysterious divine patterns were contained within that blood, divine radiance spilling from it.

"A demon."

The word surfaced in Gu Changqing's mind.

He was no longer the boy he had once been. Having gone through much, he knew that animals whose blood contained divinity were called demons.

That did not merely mean the animal possessed intelligence; it meant it had even stepped onto the path of cultivation and attained a certain level of power.

Anything else could, at most, be considered a ferocious beast.

Moreover, Gu Changqing could tell that this demon was quite formidable—or rather, that the source of its bloodline was extraordinary—because its blood was brimming with divinity.

At that moment, the fox was holding up its forelimb and continuously dripping blood into his mouth.

Outside the mirror.

Everyone stared at the fox in the scene and froze.

After dissolving Cao Yuwei's attack this time, Mei Gongzi did not rush to counterattack. She merely stood where she was without moving.

Cao Yuwei's brows drew together slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so keen? After he had formed armor from flames, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had pressed the attack, he would have been confident of restraining her with those methods. Yet Mei Gongzi did not advance, forcing the ability he had been holding in readiness to abort.

The war blade slashed out once more, its surging blade intent several degrees stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and weapon as one, charging straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand once again formed the Heavenly Mysterious Circle, and with an instantaneous shift, she switched positions. While dissolving her opponent's attack, she also broke his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already somewhere else. A flash of golden-red light flickered across Cao Yuwei's body. Had she not evaded so quickly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! She seemed intent on wearing Cao Yuwei down.

Yet no one doubted the origin of this ability. After all, the Peacock Demon Race's greatest innate gift was Stellar Transposition. Her technique bore the same wondrous resemblance to Stellar Transposition.

After dissolving Cao Yuwei's attack this time, Mei Gongzi did not rush to counterattack. She merely stood where she was without moving.

Cao Yuwei's brows drew together slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so keen? After he had formed armor from flames, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had pressed the attack, he would have been confident of restraining her with those methods. Yet Mei Gongzi did not advance, forcing the ability he had been holding in readiness to abort.

The war blade slashed out once more, its surging blade intent several degrees stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and weapon as one, charging straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand once again formed the Heavenly Mysterious Circle, and with an instantaneous shift, she switched positions. While dissolving her opponent's attack, she also broke his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already somewhere else. A flash of golden-red light flickered across Cao Yuwei's body. Had she not evaded so quickly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! She seemed intent on wearing Cao Yuwei down.