Chapter Summaries

One-Tail learned about Skywolf City and the Squirrel Demon's past, including the danger of the Skywolf Tribe's formations and the miners' fear of being trapped. She remained eager to visit the city for clothes while waiting for Jiang Qiu to finish cultivating.

• One-Tail kept the Squirrel Demon nearby to explain Skywolf City while the miners continued digging for Spirit Stones.
• The Squirrel Demon revealed that she had once been a powerful independent cultivator before the Skywolf Tribe crippled her and sent her to mine.
• The Squirrel Demon warned that the Skywolf Tribe would likely attack the occupied mining district and could use formations to detect or mark escaping miners.
• One-Tail asked why the Squirrel Demon had not escaped, and the Squirrel Demon explained that the formations would let the Skywolf Tribe hunt her down.
• One-Tail longed to visit Skywolf City to buy dresses and waited for Jiang Qiu to finish cultivating with the Nine-Tailed Fox's main body.

One-Tail confronted a force of more than thirty Skywolf Tribe experts sent to reclaim their mining area and protect it with a powerful formation. When their leader attacked her, she killed the entire group with a casual display of power, leaving the Squirrel Demon stunned.

• One-Tail sensed the Skywolf Tribe approaching and learned from the Squirrel Demon that the clan had more than thirty Form Transformation Realm cultivators, including five or six at perfection.
• One-Tail descended to block the mining area's exit and asked the approaching Skywolf Tribe experts what they wanted.
• The Skywolf Tribe leader demanded to know who had seized the mining area, and One-Tail calmly explained that her master had come to ask for directions and they had killed the defenders who attacked him.
• The leader dismissed her explanation, assumed the group had come to take the mining area, and struck at One-Tail with a claw attack.
• One-Tail's casual response killed all thirty-plus Skywolf Tribe experts, and the arriving Squirrel Demon was stunned by her strength.

After One-Tail killed the Skywolf City cultivators, she found a Spatial Ring filled with rare treasures and tried on a pair of bells she liked. The Squirrel Demon imagined One-Tail and Nine-Tailed were plotting against Skywolf City, then offered to tie One-Tail’s hair, leaving One-Tail confused about what that meant.

• The Squirrel Demon found a Spatial Ring on the dead Skywolf City cultivators, and One-Tail claimed it and explored its large stash of treasures.
• One-Tail discovered an unusually durable white-and-gold dress that the Squirrel Demon suspected was meant as a birthday gift for the Skywolf Ancestor.
• The Squirrel Demon convinced herself that Nine-Tailed and One-Tail intended to challenge the Skywolf Tribe and seize its mining area.
• One-Tail chose a pair of little bells from the ring, tied them around her ankles, and hopped around as they chimed.
• The Squirrel Demon offered to tie One-Tail’s hair, and One-Tail asked what tying hair meant.

While the Skywolf Tribe’s branch leader hid the loss of the mining area to avoid punishment and protect the Skywolf Ancestor’s upcoming birthday celebration, One-Tail and the Squirrel Demon waited there as the Tribe stopped sending attackers. One-Tail’s cultivation then broke through the peak of the Form Transformation Realm into the realm beyond it.

• A Skywolf Tribe investigator reported that the dozens of experts sent into the mining area had all been killed, and the branch leader decided to conceal the losses and seal off the area.
• The Skywolf Tribe stopped sending anyone to the mining area, leaving One-Tail bored while the Squirrel Demon watched Spirit Stones accumulate in vast piles.
• One-Tail complained that she had spent a year waiting to go to Skywolf City and asked when her master would help Sister Nine-Tailed Fox cultivate her third avatar.
• Fluctuations surged from deep within the spirit vein, and One-Tail broke through from the peak of the Form Transformation Realm into the realm beyond it.
• One-Tail’s aura swept across the mining area, forcing the Squirrel Demon and the miners to their knees as the Nine-Tailed Fox’s phantom appeared behind her and spiritual essence gathered in the sky.

The Nine-Tailed Fox created her third avatar by transforming Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence into Vast Water Spiritual Essence, provoking a world-shaking lightning tribulation that One-Tail was meant to bear. As the tribulation darkened the skies around Skywolf City, the Skywolf Ancestor realized that someone was attempting a breakthrough far more terrifying than anything he had witnessed.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox’s third avatar began converting spiritual essence into Vast Water Spiritual Essence, and One-Tail transformed as their shared power responded.
• Jiang Qiu helped the Nine-Tailed Fox condense her third avatar and arranged for One-Tail to bear the lightning tribulation while they severed their karmic connection.
• Dark clouds and purple lightning terrified the miners, the Squirrel Demon, and A'Xiong as One-Tail rose to face the tribulation.
• The Skywolf Ancestor hosted his birthday banquet while demon clan ancestors and representatives from other cities presented gifts.
• The darkness and pressure of the tribulation spread toward Skywolf City, and the Skywolf Ancestor recognized that someone was attempting an unprecedented breakthrough.

Skywolf Ancestor and the demons of Skywolf City struggled to survive the immense thunder tribulation caused by Jiang Qiu and the Nine-Tailed Fox. The Nine-Tailed Fox endured and overcame the calamity, saved the surrounding demons, and revealed her name as Nine-Tails.

• Skywolf Ancestor activated Skywolf City's formations and ordered the gathered demon ancestors to help shield the city from the tribulation's lightning.
• The barrier began to fail, and Skywolf Ancestor broke through to the True Body Realm while defending the city and drawing one wave of lightning away at the cost of his lifespan.
• As the tribulation intensified beyond his ability to withstand, a snow-white radiance appeared and drew the lightning away from Skywolf City.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox endured the thunder tribulation as it tempered her true body, while the demons across the region felt compelled to kneel before her.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox dispersed the dark clouds, restored daylight, and declared, "Skywolf City, my name is Nine-Tails."

The Nine-Tailed Fox completed her tribulation with One-Tail bearing the lightning, creating a powerful third avatar and advancing the cultivation of the main body and her avatars. After collecting the mining area's Spirit Stones, Jiang Qiu prepared to travel to Skywolf City with the recovering One-Tail and a Squirrel Demon who knew the way.

• One-Tail endured the lightning tribulation by repeatedly being destroyed and reshaped, helping the Nine-Tailed Fox form a third avatar from Vast Water Spiritual Essence.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox advanced toward the peak of the True Body Realm, One-Tail reached the peak beyond the Form Transformation Realm, and Jiang Qiu neared the Form Transformation Realm.
• Jiang Qiu dressed the unconscious Nine-Tailed Fox and One-Tail, while A'Xiong told him that One-Tail had defeated two Skywolf Tribe demons who came to the mining area.
• Jiang Qiu stored the enormous Spirit Stone mountain in his Dragon Race internal space, and the Squirrel Demon mourned One-Tail until he assured her she was alive.
• Jiang Qiu asked the Squirrel Demon to lead them to Skywolf City, and she agreed.

Jiang Qiu traveled toward Skywolf City with the unconscious Nine-Tailed Fox and One-Tail, while Skywolf Tribe demons revered the Nine-Tailed Fox and escorted him. He reached the city and saw that the tribulation had reduced it to ruins, leaving survivors to worship the foxes as Jiang Qiu continued toward his own plans.

• A'Xiong carried Jiang Qiu and the unconscious Nine-Tailed Fox and One-Tail toward Skywolf City, with the Squirrel Demon guiding them.
• A Skywolf Tribe branch ancestor and his party encountered Jiang Qiu's group, recognized the Nine-Tailed Fox's aura, and knelt in reverence.
• Jiang Qiu asked the Skywolf Tribe demons to guide him to Skywolf City, and the branch ancestor led the group back while sending subordinates to investigate the mining area.
• Jiang Qiu arrived at Skywolf City and saw that the lightning tribulation had destroyed its walls and devastated the settlement.
• Surviving demons gathered to worship the Nine-Tailed Fox, while the Squirrel Demon enjoyed the prestige of accompanying Jiang Qiu's group.

The Skywolf Ancestor welcomed Jiang Qiu and his companions with offerings, and Skywolf City renamed itself Nine-Tailed Fox City in honor of the sleeping Nine-Tailed Fox. As faith in the Nine-Tailed Fox grew, Jiang Qiu sensed it advancing his cultivation and realized his bond with the Nine-Tailed Fox and One-Tail had become inseparable, leaving him to reflect on the feelings and regrets he had hoped to avoid.

• The Skywolf Ancestor knelt before Jiang Qiu, thanked him for the Nine-Tailed Fox's role in his breakthrough and Skywolf City's survival, and promised his group the finest accommodations and offerings.
• The Skywolf Ancestor renamed Skywolf City Nine-Tailed Fox City, established an annual day of worship, and ordered statues of the Nine-Tailed Fox God to be made.
• During the following months, A'Xiong broke through beyond the Form Transformation Realm but chose to continue traveling with Jiang Qiu, while the Squirrel Demon became Nine-Tailed Fox City's High Priest.
• As the city's faith in the Nine-Tailed Fox grew, Jiang Qiu felt an indistinct connection to that belief and sensed his own realm advancing toward a breakthrough.
• Jiang Qiu recognized that the Nine-Tailed Fox, One-Tail, and he had become bound together through the tribulation and the creation of the third incarnation, and he worried about repeating the regrets he had over Hua.

After Skywolf Ancestor became a True Body Realm expert and Nine-Tailed Fox City prospered under Song Jiu, Jiang Qiu departed with the Nine-Tailed Fox and One-Tail. One-Tail awakened with a new sense of purpose as an incarnation of the Nine-Tailed Fox God, and the group headed toward Tai Lake.

• Great Demon Ancestors visited Nine-Tailed Fox City with gifts for the Nine-Tailed Fox God, while Song Jiu became a Form Transformation Realm ancestor and took charge of the city.
• Skywolf Ancestor left for Chaos Main City, and Jiang Qiu took the awakened Nine-Tailed Fox and One-Tail away from Nine-Tailed Fox City.
• One-Tail recalled how faith gathered around her in her dreams and realized that she wanted to spread the Nine-Tailed Fox God's name and gain strength through believers.
• One-Tail began to take charge whenever the Nine-Tailed Fox's true body was not awake and planned to refine spiritual essence to grow more tails.
• Jiang Qiu placed One-Tail in the Dragon Race space within his body to bathe in a pool of heavenly treasures, and the group continued toward Tai Lake.

Jiang Qiu and his companions reached the towering Beimu Mountain Range, a perilous exile ground that blocked the way to Tai Lake. Unwilling to lose years taking a detour, Jiang Qiu chose to cross the range and seek the Great Python’s resources, and the group entered the mountains.

• Jiang Qiu and his group crossed the Primeval Forest quickly with A'Xiong, who had reached the peak of the Form Transformation Realm.
• Jiang Qiu studied the immense Beimu Mountain Range and learned from the Skywolf Ancestor's account that it was a dangerous exile ground separating the Primeval Forest from Tai Lake.
• Jiang Qiu considered the approaching world-destroying calamity and the opportunities for advancement at Tai Lake and Chaos Main City.
• One-Tail sensed a unique opportunity within the Beimu Mountain Range and asked Jiang Qiu whether they would cross it or take a detour.
• Jiang Qiu decided to cross the range, reach Tai Lake, and seek resources from the Great Python, then led A'Xiong and One-Tail into the mountains.

After three years lost in the Beimu Mountain Range, Jiang Qiu found an Exiled Great Demon and hoped it could guide them out. One-Tail’s Nine-Tailed Fox God aura made the demon mistake her for a god, and she claimed they had attained the Dao in the First Heaven Layer.

• Jiang Qiu, A'Xiong, and One-Tail spent three years wandering the Beimu Mountain Range without finding a way out.
• Jiang Qiu sensed an Exiled Great Demon nearby and led the others to its barren, empty city.
• The Exiled Great Demon questioned how Jiang Qiu’s group had reached its territory and threatened to eat them.
• One-Tail summoned the Nine-Tailed Fox God’s phantom, dispelling the demon’s killing intent and frightening it into kneeling.
• The Exiled Great Demon asked whether they were High Heaven Beings or had attained the Dao in the First Heaven Layer, and One-Tail answered that they had attained the Dao in the First Heaven Layer.

Jiang Qiu and One-Tail encountered an Exiled Great Demon who mistook them for gods and agreed to guide them north to Tai Lake. As they traveled, he explained how Dao Attainment and the higher realms fit into the First Heaven Layer, revealing how far Jiang Qiu remained from the ceiling.

• One-Tail privately asked Jiang Qiu what attaining Dao in the First Heaven Layer meant, and he realized the Exiled Great Demon believed they were divine beings.
• The Exiled Great Demon learned that One-Tail claimed the title of Nine-Tailed Fox God and begged to follow them out of the Beimu Mountain Range.
• Jiang Qiu and the others agreed to let the Exiled Great Demon guide them north toward Tai Lake, and he set out with only necessary Food.
• The Exiled Great Demon explained that some First Heaven Layer cultivators advanced into High Heaven Spirits and that reaching the Thirty-Six Heavens was extremely difficult.
• The Exiled Great Demon described the First Heaven Layer’s cultivation stages, naming Dao Attainment as the ceiling and identifying the Taihu Great Python as a Dao Attainment Realm being.

Jiang Qiu and his companions reached Tai Lake after crossing the Beimu Mountain Range, and the Exiled Great Demon explained the lake’s origins and its guarded Resource Island. They arrived at a resource forest on the shore, where powerful demon beast clans stood between them and its Spirit Fruits.

• Jiang Qiu and his companions spent half a year crossing the Beimu Mountain Range while the Exiled Great Demon told them about the First Heaven Layer, Chaos Main City, and Tai Lake.
• The Exiled Great Demon explained that the Great Python guarded Tai Lake and that a vast island held abundant Spirit Fruits and might offer a path toward Dao Attainment.
• Jiang Qiu became interested in the Great Python’s cultivation system and considered how Cultivation Methods might be spread among the demon beasts.
• Jiang Qiu and his companions reached Tai Lake and traveled east along the shore toward Resource Island.
• The group found a resource forest on the shore, and the Exiled Great Demon warned that its demon beast clans included members above the True Body Realm.

Jiang Qiu and his companions reached Spirit Fruit Forest and learned that its great demons could safely guide travelers across Tai Lake to Resource Island, where the Great Python posed a deadly threat. Hoping to obtain rare spirit fruits for One-Tail’s breakthrough, Jiang Qiu followed the Exiled Great Demon to meet a True Body Realm great demon and begin negotiations.

• The Exiled Great Demon explained how Spirit Fruit Forest grew into a vast settlement and became a trading hub for demon clans seeking passage to Resource Island.
• Jiang Qiu learned that crossing Tai Lake without guidance could attract the Great Python, and that Spirit Fruit Forest’s core city traded rare resources at steep prices.
• Jiang Qiu chose to seek a trade rather than challenge Spirit Fruit Forest, whose strength and territory made it dangerous to attack.
• Jiang Qiu and his companions followed the Exiled Great Demon into Spirit Fruit Forest, where patrols escorted them to a great demon who recognized the Exiled Great Demon.
• The True Body Realm great demon questioned Jiang Qiu about what he could offer in exchange, and Jiang Qiu introduced himself along with One-Tail and A'Xiong.

Jiang Qiu offered the Spirit Fruit Forest a Substitution Secret Technique in exchange for a True Body Fruit to help One-Tail advance, but its Great Demon dismissed the offer and attacked. One-Tail appeared to be crushed by his palm strike, though scarlet lines suddenly flickered in the Great Demon’s eyes.

• Jiang Qiu offered to trade an advanced Substitution Secret Technique for a True Body Fruit, while the Exiled Great Demon recognized the value of his methods.
• The Spirit Fruit Forest Great Demon mocked Jiang Qiu’s offer and ordered him and his companions to leave.
• The Spirit Fruit Forest Great Demon unleashed his near-overwhelming cultivation pressure, but One-Tail calmly stepped forward.
• The Spirit Fruit Forest Great Demon struck One-Tail with a powerful palm, apparently smashing her apart, and scarlet lines suddenly flickered in his eyes.

One-Tail used Phantom Clone to defeat and restrain a True Body Realm Great Demon from the Spirit Fruit Forest. Jiang Qiu ordered the demon spared in exchange for resources, but the captive feared his faction might refuse to pay.

• One-Tail evaded the True Body Realm Great Demon's palm strike with Phantom Clone, appeared behind him, and cut him down with scarlet threads of spiritual essence.
• One-Tail suppressed the Great Demon's attempt to unleash his true body and prepared to kill him as he demanded an explanation.
• The Great Demon begged for his life and offered resources, so Jiang Qiu ordered One-Tail to spare him for now and planned to demand payment from the Spirit Fruit Forest.
• The Exiled Great Demon marveled at One-Tail's secret technique, while A'Xiong remained calm because he had seen her power before.
• The captive turned pale at Jiang Qiu's demand and worried that the Spirit Fruit Forest's rival elder factions might refuse to provide resources for him.

Jiang Qiu’s group pressed into the Spirit Fruit Forest’s core region to trade a captured demon for True Body Fruits, while the Forest Lord gathered powerful demons to stop them. One-Tail unleashed the Nine-Tailed Fox God’s power and annihilated the gathered experts, while the Forest Lord escaped into the core region.

• The captured True Body Realm demon revealed the entrance to the Spirit Fruit Forest’s core region and offered to guide Jiang Qiu to its True Body Fruit Tree in exchange for his life.
• The Forest Lord emerged with dozens of powerful demons and accused the captured demon of betraying the Spirit Fruit Forest.
• The Forest Lord mistook Jiang Qiu’s group for weak opponents relying on a powerful weapon and ordered the gathered experts to kill them.
• One-Tail summoned the Nine-Tailed Fox God’s power, causing the Forest Lord to retreat into the core region.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox God’s phantom killed the gathered top experts with a single glance, shocking the demons who witnessed it.

After One-Tail destroyed Spirit Fruit Forest’s top experts, Jiang Qiu killed the Forest Lord and installed the captured great demon as his replacement. During seclusion, One-Tail used a True Body Fruit and the Nine-Tailed Body Cultivation Method to begin growing a second tail as the Nine-Tailed Fox God’s power gathered within her.

• The Forest Lord watched One-Tail’s attack kill Spirit Fruit Forest’s powerful figures and broke down in despair.
• Jiang Qiu entered the core area with One-Tail, rejected the Forest Lord’s pleas for mercy, and ordered One-Tail to kill him.
• Jiang Qiu appointed the captured great demon as the new Forest Lord, and the demon gathered True Body Fruits for him.
• Jiang Qiu gave True Body Fruits to One-Tail and A'Xiong, then went into seclusion with the Nine-Tailed Fox.
• One-Tail consumed a True Body Fruit and began growing a second tail as the Nine-Tailed Fox God’s power gathered within her.

One-Tail refined the True Body Fruit and began her transformation, drawing a vast lightning tribulation over the Spirit Fruit Forest. She protected the demon clans from its first strike, and the survivors’ newfound faith gathered around her as the tribulation intensified.

• The Forest Lord and the Exiled Great Demon joined forces to rule the Spirit Fruit Forest, where the Exiled Great Demon became the Nine-Tailed Fox God’s priest.
• One-Tail cultivated for a year, then began refining the True Body Fruit and nurturing her second tail.
• Dark Clouds gathered over the Spirit Fruit Forest, terrifying its demon clans, the Forest Lord, the Exiled Great Demon, and the Great Python.
• The lightning tribulation struck, and One-Tail appeared with her second tail and the Nine-Tailed Fox God’s phantom to bear its force.
• The strike devastated part of the Spirit Fruit Forest, but One-Tail shielded the nearby demon clans, whose faith surged and helped her resist the tribulation.