"What curse?" Cheng Baiyi asked.
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"A tribulation!" Sima Qing replied.
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"A tribulation?"
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"From now on, every time the foxfolk advanced by one minor realm, they would face a tribulation: the heavenly tribulation, earthly tribulation, Human Tribulation, heart tribulation, Love Tribulation, and many others. They were so numerous it was as if they had offended Heaven itself. The moment their cultivation rose, the tribulation would arrive." Sima Qing explained.
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"Hiss!" Cheng Baiyi drew in a cold breath.
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Every minor realm? Not every major realm—in other words, advancing from the Heavenly Immortal Realm to the Great Immortal Realm meant facing ten tribulations? Who could endure that?
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"When the curse first struck, the foxfolk had been overwhelmingly powerful throughout the Great Chiliocosm World. There had even been a Sage who came from the foxfolk. Unfortunately, the curse was too powerful. In a mere thousand years, more than half of the foxfolk died, while those who remained no longer dared to cultivate. The foxfolk were not far from extinction!" Sima Qing said, his expression grave.
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"That Curse Speaker was truly formidable!" Cheng Baiyi sighed.
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"This Fox Realm was a realm sealed away by the supreme sovereign of the foxfolk back then through great divine power. Inside was the foxfolk's old lair, and the curse upon the foxfolk had been sealed away with it. So it had been here all along." Sima Qing sighed.
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As they spoke, vast amounts of Black Qi spread in all directions before soaring to the sky and slowly vanishing from everyone's sight.
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All across the world, the foxfolk suddenly looked up at the heavens. In the darkness, they sensed something—a stroke of ill fortune descending upon them, a shadowy gloom enveloping them.
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They still did not know that the