The Vast Divine Land was boundless. Besides humans, who were hailed as the spirit of all things, countless creatures had been born into the world alongside them. There were domestic animals like chickens, ducks, pigs, and dogs, and ferocious beasts like jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards—all familiar sights to mankind.
Since ancient times, all kinds of strange tales and legends had circulated throughout the world. In the remote, desolate regions of the Vast Divine Land, amid barren mountains and treacherous waters, some ancient spirit beasts and primordial creatures had survived into the present day. For centuries, people had delighted in tales of hot-blooded youths who crossed mountains and rivers to capture dragons and subdue demons, passing them down from one generation to the next.
Among these many legends, the fox demons might not have been the fiercest or most powerful monsters, but without a doubt, they were the most mysterious and wondrous in the eyes of ordinary people—and the only ones whose legends carried a touch of human sentiment.
While giant ancient beasts like the Black Water Mysterious Snake had become the goal countless youths aspired to defeat to prove their cultivation prowess, fox demons were often spoken of with a hint of romance. Though tales of fox demons harming people had always existed, unlike the stories of other monsters, the fox demon clan often inspired moving tales of love between humans and demons. Such stories stood out as something quite unusual among the many legends of monsters bringing calamity upon mankind.
Of course, these stories were merely the tales spread among ordinary folk. In the eyes of true cultivators who sought the Dao, the fox demon clan was a remarkably intelligent, even cunning, group of creatures. Their power was nowhere near that of incredible ancient beasts like the Black