See the Great Way by Breaking Through Life and Death; Create the Future with the Nine-Turn Divine Art (Continued)

Just like that, they fought for several days!

By now, the watching creatures were so terrified they hardly dared to breathe.

It was too brutal!

Too bloody!

Boom!

At last, Wolf Ancestor's enormous body crashed heavily to the ground and lay motionless.

Yun Xiao, meanwhile, was covered in a sheen of sweat.

This Innate Kui Mulang was not only incredibly tough, but also had an extraordinary ability to recover. Even with the formidable Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, after fighting across realms for so long, she was bound to run out of strength.

"Had enough?"

Just then, Wolf Ancestor suddenly rose from the ground. Though his body was riddled with wounds, his aura had not weakened much.

Bei Ancestor, on his back, looked even more listless, as if he had been drained dry and was about to become nothing but a hide.

Yun Xiao, by contrast, was unharmed, but her aura was unsteady—a clear sign that her strength was running low.

"If you've had enough, then it's my turn."

Seeing Yun Xiao's condition, Wolf Ancestor erupted with killing intent, a cruel glint in his eyes.

This fight was about to end.

Bzzz—

Just as he was about to strike,

a massive seal suddenly appeared above Yun Xiao's head.

Bzzz—

The moment it appeared, it was as if a continent had descended. Even the exceptionally stable space seemed on the verge of collapsing, letting out a continuous wail.

A Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure—the Kongtong Seal!

"You—you—you..."

Wolf Ancestor stared at the seal hovering overhead, unable even to speak properly!

He had thought that if he endured the humiliation and took several days of beatings from Yun Xiao, then as long as he survived, he could preserve his strength and launch a counterattack!

And things had gone just as he expected. After several days of beating him senseless, Yun Xiao had indeed begun to run out of strength.

Just as Wolf Ancestor thought his patience had paid off and he was about to turn things around,

his opponent brought out an Innate Spiritual Treasure radiating a top-grade aura?

If she had a Spiritual Treasure, why hadn't she brought it out sooner?

So he'd taken all those beatings for nothing?

At that moment, a million horses stampeded through Wolf Ancestor's mind.

He'd certainly learned something today. Someone with a Spiritual Treasure had chosen not to use it at the start of a fight, opting to brawl hand-to-hand instead?

Was that really how Primordial Wilderness creatures were supposed to fight?

She wasn't playing by the rules!

If Ao Feng had been there, he would surely have clung to Wolf Ancestor in shared misery.

That's right, it was that sly bastard. If he'd brought out his Innate Spiritual Fruits sooner, Ao Feng wouldn't have had to eat every last one of the few fruits he had left!

"Go."

Without another word, Yun Xiao pointed forward. The Kongtong Seal plunged straight down, lightning flashed in every direction, and countless wondrous visions appeared, as if the heavens were falling!

A great terror rose in Wolf Ancestor's heart. He no longer dared to fight. Burning his own blood essence, he used the Void-Racing technique and fled for his life into the distance.

But he had underestimated a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

The Kongtong Seal had locked down the space within a radius of hundreds of millions of li. Though Wolf Ancestor was incredibly fast, the seal still slammed into him!

Pfft!

At the first blow, Wolf Ancestor's body split apart, and he was smashed in two. Yet he still carried Bei Ancestor on his back and fled into the distance. His vitality was astonishingly tenacious.

Yun Xiao's expression remained calm. She pointed forward again, and the Kongtong Seal descended once more with the force of thunder!

Pfft!

This time, the two ancestors finally couldn't escape. Both were crushed into pulp, their blood staining the ground!

Seeing their ancestors slain, the remaining wolf and hyena clansmen were horrified and fled in every direction.

The foxes, meanwhile, were greatly heartened and began pursuing the fleeing wolves and hyenas.

The Qingqiu Fox Clan had safely weathered its calamity.

"Thank you, Daoist, for your kindness today. Should you ever need us, the entire Qingqiu Fox Clan will come to your aid!"

The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox approached and bowed deeply to Yun Xiao.

"Fox Ancestor, you're too kind. Punishing evil and promoting good is my duty. There's no need to thank me."

"I just wonder what treasures the Qingqiu Fox Clan has."

Hearing Yun Xiao's words, the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox's eye twitched.

What a fine "duty." If Bei Ancestor hadn't stopped you, you would have slipped away at once, wouldn't you?

And if you don't want thanks, then stop eyeing our treasures!

Of course, the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox would never say any of that aloud. Whatever the case, Yun Xiao had slain the wolves and hyenas and saved the fox clan. That was an undeniable fact.

Besides, she had plans of her own.

If she could use this opportunity to forge a bond with Yun Xiao, it would certainly benefit the Qingqiu Fox Clan.

After all, in her current state...

With that thought, the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox smiled warmly. "The Qingqiu Fox Clan does have a precious treasure. It's the reason the wolves and hyenas came to attack us."

"Please, come with me."

As she spoke, the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox led Yun Xiao deeper into Qingqiu Mountain.

Ten years later.

"The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox was quite the character. It seems this Karma was bound to be formed whether I wanted it or not."

As Yun Xiao emerged from Qingqiu Mountain, she felt the surrounding spiritual energy constantly drawn to her and couldn't help sighing.

The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox had actually passed her Natal Charm Law to Yun Xiao!

There was a saying in the Primordial Wilderness: "One's natal arts cannot be passed on to others."

This meant that Natal Innate Divine Abilities and laws were inherited through a clan's bloodline, rather than learned through personal insight, and so could not be taught to others.

That was why the Treasure Seeking Rat had been so shocked when Yun Xiao taught it Barrier Penetrating Insight. She had somehow comprehended such a profound divine ability herself.

But that saying was incomplete. As far as Yun Xiao knew, it had a second half.

The conditions in that second half were simply too harsh and too bloody, so no creature was willing to do it. As time passed, it was forgotten.

The rest of the saying went: "Unless one casts off one's flesh, disperses one's cultivation, and returns to one's original form."

In other words, to pass one's Natal Law or divine ability to another, one first had to give up one's "life"—destroy one's own body—then disperse the cultivation of one's remaining Primordial Spirit, reducing oneself to the state before taking humanoid form!

The suffering involved was easy to imagine!

And the drawbacks were obvious.

On one hand, no one knew how long it would take to take humanoid form again, and the chances of succeeding would be greatly reduced.

On the other hand, even if one did take humanoid form, one would never regain one's Natal Innate Divine Ability. Without one's inherited bloodline, one's innate qualities would fall to the ordinary level. One might spend the rest of one's life no different from a common beast, muddleheaded until the end.

And the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox had used this method to pass the Charm Law to Yun Xiao, both to repay her kindness and to let the Qingqiu Fox Clan forge a good bond with her!

"Daoist Yun Xiao, I forced myself out of seclusion while in the midst of a life-or-death retreat. My blood has reversed and my Dao has turned against me. I don't have much time left."

"The only thing I can't let go of is my clan. If you're willing to accept my Charm Law and look after my people from time to time in the future, then I can finally rest easy."

Those were the words the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox had spoken that day, echoing in Yun Xiao's mind. She couldn't help but sigh.

Who said all creatures in the Primordial Wilderness were selfish?

Sometimes, a fox could see things more clearly than some future Saints.

With that thought, Yun Xiao glanced toward the depths of Qingqiu Mountain. There, a ball of light shaped like a fox hovered in midair.

The light was extremely faint, as if the slightest breeze would make it scatter.

Of course, many foxes were already carefully protecting it.

"Xiao Bai."