The Years' Shadow, Coming Out of Nowhere

The shadow of the years came out of nowhere.

Countless people in the arena stared at the gate, their eyes stung by the dazzling white light until they could barely keep them open.

Only Su Baiqian, standing before the gate, along with Wu Dade, Yunxi, the big black dog, Hu Xiaochán, and the others, felt the same resonance. They, too, could see what had happened in that stretch of time and space.

"Before the fox sister died, she created one final illusion, severing the connection between the Pure Land and the Chaos Ancestor Realm..."

The big black dog murmured, then said:

"Her illusion is the Great Wall protecting this world. Unless Su Baiqian returns, the illusion won't disappear..."

There was a hint of loss in its doggy eyes.

"Woof... Perhaps this Emperor shouldn't have left back then. If I'd stayed, perhaps everyone wouldn't have died so completely..."

It felt somewhat guilty!

"So this place is connected to Bai Qian from my previous life..."

Yunxi, too, suddenly understood.

As for Hu Xiaochán, she was struck by a sudden realization, and her body began to tremble faintly!

Just now, in that expanse of white light, she had glimpsed another scene:

The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox had stained the sky with her blood and burned up her last life force to create an illusion that severed the Star River. She had nearly perished.

But one drop of blood had been preserved by two blades of grass, and it fell upon Sacred Beast Mountain.

The ancestors of the Silver Fox tribe had once been touched by that drop of blood. It had passed through countless generations of the Silver Fox tribe's reincarnations, lasting until this day...

Hu Xiaochán felt the blood in her body boiling.

She seemed to understand everything.

The cycle of fate, the