Half an incense stick ago, deep within this underground kingdom, at the spot where the Soul-Burying Cannon's beam had yet to descend, Jiang Lingxu, leader of the Myriad Dharma Alliance, was meeting with a mysterious visitor. The two were getting along splendidly as they finalized plans for cooperation.
The visitor wore a black robe and a golden crown. He was a young man with a handsome yet mature face, carrying a certain sinister air. He exuded an elegant, noble presence, yet ghostly light burned like flames in his eyes. Alongside his sharp, icy aura was the faintest trace of demonic qi.
The golden-crowned young man called himself "Hu Liu." He did not conceal his origins. Upon arriving at the Myriad Dharma Alliance's stronghold, he openly informed Jiang Lingxu and Ye Yuzhen that he was a member of the Heart Fox Demon Race from the Abyssal Realm.
"Our ancestor, the Heart Fox Great Sage, has over a hundred offspring. Among all my brothers, I rank sixth. By the customs of your human race, you may call me Hu Liu."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lingxu immediately realized that this was an important figure among the Heart Fox clan. Of the Seven Great Sages of the Abyssal Realm, the Heart Fox Great Sage had many offspring, but most amounted to little. Only the top ten Fox Emperor Sons were most favored.
Each of the ten Fox Emperor Sons possessed exalted status. They each wielded power over one region within the Heart Fox Demon Race and enjoyed the greatest allocation of resources from the fox demon clan under the Heart Fox Great Sage's command. Their status stood only beneath that of the Heart Fox Great Sage himself, even higher than some of the Fox Sage's favored concubines. Every one of them was capable of