"Hahaha, this is exactly what I wanted! Power like this belongs to all of us in the Fox Clan, so let us all join in! Hahaha, hahaha..." Tu Shan Xue seemed like a different person. Though she had not completely lost her reason, she was already slipping into madness.
She strode up to the Fox Ancestor Statue, pressed a hand against it, and began chanting in a strange voice.
In an instant, the Fox Ancestor Statue glowed dark red, as though it too had been steeped in blood. The floor and stone pillars of the entire altar turned dark red along with it.
"Come, receive the legacy of the Ancestral Return Power together!" she cried.
A rumble like muffled thunder exploded above the mountaintop altar, and a red halo swiftly spread from the summit, sweeping toward the Qingqiu Kingdom.
Wherever the light passed, the eyes of everyone from Fox Clan elders to ordinary subjects turned blood-red. Fur sprouted wildly across their bodies, and they could no longer maintain their original human forms as their bestial traits grew increasingly pronounced.
At the same time, however, the fluctuations of their auras soared, growing ever more powerful...
But they were not Tu Shan Xue, after all, and their magic power was not strong enough. As the Ancestral Return Power crushed over them, their reason collapsed in an instant, and they all lost their minds.
For a time, the formerly silent Qingqiu City erupted into an uproar. Countless fox demons, half fox and half human, threw back their heads and howled like a pack of wolves, plunging the city into chaos.
"It has finally begun..." In a secluded spot at the foot of Qingqiu Mountain, a gray-robed figure gazed up at the summit and murmured excitedly.
A black cloth covered the figure's face,