Lord of Qingqiu, the Nine-Tailed Empress

The Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor smiled faintly at the Jade Pipa Spirit's question and replied:

"What?"

"Do you think your big sister can't do it?"

The Jade Pipa Spirit trembled and hurriedly waved her hands.

"N-no!"

"You're so powerful, big sister. It's only right that you unite Qingqiu."

Before the Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor could answer, the Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit chimed in:

"Pipa is right."

"With your current strength, big sister, you should be the lord of Qingqiu!"

The Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor smiled in satisfaction.

Then she swept her gaze across Qingqiu and declared:

"I am the Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor. From this day forward, I am the lord of Qingqiu."

"Those who follow me will prosper. Those who defy me will die."

"Every Fox Clan tribe must come to pay homage within three days."

"Otherwise, die!"

Her voice was calm, yet it rang clearly throughout Qingqiu.

The Fox Clan erupted into an uproar at her proclamation.

"What?"

"The Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor?"

"Who's that?"

"What nerve! She dares call herself the lord of Qingqiu?"

"..."

The news spread quickly, shaking all of Qingqiu.

Some Fox Clan members refused to believe it. They gathered allies and went to challenge the obscure Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor.

But when they fought her, she killed them all with ease.

Three days later, every Fox Clan creature in Qingqiu obediently came to pay homage to the Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor and pledge allegiance to her.

She was naturally pleased.

After uniting Qingqiu, she absorbed the Fortune it had accumulated over countless ages, and her cultivation broke through again!

Boom!

She stepped straight into the Sub-Saint realm!

That day, demon clouds roiled above Qingqiu. Nine beams of white light shot skyward and became nine enormous fox tails swaying across the heavens.

Each tail stretched for tens of thousands of feet,