In the eastern reaches of Great Qian, within the Spirit Peak Blessed Land on Zhang Mountain where the Heavenly Fox Demon Empress resided, white clouds drifted like smoke, like layer upon layer of gauze curtains winding among the towering peaks.
Li Chen stood on a high slope along the path into the mountains and gazed into the distance. Magnificent jade palaces stood above the clouds, appearing and disappearing like celestial halls in the heavens.
Spiritual essence suffused heaven and earth around the nearby peaks. Dense spiritual energy gathered here, creating an ethereal, immortal atmosphere unlike anywhere else. Occasionally, enormous demonic birds flew past, patrolling and guarding the area.
At last, I've reached Zhang Mountain.
It was already the end of the year. After receiving Hu Xi's message, Li Chen had immediately set out for this place to pay his respects to one of the leaders of the Demon Race on Righteous Qi Continent: Fairy Zhang Hua, the leader of the Heavenly Fox Clan, known by such titles as Celestial Demon, Celestial Empress, Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, Demon Empress, and Fox Empress.
According to rumor, she was a pureblood Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox who had cultivated for a full three thousand years. By the standards of the present age, she could already be considered exceptionally long-lived.
It would have been a lie to say Li Chen felt no nervousness or unease. He was not certain his disguise could fool her, much less how she would react upon discovering that he was a Puppet Dao Master. Still, he was willing to take the risk, because success would allow him to replace the Demon Fox Hu Ze outright.
Hu Ze was a lone demon here, with no complicated social ties, but he carried the bloodline of the Duke of Pingqiu. He was no ordinary minor