Qingqiu Forest was a great sect specializing in mental powers and illusion techniques, where fox martial souls reigned supreme.
The five fox lineages each displayed their own brilliance, leading the way in their respective arts.
Spirit Fox, foremost of the five lineages: flame of the spirit, the seven emotions and six desires.
Demon Fox, masters of illusions: weaving illusory realms that left their victims intoxicated and lost.
Hunt Fox, ferocious by nature: adept at devouring, uncanny and unpredictable.
Wisdom Fox, masters of strategy: directing battles from behind the scenes, control-type Soul Masters.
Shadow Fox, stealth and assassination: silent and unseen, striking a fatal blow.
The inherited cultivation method of the Spirit Fox lineage, the "Five Radiances Art of Desire's Seas and Passion's Waves," was even more captivating.
This art was profoundly mysterious. During cultivation and combat, a gentle radiance enveloped the practitioner's entire body. Their eyes in particular overflowed with light, capable of seizing hearts and souls and controlling all six senses.
Moreover, this art not only strengthened a Spirit Fox Soul Master's mental power, but also possessed the miraculous ability to induce the evolution of their Spirit Fox martial soul.
The Spirit Fox martial soul was truly extraordinary. Originally of the eighth grade, it could grow additional tails under the nourishment of the Five Radiances Art.
Its quality was determined by the number of tails.
One to three tails marked the eighth grade; four to six tails reached the ninth grade. Once it attained seven tails, it could be called a Celestial Fox-the hallmark of a super martial soul.
As for the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox martial soul, it was a legend spanning Qingqiu Forest's thousands of years of history.
It was said that only the founding patriarch had ever attained such glory. Even Eight-Tailed Celestial Foxes had been few