When the Kunyu Ridge beneath the Fox-Pressing Pagoda collapsed, all of River City shook with it.
Panic over an earthquake spread briefly.
But the Supernatural Affairs Bureau soon issued a notice: the tremor had been caused by the destruction of the great demon. It was all over.
Yue Wen, however, felt none of this inside Immortal Dew Valley.
Two spatial barriers-the Fox Demon Secret Realm and Immortal Dew Valley-separated him from the outside world. He was, in a manner of speaking, worlds away.
Just a moment earlier, the enormous flower bud in Immortal Dew Valley had suddenly trembled, then burst with dazzling light!
It was as though a sun were rising from within.
Then one petal opened, followed by another... All the multicolored petals unfurled, revealing a figure amid the intense light.
Yue Wen squinted at it, finding it increasingly familiar.
When the countless rays faded and the flower fully opened, a figure lay curled in its center, hugging her knees. It was a multicolored fox with seven tails! She looked elegant and beautiful, with a faint, almost human smile of tranquility on her fox face.
A faint glow of soulflame surrounded her. Yue Wen knew what that meant: the multicolored fox before him was only a soul.
But this was completely wrong.
Because this multicolored fox looked exactly like the Fox Demon Lady he had seen before!
Wasn't she supposed to be sealed beneath the Fox-Pressing Pagoda?
What means could possibly have let her bypass the Hu Family and the Supernatural Affairs Bureau's guards and escape so brazenly?
While Yue Wen was deeply shocked, the smiling fox gently opened her eyes, gazing lovingly at everything before her: the trees, the vines, the weeds, Yue Wen... Wait?
The multicolored fox's gaze lingered on Yue Wen for a few seconds. Then