The hearts of the nine Supremes were bleeding.
They could feel that Gu Changqing’s action had nearly drained all life from the Reincarnation Sea and its surroundings.
The foundation of the Longevity Family had decayed because of one person, and the irony was that this person was now only a Saint King.
And it was precisely because he drew upon the power of the Reincarnation Sea.
At this moment, the little fox’s withered body miraculously filled out at a speed visible to the naked eye.
She manifested her fox form again as her parched fur became white and glossy, the blood that had stalled in her body began to flow once more, turning purple as brilliant divine markings in her veins reawakened.
And at that moment, the little fox opened her eyes.
…
Outside the mirror.
Every cultivator shuddered at this moment!!!
“The Heavenly Emperor actually broke a Great Emperor’s bloodline curse??”
“The Heavenly Emperor’s methods are so defiant of the heavens??”
The gathered cultivators were stunned into silence.
No one had expected that a bloodline curse the Reincarnation Sea couldn’t wash away would be broken by Gu Changqing, who was now only a Saint King!
“He’s truly not human!!”
The crowd cursed furiously.
But someone soon noticed something and suddenly froze.
“No, no way! There’s still something wrong!”
“The little fox came back to life! The bloodline curse was broken! That means this little fox didn’t die!!”
When those words came out, the cultivators were astonished.
Undoubtedly, the script had once again gone in a different direction from what they had anticipated.
The little fox in the scene had indeed come back to life—and she had returned after the bloodline curse was lifted!
Then why, later on, was there still no trace of the little fox beside the Heavenly Emperor?!
“Impossible! The little fox definitely must have died!” a cultivator said with absolute certainty.
Because this made no sense—if the little fox hadn’t died, given their current bond, how could there be no trace of her beside the Heavenly Emperor?
The little fox was of the Demon Race. If she were still around, how could the Heavenly Emperor be allowed to target the Demon Race so blatantly?
Everyone at this moment was doubting their understanding of reality, unable to make sense of it.
“The bloodline curse was broken?”
A divine light flickered in Bai Su’s eyes as she murmured in her heart, “Could it be that because this curse was broken, neither my mother nor I had the curse?”
…
By wielding the Great Reversal Technique forcibly as a Saint King to break the bloodline curse, Gu Changqing suffered considerable backlash and at one moment completely fainted.
“Hey, wake up.”
After an unknown span of time, Gu Changqing faintly heard the little fox’s voice again.
But this voice was even more pleasant, with a little less hoarseness in its timbre.
He forced his eyes open and the sight that met him was an unparalleled beauty.
The girl’s cheeks were smooth and pure, her skin like congealed white jade, finely carved and flawless, her features delicate like a porcelain doll. Her cherry mouth was pink and tender, evoking an irresistible desire to kiss her.
The little teardrop mole beneath the corner of her eye added vivacity and a hint of coquettish charm.
“Xiao Wu…”
Although the girl’s appearance differed greatly from the little fox, upon seeing those blue, gem-like eyes, Gu Changqing recognized at once that this was the little fox who had sheltered him.
The two embraced tightly.
At this moment, it felt dreamlike and surreal, as though they were in a world of their own.
…
Seeing that delicate face in the mirror and the nine fox tails behind the girl.
The cultivators outside the mirror were all stunned!
Then their gazes suddenly turned toward Bai Su!
When the little fox had previously taken human form, they had only seen half her face, and even then they felt her aura was extremely similar to Bai Su’s.
But at this moment, after the bloodline curse was lifted and the little fox’s face was fully revealed to the cultivators, everyone realized it wasn’t merely similar—it was exactly the same!!
If one had to note any difference, the little fox at this moment was not as aloof as Bai Su.
Bai Su, by contrast, appeared even more divine and noble than the little fox!
Bai Su’s expression was also stunned. Her pupils constricted as she stared intently at that familiar face in the scene.
Her heart even felt a bit numb!
Too alike!
Even she herself felt it was too alike!
But when she noticed the cultivators’ gazes, the astonishment in her eyes was instantly replaced by boundless coldness.
The next moment, a voice that chilled countless cultivators rang out.
“If any of you continue to stare at me, I will gouge out your eyes!!”
The cultivators fell silent like cicadas, shivering as they immediately turned their gaze away.
This Demon Empress was absolutely someone capable of doing such a thing.
“That is by no means me!”
Perhaps because even Bai Su herself found it too coincidental, she reiterated in emphasis, “She does indeed resemble me somewhat, but I have never had such a past with the Heavenly Emperor!”
“The Heavenly Emperor is my long-standing enemy. I would sooner eat his flesh and gnaw his bones—how could I possibly save him!”
“Moreover, look closely: does that little fox, like me, have the Merit Golden Wheel’s protection? Is she, like me, especially favored by the Heavenly Dao?!”
Hearing this, the cultivators were momentarily stunned.
They found themselves somewhat agreeing: indeed the little fox did resemble Bai Su and was indeed a nine-tailed spirit fox, but their identities and temperaments were completely different.
Never mind Bai Su—not even they believed that the little fox could be Bai Su!
Bai Su gazed at the face in the mirror.
In truth, she felt a twinge of dread in her heart.
Too alike!
So absurdly similar!
She could guess that this little fox definitely had some close relation to her.
It might even be that the little fox was an ancestor of her lineage.
She was definitely a Qingqiu nine-tailed spirit fox, and her appearance was far too similar to hers.
“My mother also has a teardrop mole in that position on her face—could it be my mother when she was young?”
When that thought surfaced, Bai Su even paused in surprise.
But she immediately dismissed that absurd idea.
Even less likely!
Not to mention that her mother was now suppressed by the Heavenly Emperor, but her mother herself was an eight-tailed spirit fox and fundamentally different from this little fox—how could she be her mother?
“But besides my mother, who else could resemble me so closely?”
An unprecedented confusion gripped Bai Su’s mind.
Everything in the scene knitted into a web of complex doubts in her head, impossible to unravel.
“But whoever you are, for rescuing the great enemy of my race, you are a sinner of my clan!!”