novelapdf Chapter 251: Heavenly Illusion Snow Fox Valley
Chapter 251: Heavenly Illusion Snow Fox Valley
In front of the palace is a wide underground bridge.
On either side of the long bridge, there is a hot spring, where steam still rises and spring water gurgles.
The pillars on both sides of the hall were covered with ice crystals.
However, one can see that some of the forbidden patterns on the top are missing, as if they have been lost with the passage of time.
Looking towards the long bridge, there are thirty-three steps ahead.
At the top of the steps, on the palace platform, sat a throne, upon which sat a great demon dressed in a sable fur coat and wearing a jade crown.
The great demon's body was also frozen in ice.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a snow fox.
Although she was frozen in ice, one could still see that her figure was alluring and almost human-like, and she stretched out her fox claws.
His demeanor was haughty and authoritative, as if he were giving orders.
Six steps below the great demon, there lay a corpse scattered on the ground.
Judging from its shape, it also appears to be a fox.
Although the corpse was covered in ice crystals, its human clothes had faded due to the passage of time and looked as if they were about to crumble at any moment. In addition, a great demon was kneeling on the ground in the hall below.
The great demon's body was also covered in ice crystals.
However, it was caused by the cold air here.
"Three great demons..." Yang Jiuli, standing below, scanned the area with his divine sense and saw this scene from afar.
This underground palace has no restrictions.
Therefore, he and the little fox entered together.
"Eeya, eeya!" The little fox waved its paws, signaling Yang Jiuli to move forward with it.
Yang Jiuli used his divine sense to sense the area ahead and carefully examined it. Only after confirming that there were no restrictions or traps and that the great demon that had been frozen was dead did he relax slightly. He then followed the little fox up the steps and walked towards the palace platform ahead.
"There are no signs of a struggle here..."
"Judging from this appearance, it's clear that this fox demon is currently reporting something to the great demon on the throne..."
"How could they all suddenly have died?"
Yang Jiuli entered the hall beneath the throne, surveyed the scene once more, and began to analyze it in secret.
He stopped in front of the kneeling fox demon.
With a flick of his hand, a surge of magical energy rippled out, and the ice crystals on the fox demon's body immediately dissipated.
Once the ice crystals disappeared, the fox demon's clothes vanished at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Even its gray fur quickly dried up.
In just a few breaths, it turned into a skeleton.
Gacha!
There was also the sound of bones rattling.
It was kneeling on the ground, its bones loosened, and it rolled to the side.
"His body was frozen in ice, but his clothes were still weathered... Judging from this, it must have been more than two thousand years ago."
"Even three thousand years ago!"
Yang Jiuli whispered, taking a deep breath, also feeling somewhat incredulous.
I found myself in an ancient site dating back three thousand years.
"If this happened three thousand years ago... this demon's true spirit would most likely have been lost... even the talisman from its past life would be powerless to save it."
Yang Jiuli withdrew his gaze and walked towards the platform, where a fox demon lay between three steps.
Clearly, the fox demon had died suddenly, causing its body to fall onto the steps and be frozen by the cold air of the area.
Yang Jiuli reached out and flicked his hand, releasing his magical power.
The icy crystals on the demon's body disappeared.
Her clothes gradually turned to ashes and disappeared into the void.
Seeing this, Yang Jiuli was not surprised and continued forward.
The little fox followed beside him, her misty eyes fixed on the great demon on the throne.
Xiao Bing and the two tiger weasels stood to the side, all looking on curiously.
Yang Jiuli stood six steps below the throne, not daring to step forward rashly.
With a flick of his hand, a chilling aura swept out from his palm, engulfing the great demon on the throne ahead.
The ice crystals on the great demon's body were hard.
His chilling aura was sharp and fierce, like a blade, yet it failed to break through the ice crystals.
This is clearly different from the ice crystals on the two fox demons below.
It was precisely because Yang Jiuli realized this that he used his chilling aura to attack this time.
"It can't be crushed... It seems this is no ordinary cold crystal... It must be formed from condensed dan yuan."
Yang Jiuli whispered.
"In that case, even if this demon has lost its true spirit... there should still be a trace left in its bones and blood." His eyes lit up.
As long as there is still a trace of true bloodline spirit.
Then, he could gather the spirits of the heroes by relying on the Three Lives Stone.
In this way, he gained more experience and his trip was worthwhile.
"The Three Lives Stone." With a thought, Yang Jiuli controlled the power of the Three Lives Stone, creating a vortex that enveloped the demon.
The vortex stirred, absorbing strands of the demon's icy true essence and refining it within the vortex.
After the Frost True Essence was absorbed by the Three Lives Stone, it was transformed into Frost Essence, which was absorbed and refined by the "Moon Shines on the Immortal's Peak" phenomenon in Yang Jiuli's sea of consciousness. As a result, his divine soul power was enhanced again, and there were faint signs that he was about to break through.
However, at this point he had already reached the middle stage of the second level of the "Taiyin Yanshen Technique".
However, it is not possible to break through the bottleneck with the true essence of this third-tier great demon if one wants to go further.
We still need a catalyst.
After all the cold crystal essence was absorbed, the fox demon's body on the throne was completely exposed in the air.
A unique fragrance wafted from it.
Her snow-white robe resembled the fur of a third-tier snow ferret, and with her own inner energy sealed within, it had not been eroded or weathered by time.
Even when Yang Jiuli scanned it with his divine sense, he could still see the special luster shimmering on its fur.
Even its fur did not age despite the ice crystals thawing.
Clearly, this woman's cultivation level is extraordinary; she is no ordinary third-tier demon.
Even in its death, an invisible aura of a great demon still lingered around it.
This caused the little fox and the two ferrets to involuntarily take a few steps back down the steps.
That was the suppression from the demon bloodline.
It is innate.
However, its eyes were raised as if looking into the void, revealing horror, fear, and resentment.
It seems that, on her deathbed, she sensed a great terror.
Even death is but a fleeting moment.
"To make a third-tier demon so terrified... could it be that a Nascent Soul True Monarch has intervened?" Yang Jiuli murmured.
He pondered for a moment.
After a long wait.
After confirming that there was nothing unusual about the great demon, he made a hand gesture, and a talisman seed from his past life appeared between his eyebrows.
He flew towards the fox spirit in front of him and planted the seed between its eyebrows.
At first, Yang Jiuli was wary, fearing that the great demon might still have a wisp of its soul remaining and might rebel.
However, after a breath, the seed of his past life was successfully planted, and information about this third-tier great demon flooded into his mind.
"Xiao Youmei..."
This is the human name that the snow fox gave itself.
"It's a success!" Yang Jiuli immediately felt relieved.
Although the soul of a third-tier great demon is extremely strong.
But after thousands of years, even with secret techniques to protect him, his soul must have become extremely weak.
Given his current level of cultivation, he should not be afraid of him.
It's just that Yang Jiuli is used to acting cautiously and is always on guard, which is why he did this.
As his tense nerves relaxed slightly, Yang Jiuli's consciousness sank into the Three Lives Stone in his sea of consciousness.
There, there is a newly planted talisman mark.
"Past Life Talisman, activate!" A wisp of divine consciousness reached out towards the mark.
At the same time, his soul lingered in a chant.
"In the name of stone, with talisman as guide, I connect with the ancient past and illuminate the netherworld. I command all living beings throughout history, whether born from womb or egg, whoever receives this talisman seed, that their spirits from past lives obey my command. Xiao Youmei, soul, return."
As the chanting began, the Three Lives Stone suspended in the sea of consciousness emitted light patterns, and an ancient and majestic aura swept out.
A long river of time, seemingly spanning the ages, slowly emerges.
Snow mist rises from the long river.
A tiny bit of true spirit began to condense.
A snow fox with snow-white fur and eyes filled with cold mist slowly emerged.
Accompanying this was a surge of demonic energy unique to a third-tier demon.
That imposing aura caused Yang Jiuli's soul in his sea of consciousness to tremble slightly.
With his current strength, he is clearly not able to withstand the pressure of such a powerful demon's true spirit.
Fortunately, this wisp of true spirit lacked sentience and therefore would not harm him.
The snow fox stood up, dressed in a mink coat, its figure alluring.
There is a talisman mark from her past life between her eyebrows.
Yang Jiuli released a wisp of his mind, which then disappeared into the mark.
In an instant, the universe reversed, and time was traversed.
Yang Jiuli felt as if he had traveled through endless years.
For a moment, he felt disoriented, as if he had been reborn.
"You were born in the Yunze of the Southern Ridge, in the Heavenly Illusion Snow Fox Valley, of the fox clan..."
"My mother is a third-tier great demon... My father is also a near-fourth-tier great demon, and an elder of the Heavenly Illusion Snow Fox clan."
"You were born with a fourth-tier bloodline...and two Nascent Soul stage True Monarch ancestors who have taken human form..."
"The Heavenly Illusion Snow Fox Valley... stands majestically in the Yunze Mountains of the Southern Ridge... yet it is not invincible..."
"In the northern part of Yunze in the Nanling Mountains, the Xuan Yin Sect holds sway... In the south, the Wanchong Valley is entrenched... Both are ruled by Nascent Soul True Monarchs... forming a tripartite balance of power..."
"Your bloodline is extraordinary. As a member of the 'Heavenly Illusion Snow Fox' clan, you have been given high expectations since childhood..."
"You have been cultivating the fox clan's treasure manual, 'The True Scripture of the Great Mystery Dream and the Void,' since you were a child."
He formed an immortal demon core at the age of 120, making him comparable to a human Golden Core cultivator.
Because of their bloodline inheritance, they possess innate supernatural abilities, making their overall strength even surpass that of ordinary Golden Core cultivators among humans.
"When you were 420 years old... on that day, your subordinates reported... that a disciple from the 'Mysterious Yin Sect' had infiltrated the outer perimeter of 'Heavenly Illusion Snow Fox Valley' with malicious intent. Just as you were questioning this matter, a great fear surged into your heart."
"Release your divine sense and sense the location..."
"Then we discovered... the valley had changed color... the entire area, spanning six thousand miles, was shrouded in dark clouds..."
"In the dim light, amidst the dark clouds, you saw a pair of eyes that terrified you..."
"Those were eyes that looked down on all living beings... eyes that seemed to hold the power to rule over the universe and all living things..."
Then, a gaping maw, shrouded in eerie mist, opened... swallowing the heavens and the earth...
"You feel as if your soul is about to leave your body... your blood is about to burst..."
"In your haste, you immediately activated your inner energy to seal off this space..."
"However... just as Dan Yuan left your body... your soul was pulled away from your body by a strange force of law."
"Your soul soared into the sky... Your heart is filled with terror..."
"All I could hear were wails..."
"If you observe with your divine sense, you will discover that the souls of countless members of the Heavenly Illusion Snow Fox Valley have been drawn into the high sky..."
"Among them are quite a few third-tier powerful demons..."
"Just as your soul was about to be swallowed by the enormous, abyss-like maw of the sky, you sensed a familiar and powerful aura... It was... a Nascent Soul True Monarch... And then, filled with boundless terror, you were swallowed into the sky."