In my memory, there are the Nine Provinces—
Haoshi Divine Province, the land where mortals and the demon race live.
Novice Trial, the place where beginners undergo their training.
Regretless Trial, the place where Seekers cultivate their minds.
Return to Truth Trial, the place where the Enlightened reflect upon their original hearts.
Supreme Immortal World, the residence of those who have ascended.
Central Sumeru Mountain, the final home of Buddhist Cultivators.
Yugui Province, where the souls of cultivators go after death.
Yuling Province, homeland of the winged Yuren.
Peach Blossom State, the Peach Blossom Spring that knows no war.
How unfortunate…
The Peach Blossom State of today no longer has the slightest trace of a paradise apart from the world.
“These monsters… what are these…”
In shock, I stared at the overwhelming sea of monsters, dense enough to cover every inch of the Peach Blossom State, unable to believe my own eyes.
The Peach Blossom State had fallen.
Once the most peaceful and leisurely place, the only realm named in the Nine Provinces Pact to stay out of all disputes—the Peach Blossom Realm—had now been completely overrun by evil, hideous demons.
“What in the world happened here?”
If, before, I had nine parts indifference and one part understanding for the actions of the ancient immortals,
Now, at least nine parts of my heart burned with rage.
“The Peach Blossom State was home to the reclusive fairy clan, and a handful of clear-minded artists from the other eight provinces. Who could be so lacking in virtue as to target Peach Blossom State?!”
I shut down the simulator.
Switching back to my own cultivation, I released my spiritual power, pushing back the surrounding Xumo.
Soaring into the sky, I began to tour the ruins of the Peach Blossom Realm from above.
It wasn’t long before I found an unusual area.
Nine towering giant towers formed a circle.
From the base of each tower stretched a crimson chain, all converging at a single spot—a gigantic fox, pure white all over, was bound there.
Seven enormous white tails billowed behind her, but seven chains bound her tails tightly.
Another chain bound her waist, leaving her trapped between the nine towers, unable to move at all.
I flew in front of The Great Fox and greeted her politely.
“Hello.”
The Great Fox was sleeping deeply, but upon hearing the voice, she slowly opened her eyes.
“Jiang Ke’er? Eh? Wait… The Great Fox looked at me in surprise, ‘Another little one? Is this generation of the fox clan so amazing?’”
I glanced behind The Great Fox, and in an instant, all my questions vanished, leaving just one at the very top of my mind.
I suddenly bowed deeply, ninety degrees, and respectfully called out,
“Senior! Please teach me how to grow nine tails!”
……
Did you risk your life coming to the Xumo Realm just to ask that??
The Great Fox’s face clearly bore this question.
“Senior seems to be sealed. If you can teach me how to grow tails, I can help break the seal for you!” I said respectfully.
“Huh???”
Countless question marks appeared above The Great Fox’s head.
She was at a loss for words. “Silly child, this seal isn’t that easy to break. Little Jiang Ke’er back then could only break one chain. To undo this seal, only the Nine-Seat Token from Jie Xian Palace can act as the key…”
Ka.
As she spoke, I gently tapped my fingertip.
One crimson chain shattered with a boom, and the giant tower it was attached to collapsed with a thunderous crash.
“I don’t know much about anything else,” I scratched my head, “but as for unsealing methods, there are quite a few. Among all the sealing techniques I invented, this one is actually pretty weak.”
……
The Great Fox let out a long ellipsis.
“Even if Senior won’t teach me, I was going to let you out anyway… but I still hope you’ll teach me! Ugh, having a half-grown tail is just too embarrassing!”
“Don’t call me Senior, I’m not worthy.”
The Great Fox’s name was Xunfang, and right now her mind was a fog of confusion.
No matter how she pieced together information from the past or the present, she just couldn’t figure out what kind of being this little rascal in front of her was.
There’s never been such an outrageous fox in the Nine Provinces.
Wait, she said she invented the Nine-Tower Sealing Technique??
Good heavens, is this a joke? Wasn’t that supposed to be invented by the one in the legends??
Xunfang swallowed in shock.
Seeing the Great Fox’s stunned expression, I guessed she wouldn’t be able to answer my question anytime soon.
So I simply continued tapping, breaking the chains, intending to let her out first.
“Where did this little brat come from, daring to break the Jie Xian seal?!”
Suddenly, an angry roar thundered from the sky. At once, a terrifying force surged towards me, arriving in the blink of an eye.
It was an Old Man, shriveled and thin as a stick.
Cultivation… damn, this guy is at least at the Tribulation Crossing stage!
“Kid, hurry up and let me out, I’ll deal with him!”
Xunfang was anxious.
Alright, I was only at the Nascent Soul stage right now. Dealing with this guy would really take some effort.
I tapped once more, releasing my last bit of spiritual power to break the final chain on Xunfang.
With a crack, the chain shattered.
The Old Man was instantly stupefied.
So much so that, when Xunfang leapt out and stomped him underfoot, he offered no resistance at all.
“To break the Nine-Tower Sealing so casually… Who exactly are you, my lord?”
He was quite old, so he knew this wasn’t something talent alone could achieve.
“Hmm? Your aura seems familiar. You have the long ears of a fairy, but outwardly you also seem a bit like the Xumo… Who’s your father? Who are your ancestors?” I couldn’t help but ask.
“My father… before the Heaven Demons invaded, was our clan chief.” The Old Man’s tone was mournful.
“Heaven Demons? Can you elaborate? How did Peach Blossom State end up in such a… sorry state?”
“Peach Blossom State?!”
Both Xunfang and the Old Man were floored by this name.
Modern cultivators never called the Xumo Realm ‘Peach Blossom State.’
Anyone who remembers this was once Peach Blossom State is at least three thousand years old.
“The Nine Provinces were once invaded by Heaven Demons. Peach Blossom State was tricked by the Jie Xian and became the first battlefield in the fight against the Heaven Demons.
But when the great war broke out, Jie Xian and the various clans of the Nine Provinces abandoned us.
The peaceful citizens of Peach Blossom State, unskilled in combat, were forced to face the savage Heaven Demons alone.
Peach Blossom State was destroyed. We were corrupted by the Heaven Demons, becoming neither human nor ghost, cruel and bloodthirsty…
All these so-called Xumo were once my fellow clansmen of Peach Blossom State!!!”
The Old Man’s voice was heavy with grief.
“Jie Xian? People of the Immortal World? The Immortal World again.” My anger grew as I listened.
It seemed all the disasters of recent years bore the shadow of those Jie Xian.
What did those damned immortals do after I left?
“Damn it all, Yuwen, that brat, just wait till I tan his hide!”
I looked into the distance, where a dozen or more streaks of light were flying towards us.
Each of those streaks carried the pressure of someone at least at the Tribulation Crossing stage—they were Xianren.
With the commotion caused by breaking the seal, there’s no way they wouldn’t notice.
Xunfang’s expression changed slightly. “Run! Kid, if you don’t leave now, you won’t be able to get away!”
“You go ahead, don’t worry about me. I have to settle things with those bastards.” I said through gritted teeth.
“They’ll kill you! No matter who you used to be, their cruelty will exceed your imagination! They’ll destroy your soul and body! You won’t even be able to reach Yugui Province!”
“Hmph, there’s no one in this world who can destroy me completely.” With hands behind my back, I looked coldly at the approaching lights. “You go first. I’ll come find you after a while.”
“You… sigh—”
Xunfang wanted to drag me away, but I dodged with a blink.
Knowing she couldn’t catch me, and seeing I had mastery of spatial laws for survival, she had no choice but to leave first.
And I stayed behind in the Xumo Realm,
Facing the dozen or so approaching Daluo Jinxian.
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