Chapter 249: Spiritual Fox Priestess and God Fox

The 【Nine-Tails】 could never forget that day.

She came dressed in a red-and-white dance dress she had never seen before, but it fit her perfectly. The spiritual beasts guarding the temple ignored her completely. Her breathtaking beauty and snowy white fox ears remained pure and flawless, just as they had been before her departure.

She approached him, smiling sweetly.

“Hi, I’m back! I think I might finally have the right to name you now.”

They chatted for quite a while, just like when they first met.

Ming Xi said she had traveled to many places, experiencing countless new things. Outside the Spirit Realm, there were innumerable worlds—some as prosperous and vibrant as this one, while many others had fallen into decline, aging and withering away. Some had even been completely destroyed for various reasons, turning into desolate wastelands devoid of life.

Worlds can be wounded, wither, and even die, just like all living things—nothing is truly eternal and immortal.

“I now understand what this power is meant for.”

She spent over a thousand years traveling through one destroyed world after another, listening to their despair and wails as they faced death, and she buried them in a cemetery she crafted herself.

Only she could do such things, and someone had to do them.

She was neither a beginning nor an end, but she could at least become the ferryman of that which lies between.

The karmic threads of causation piled up in the redemption, weighing upon the girl’s resilient body and soul, until the moment she buried the thousandth dead world…

The insurmountable barrier of the divine shattered loudly, and the residual shadows of thousands of world wills condensed into a gift called 【Divine Spark】, blooming into a field of crimson flowers around her.

A new god was born.

Her divine realm was the cemetery constructed with heartfelt devotion for countless deceased.

The 【Nine-Tails】 was surprised, and even more so, she felt joy—this was a miracle even he never imagined, let alone reproduce.

And she was back again; that alone was enough.

As the third divine being of the Spirit Realm and the first to evolve from a mortal body through her own power, the 【Nine-Tails】 intended to announce Ming Xi’s return and coronation to the world, hosting a grand ceremony, and inviting the 【Ancestor Dragon】 to bless the event.

But she merely smiled and waved her hand.

“Oh, let’s not do that… I’m really not good at handling such grand occasions; it sounds super troublesome…”

“I don’t intend to be a god. It’s been so long that the former family and forces have probably faded away, so I guess I’ll have to start from scratch. If we must create a new identity, how about just being your priestess? Let me think…”

“Right! Let’s call you 【Spiritual Fox Priestess】, since we’re both foxes! Now, I can finally name you, the god served by the Spiritual Fox Priestess… Hehe, what should your name be?”

…

“This is… the birth of the 【Spiritual Fox Priestess】 and 【God Fox】.”

As she touched the exquisite mural on the wall depicting the girl and the Nine-Tails Giant Fox in an intimate embrace, the Cat Daughter’s face filled with warmth and nostalgia, as if she was overwhelmed with emotions.

“Although tens of thousands of years have passed, this memory is still as clear as if engraved in the depths of my soul. Her arrival changed me and transformed the entire Ancient Spirit Realm. I can hardly imagine what this world would be like today without her.”

The Priestess listened quietly to the whole story, nodding thoughtfully.

“So, Miss Xiao Kong, you are the 【Nine-Tails】 from the story, or should I say… the initial and final deity of the Ancient Spirit Realm—the 【God Fox】?”

She smiled slightly but did not answer the question directly.

“Vilyric, haven’t you always been curious about what my true form is, and what secrets and past I carry? Now… you must see clearly.”

Under the gaze of the surprised and curious Priestess, Xiao Kong raised her hand and began to remove the cat paw gloves from her limbs, revealing her snow-white arms and delicate feet, just like a real person, and finally…

She took off the pair of cat ears on her head.

“Boom!”

A silver light exploded from behind her, sending out a shower of vibrant glimmers.

“Boom! Boom… Boom boom boom boom boom boom!!!!!!!!”

Eight sounds followed, and a total of nine elongated, beautiful shadows danced in the air, resembling the stunning and noble Nine-Tails fox from the ancient mural behind her.

Her black hair was dyed silver, cascading down like a snowy waterfall, and a pair of long, silky silver fox ears replaced the former cat ears. Her features shifted under the glow and aura, altering to resemble someone less and less, yet becoming more like someone else, causing Vilyric’s silver-blue eyes to slightly narrow in this transformation.

The light converged, transforming into an exquisite long dress that resembled the Spiritual Fox Priestess attire, yet significantly different, concealing the supreme form of the divine being.

Her declaration echoed within the not-so-spacious closed chamber.

“I am the 【Nine-Tails】, the first god of the Ancient Spirit Realm, the sovereign of all terrestrial beings, or… you may also call me, God Fox—【Void Trace】.”

“Void… Trace?”

She repeated the words, sounding somewhat perplexed, as if trying to chew through the meaning the two characters represented, but that confused bewilderment made the girl instinctively take a step back.

Vilyric had long guessed that Xiao Kong could very likely be the God Fox, a deity born from the most ancient times like the Ancestor Dragon, and possibly linked to Hen in countless intricate ways, but she had never imagined witnessing such an absurd sight.

That face, that stunning visage behind the title of God Fox, was identical to Hen—the girl who had brought her to this place, the best friend of Vilyric in the 【Illusory World】…

Exactly the same.

This was probably the first time since her crossing that the emotions of a divine being had fluctuated to such an intense degree, causing her voice to unconsciously fluctuate as well.

Stopping her instinctive retreat, Vilyric stepped forward, wanting to vent her confusion and disbelief, pressing down hard on the shoulders of the Fox-eared Girl!

“What on earth is happening! How can Xiao Kong be Hen? You’re completely two different beings! If you are Hen, then who is the other Hen we encountered earlier? What about Princess Ling?!”

Seemingly having anticipated that the other party would struggle to comprehend and accept this all at once, Xiao Kong simply allowed the black-haired girl to grip her shoulder, feeling the tremendous strength exerted as if it could rival that of a divine physique. She slightly lowered her head to look at the petite girl, who was at least half a head shorter, as if she were witnessing the most beautiful sight in the world, her expression still gentle.

“Vilyric, there’s one thing I need you to understand first. The God Fox’s name is Void Trace, but 【Void】 does not equate to 【Trace】.”

“If I’m not mistaken, you should hold a memory of encountering Hen in another special world. However, unfortunately, that precious memory does not exist within my mind.”

Surprised, the black-haired girl raised her head, gazing into the silver eyes of the divine being that held no malice or mockery, deeply furrowing her brows.

“What does that even mean? You say you’re not Hen, yet you look identical to her. Is this appearance simply a disguise or transformation?”

The girl known as God Fox shook her head.

“This is, of course, my true form, the body naturally formed from my essence after transforming into human shape. If anything, the form you previously knew was created through a magical disguise… to obscure my existence to some extent.”

“What exactly…”

“Vilyric, now you possess power not inferior to that of a deity, so tell me, do you know what the essence of a 【God】 is?”

   

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