The little fox didn’t understand.
Why Jiang Chen wasn’t as excited as it was about not losing its memory this time?
It was even more puzzled.
Why Jiang Chen seemed unhappy about its advancement to a demon king?
Regardless, seeing Jiang Chen’s low spirits, the little fox felt a pang of heartache.
After much struggle, it finally agreed.
Although it wanted to Shape Transformation and marry Jiang Chen, it would rather die than see Jiang Chen in such a conflicted and sad state.
……
Afterward, the two lived in the Hengduan Mountain Range.
There was laughter and joy but also sighs.The little fox still occasionally fell into deep sleep.
And each time it awoke, it would instinctively search for Jiang Chen, only relaxing with a content smile upon seeing his familiar face.
Clearly, it was still afraid, afraid of forgetting Jiang Chen.
What’s more, its aura would strengthen a bit more with each sleep, bringing it closer to breaking through to a demon king.
Over time, the little fox dared not sleep anymore, even when it was so tired that its consciousness blurred. The little fox still refused to close its eyes.
Whenever sleepiness struck, it would burn itself with ghostly fire, using the deep, bone-piercing pain to stay awake.
Years of this left it extremely tired and weak.
Its snow-white fur had become dull and lusterless, and its once lively fox eyes were now dull and often vacant.
“Jiang Chen, I want to go back to the clan’s land,” the little fox said one day.
“The clan’s land? Do you remember where it is?” Jiang Chen was somewhat surprised.
“I don’t remember,” the little fox said weakly while looking towards the deepest part of the Hengduan Mountain Range.
“Though I don’t remember, I can feel the clan’s land calling me.”
Jiang Chen fell silent.
He had always known that the Mystic Fox Clan had a ‘homecoming’ trait.
If they were in a weakened state severe enough to endanger their lives, the Mystic Fox Clan would return to their homeland, wishing to die where they were born. РÀΝȯВËȿ
In other words, the little fox’s condition was not optimistic.
Years of suppressing its cultivation had affected its bloodline, and if it continued, it might weaken to death.
After pondering for a while, Jiang Chen sighed deeply and said: “Jiushuang, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have forced you to suppress your realm. Go to sleep, when you wake up, you should be able to advance to a demon king.”
“No!”
The little fox shook its head desperately, “I can see that you’re sad! For you, I’m willing to do anything.”
“Silly fox.” Jiang Chen stroked its head and forced a smile.
“Have you forgotten? You said that you want to marry me after transformation.”
These words hit the little fox’s soft spot.
“Then… if I become a demon king, will I forget you?” it hesitated.
“Probably,” Jiang Chen said after a moment’s thought, telling the truth.
“Then no! I finally remember you. How can I forget you again?”
“But I remember.”
“Still, that’s not fair to you…”
“No, you’re wrong.”
Holding the little fox in his arms, Jiang Chen gently stroked its body and earnestly said, “Jiushuang, your existence is the greatest fairness to me.”
The little fox fell silent.
It understood what Jiang Chen meant.
Because in this world full of misunderstandings and malice, it was the only one that truly believed Jiang Chen was a good person.
It felt a deep sorrow. That’s why it couldn’t forget.
Because once it forgot, the white fox that trusted Jiang Chen would cease to exist.
Seeing its thoughts, Jiang Chen added, “It’s okay, no matter how many times you forget me, I will help you remember. No matter where you are, I will find you. No matter what you become, I will recognize you at a glance.”
These words made the little fox want to cry.
But it couldn’t cry, just holding Jiang Chen and making strange choking sounds…
…….
The little fox fell asleep.
This sleep lasted a whole year.
Every day, its breath grew stronger until it was about to break through, and then it awoke from its deep slumber.
Jiang Chen went to keep watch around.
Although the little fox was scared, it still gritted its teeth and broke through.
That night, the sky changed color, the wind and clouds surged.
It seemed as if a fox’s howl came from the ninth heaven, and a fox’s cry lingered in the ears of surrounding living beings.
Under the sky full of lightning, the little fox endured the pain in its body, and ghostly fire emerged from between its brows, enveloping its entire fox form.
Feeling that increasingly powerful aura, small demonic beasts around bowed down in worship while Jiang Chen let out one long sigh after another from a distance.
After everything calmed down, the little fox had grown a lot, with three tails turning into four and ghostly fire enveloping it like a garment.
Its pale blue fox eyes now held a hint of bewitching charm that could captivate all beings.
After the breakthrough, Jiang Chen quickly approached.
But just as she was about to say something.
She saw the little fox raise its head to the sky, murmuring,
“Destiny…”
At that moment, it remembered its mission.
It was the Nine Heavens Mystic Fox and its fate in this life was to find its destined person.
Such a mission was etched in its bloodline, automatically surfacing once it reached a certain realm unrelated to memory.
“Little fox, we meet again.” Taking a deep breath, Jiang Chen stepped forward.
Hearing this, the little fox turned its head.
It looked at Jiang Chen with a blank expression in its eyes.
“Human, you smell so nice, what’s your name?” it asked.
Before Jiang Chen could reply, a ghostly fire suddenly blazed, and several blood-red characters emerged from it.
【After becoming the Demon King, go to the Upper Domain】
The little fox was stunned.
Although it couldn’t remember who left these blood characters, it could feel the deep concern and kinship in them.
And it could feel the urgency in these blood characters.
Where was the Upper Domain?
The little fox did not know.
Despite not knowing, it leaped up instinctively, and a streak of white light traced across the night sky, eventually disappearing into the end of the night.
Jiang Chen had no time to stop it nor the cultivation level to follow.
Looking in the direction where the little fox had gone, he could only sigh deeply.
“Every time the Nine Heavens Mystic Fox grows a tail, it’s like being reborn, completely forgetting all of its past.”
“It seems I need to go to the Upper Domain to find it. But my current cultivation level is not enough. I can only wait for now…” he mused to himself.
……
Years later, he too left the Hengduan Mountain Range.
Occasionally, he would habitually start talking to the little fox, only to remember at the last moment that white fox which had accompanied him for many years, the one that always trusted him, believing that even if he was a bad person, he was a good bad person, was no longer around.
Jiang Chen’s lonely silhouette was heart-wrenching for the little fox watching in the void.
At this moment, the little fox in the void finally understood the meaning of “Nine Heavens Mystic Fox.”
At three tails, the memory of the Nine Heavens Mystic Fox was unstable, often forgetting things.
After that, although its memory stabilized, every time it grew a tail, it would forget everything again until it found the person destined by heaven.
It was as if heaven was making it constantly forget. The purpose its life was to let it deliver a gift to the destined person without any interference!
The little fox in the void looked up at the sky,
“Heaven, you really have a wicked sense of humor.”
This heaven… not only did it make Jiang Chen, such a good person, suffer from misunderstanding and cold stares, but it even deprived the fox of the right to choose.
Suddenly, the little fox came to a realization as it saw those 【First Life】 characters again.
“Could it be, these are memories from a past life?” it exclaimed in surprise.
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