The spiritual tails of the little fox are born from the true tail.
She cut off her true tail, which is tantamount to abandoning all her cultivation.
Wen Shuangbai remained motionless, her eyes closed, sitting beneath the sacred flag.
Yet, two streams of tears slid from the corners of her eyes, dripping onto her palms, on the three soft, fluffy, and meticulously groomed white tails.
The moment the tears moistened the fur of the tails, Wen Shuangbai began to refine the fox tails.
Yu Xiaoli is a little fox demon from the Spirit Tail Fox clan, and their clan cultivates spiritual tails.
To help Yu Xiaoli cultivate these three tails, Yu Xi Valley has invested countless heavenly materials and treasures into her over the years.
It is imaginable how terrifying the spiritual power contained within these three tails is.
Very soon, the vast and pure spiritual fox cultivation flowed toward Wen Shuangbai like an endless spring.
Within the sphere formation of the fortieth layer of the Mystic Heaven Mirror, her previously dim and weak spiritual consciousness became bright and strong.
Wen Shuangbai's mind became clearer.
She did not waste a single moment bought with the price of everyone's blood, as her spiritual consciousness wrapped around the remaining nine spiritual formation lines, drifting into the core, the most complex central formation.
Here, the colorful spiritual formation lines intersect with each other.
At the very center, surrounded by the spiritual formation lines, is a multicolored spiritual mirror composed of constantly jumping characters.
Around the multicolored spiritual mirror, countless spiritual formation lines connect, seemingly chaotic but actually orderly, each with its own pattern.
Wen Shuangbai's spiritual consciousness circled around and finally stopped at the southeast position of the multicolored spiritual mirror.
It was here that a sudden gap appeared, with black marks of destruction on the edges.
Judging by the size, it was just enough to connect the nine spiritual formation lines.
This matter was of great importance; one mistake would mean all efforts were in vain, so Wen Shuangbai dared not take it lightly.
It could be said that in her past life experiences, the moment before completing something was when it was most necessary to slow down and think repeatedly to ensure no mistakes.
Therefore, while attempting to connect the spiritual formation lines, she carefully checked again.
Then she discovered a small detail.
Just north of this position, there were four groups of points, each composed of nine spiritual formation lines.
Strangely, the nine lines in those four groups were not independent but connected, with a particular order, divided into one, two, three, and four.
Being in the center of the formation, the constant depletion made Wen Shuangbai's spiritual consciousness ache, so she did not notice it at first.
But now, upon close observation, she was surprised to find that these four groups of spiritual formation lines had a faint resonance with her spiritual consciousness, as if they shared the same origin.
That was the Yao Ling Heart Method.
These four groups of spiritual formation lines had activation devices keyed to the Yao Ling Heart Method.
Suddenly enlightened, Wen Shuangbai realized where these spiritual formation lines came from.
The first group represented the small world of Tianjia Village, the second was Zhuo Guang City, the third was Star Moon Valley, and the fourth was Shen Gui Valley.
These were the first four rounds of instances in this Mystic Heaven Competition.
No wonder.
No wonder Wen Shuangbai found it strange from the beginning; why were the instances in this Mystic Heaven Competition different from those in the book every round?
In that moment, Wen Shuangbai realized something: the changes in the trial instance were due to her.
It was by a stroke of luck that she learned the Yaoling Heart Method, jointly created by Ye Qingrong and Qi Yaoling, which activated this set of instances.
Senior Ye Qingrong specifically sought successors using the Yaoling Heart Method to open the paths of Tianjia Village, Zhuoguang City, Star Moon Valley, and Shen Gui Valley, aiming to reveal the truth to the world and to have future generations destroy the demon bones and protect the sacred tower.
If she had no successors, she would let the demon bones in Shen Gui Valley be forever concealed, and no one would be able to open the gate to Shen Gui Valley.
The demon bones held great significance to the Di family; they were an unparalleled treasure. As long as they couldn't obtain the demon bones, they wouldn't choose to destroy the sacred tower.
This was the meticulous series of preventive measures Ye Qingrong took upon learning of the hexagram foretold by Xingyue Daoist.
In fact, Senior Ye Qingrong succeeded.
Wen Shuangbai thought.
If she and Xie Ziyin hadn't come into the book and changed some things, according to the original storyline, this set of instance lines would not have been triggered.
Thus, in the book, the so-called male protagonist Di Qi didn't pursue the so-called "divine bones."
So, in the book's ending, the sacred tower remained intact, and the world seemed peaceful.
However, no one knew the sacred tower fell into the hands of executioners.
The sacred tower was still managed by the Purple Flame Realm, and Di Qi and the Di family still had the protection of the Xuantian Order, commanding the world and becoming the master of Xuantian, wielding immense power.
Isn't this a kind of sorrow?
Five hundred years ago, when ghosts appeared in the world, countless martyrs chose to sacrifice themselves for their righteous ideals and for the common people, but the true culprit behind all this transformed into the master of the righteous path, revered by countless generations, and reaped the fruits of victory.
If the deceased martyrs knew this in the afterlife, they would probably be so enraged that their coffin lids couldn't hold them down!
Perhaps, because of this reason, the heavens didn't want to see such an ending, so in the unseen, she and Xie Ziyin came into the book.
Even though they were small unfortunate souls in the book, except for Lu Jiayao.
But this time, Wen Shuangbai hoped the heavens would stand by their side.
Wen Shuangbai confirmed her resolve, no longer hesitating, and with determination, connected the nine spiritual array lines into the multicolored spiritual mirror!
This gap had been thoroughly destroyed by human hands, and Wen Shuangbai, using the power of the Yaoling Heart Method and her skills as a refiner, remade the interface and reconnected the spiritual array lines of the sacred flag to their rightful destination.
At that moment, tens of thousands of runes danced within the multicolored spiritual mirror, flooding into Wen Shuangbai's spiritual consciousness.
At that moment, her spiritual consciousness seemed to be in the eye of a storm, each character like a blade, cutting into her.
Her spiritual consciousness felt as if it were being sliced by a thousand cuts.
The extreme pain penetrated deep into Wen Shuangbai's soul.
This was the ultimate torture.
She endured the pain, staying lucid in her suffering, doing what a refiner and cultivator ought to do.
For a time, beneath the sacred flag, Wen Shuangbai bled from all seven orifices.
Yet she continued to persevere.
Just like the pioneers who persevered five hundred years ago, and like the comrades who fought to the death with Di Qi in the tortoise shell space.
No one ever gave up, so standing on the shoulders of these people, Wen Shuangbai was able to see the dawn of hope.
The nine core spiritual lines of the bronze jade formation were successfully connected to the multicolored spiritual mirror.
The previously dim spiritual lines began to brighten from the ends, with colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple intertwining, spreading along the spiritual lines, from the fortieth city back to the eighty-first level, returning to the bronze jade.
Wen Shuangbai's spiritual consciousness drifted back, returning to her body.
Intense pain attacked from her limbs and bones, her entire body’s spiritual power was exhausted, like a burned-out candle. Wen Shuangbai's vision went black, unable to sit steadily, she fell to the ground.
She was already very weak, each breath felt like an extreme effort.
However, in the circles of darkening vision, the holy flag above still fluttered.
Just one last step, the last step, the final... step.
Wen Shuangbai bit her tongue hard, fueled by a defiant spirit, she suddenly got up, reached out, and grabbed the flagpole, pulling it fiercely!
When the holy flag was pulled down, with a thud, Wen Shuangbai fainted to the ground.
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Inside the tortoise shell space, the smell of blood was overwhelming.
With Qingling Mountain and Jade Rhinoceros Valley, there were three people and four demons, each looking as if they had crawled out of a sea of blood, covered in shocking red stains.
Thanks to the assistance outside the tower from the tortoise’s father, the seven gradually formed a strategy to deal with Di Qi from the initial chaos.
Li Zhuohua and Yin Xuan, the two sword cultivators, divided into two teams, each leading two small demons, taking turns in battle.
Xie Ziyin, as a medical cultivator, possessed the star essence for absolute killing of demonic energy, and supplemented by the Nine Infant Ghost Eye honed in Tianjia Village, assisted in commanding from the side.
When he saw Li Zhuohua's team or Yin Xuan's team struggling against Di Qi, with injuries reaching a critical point, he used the star essence that could not be sustained for long, to hold Di Qi temporarily, allowing the team to retreat and switch with another team.
During this interval, the replaced team hurriedly healed, restored spiritual power, and engaged in some sneaky tricks, throwing hidden weapons or talismans to assist the other team.
Yu Qianli, whose left shoulder was largely bitten by the black dragon, still had the mood to joke in adversity, saying, "Luckily, our little tortoise senior brother has a hoarding habit, storing lots of treasures in the tortoise shell space, otherwise we’d be dead for sure."
"Indeed," Yu Dachuan nodded, worriedly saying, "I wonder how Little Fox and the others are doing outside?"
Yin Xuan kept stuffing spiritual fruits into his mouth, his hands creating afterimages, and his cheeks bulging, reassuring the two little demon brothers indistinctly, "As long as the Mystic Heaven Mirror hasn't sent any messages, they are safe."
They were still in the competition, as long as a disciple died, the Mystic Heaven Mirror would notify.
Similarly, if the second junior sister succeeded, the Mystic Heaven Mirror would also notify.
Yin Xuan touched the Mystic Heaven Mirror hidden in his bosom.
They had been waiting.
Waiting.
With a thunderous roar, Di Qi was once again raging madly.
The moment Xie Ziyin's Star Essence appeared, the three of them rose in unison and flew towards the battlefield filled with the aura of evil, replacing Li Zhuohua and the others.
Di Qi was extremely furious. As a newly ascended Demon Saint, he found himself trapped inside this shell, unable to escape.
Although he still believed that Wen Shuangbai couldn't possibly alter the bronze formation, he was convinced he would eventually exhaust these people and find a way to leave.
Yet, inexplicably, a sense of fear arose within Di Qi.
This was a Demon Saint's intuition about danger.
In his panic and desperate desire to survive, Di Qi unexpectedly attained further enlightenment. His body expanded several times over, black dragon patterns spread across his face, horns emerged from his head, and suddenly, within the shell, the ground shook and mountains trembled, as if the apocalypse had arrived.
Outside the Holy Tower, even the Turtle Elder spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Demonization!" Xie Ziyin saw this scene and realized the gravity of the situation, his expression becoming particularly solemn.
With demonization and the Mystic Heaven Seal, no matter how many people there were, even with the power of the Turtle Elder, they would not be able to restrain Di Qi.
In fact, under Di Qi's dragon magic, this incredibly hard shell space might be shattered into dust.
At that time, not only those inside, but also Shuangbai outside, would perish.
He might have to break the promise he made to her.
He told her, we must both survive.
He might not be able to fulfill it.
Star Essence, like in the Valley of the Divine Mystery, where a star stone self-destructed, destroying demon bones, could be detonated.
But only at the cost of himself.
Xie Ziyin lowered his head slightly, moving his blood-stained fingers inside his white sleeve.
At the moment when starlight gathered at his fingertips, suddenly, the Mystic Heaven Mirror at his waist buzzed with vibration.
Everyone's Mystic Heaven Mirror buzzed with vibration.
Li Zhuohua's hand moved faster than anyone else's, swiftly pulling it out to take a look, her eyes lighting up instantly as she stood up and shouted, "The Holy Banner has been pulled, friends, charge! Kill Di Qi!!!!!"
Senior Sister Zhuohua's resounding shout reverberated continuously within the shell space. She threw away the Mystic Heaven Mirror, discarding the spirit pills and fruits she hadn't had a chance to eat.
These, she would no longer need.
She picked up the Rainbow Sword, with only one target in her heart, and that was Di Qi!
She charged towards Di Qi with reckless abandon, shouting passionately, "Kill Di Qi!!!"
"Kill! Kill!!!" The little spirits of Jade Rhinoceros Valley heard this and, infected by Senior Sister Zhuohua, threw away the unnecessary items in their hands, and followed Li Zhuohua, charging forward without hesitation!
In an instant, the seven were in perfect harmony, unleashing their strongest and most formidable attack towards the ever-expanding, demonized Di Qi!!!
"Kill!!! Kill!!!" Li Zhuohua was the most excited, her face twisted in a frenzy, caught in a momentum she couldn't escape. She slashed at Di Qi with her sword repeatedly, not knowing how many strikes she had made until the little fairies stopped her together: "Sister Zhuohua, that's enough, that's enough..."
Only then did Yin Xuan and Xie Ziyin manage to approach Di Qi, both crouching cautiously on either side of the grotesque figure that was neither human nor demon.
Yin Xuan asked his brother-in-law with lingering fear, "Is it really dead this time?"
Xie Ziyin used the power of the stars to survey the area, finding no further anomalies. Di Qi appeared to be truly dead.
Yet he couldn't shake the feeling that something was still amiss.
So he frowned, without giving an answer.
