[First Life]

Deep in the Hengduan Mountains, on the Enlightenment Tree.

A three-tailed white fox curled up, and the light from the tree gathered on it and was absorbed into its body.

Under the Enlightenment Tree.

The old woman who had six tails in her life sat cross-legged. Sometimes she stroked the ground and sighed, and sometimes she looked up at the three-tailed white fox on the tree, revealing a slightly vicissitudes of life smile.

Suddenly, the little fox woke up and jumped down from the tree.

"Grandma, who are you?" It looked at the old woman in front of it and tilted its head.

"I am your grandmother, and you are my granddaughter. We are all from the Ghost Fox Clan, and you are the Nine Heavens Ghost Fox, the Destiny Foxwoman." The old woman replied. ✱

She didn't know how many times the little fox had woken up, and she didn't know how many times she had introduced herself.

Every time the little fox woke up, it would forget her.

This feeling of being forgotten by her loved ones made the old woman very sad, but she got used to it over time.

"The Ghost Fox Clan?" The little fox didn't understand.

"Well, my Ghost Fox Clan is an ancient fox clan, and now only you and I are left." The old woman sighed.

"Are my parents gone too?" The little fox asked again.

"Neither here nor there." The old woman stroked the ground and said, "This is our clan land. Your parents and other clan members are imprisoned underground, nourishing the enlightenment tree with their own flesh and blood."

"Ah?"

The little fox was shocked.

Isn't it reduced to the nutrients of the tree? And it took away the tree's fortune, doesn't this mean...

It is sucking its own people?

"Grandma, I can stop growing up, can you save my people?" The little fox said hurriedly.

"No."

After a sigh, the old woman shook her head: "That person is too powerful, and I can't shake the seal he left behind."

"Who is that person?" The little fox asked.

"The Great Emperor, the Demon Emperor of another world."

"..."

The little fox was speechless.

Although it had lost all its memories, it was very clear about the concept of the Great Emperor.

That is the ruler of a world, standing above all living beings.

"Have we offended the emperor?" The little fox was shocked.

The old woman did not reply to this, and she did not know the details.

But she was very sure.

As long as the little fox grows a ninth fox tail and becomes a true Nine Heavens Ghost Fox, it will be able to break the seal and lead the Ghost Fox clan back to the demon world.

She will not live long, and she may not see that day.

But for the Ghost Fox clan and the future of the little fox, she died without regrets.

Therefore, she went through thousands of hardships to bring back a enlightenment tree seed from the upper domain and planted it on the clan land.

And she does not plan to tell the little fox about these things at the moment, after all, it is meaningless to tell it now.

After thinking for a while, she said: "The spiritual energy in the Central Region is scarce. If it weren't for this, the Enlightenment Tree would not be able to grow, and you would not be able to accelerate your growth by absorbing the light of the Enlightenment Tree."

"Don't worry, you are the Nine Heavens Ghost Fox. When you grow your ninth tail, you will be able to save your people and let our Ghost Fox clan reappear in this world and return to the demon world!" She added

Hearing this, the little fox nodded.

At this moment, it set a goal for itself.

Save the people! Break the seal!

"Grandma, what is the Nine Heavens Ghost Fox?" The little fox still had doubts.

"The Nine Heavens Ghost Fox is also called the Destiny Female Fox. Only when you find your destiny person can you no longer lose your memory and forget." The old woman explained.

"Then is this destined person the one I like?"

"...Maybe, maybe not."

"What do you mean?"

"The destined person is determined by fate. Your destined person could be an emperor or a mortal, a handsome man or an ugly man covered in sores."

"Ah? Does that mean I have no choice?"

"Yes, you have no choice."

"..."

The little fox fell silent instantly.

Seeing that it was a little disappointed, the old woman comforted it again: "But since it is the destined person, I believe you should have a certain liking for it. Remember, you can't resist fate."

"What will happen if you resist?" the little fox asked.

The old woman pointed to the ground and said: "It will be like this."

"..."

The little fox fell silent again.

It understood what the old woman meant, which should mean that if it resisted, it would bring great disaster to its people and itself again.

But why?

Why is its fate determined by heaven?

Why is who it likes also determined by heaven?

Doesn't it have any freedom at all?

"Granddaughter, do you know how human monks call the Nine Heavens Ghost Fox?" Seeing its troubles, the old woman asked.

The little fox shook its head.

The old woman stood up, looked up at the sky and said: "They all say that the Nine Heavens Ghost Fox is a puppet and gift prepared by the heaven for a person with great luck."

"..."

The little fox was speechless after hearing this.

...

...

Not long after, the little fox fell asleep again.

The old woman's life span was short, and in order to accompany the little fox more, she could only transform into a white fox and pretend to be dead on the enlightenment tree.

During this period.

Many demon kings were attracted by the enlightenment tree.

Although no demon beast wanted to get involved with the ghost fox clan, the temptation of the enlightenment tree was too great, and demon kings appeared at the bottom of the tree to enlighten one after another.

Time passed slowly.

Except that the little fox occasionally woke up and ran away when the old woman was pretending to be dead, and the old woman had to look for it everywhere, everything seemed extremely peaceful.

Until one day.

A man in white led a group of strong men into the depths of the Hengduan Mountains and arrived at the Enlightenment Tree.

This man was Jiang Chen.

His purpose was to dig the roots of the Enlightenment Tree to help his fourth junior brother Mu Kui calm down.

The old woman was naturally unwilling, and the two sides formed a confrontation.

The little fox was still sleeping, but it smelled a refreshing fragrance in its sleep.

It woke up in a daze, jumped down from the tree, and instinctively followed the fragrance.

It came to Jiang Chen and said curiously: "Human, you smell so good, what's your name?"

This was the first time it met Jiang Chen.

And this time, Jiang Chen made a promise, saying: "A lifetime is too long, but as long as I am alive, I will always protect it."

This promise made the little fox feel at ease.

It wanted to remember it firmly.

But...

Before Jiang Chen and others left, it fell asleep again.

And this sleep lasted for six years.

After waking up again,

Looking at the strange old woman in front of him, the little fox wondered: "Jiang Chen? Who is Jiang Chen?"

"Ah, as expected... Isn't he your destiny?" The old woman sighed, her voice sad.

"Destiny? What is destiny?" The little fox asked again.

Obviously.

It not only forgot Jiang Chen, but also forgot its identity and mission.

Helplessly, the old woman had to repeat the explanation.

After the little fox understood everything.

The old woman lightly touched the little fox's eyebrows with her finger, the light blue ghost fire mark.

The next second, the condensed ghost fire became a seedling and sprang out from the little fox's eyebrows.

The old woman gestured with her finger in the air, and carved a row of big words in the ghost fire with her blood:

[After becoming the demon king, go to the upper domain]

"Cough, cough!"

After everything was done, the old woman looked a little older.

She rubbed the little fox's head and said, "Although you will lose your memory, the blood words in the ghost fire can remind you. Granddaughter, no matter what you encounter in the future, you must remember to find your destiny..."

After that.

The old woman's vitality disappeared and she slowly closed her eyes.

"Grandma!!"

The little fox cried out:

"Grandma! Don't die. I don't know what to do if you die."

"I will never run around again. Can you talk to me?"

"Grandma, your granddaughter will be very good in the future. I will listen to you. Open your eyes and look at me!"

"Grandma..."

The miserable sound continued.

It was obviously a loved one who passed away.

It was obviously heartbroken.

But it couldn't shed a single tear.

While shouting, the little fox fell asleep again.

It didn't know how long it had slept.

The only thing it knew was that it woke up from the arms of a skeleton.

It looked up at the head of the skeleton.

The little fox felt a pain in his heart, but he blinked blankly and said to himself, "Whose skeleton is this?"