Chapter 1198: The Fox Beauty Without Ambition

Chapter 1198: The Fox Beauty Without Grand Ambition

Xu Qing sighed.

A wave of helplessness rose within him.

Truly, from their first encounter until now, the Mud Fox’s tone had never changed.

Always so direct, always a thunderclap on calm ground, always so bold.

Whether he was weaker or stronger than her.

She remained unchanged.

It seemed she always found a way to tease him differently…

Xu Qing shook his head, waving his hand.

Instantly, a long robe appeared on the Mud Fox, enveloping her breathtaking, peerless figure.

“Mmm, the clothes feel tight. Naughty little brother, you prefer snug fits?”

The Mud Fox stroked her chest, pouting at Xu Qing.

“You may absorb the divine blood now. Attempt breakthrough.” Xu Qing ignored her, speaking calmly.

Seeing his indifference, the Mud Fox covered her mouth with a laugh, finding it increasingly amusing. She stepped closer deliberately, humming softly.

“As you wish, Master~ How shall I break through for you?”

Her voice was honeyed, laced with intoxicating sweetness. That “Master” echoed with soul-stirring allure, as if she’d returned to the Aurora Immortal Palace, transformed into the Fox Beauty.

Xu Qing sat cross-legged beside her, eyes closed, continuing his fishing. His voice remained serene.

“Time is short. Proceed as you see fit.”

Hearing this, the Fox Beauty giggled, yet she knew absorption was paramount. She stretched languidly, lifted her chin, and gazed at the floating pill bottle.

The coquetry in her phoenix eyes faded, replaced by a glint of gold.

She reached out, and the bottle shattered with a bang. The Sovereign’s blood within erupted with earth-shattering aura.

Innumerable divine patterns surfaced, interweaving, merging.

The droplet writhed violently, swelling and shrinking, morphing into countless shapes midair.

A faint, terrifying pressure lurked within, accompanied by silent roars reverberating through the void.

Upon closer look, stars seemed to dwell inside the blood.

Countless stars—all crimson!

They appeared to be the blood’s essence, its red hue born from the scarlet light they emitted.

The Fox Beauty drew a deep breath. Divine might surged within her, blurring the surroundings as alien essence sprouted.

A sea surface emerged with her breath, everything inverted.

The sea hung in the sky; the starry sky lay below.

Thus, the heavens refracted endless starlight, cascading to form a vast divine statue standing between sea and sky.

She opened her mouth and abruptly inhaled toward the Sovereign’s blood.

The droplet shot toward the statue, vanishing into its mouth.

The next instant, the statue trembled, its expression contorted in agony.

The blood, once swallowed, shed its crimson, revealing the Sovereign’s golden hue!

It blazed like a fireball, roaring within the Mud Fox’s divine form, threatening to incinerate the statue from within, then consume the surrounding sea and stars.

An astonishing aura erupted from the statue.

Before, the blood’s pressure had been contained, sealed like a lifeless thing.

Now, swallowed by the Mud Fox, it awakened.

Terror swept from the Mud Fox’s statue, a cosmic storm engulfing every starfield, system, and celestial body in the Mo Yang Universe!

All stars quaked.

Beings within trembled in fear.

Even the world swayed.

Countless alien races stared in horror.

Every powerhouse’s expression shifted dramatically.

Eyes from every corner of the Mo Yang Universe turned toward Xu Qing’s location.

This spectacle stirred even Xu Qing.

The aura was too overwhelming.

Under its weight, the Mo Yang Universe trembled visibly.

The Mud Fox’s statue now cracked, golden flames spreading within. Her inverted sea-sky realm faded; her mark blurred.

She seemed unable to endure.

Xu Qing’s gaze sharpened. He knew the Mud Fox following him to the Fifth Star Ring was but a fragment. Clearly, this fragment could not withstand the Sovereign’s blood.

He prepared to assist, to suppress the blood’s power.

Doing so would weaken it, lowering its tier for absorption—effective but diminished in value.

Yet seeing her unable to bear it, he could not watch her burn.

Just as Xu Qing moved to act, the Mud Fox’s hoarse voice rang out.

“I can!”

The next moment, her crumbling statue shuddered. Above her head, a starry sky materialized.

Not the Fifth Star Ring’s sky.

That… was the Wanggu Continent’s sky—the Ninth Star Ring’s sky!

This cosmos scattered starlight like rain, pouring down upon the Mud Fox’s statue, merging within to suppress the golden flames.

They fused relentlessly.

Yet it was still insufficient. The golden flames surged anew, reigniting the inferno.

At the critical moment, resolve flashed in the Mud Fox’s eyes. She inhaled deeply, her divine voice resonating.

“Primary and secondary—reverse!”

Her near-shattered statue suddenly seemed infused with new, inexhaustible strength, surging forward at all costs.

The statue’s radiance intensified, growing blindingly brilliant.

And the starlight cascading from the cosmos became infinite.

No longer rain—but a sea of starlight.

All fell.

Sustained nourishment gradually calmed the golden flame, steadying it, no longer dispersing, beginning to merge slowly with the mud fox deity statue.

The cosmic pressure that had spread throughout the universe also receded like a tide.

The starry sky upon the statue blurred, fading slowly.

A vast beyond comprehension, immense beyond measure, seemingly capable of upholding the heavens and radiating sacred majesty, a colossal altar rose gradually from beneath the statue, poised to elevate the deity high.

This altar brimmed with ancient essence, adorned with countless divine sigils, as if existing since the dawn of creation, as if intrinsically part of the Upper Stellar Ring, now emanating a dense, astonishing aura of divinity.

Surpassing the Divine Flame.

That was… the Divine Platform!

The moment it was fully formed, it signified the mud fox had stepped into the Divine Platform Realm!

Xu Qing witnessed this scene with utter clarity.

Vaguely, he sensed that the divine art the mud fox displayed at that moment had been achieved at the cost of sacrificing its Wanggu Primordial Form.

Only thus could it truly absorb that drop of divine blood!

Now, it stood on the brink of breakthrough.

Simultaneously, Xu Qing felt the Upper Stellar Ring’s profound favor towards divinity.

The Divine Platform equated to the quasi-immortal stage within the cultivator system.

While a cultivator’s leap from Sovereign to quasi-immortal also caused significant cosmic upheaval, it paled utterly against the mud fox’s current transcendence.

As if, within the Upper Stellar Ring’s rules, this… was the true orthodoxy.

Xu Qing even sensed, deep within his soul, that the entire universe, this starry expanse, seemed to lend its power to aid the emergence of the Divine Platform!

"Divinity is truly the Upper Stellar Ring’s favored child…"

Xu Qing murmured inwardly.

"And such commotion… the enforcers of the Nine Shores Immortal Palace must have sensed it."

Almost as this thought formed in Xu Qing’s mind, the starry void shuddered.

An indescribable force arrived silently. The instant it descended, all beings within the Moyang Universe froze instantly. All things ceased movement.

The sun’s light, the stars’ orbits—all halted at that moment.

Even time itself froze like ice.

The entire Moyang Universe was enveloped within a vast bubble.

Everything within was isolated.

Including the mud fox’s ascension, the shaping of the Divine Platform, the Upper Stellar Ring’s affection and aid for divinity—all ceased.

Motionless.

A pair of eyes appeared within the starry void, replacing all of Moyang.

They gazed upon the place where Xu Qing stood.

As if, with a single thought, the entire universe—Xu Qing, the mud fox, everything—would vanish utterly, body and soul extinguished in the blink of an eye.

Xu Qing suppressed his dread, bowing low to speak.

"Esteemed One, this is my divine servant."

Those eyes turned toward the mud fox.

Instantly, the mud fox statue blurred, its entire life unfolding within.

From the beginning, that Human Emperor facing divine invasion, choosing to split his three souls into rebirth, each becoming a divine vessel, until encountering Xu Qing, becoming entangled, entering the Fifth Stellar Ring together.

Then, the blossoming of a hundred flowers, becoming its root.

Next, the divine mud forming its body, its life held within Xu Qing’s grasp.

Every secret laid bare.

"If it errs, its sin is yours!"

A cold voice echoed through the starry void, sinking into Xu Qing’s spirit.

Xu Qing bowed deeply, already certain of the speaker’s identity.

The starry void’s eyes closed. The bubble surrounding the Moyang Universe vanished. The stars, beings, all things within the universe, and the mud fox’s breakthrough, resumed!

None sensed a thing.

Meanwhile, the mud fox’s Divine Platform roared, now fully erected, lifting its deity statue high. The aura of the Divine Platform Realm surged from the mud fox.

The next instant, it opened its eyes, golden radiance blazing across its form, infinite stars seeming to glitter behind it. With a wave of its hand, it gathered all surrounding phenomena, then strode toward Xu Qing with a light laugh.

"Stinky little brother, so cautious before, molding my body from mud… now look, seems no great surprise after all."

The mud fox spoke easily, its heart brimming with immense satisfaction at this gain.

This time, it had not only ascended to the Divine Platform but also absorbed the divine authority within that drop of blood. The path to True Divinity, once shrouded in uncertainty, now held direction and a clear route.

The benefits were immense.

Xu Qing looked at the mud fox with deep meaning, speaking calmly.

"Just now, the Lord of the Nine Shores Immortal Palace passed by."

The moment Xu Qing spoke, the mud fox’s eyes widened, pupils contracting.

It knew Xu Qing’s nature; his words meant truth. Yet it had sensed nothing throughout…

Sighing inwardly, it murmured.

"This Stellar Ring…"

"Ah, to hell with it. Gods or immortals, none concern me. The future? Not my worry. As long as this old lady is happy, that’s all."

The mud fox thought clearly, blinked, and shook off these thoughts, ready to tease.

Xu Qing gave it no chance, his gaze falling upon the black hole’s ink-soil.

"Now that you’ve reached the Divine Platform, enter this place with me. Investigate Moyang’s uniqueness—what truly makes it special!"

He finished, stepping forward.

Watching Xu Qing’s back, the mud fox licked its lips.

"Stinky little brother… the more serious you act, the more I adore you."