Chapter 1675: The Unambitious Fox Beauty
Editor: Atlas Studios

Xu Qing sighed.

Helplessness rose in his heart.

From the first time he met the clay fox until now, the tone of Her voice hadn’t changed.

She was always so forthright, always so unexpectedly shocking, and always so brazen.

Whether he had been weaker than Her or had grown stronger, She remained the same.

It seemed as though no matter the circumstances, She always found a way to tease him in Her own unique style…

Xu Qing shook his head and waved his hand.

Immediately, a long robe appeared on the clay fox’s body, draping over Her breathtaking figure.

“Hmm, the clothes feel a bit tight. So, little rascal, you like them snug, huh?”

The clay fox touched Her chest and teased Xu Qing with a playful pout.

“You can absorb the god’s blood now and attempt to break through.” Xu Qing ignored Her and calmly spoke.

The clay fox covered Her mouth and laughed. The more She thought about it, the more interesting it was. He deliberately stepped forward and let out a soft cry.

“Oh my, Young Lord~ How would you like me to break through?”

Her voice was sweet and tender, laced with a bewitching allure. That single ‘Young Lord’ carried a resonating charm, as if time rewound to the Aurora Immortal Palace, where She had become the fox beauty.

Xu Qing sat cross-legged at the side and closed his eyes. He continued to fish and calmly spoke.

“Time is limited. Consider it yourself.”

When the fox beauty heard this, She laughed coquettishly. However, She naturally knew that the most important thing now was to absorb the divine blood. Hence, She stretched lightly and lifted Her chin, looking at the pill bottle floating in the air.

The charm in Her phoenix eyes gradually dissipated and was replaced by a wisp of golden light.

She made a grabbing motion; immediately, the pill bottle shattered. The blood of the Lord God inside emitted an earth-shattering aura.

Countless divine runes floated within the droplet, intertwining and merging.

The blood pulsed violently, shifting in size and form. though alive, its movements erratic yet terrifying

A silent roar seemed to echo within the void, emanating an oppressive force that stirred the soul.

If one looked closely, they would see stars encapsulated in the droplet—a vast field of crimson stars, innumerable and burning with intense light.

It was as though they were the essence of this drop of blood. The reason why the blood was crimson was because of the crimson light emitted by the countless stars.

The Fox Beauty took a deep breath, Her gaze fixed intently on the droplet. As She steadied Herself, a powerful divine aura erupted from Her being. In an instant, the surrounding space blurred, and a palpable surge of anomalous substances began to spread.

A sea surface appeared with Her divine aura. Everything inside was reversed.

The sea was in the sky and the starry sky was below.

Hence, the sky reflected endless starlight, forming a vast statue of a god that stood between the sea and the sky.

The statue opened its mouth and sucked at the drop of Lord God’s blood.

Immediately, the drop of blood headed straight for the statue and entered the mouth of the statue.

At the next instant, the statue trembled and its expression revealed pain.

After the blood was devoured, its color faded, revealing the golden color that belonged to the gods!

It was like a ball of fire that rumbled and burned in the body of the clay fox statue. The fire was huge, as though it wanted to completely burn the statue from the inside out and burn the surrounding sea and starry sky to ashes.

There was also an astonishing aura that emitted from the statue.

Previously, the pressure of the drop of blood was contained and didn’t spread out too much. It was as though it was sealed and was a dead object.

But now, after the clay fox swallowed the blood, it seemed to have been activated.

Hence, a terrifying aura erupted from the clay fox statue, bringing with it incomparable waves. It was like a storm that swept through the universe, directly enveloping all the starfields, galaxies, and stars in the Ink Yang Universe!

All the stars shook.

The expressions of all the living beings changed.

In fact, everything was swaying.

Countless nonhumans were shocked.

The expressions of all the experts changed drastically.

Numerous gazes from various areas in the Ink Yang Universe shot toward where Xu Qing was.

This scene even moved Xu Qing.

This aura was too astonishing.

Under its suppression, the trembling of the Ink Yang Universe was incomparably obvious.

As for the clay fox, cracks appeared on the statue and golden flames spread out. Her sea and sky were disappearing and Her mark was turning blurry.

It was as though She couldn’t withstand it.

Xu Qing’s gaze froze. He knew that the clay fox that had followed him to the Fifth Star Ring was only a clone. Clearly, it was difficult for the clone to withstand that drop of Lord God’s blood.

He was about to try to help Her suppress the divine blood.

He was going to wear down the power of the divine blood and lower its level to the point where it could be absorbed by the clay fox.

But if he did this, the effect and the value of the Lord God’s blood would decrease.

However, seeing that the clay fox couldn’t withstand it, Xu Qing couldn’t watch helplessly as the other party burned.

Just as Xu Qing was about to make a move, the clay fox’s voice rang out hoarsely.

“I can do it!”

At the next instant, the statue of the clay fox that was about to collapse suddenly shook and a starry sky appeared above its head.

That wasn’t the starry sky of the Fifth Star Ring.

That was… the starry sky of the Wanggu, and also the starry sky of the ninth star ring!

Strands of starlight scattered from this starry sky like a meteor shower. They landed on the statue of the clay fox and fused into it, suppressing the golden flames.

They continued to fuse.

However, it was still a little lacking. The golden flames gradually gained the upper hand again, causing the burning momentum to make a comeback.

At this critical moment, determination appeared in the clay fox’s eyes. She opened Her mouth and took a deep breath as Her divine voice echoed.

“Primary and secondary, reverse!”

At this moment, the statue that was about to shatter seemed to have gained new strength. This surge of energy poured in continuously, wave after wave, relentless and unyielding, regardless of the cost.

The statue’s radiance grew brighter and brighter, its brilliance intensifying until the light became blinding.

The starlight falling from the starry sky became endless at this moment.

It was no longer rain but a sea of starlight.

It fell furiously.

The continuous nourishment finally caused the golden flames to slowly stabilize and stop spreading out. It began to gradually fuse with the clay fox statue.

The pressure that spread through the entire universe gradually retracted.

The starry sky above the statue also blurred and slowly disappeared.

A vast and astonishingly huge shrine that seemed to be able to support the starry sky and was incomparably holy gradually rose from under the statue, wanting to lift it high.

The shrine was filled with divine runes and emitted an ancient feeling. It was as though it had existed since the creation of the world, as though it was a part of the upper star ring. At that moment, it emitted an astonishingly dense god aura.

It surpassed the Divine Fire.

That was… the Divine Platform!

The moment it was completely formed, it meant that the clay fox had stepped into the Divine Platform Realm!

Xu Qing saw this scene clearly.

He could vaguely sense that the divine technique the clay fox had unleashed in that critical moment came at an immense cost—sacrificing Her true form in Wanggu.

Only then could She truly absorb that drop of divine blood!

At this moment, She was about to break through.

At the same time, Xu Qing also felt the love the upper star rings had for the gods.

The Divine Platform was equivalent to a Quasi Immortal in the cultivator system.

In contrast, while the celestial phenomena triggered by a cultivator breaking through from Ruler to Quasi Immortal were significant, they were absolutely incomparable to the spectacle unfolding at this moment with the clay fox’s ascension.

It was as though in the rules of the upper star rings, this… was the orthodox.

In fact, Xu Qing could vaguely sense that this universe and this starry sky seemed to be helping the appearance of the Divine Platform at this moment!

“Gods are indeed the favorite of the upper star rings…”

Xu Qing mumbled inwardly.

“With such a commotion, the law enforcers of the Nine Shores Immortal Palace must have sensed it.”

Almost at the instant this thought emerged in Xu Qing’s mind, the starry sky trembled.

An indescribable force silently arrived. The moment it landed, all living beings in the Ink Yang Universe instantly stopped moving.

The light of the sun and the circulation of the stars also froze at this moment.

Even time seemed to be frozen.

The entire Ink Yang Universe was enveloped by a huge bubble.

Everything inside was isolated.

This included the advancement of the clay fox, the molding of the Divine Platform, and the doting and help from the upper star rings to the god. All of them stopped.

Motionless.

A pair of eyes appeared in the starry sky, replacing everything Ink Yang had.

They stared at the place Xu Qing was at.

It was as though with a thought, regardless of whether it was Xu Qing or the clay fox, the entire universe could be destroyed instantly and no longer exist.

Xu Qing suppressed his palpitations and bowed.

“Sir, this is my divine slave.”

That pair of eyes looked at the clay fox.

In that instant, the clay fox statue became blurry and the experiences of Her life surfaced.

It began with the image of a Human Emperor, confronting the invasion of gods and choosing to split into three souls, each becoming a divine incarnation. The story then moved to Her encounter with Xu Qing, a meeting that bound their fates and led them both into the Fifth Star Ring.

What followed was the hundred flowers dispersing, establishing Her root in the Fifth Star Ring.

Finally, with divine mud as the body, her life was under Xu Qing’s control.

All the secrets were clear.

“If it makes a mistake, you shall bear its sin!”

A cold voice echoed in the starry sky and entered Xu Qing’s mind.

Xu Qing bowed. He already had an answer to this person’s identity.

The pair of eyes in the starry sky closed and the bubble outside the Ink Yang Universe disappeared. The stars, all living beings, all things, and even the clay fox’s breakthrough resumed!

No one sensed anything.

The clay fox, now having fully established Her Divine Platform, stood tall as the divine statue rose. The aura of the Divine Platform emanated from it.

In the next moment, the clay fox opened Her eyes, golden light flashing, and a multitude of stars seemed to shine behind Her, radiating boundless brilliance. With a simple gesture, the strange phenomena around Her were retracted, and She walked toward Xu Qing with a light chuckle.

“Little brother, you were so cautious before, even using mud to mold my body. But now, looking back, it seems there were no surprises after all.”

The clay fox spoke casually, clearly satisfied with Her gains.

Not only had She advanced to the Divine Platform, but She had also absorbed the divine authority from the drop of blood, turning the path to becoming a True God from a distant and uncertain possibility into one that now had clear direction.

Xu Qing cast a meaningful glance at the clay fox and calmly spoke.

“The Nine Shores Immortal Lord came just now.”

As soon as Xu Qing finished speaking, the clay fox’s eyes widened and Her pupils contracted.

She knew Xu Qing’s personality, so She understood that what Xu Qing said must be true. Moreover, She didn’t notice anything the entire time…

She sighed and muttered to Herself.

‘This star ring…’

“Who cares? Whether it’s gods or immortals, none of that concerns me. The future is none of my business; as long as I’m happy, that’s all that matters.”

The clay fox saw things through very clearly. At this moment, She blinked and shook off these matters, about to tease Xu Qing again.

Xu Qing didn’t give Her a chance. His gaze landed on the black hole.

“Since you’re already a Divine Platform, enter this place with me and investigate. Let’s see what’s so special about Ink Yang!”

With that, he took a step forward.

Looking at Xu Qing’s back view, the clay fox licked Her lips.

“Little brother, the more you act all serious like this, the more I like it.”

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