Chapter 1472: The Pitiful and Wretched Nether Fox

Translator: CinderTL

Thirty years later.

Outside the Primordial Qi Death Zone on the Western Rong Continent.

Song Wen rubbed a blood-red crystal the size of a fingertip in his hand. His body transformed into a stream of light, plunging into the swirling black mist ahead.

"Shadow Void, monitor the surroundings. Report any anomalies immediately," Song Wen’s voice echoed in his sea of consciousness.

"Yes, Master," Shadow Void replied.

As soon as Shadow Void finished speaking, Song Wen noticed the Primordial Qi around him had become as viscous as a tangible curtain, pressing down with crushing weight.

The murky, gray-black haze limited his vision to a mere three kilometers, and his senses were compressed to the same range, despite having only ventured about a hundred kilometers into the Primordial Qi Death Zone.

"The Primordial Qi concentration here is indeed far denser than that of the Death Zone on the Eastern Profound Continent," Song Wen murmured to himself, slowing his escape speed.

He slapped the Spirit Beast Pouch at his waist, and the Nether Fox materialized instantly.

In stark contrast to Song Wen’s caution, the Nether Fox appeared wildly excited, tailing him closely while its eyes darted around incessantly.

"Master, there’s a fourth-tier void fiend about ten thousand kilometers to the left," the Nether Fox announced, its pitch-black eyes fixed intently on Song Wen.

When Song Wen ignored it and continued his journey, the Nether Fox persisted.

"Master, it’s been ages since I tasted a void fiend. I’m starving! Could I... go devour it?" the Nether Fox pleaded, its tone ingratiating.

"There will be plenty of void fiends for you to devour later. Why are you so impatient over a mere fourth-tier fiend? Stay put!" Song Wen retorted, his voice firm and leaving no room for argument.

The Nether Fox’s eyes dimmed instantly, its expression crestfallen.

At that moment, the shadow void’s voice echoed.

"Master, twenty thousand miles ahead, there are several resentful spirits. The strongest among them is at the late seventh-tier."

The shadow void didn’t speak within the sea of consciousness; instead, its voice projected beyond it. Simultaneously, its nine tentacles extended from Song Wen’s head, undulating rhythmically within the Primordial Qi.

"Twenty thousand miles?"

Song Wen showed no reaction to the shadow void’s announcement, but the Nether Fox’s eyes widened dramatically.

"Shadow void... you... when did you gain the ability to sense things twenty thousand miles away?"

The Nether Fox, currently at the mid-sixth-tier, could sense within a five-thousand-mile radius in the Primordial Qi Death Zone. Though far inferior to the shadow void’s range, this was comparable to the sensory range of Song Wen, a Body Integration Stage cultivator, in the outside world. However, once outside the Death Zone, the Nether Fox’s sensory range would plummet by half.

"I’ve broken through to the eighth-tier," Shadow Void announced, his voice brimming with pride and boasting.

"Eighth-tier!"

The Nether Fox’s eyes widened, its expression a mix of shock and envy.

In an instant, it lunged forward, wrapping its forepaws around Song Wen’s legs.

Tilting its head, it gazed up at Song Wen with a pitiful look, its voice soft and melodious.

"Master, I want to advance too! I’ve been following you since you were just a little Foundation Establishment cultivator. Besides, I’m easy to care for—just feed me enough void fiends, and I can break through!"

Song Wen remained silent, merely channeling a small amount of spiritual power to gently push the Nether Fox away.

The Nether Fox looked even more aggrieved.

At that moment, Gu Que’s voice echoed in Song Wen’s sea of consciousness.

"Ji Yin, you should consider nurturing this Nether Fox. As far as I know, the Nether Fox Clan faces no bottlenecks before the ninth-tier. Simply hunt enough void fiends for it to devour and refine. In a century at most, or as little as two or three centuries, it could advance to the eighth-tier, becoming another powerful combatant under your command. Moreover, with Shadow Void’s eighth-tier assistance, hunting void fiends should be no challenge for you."

Song Wen’s brow furrowed slightly.

There were two main reasons why he hadn’t fully cultivated the Nether Fox.

First, he simply didn’t have the time. He spent most of his years in the Primordial Qi Death Zone, hunting void fiends for the Nether Fox.

Second, the Nether Fox differed from the shadow void. The shadow void was suppressed by the Sea of Consciousness Black Hole, making rebellion impossible. The Nether Fox, however, was merely a spirit beast bound to Song Wen by a Spirit Beast Contract. If the Nether Fox’s strength ever surpassed his own by too great a margin, it could forcibly break the contract and either flee or turn on its master.

The shadow void’s breakthrough to the eighth-tier was the result of Song Wen’s relentless slaughter over the past thirty years. He had either been massacring demon races or scouring the land for demon clans that were large in number but weak in strength.

Fueled by vast quantities of blood essence, he had refined the Blood Sea Seal to the absolute limit of his current cultivation level.

When unleashed, the blood sea stretched boundless and immeasurable, spanning over ten thousand miles in width and depth.

Additionally, Song Wen had obtained the method for crafting "Blood Bricks" from Gu Que—the same type of Blood Bricks he had used to forge the Blood Sea Seal during his time in the Lower Realm.

He had slain so many demon beasts that the blood essence he refined was beyond measure, exceeding the Blood Sea Seal’s capacity. The excess blood essence was forged into thirty-five Blood Bricks.

Of the Demon Souls obtained from the slain beasts, Song Wen and Shadow Void had devoured the majority, allowing Song Wen’s divine sense to break through to the peak of Body Integration, while Shadow Void advanced to the early stage of the eighth-tier. The remaining Demon Souls, which Shadow Void hadn’t yet refined, were stored as Soul Source Essence within the Sea of Consciousness Black Hole.

If the opportunity arises during this journey, I should capture more void fiends, Song Wen thought, glancing back at the Nether Fox, whose eyes brimmed with resentment.

He carried two Spirit Beast Pouches capable of containing void fiends: one from Yan Tong and the other from Wei Gu.

However, the number of demon beasts a Spirit Beast Pouch could hold was limited and depended on its tier.

The pouch from Wei Gu was a seventh-tier Spirit Beast Pouch, capable of containing void fiends no stronger than the seventh-tier, with a maximum capacity of ten. Exceeding these limits would cause the void fiends to mysteriously perish, their corpses disintegrating within a set time.

If I were to collect void fiends below the seventh-tier, I could exceed the ten-head limit.

As for Yan Tong’s Spirit Beast Pouch, it’s only a sixth-tier pouch, so it wouldn’t be of much use.

(End of the Chapter)

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