126: Chapter 126: The Sun and Moon Universe Array

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox laughed out of sheer anger.

"Good, what a fine White Emperor!"

"For three hundred years, you've pretended to be so righteous and great, but your heart is actually so insidious and cunning."

Hearing this, the White Emperor slowly shook his head.

"Insidious and cunning?"

"I am simply doing what I must to survive."

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox grit her teeth.

"So you intend to take me down as well?"

The White Emperor nodded.

"Clever. The body I obtained after my successful Possession is too weak. If I want to recover my strength as quickly as possible, I must have you."

"After all, your entire body is a treasure."

His gaze swept over the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, a hint of greed flashing in his eyes.

Any Cultivator with even a bit of knowledge would know the value of a demon fox.

"Enough!"

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox roared, her Demonic Qi surging instantly.

Her form expanded once more, transforming into a hundred-zhang demon fox!

"White Emperor, do you really think you can keep me here?"

The White Emperor looked at her, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.

"You have just broken your seal; not even a tenth of your strength remains."

"I am in my peak state. What do you have to fight against me?"

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox did not answer.

She simply stared intently at the White Emperor.

Then, her expression suddenly became ferocious.

"White Emperor, have you forgotten what I am?"

The White Emperor's brow furrowed.

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox let out a long howl toward the sky!

Her nine tails rose simultaneously, each one manifesting a strange rune.

The runes lit up and burned!

That was her Origin power!

"Burn my nine tails, break the world and open the heavens!"

Boom!

Terrifying Demonic Qi soared into the sky!

Her body turned into a streak of white light, slamming violently against the boundary of the Domain!

The White Emperor's expression changed, and he reached out to grab her!

"Trying to run?"

A giant golden hand snatched toward the white light.

But the white light was too fast.

So fast that even the White Emperor could not stop it in time.

Rumble!

The Domain trembled violently.

The white light forcibly smashed open a crack.

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's voice drifted from the crack, filled with bone-deep hatred.

"White Emperor, I will remember today's grudge!"

"Once I recover my strength, I will return to take your miserable life!"

The white light vanished.

The Domain slowly closed.

However, the White Emperor stood where he was, his face showing no sign of sadness; instead, a smile appeared.

It seemed everything was within his plan.

The White Emperor raised his hand and looked at his palm.

There was a charred mark there.

It was left by the demon fox's Origin power.

"Burning nine tails... she's ruthless enough."

The White Emperor whispered to himself, taking a deep breath to suppress his surging blood and Qi.

Although he had severely wounded the demon fox, he himself had sustained significant injuries.

After all, she was a Void Refinement Stage demon fox; her desperate struggle was not to be underestimated.

"However, it's enough."

He turned and looked toward the exit of the Domain.

"Next, it's time to deal with that kid."

He stepped out, leaving the Domain.

...

Above White Emperor City.

Golden light shone once again.

The White Emperor's figure stepped out from the Void Realm, his robes bloodstained and his face pale, but his surrounding Aura remained awe-inspiring.

Seeing this, the commoners below erupted into earth-shattering cheers.

"City Lord Bai! City Lord Bai has returned!"

"What about the demon fox? Has she been driven away?"

"City Lord Bai is mighty!"

"..."

The White Emperor looked down and pressed his hand down to signal for silence.

The cheers gradually died down.

"Everyone."

His voice spread throughout the city.

"The demon fox has been severely wounded by me and has temporarily fled."

"But she could return at any moment. As a precaution, I will activate the City Protection Array to seal the entire city until this beast is completely eliminated!"

"From this day until the day the demon fox perishes, no one is allowed to leave this city."

As soon as he finished speaking, he performed a hand seal.

Pillars of light rose from the city walls, shooting straight into the clouds!

The pillars of light intertwined, forming a massive barrier that enveloped the entire White Emperor City!

On the barrier...

Countless runes flowed, emitting a terrifying Aura.

It was the City Protection Array that the White Emperor had spent three hundred years of effort to set up.

The Sun-Moon Heaven-Earth Formation!

Even if a Void Refinement Stage expert arrived, they could not hope to break it.

Looking at the barrier, the citizens of the city were not afraid; instead, a sense of security surged in their hearts.

"City Lord Bai is wise!"

"With City Lord Bai here, we have nothing to fear!"

The White Emperor stood high in the sky, looking down at the city he had sealed.

His gaze pierced through layers of buildings and landed on a spot in the east of the city.

There...

Xiao Ran was pulling Bai Linger along, hiding behind some ruins.

A smile curled at the corner of the White Emperor's mouth.

"Xiao Ran..."

He whispered to himself.

"Now, you cannot escape."

...

In the east of the city, behind the ruins.

Xiao Ran looked up at the barrier covering the city, his expression changing slightly.

"A City Protection Array?"

Bai Linger stood beside him and also saw the light.

"It's my father's Sun-Moon Heaven-Earth Formation."

"It's said that this Formation cost my father three hundred years of effort, and even a Void Refinement Stage expert cannot break it."

Xiao Ran fell silent.

"Even a Void Refinement Stage expert can't break it?"

"Then wouldn't he, at the Late Nascent Soul Stage, be like a turtle in a jar?"

"Young Master Xiao..."

Bai Linger seemed to notice that something was wrong with Xiao Ran's expression and asked with a hint of unease.

Xiao Ran turned his head and saw her looking at him with concern.

"Are you alright?"

Xiao Ran shook his head.

"I'm fine."

He pulled Bai Linger and continued to retreat.

Regardless, he needed to find a safe place first.

Only by calming down could he think about how to deal with the White Emperor.

Xiao Ran continued to speed forward, but what he didn't know was...

Just a hundred zhang behind him, in the shadow of a collapsed pavilion...

A dark figure stood silently.

He seemed to merge completely with the shadows, his presence non-existent.

Even if a mighty expert swept their Divine Sense over, they would only think it was ordinary rubble.

His gaze remained fixed on Xiao Ran.

"This kid... is certainly cautious enough."

The dark figure whispered to himself, a faint smile playing on his lips.

He was Xiao Ran's dao protector.

Personally appointed by the Third Supreme Elder, he had been following in the shadows from the moment Xiao Ran left the Eternal Night Demon Sect.

He was also a Void Refinement Stage expert.

"However, that White Emperor..."

The dark figure looked up at the golden silhouette high in the sky, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

"Trying to snatch someone the Elder has his eye on? You're seeking death."

...

High in the sky.

The White Emperor stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at White Emperor City beneath his feet.

His Divine Sense swept across the entire city, taking in every inch of land into his perception.

"Found you."

A smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

That Xiao Ran was currently hiding in the ruins to the east of the city, with his daughter by his side.

Everything was going according to plan.

However...

The White Emperor's brow furrowed slightly.

His Divine Sense swept over the whole of White Emperor City, yet he couldn't sense anything unusual.

At that moment, the White Emperor suddenly detected a slight spatial fluctuation.

"Hmm?"

He focused and swept his sense again.

But this time, there was nothing.

Only a patch of ordinary ruins.

The White Emperor remained silent for a moment before withdrawing his Divine Sense.

"Was it an illusion?"

He whispered to himself.

But as an old fox who had lived for over a thousand years, he never believed in illusions.

"It seems there really is someone behind that kid."

A sharp light flashed in the White Emperor's eyes.

However, this was exactly what he wanted.

Releasing the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox had another more important purpose besides creating chaos.

And that was to draw out the person behind Xiao Ran.

That dao protector must be hiding somewhere.

What he had to do was use the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox to force this dao protector out.

"With the demon fox fleeing heavily wounded, the dao protector will surely let down his guard..."

He calculated in his mind.

"When he thinks the crisis has passed, that will be the best time for me to strike."

As for whether the demon fox would ruin his plans?

The White Emperor smiled.

He knew that fox too well.

Proud, vengeful, and petty.

Once she realizes she cannot leave this city, she will definitely go looking for Xiao Ran.

When that time comes...

All the chess pieces will converge.

And he would only need to wait quietly.