Transforming into a stunningly beautiful fox spirit, leaving a scar on the heart of a prodigy.

The Qi in the Bone Secret Realm is stagnant.

The enormous, skeletal statue of a nine-tailed celestial fox cast a heavy shadow from the dome, completely enveloping the two people below.

Chunxian slammed her knees heavily onto the ancient ice, her dark red robe drooping to the ground, the intricate golden fox patterns on it dimming in the cold light.

She raised her tear-streaked face, the crimson demonic markings at the corners of her eyes twitching slightly from extreme grief. Her eyes, which had originally been filled with the oppressive aura of a peak Great Saint, were now filled with ashen despair and exhaustion.

"Go back." Chunxian's voice was hoarse, each word like sand scraping against the ice, a tearful lament in the empty ice cave.

Her hands were weak and unable to support her weight, her knuckles pale. "Before Li Changgeng's resurrection array completely detonates the Heavenly Dao's evil energy, return to that body. You are the only person in the world who can ignore the backlash of the evil energy and regain control of your physical body."

Before everything was beyond repair, he seized control of the body and returned to his rightful place, then activated the Celestial Fox's essence and destroyed it with his own hands.

Her forehead slowly pressed against the hard, black ice, a few turbid tears falling from the tip of her nose and freezing into tiny ice beads. "Pray for her release. Three thousand years have passed; she's too tired. She shouldn't suffer this endless, unbearable torment."

Faced with this seemingly hopeless entrustment, Su Chang'an remained silent. She lowered her eyes, her gaze passing over the hem of Tai Su's white robe and landing on Chun Xian's hands, which were covered in ice shards. Those hands had once tried to set up a killing formation to crush her, but now they could only humbly prostrate themselves on the ground, begging for an ending where they would be reduced to ashes.

The ice cave fell into a deathly silence. The vibrant spiritual energy had vanished, and the surrounding chill was bone-deep. Between the two, only Chunxian's intermittent, heavy breathing remained, suppressed deep in her throat. The enormous bone sculpture hovered above their heads, its ancient demonic runes completely faded. The entire ice cave resembled a lifeless tomb of the living dead.

After a deathly silence, a soft sneer suddenly escaped Su Chang'an's throat.

The cold laugh was flat and emotionless, yet it was as piercing as tearing silk. The laughter echoed through the empty ice walls, shattering Chunxian's carefully constructed facade of tragic resolve to die.

Su Chang'an strode forward, her long boots shattering the icicles on the ground with a crisp sound. She walked slowly to Chunxian, the wide hem of her plain white robe lightly brushing against the edge of her dark red robe. She stopped, looking down at the woman on the ground who bore a striking resemblance to herself.

"Destroy it? Seek some relief?" Su Chang'an's tone was icy, her words dripping with venomous cruelty. She tilted her head slightly, her gaze as indifferent as if looking at weeds. "You've endured three thousand years in this dark, sunless tomb of bones, where not a soul can be seen, day and night clinging to that tiny, insignificant obsession, and in the end, you've produced this utterly pathetic joke?"

Chunxian's body stiffened abruptly, and she looked up abruptly. Her bloodshot eyes were fixed on Su Chang'an, a flash of humiliation and rage at being hit where it hurt. She bent her fingers sharply, digging deep white marks into the ice, her nails bleeding, leaving several glaring scarlet streaks on the pure white surface.

"You have no idea how painful it is to have three hundred and seventy-two chains piercing your heart and collarbone!" Chunxian's hoarse voice tore through the ice cave, her frail body trembling violently. She pointed at Su Chang'an, hysterical, "The Heavenly Dao's malevolent energy has been accumulating in her bones and blood for three thousand years! That's a calamity that even a quasi-emperor wouldn't dare to touch lightly! Once the chains are no longer suppressing it, that power will instantly break through the earth's veins. At that time, not only her crippled body, but countless lives in the entire Northern Region will perish! Besides destroying her physical body with her own hands and severing the source of the malevolent energy, tell me, what other way is there to survive?!"

"I really don't understand."

Su Chang'an suddenly took half a step forward, bent down, and her right hand, with fingers like iron pincers, reached out and grabbed Chunxian's collar. Her powerful Heavenly Fox essence erupted instantly, and with a single force, she lifted Chunxian off the ground.

Their faces drew closer, their breaths mingling. Su Chang'an's cold eyes held no trace of pity, only a sharp, oppressive aura that pierced Chun Xian's suddenly contracted pupils.

"But I know one thing." Su Chang'an held her up with one hand, his tone chilling, each word piercing to the heart, "If she truly wanted complete liberation back then, she should have given up resisting the moment the Heavenly Dao descended the chains three thousand years ago, taking this far northern snowfield and even the entire Nine Provinces with her. As a dignified nine-tailed celestial fox, if she were determined to die, even the Heavenly Dao couldn't stop her from self-destructing her origin!"

Su Chang'an tightened his grip, making Chunxian's neck crack, forcing her to look him in the eye. "She endured three hundred and seventy-two chains, suffering for three thousand years in the dark, sunless underground. She let her life force be slowly drained away, let the malevolent energy of heaven and earth erode her marrow day and night, yet she clung to her last breath. And now you're telling me she gritted her teeth and endured all the world's suffering just to wait for a wandering ghost to return and destroy her physical body?"

Chunxian's pupils contracted sharply from the shock, her bloodshot eyes instantly losing focus. Her lips trembled violently, and a gurgling sound came from her throat, but she couldn't utter a single word. For three thousand years, she had been numbing herself with "liberation" and "fulfillment." However, this unbreakable obsession crumbled instantly under Su Chang'an's heart-piercing gaze, revealing the most ridiculous self-deception.

Seeing Chunxian's pale face and dejected eyes, Su Chang'an suddenly loosened his grip.

Chunxian lost her support and fell limply onto the ice with a thud. She sat there blankly, her hands unconsciously clutching the hem of her dress, like a puppet whose soul had been ripped from its strings.

Su Chang'an stood tall and proud in the dark, icy cave, her back straight. The stagnant spiritual energy around her surged wildly once more, drawn by her presence. Her pristine white robes fluttered in the turbulent air. She raised her chin slightly, looking down at the distraught tomb keeper on the ground, her eyes filled with an arrogant disdain for the fate of all living beings.

"I don't care if I'm a monstrous offspring born of resentment from withered bones, or a lonely soul from another world usurped." Su Chang'an's gaze pierced through the spring strings, pointing directly at the white bone statue on the dome, his voice reverberating between the ice walls, "Since I've taken over this body, since the origin has recognized me, then she is me, and I am her!"

She whirled around, facing the exit of the ice cave. Her gaze seemed to pierce through the thick, dark ice, revealing the maddened quasi-emperor far below the abyss of the Central Continent, and the ruthless, unapproachable Heavenly Dao high above.

"Heaven wants to use her to fill the void of malevolent energy and bring peace to the world; Li Changgeng wants to use her to continue his dream from three thousand years ago and mend the rift in his Dao heart. I will not let them have their way!"

Su Chang'an's words were firm and resounding, exuding an undeniable domineering presence. At this moment, the Heavenly Fox essence within him erupted without reservation, its dark red demonic light illuminating the entire White Bone Secret Realm as if it were daytime.

"I want this body to return to the world alive, and to live more arrogantly than anyone else in this entire land!"