Zopyra — XIX

Hu Lijing had been sentenced to death. On the day of summer solstice, when the day was the longest, his execution would take place publicly in what remain of the clans—

—Which was next to nothing.

Both the tiger clan, their collateral families; all of them had been slaughtered brutally by the ten-tailed fox who had taken over Hu Lijing's body. The monkey clan was met with the same bloody and dismal fate, death at the hands of a ten thousand years old fallen fox deity who had been sealed for good.

Only to be awakened by the nine-tailed fox of flames—who had been blinded by the rage and hatred plaguing his heart, thus was tempted by the demonic creature.

In the end of this war, while the other major clans had been able to carry the will of oracle and exterminated every fox spirit — bar Hu Lijing — hence, emerging victorious; their victory was too costly.