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 Chapter 3184: The Celestial Fox Ancestor's Backup Plan

The Ancestral Spirit explained in detail, basically telling everything it knew, including some secrets of the Celestial Fox clan.

Lin Moyu listened carefully and analyzed the description, roughly understanding the situation.

Years ago, the servant of the Celestial Fox ancestor, the first clan leader of the Celestial Fox clan, exhausted all methods and traveled to many places in pursuit of the Great Dao realm.

Presumably, some of these methods weren't very good.

Later, he finally obtained the immortality he had dreamed of, entering the pseudo-Great Dao realm.

The so-called Great Dao realm was actually similar to the method currently sold by the Three Ancestors.

It could break through the ninth-level Dao Venerable realm, no longer being limited by the lifespan of the Dao Venerable realm, and the strength was also somewhat stronger than the ninth-level Dao Venerable.

But it wasn't the true Great Dao realm, belonging to the bottom tier of the Great Dao realm.

Moreover, even the Great Dao realm couldn't truly achieve immortality. Accidents could still lead to death, let alone the pseudo-Great Dao realm which was even weaker.

Once one became a pseudo-Great Dao realm, it was basically impossible to advance further in this lifetime. It was a foolish method of forcing growth and cutting off one's roots.

It was only chosen when there was no other way out.

At that time, after Su Pu became a pseudo-Great Dao realm, he was severely injured and returned to the ancestral land, using the spirit veins in the ancestral land to heal.

Unexpectedly, he carried black blood from the Black Blood Realm on his body.

Unknowingly, the black blood polluted the spirit veins in the ancestral land. By the time the Ancestral Spirit discovered it, it was too late.

Although the Ancestral Spirit was the spirit of the ancestral land, it only had management rights, not control rights.

This was especially true for the origin spirit vein under the ancestral land. The Ancestral Spirit could borrow power from the origin spirit vein, but it couldn't refine the origin spirit vein, so it had no way to deal with the black blood.

Things became increasingly troublesome later. The black blood regenerated through the origin spirit vein, evolving into the Black Blood Sword Saint.

This was also the most troublesome aspect of the Black Blood Realm. They were like a stubborn disease, very difficult to truly clean up.

Just one drop of blood could continuously grow and strengthen, eventually becoming a calamity.

After finishing, the Ancestral Spirit looked intently at Lin Moyu, "That's how things are. Can you think of a solution?"

Lin Moyu looked at the half-black, half-green Qingqiu world. At this moment, the darkness had been pushed back, and the surroundings were returning to calm.

The invasion of darkness was just a surface phenomenon; the true root was in the origin spirit vein.

Mist appeared in Lin Moyu's eyes as the Dao of Destiny had unknowingly raised his destiny to the extreme.

At the same time, in his soul world, a drop of silver tree sap was consumed by his soul, instantly making his soul's thoughts clear.

His eyes gleamed with divine light, searching for something in the world. After a moment, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, "The Celestial Fox ancestor, worthy of being one who comprehended the Dao of Destiny, is indeed extraordinary."

The Ancestral Spirit's eyes lit up, "Have you thought of a solution?"

Lin Moyu smiled and said, "It's not that I've thought of a solution, but that the Celestial Fox ancestor had foreseen this and prepared a backup plan early on."

The Ancestral Spirit was stunned, "The ancestor prepared a backup plan?"

Lin Moyu smiled, "You don't understand the Dao of Destiny, so you won't understand what it can see."

"The Celestial Fox ancestor must have seen something, predicting some possible future events, so he prepared a backup plan."

"If you really could nurture a Celestial Fox clan member who comprehends the Dao of Destiny, it could indeed solve the current crisis, but not in the way you imagined, like refining the origin spirit vein."

"Instead, it's about activating the backup plan left by the Celestial Fox ancestor to solve this problem."

"The Celestial Fox ancestor was truly powerful, and also very intelligent, much smarter than many Great Dao realm beings."

The Ancestral Spirit quickly asked, "What kind of backup plan did the ancestor leave?"

Lin Moyu smiled, "We'll know soon. Before that, I need you to take me to where the origin spirit vein is located."

Although Lin Moyu could find the location of the origin spirit vein himself, it would take considerable time. Having the Ancestral Spirit lead the way would be much more convenient.

The Ancestral Spirit didn't doubt Lin Moyu, "Please follow me."

Although the origin spirit vein was the most crucial and important part of the ancestral land, it trusted Lin Moyu. After all, no matter what, the situation couldn't get worse than it already was.

The Ancestral Spirit led Lin Moyu back to the lakeside. Its seven tails suddenly enlarged, heavily slapping the lake surface.

The lake surface churned up waves, parting to reveal a wide passage.

The Ancestral Spirit flew into the passage, its seven tails continuously slapping, stirring up waves of powerful force to maintain the passage.

Lin Moyu followed the Ancestral Spirit into the lake. The fox and the human slowly sank, quickly reaching the lake bottom.

At the bottom of the lake was a formation flickering with faint light. The Ancestral Spirit said, "We need to pass through this formation to reach the origin spirit vein."

Lin Moyu nodded and directly walked into the formation.

The Ancestral Spirit also entered the formation and activated it.

After a brief teleportation, Lin Moyu arrived at the location of the origin spirit vein.

The origin spirit vein was deeply buried underground, maintaining contact with the outside world while existing in an independent space.

If one were to dig straight down from the surface, they wouldn't find the origin spirit vein even if they dug through the entire earth.

Only through some special methods could one enter the independent space where the origin spirit vein was located.

A strong aura of origin essence rushed towards them, mixed with a repulsive odor.

Lin Moyu looked at the complex and massive origin spirit vein before him, "This origin spirit vein is of a very high grade."

The Ancestral Spirit said, "It's an eighth-grade origin spirit vein, personally buried by the ancestor back then."

"What a pity!" Lin Moyu sighed lightly. The origin spirit vein displayed a gorgeous color, indescribable in specific terms.

But now, there was an additional black hue in the origin spirit vein.

Dense blackness covered the surface of the origin spirit vein, occupying a large area.

The entire origin spirit vein was covered with black in many places, about 60-70% of it.

Lin Moyu asked, "Can we find the main vein?"

The Ancestral Spirit nodded, "We can, but it's not easy to approach the main vein now."

Implying that the situation of the main vein was even worse, to the point where they couldn't even get close.

The Black Blood Realm beings, regenerating through the origin spirit vein, would naturally set up good defenses.

Lin Moyu said, "It's alright, take me there."

The Ancestral Spirit led Lin Moyu through the origin spirit vein, quickly arriving at the location of the main vein.

In the main vein, black light was dense. Clusters of black blood fell like waterfalls on the main vein, continuously irrigating it in a cycle.

The power of the Black Blood Realm was thus constantly eroding the origin spirit vein.

As Lin Moyu approached, clusters of black blood suddenly transformed, becoming miniature versions of the Black Blood Sword Saint.

Although small in size, their power was not weak. Each was at least at the seventh-level Dao Venerable realm.

Most crucially, their number was astonishing, roughly counting to tens of thousands.

Even a ninth-level Dao Venerable would have to think twice when facing tens of thousands of seventh-level Dao Venerables, though it wasn't impossible to resolve.

The Ancestral Spirit explained, "These Black Blood Sword Saints are evolved using the power of the origin spirit vein. They can't be completely killed off."

"Previously, I came with the brothers Su Jin and Su Shen, trying to clean up the black blood here, but we ultimately failed."

The large number wasn't the problem; the key was that they couldn't be completely eliminated. Even a ninth-level Dao Venerable couldn't endure it.

Now that the eighth-grade origin spirit vein had become an aid to the Black Blood Sword Saints, it was indeed difficult to deal with.

Lin Moyu looked into the depths of the origin spirit vein, as if searching for something.

He didn't approach closer. The miniature Black Blood Sword Saints were only on guard and didn't initiate an attack.

After a brief standoff, Lin Moyu suddenly spoke, "Found it!"