From the Eastern border of Dong Huang, after spending two days traversing the Forbidden Zone of the Mystic Realm and the Divine Elephant Kingdom, Shi Yu and his companions finally arrived at the Heavenly Fox Kingdom.

The Heavenly Fox Kingdom is unique; among the eleven totem kingdoms surrounding Dong Huang, it is the only one whose ruler is not a top-tier totem.

In contrast, countries like the Divine Tree Kingdom and the Divine Elephant Kingdom, which surround Dong Huang, are all ruled by top-tier totems. Even the Dragon-Human Empire, a vast totem nation, is governed by the Tyrant Dragon King, whose combat strength is approaching the level of a demigod and who has the potential to become the new Totem King of the Eastern Lands!

"We're here—"

Inside the relic space, Shi Yu was meditating, studying his telepathic talent.

After consuming the Undying Fruit, his telepathic talent had undergone some changes. As time passed, these changes became increasingly apparent, prompting Shi Yu to dedicate time to studying them thoroughly.

At that moment, a slight tremor occurred within the relic space. Shi Yu opened his eyes, realizing it was the Gem Cat knocking, signaling them to come out.

Shi Yu stood up, consumed a blueberry-sized Time Fruit, and began his initial disguise.

The Heavenly Fox Kingdom and the surrounding totem kingdoms are similar to ancient Dong Huang. There is no technology here, and clothing is primarily traditional. If Shi Yu were to wander around in modern panda combat gear, he would immediately attract attention.

"Heh…" Shi Yu put on a pre-prepared gray robe, holding a wooden cane, which was actually a tool to seal the energy fluctuations of the Bone Sword. As the Time Fruit took effect, Shi Yu's hair turned gray-silver.

At the same time, his face rapidly aged, becoming exactly like it did when his life energy was drained after adding points to an ultra-level skill.

Whoosh!

The gray robe fluttered, and the elderly Shi Yu, with gray-silver hair and beard, exuded an aura of approaching death. At that moment, he was no longer Shi Yu, but Lin Ying (Ying) the Old Devil, an evil beast tamer wandering among the totem nations.

The name was taken from Panda Senior and Gem Cat.

Although his appearance had aged, he still possessed a certain charm… If Lu Bai and Shi Yu had a slight resemblance, Lin Old Devil and Shi Yu were completely unrelated!!

"What is it?"

Shi Yu emerged from the relic space, holding the cane. He appeared in a small alley in an ancient city.

The Gem Cat, hidden in another dimension, spoke, "We are now in the Heavenly Fox Kingdom."

"This seems to be Moon City, one of the incubation sites marked on the map given by the Void Mantis. It's located in this city. I did a quick search but couldn't find it. It should be in a hidden place, or it might simply be gone. You'll have to gather information yourself."

"Oh, right, Moon City seems to be a large city-state in the Heavenly Fox Kingdom. Its ruler seems to be a Overlord-level little fox. Although it's not very strong, be careful. Don't attract the Fox God's attention. I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely don't want to fight a totem. Anyway, I'm out~"

Shi Yu remained silent for a moment.

He indicated that he understood. At the same time, he felt incredibly troubled!!!

Why was the second incubation site of the Cosmic Pet Egg located in such a large city?

It would have been great if it were a small village like the Seven Islands, where it would be easy to find and use. This place, however, was clearly like a dragon's den or a tiger's lair.

Shi Yu sighed, walked out of the dark and secluded alley, and entered the bustling street like an old beggar.

The streets of Moon City were crowded with people. Although it was a totem kingdom, it was still primarily inhabited by humans. Even the status of human beast tamers was not low. Of course, the fox race held an even more supreme position. Shi Yu had naturally gathered sufficient information before arriving.

In the Heavenly Fox Kingdom, the supreme leader is the Fox God. Under normal circumstances, the Fox God does not appear in the world. Instead, the kingdom is managed by a human female beast tamer known as the "Heavenly Fox Saintess." They are passed down from generation to generation and possess Legendary-level strength, serving as the Fox God's representative.

Under the Fox God, there are seven overlords who govern the seven largest city-states of the Heavenly Fox Kingdom. Currently, Moon City, where Shi Yu is located, is the city of the Moon Goddess Fox, one of the Fox God's subordinates.

Of course, the Moon Goddess Fox usually does not appear either. It is merely the guardian overlord of Moon City. Ostensibly, Moon City is still managed by the "Moonlight Family."

They are a family of human beast tamers who specialize in cultivating the Moon Goddess Fox's clan. Their status in Moon City is supreme. In the Heavenly Fox Kingdom, beast tamers who can contract with the Moon Goddess Fox clan are superior to others. It can be said that in the Heavenly Fox Kingdom, the fox clan is essentially the boss, and the humans who serve the fox clan are second in command, with other life races ranking below.

The Heavenly Fox Kingdom is one of the totem kingdoms where humans have a relatively high status. Because the benefits are quite good, they are above all races except the fox clan and may live even better than in the Seven Nations.

This is also why some humans were unwilling to join the Seven Nations after the Totem War. It was as if joining the Seven Nations, which were ruled by humans, would make them superior.

Generally, beast tamers who betray the Seven Nations Alliance would seek refuge in such totem kingdoms, rather than those that treat humans as food or pets. Of course, if a beast tamer is powerful enough, reaching the Legendary level, they can become honored guests in any totem kingdom, just like Overlord-level creatures.

Depending on the national system, the status of various races within the totem kingdoms also varies.

The Dong Huang Kingdom arranged for Qu Ling to be an undercover agent in the Heavenly Fox Kingdom because the ordinary humans in the Heavenly Fox Kingdom had a relatively high status, making it difficult to be discovered.

If it were a place like the Dragon-Human Empire, humans would also be above all races except the dragon clan, but that only applied to human-dragon hybrids. Going undercover there would be much more challenging.

"If I hadn't transmigrated to Dong Huang during my transmigration, I wonder what would have unfolded here," Shi Yu muttered to himself after coming out.

His clothing was also prepared based on the national conditions of the Heavenly Fox Kingdom. Appearing on the bustling street, he didn't attract much attention.

It was Shi Yu's first time in a totem kingdom, and he found it quite novel. As he walked, he looked around. The street was filled with vendors and hawkers. Even the candied hawthorns that Shi Yu was familiar with were sold here, and he even saw adults buying them for children!

Judging from the prosperous scene on the street, it was impossible to tell that this was the brutal and tyrannical totem kingdom described in textbooks.

Shi Yu thought about it. This was normal. Even before the Beast Taming Era, during the Totem Era, there were good and evil totems. During the Totem Era, some Dong Huang humans survived under the protection of the Dragon Clan. They worshiped the Dragon God. Even now, within the ancient Dong Huang Kingdom, although humans are the rulers, a large part of the population still worships the Dragon God.

According to historical records, the Heavenly Fox Kingdom was considered good. It didn't directly participate in the Totem War against Dong Huang. The Fox God merely clung to powerful figures everywhere, preventing the Heavenly Fox Kingdom from being destroyed. However, this doesn't change the fact that the Heavenly Fox Kingdom and Dong Huang are hostile forces, because the Heavenly Fox Kingdom's biggest backer is a sworn enemy of Dong Huang.

An enemy's friend is an enemy.

"The Heavenly Rankings have been announced—" Shi Yu hadn't walked far when he suddenly heard a commotion on the street. A large crowd gathered around a wall. Shi Yu glanced at it and gave up on squeezing through the crowd.

He flicked his finger, and countless Dream Stealing Insects from Worm began to fly toward various parts of the city.

Before long, Shi Yu understood what the "Heavenly Rankings" were and learned a lot of local information.

With the World Championships approaching, the Heavenly Fox Kingdom had also been invited. However, apart from the Heavenly Fox Saintess, the Heavenly Fox Kingdom had no powerful beast tamers at all, let alone powerful beast tamers under the age of 30.

The Heavenly Fox Kingdom couldn't even find any Legendary beast tamers under the age of 30! Even Level Six were few and far between!

To participate in the World Championships, having Overlord-level combat power was the minimum requirement.

Therefore, the Heavenly Fox Kingdom could only choose an extreme method to participate: lowering the requirements and selecting Level Five and Level Six beast tamers who were willing to participate.

The selected candidates would have a chance to be chosen by one of the seven Overlord-level fox clans under the Fox God to be temporary contractors and fight in the World Championships.

Contracting beyond one's level!

At that time, the Overlord-level fox clans would definitely be the main force. Those human beast tamers who wanted to contract beyond their level would definitely have to pay a heavy price, just like the Divine Tree Kingdom beast tamers that Shi Yu had encountered before.

However, based on the dream memories of the people here, the young beast tamers of the Heavenly Fox Kingdom didn't seem to reject this. Most of them were willing to sacrifice themselves and contract with Overlord-level fox clans at a great cost to fight in the World Championships, as if it were the highest honor.

Shi Yu also discovered an interesting point: Within the Seven Nations, people referred to the competition organized by the World Tree as the World Championships, while in the totem kingdoms, more people seemed to call it the "War of Nations," an opportunity for their country to rise.

"The power of faith is very strong—"

Shi Yu didn't find it strange. If these humans couldn't provide a massive amount of faith to the Fox God of the Heavenly Fox Kingdom, they wouldn't have such a high status.

"Miss Yue'e is indeed on the Heavenly Rankings."

"Yes, yes, it's completely expected. After all, she's the pride of our Moon City."

"Lord Moon has not looked for a contractor in nearly 20 years. I wonder if Miss Yue'e can be chosen by Lord Moon."

On the street, there was much discussion. The level of discussion about beast taming wasn't lower than in the Ancient Dong Huang Kingdom. Even ordinary people were enthusiastically participating in the discussion.

However, none of this was what Shi Yu cared about. In his opinion, what was the point of contracting beyond one's level to participate in the World Championships other than being cannon fodder?

Unless that Lord Moon, the Moon Goddess Fox, had the strength of a top-tier overlord comparable to Qing Lin Jiao.

But even in Dragon Palace City, there weren't many such top-tier overlords, let alone in the Heavenly Fox Kingdom.

Shi Yu leaned on his cane, continuing to search for the "Incubation Altar."

………………

Soon after, Shi Yu used similar methods, allowing Worm to fly to various parts of Moon City through the Dream Stealing Insect, collecting information and determining where the Starry Altar might be.

"Are you sure??" The Gem Cat muttered in another dimension.

Shi Yu thought, "I collected the memories of many people, and even had Worm sneak into the City Lord's mansion of the Moonlight Family. It should be right."

The Gem Cat was surprised. "Your efficiency is quite fast."

It felt that even if it came to investigate, it might not be as fast or stable as Shi Yu.

Shi Yu chuckled, thinking, "Isn't this all thanks to Worm's Dream Stealing and Illusion skills?"

The combination of Unreal Phantom + Max Level Dream Stealing made Shi Yu more suitable to be an intelligence-gathering spy than most beast tamers.

Shi Yu felt that the Tenth Bureau Intelligence Agency should definitely have a place for him and Worm!!!

Of course, Shi Yu was currently so bold because the overall strength of the Heavenly Fox Kingdom and Moon City was too weak.

There wasn't a single Legendary in the entire city, only one overlord. Worm could fight the entire city alone. Stealing at will!

If it were a different target, Shi Yu definitely wouldn't dare to be so bold. For example, with the Divine Wind Exchange Group back then, Shi Yu definitely wouldn't have let Worm invade the dreams of that Dr. Ai Qi to find mechanical knowledge.

After beast tamers reach the Legendary level, they have too many methods. In addition to beast strengthening, there's also Etherealization, space manipulation, sealing techniques, and even some Legendary beast tamers can teleport, separate their souls, and use mental intimidation. They are already at another level of life.

Don't look at Flower Xia Jin Legendary's lack of overlords. In a real life-or-death battle, a Legendary against a non-Legendary, especially an experienced Legendary against a non-Legendary, has a huge advantage.

The Gem Cat said, "So what's the situation?"

Gu Jun

Shi Yu said, "This requires talking about the Moon City overlord, the Moon Goddess Fox's, rise to power."

"It was originally an ordinary white fox. It didn't have much presence among the fox clan in the Heavenly Fox Kingdom. However, one day, it accidentally discovered an altar. The altar didn't seem special at first. This white fox simply went to sleep next to the altar."

"Who knew that at night, the power of starlight was particularly strong at the altar. Coincidentally, this white fox caught a special astronomical phenomenon. It was lucky enough to mutate, becoming a Star Fox."

"However, this was just an accidental phenomenon. Except during special celestial events, it's just an ordinary altar. However, the mutated Star Fox still believed that the altar held great secrets."

"Because of this experience, the Star Fox began to rise. Finally, with the blessing of the Fox God, it evolved into the Moon Goddess Fox and later became an overlord. So it began to build a city-state in Moon City. The Moon Goddess Fox itself lives near the altar, possibly waiting for the altar to undergo another mutation."

"Over the centuries, to study the altar, the Moon Goddess Fox has invited many capable people to help decipher it, even inviting the Fox God to study it. But well, there were no results."

"I guess that altar that caused the Moon Goddess Fox to mutate is the altar left by the Sky Emperor to incubate Cosmic Pet Eggs. Of course, the Moon Goddess Fox's mutation was purely accidental. The altar contributed a little, but not much. The main reason was the special celestial phenomenon. The altar is at most a coordinate, the most suitable coordinate to absorb starlight, so it looks like the altar is showing its power."

The Gem Cat said, "The investigation is very good, but don't use 'dumb luck' as a metaphor next time."

"Also… If it's really like you investigated, are you saying that we're going to the Moon Goddess Fox's habitat and steal the altar from it?!"

Shi Yu fell into thought. "If the Moon Goddess Fox is guarding its home, there's no other choice…"

"The most troublesome thing is that the pet egg needs 1-2 days to absorb starlight…"

"Teacher Ying, do you have a way to instantly kill it without anyone noticing, without causing a disturbance?"

"If we fight directly and attract outside attention, wouldn't that easily attract the Fox God?"

The Gem Cat: ???

"How is that possible!!" The Gem Cat said, "I can't kill it instantly. You do it yourself."

"You can't?"

"Its habitat is in this city, with layers of barriers. It's impossible to do it without anyone noticing. It will definitely attract a lot of attention," the Gem Cat said angrily.

"Also, totem kingdoms don't necessarily mean backwardness. Who knows if they have means of long-distance communication."

Shi Yu: …

"Forget it, forget it."

"Wait, as long as the actions are swift enough, and then Worm can manifest a Moon Goddess Fox illusion to deceive the people outside and pretend nothing happened… Just say we're experimenting with skills!" Shi Yu said.

"…" The Gem Cat said, "Are you going to gamble? You only have one chance. Also, what if the Moon Goddess Fox and the Fox God have some kind of mental connection? If it dies, the Fox God will also sense it. That would be over. Generally speaking, the totems and overlords of totem kingdoms have close faith connections. If the Fox God is brought out and interrupts the pet egg's incubation, it won't be possible to incubate it successfully unless the Fox God is killed."

"Ah…" Shi Yu was like a little shark who had lost its dreams.

"Then let's lure the Moon Goddess Fox out for two days." Shi Yu said, "Moon City and Fox God City, as well as the location where the legendary relic descends, are quite far apart. The Fox God should currently be in its own Fox God City or the legendary relic, right? As long as we don't make a big commotion, it shouldn't attract its attention."

"After all, it can't be that the Moon Goddess Fox has to contact the Fox God for every little thing, right?"

"How to lure it out??"

"Will 'relic' work?"

"Hmm?" The Gem Cat was stunned. "What do you mean?"

Shi Yu said, "Use your spatial power to create a small relic space nearby. We'll use the 'energy fruit with the scent of the moon made by Baby Ginseng' to attract the Moon Goddess Fox clan and let the Moon Goddess Fox be absorbed in deciphering the relic, not paying attention to its home."

"If it wants to leave, you seal it in time!"

The Gem Cat grinned and said, "Generally speaking, Overlord-level habitats will definitely have mechanisms. The kind that can sense when others enter. Maybe that Moonlight Family will also be guarding the altar."

"Also, what if the Fox God's spatial perception is good? What if I'm sensed when I open the space? That commotion is much bigger than teleportation. And the Heavenly Fox Kingdom is full of its statues. Don't underestimate this statue…"

Shi Yu rolled his eyes and said, "It's all mental connections with the Totem Fox God and traps in its old home. You've blocked everything. Don't think so much. Just do it!"

"You're too cautious. The ship will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge. When I'm engrossed in archaeology, I never consider the risks!"

"Do it!" The Gem Cat muttered, thinking that thinking too much was troublesome. The Fox God might not be so free anyway!

Just as they finished communicating, a terrifying aura suddenly came from the core of Moon City. The awe-inspiring coercion soared into the sky, circling and tearing a huge moon mark in the sky.

In Moon City, most beast tamers and fox clansmen suddenly looked in that direction, because that was the Moon Goddess Fox overlord's holy land!!

Under the changing wind and clouds, a giant fox more than ten meters long, with light golden hair and surrounded by starlight, stepped on the air and soared away, heading outside Moon City.

"Lord Moon Goddess!!!"

Seeing this giant fox appear, many mortals and beast tamers in Moon City worshiped it.

[Name]: Moon Goddess Fox

[Attribute]: Light

[Race Level]: Medium Overlord

[Growth Level]: Overlord Level

[Energy Value]: 61.11 million

Shi Yu was stunned at this moment, looking at the Moon Goddess Fox, whose figure was getting further and further away, and pondered slightly.

Although he didn't know what had happened, the Moon Goddess Fox… seemed to have left its home???

"See, the ship will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge. The Moon Goddess Fox left on its own." Shi Yu thought, "Now there's no one guarding the house. Teacher Ying, are you confident that we can sneak into the altar without causing any commotion?"

The Gem Cat was also silent for a moment and said, "Let's give it a try."

…………

At the same time.

Moon City, City Lord's Mansion.

In a hall, a middle-aged man wearing ancient clothes with a moonlight symbol was pacing back and forth.

After a while, a beautiful woman in the same attire entered the hall. She bowed slightly to the middle-aged man and said, "Father, you're looking for me."

"Yue'e, you saw Lord Moon leave the city just now, right."

Yue'e, the genius beast tamer of the Moonlight Family, nodded and said, "Father, is something wrong?"

The head of the Moonlight Family said, "Lord Moon said that there's a problem with the relic that descended in the south. To compete for the ownership of the relic, other forces have entered Heavenly Fox. Currently, the relic seems to be in a stalemate. Lord Moon has been summoned by Lord Fox God to help."

"Who is it?" Yue'e's expression changed.

"I don't know…"

"However, with Lord Fox God and the Saintess in charge, there shouldn't be any problems…"

The head of the Moonlight Family said, "Yue'e, Lord Moon said before leaving that you can enter the holy land to cultivate in seclusion a day later. This means that Lord Moon has definitely chosen you!!"

"Really!!" Yue'e's expression showed a hint of joy. The so-called holy land is the Moon Goddess Fox's habitat. The moon energy is rich there, and the spatial fluctuations are strong. It's not only suitable for the growth of the fox clan, but also very suitable for meditation. If she can go there to cultivate in seclusion, her strength will definitely improve!

"Yes, the opportunity is rare!!" The head of the Moonlight Family also said excitedly, "This is the token left by Lord Moon that can解除 the barrier of the holy land."

…………

Shi Yu was very excited now. Although the Gem Cat Teacher always looked reluctant before doing anything, always looking like it was very difficult, after doing it, it seemed to go very smoothly every time!!!

With the assistance of the Gem Cat, they successfully entered the Moon Goddess Fox's habitat. Although there were layers of barriers and restrictions on the outer layer of the holy land, under the Space Cat's powerful spatial attainments, it was like "picking a lock" and they got in very smoothly!!!

After getting inside, the Gem Cat was sweating profusely. It wiped the sweat with its cat paw and said, "It's a good thing my spatial control hasn't been abandoned, otherwise it would have been a bit difficult."

"This is it!!" At the same time, Shi Yu had arrived at the most conspicuous altar in the holy land. This was it, exactly the same as the Starry Sky Altar in the village of Seven Islands!!!!

Shi Yu quickly took out the Cosmic Pet Egg. After absorbing the starlight here, the incubation progress would be two out of four…

…………

Southern Heavenly Fox Kingdom.

Outside the legendary relic that descended not long ago.

Ke Chuanqi and his party, who had arrived and snuck into this area, had already contacted Qu Ling and learned about a change from Qu Ling, who was currently in the Heavenly Fox Guard!

They only felt extremely troublesome, especially Ke Chuanqi himself!!

He didn't expect that besides Dong Huang, there were others who were eyeing this Iron-Eating Beast relic.

What shocked Ke Chuanqi the most was that the leader of the foreign forces negotiating with the Heavenly Fox Kingdom was actually the controller of the Seven Islands Keyuan Consortium!

The Seven Islands Legendary beast tamer who had been using the power of Meteoric Iron to conduct biological experiments, whom Dong Huang and Dragon Palace City and Seven Islands had been searching for for a long time!

Why were they concerned about this relic?

Could it be… that this relic was not only related to the Iron-Eating Beast, but also related to Meteoric Iron?