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Chapter 3187: The Grudge of a Grain of Rice

Su Pu, once the servant of the Celestial Fox ancestor, became the first clan leader of the Celestial Fox clan after the ancestor achieved enlightenment.

This shows that Su Pu was highly trusted by the Celestial Fox ancestor.

However, later on, in pursuit of the Great Dao realm, he traveled to many places and did many things.

What exactly he did and where he went, no one knows.

In the end, he became a pseudo-Great Dao realm being, returning severely injured to enter a deep slumber in the ancestral land. Because of his special status, even the Ancestral Spirit had no authority over him.

Unexpectedly, he brought back black blood, laying the roots for today's disaster.

Now, Su Pu had become a being of the Black Blood Realm, opposing the Celestial Fox ancestor.

Of course, the Celestial Fox ancestor before them was not the true Celestial Fox ancestor but merely an incarnation left behind by him, containing a trace of the Celestial Fox ancestor's will.

Regardless, it was still something left by the Celestial Fox ancestor. As Su Pu, he should show some respect for it.

Lin Moyu observed that there was a killing intent in Su Pu's eyes as he looked at the Celestial Fox ancestor, as if he were looking at an enemy.

If he had already been polluted by the Black Blood Realm and completely lost himself, it would be understandable.

But Lin Moyu could see that there was still rationality in his eyes.

Su Pu retained his rationality yet harbored such hatred for his former master; this was quite intriguing.

The Celestial Fox ancestor looked at Su Pu without saying a word. Clearly, this incarnation from the Celestial Fox ancestor had already recognized Su Pu.

The Black Blood Sword Saint looked at the Celestial Fox ancestor and said coldly, "Your true body was slain long ago. This incarnation is your last trace in this world. Unfortunately, after today, even that trace will be erased."

The Black Blood Sword Saint didn't attack immediately. Lin Moyu could tell he was recovering; speaking was just a way to buy time.

The Celestial Fox ancestor remained silent as well, staring at Su Pu as if asking why.

He clearly didn't care about the Black Blood Sword Saint.

The Ancestral Spirit flew to the side of the Celestial Fox ancestor and shouted at Su Pu, "Su Pu, you are the servant of the ancestor! How dare you think of attacking him! Do you know what crime you are committing?"

Su Li and the other two also approached the Celestial Fox ancestor, staring intently at Su Pu.

Between the first clan leader and the ancestor, they decisively chose to stand with the Celestial Fox ancestor.

A flowing clan leader versus an ironclad ancestor; anyone who wasn't foolish would know how to choose.

Su Pu looked at the Ancestral Spirit with disdain in his eyes. "What are you? Just a mere lackey spirit. You're nothing and dare to speak to me like this."

"When he achieved the Great Dao and gained immortality, he clearly had the ability to help me reach enlightenment but chose not to."

"He said I should become clan leader when in reality he just wanted to use me to manage his power and gather destiny."

"I traveled across realms and even risked going beyond this world to find opportunities and achieve greatness."

"Though severely injured, as long as I achieved my Great Dao status, I would be immortal and could recover from any injury."

"It was only after achieving my Great Dao status that I realized why he didn't help me reach enlightenment: it was because he didn't want me to share in his destiny."

"I once swore that once I achieved enlightenment, I would exterminate all of his descendants."

"He created Qingqiu and appointed you as a spirit. Do you think he wanted to cultivate Celestial Fox clan members? You know nothing!"

"He anticipated that he would face a great calamity and left himself a backup plan. This Qingqiu ancestral land is his source for future resurrection."

"To revive? Not a chance! I will eradicate your entire clan and sever his destiny so that he can never resurrect."

As soon as Su Pu spoke, his voice was filled with deep hatred.

This hatred had accumulated over countless years, becoming an obsession that occupied his soul—deep-rooted and unchangeable.

The power of the Black Blood Realm only needed to guide his hatred slightly; it didn't even need to pollute him.

Because his heart had long been tainted.

Lin Moyu watched all this unfold and had analyzed most of it already.

Years ago, after achieving enlightenment, the Celestial Fox ancestor hadn't helped Su Pu reach enlightenment but instead left him on the Origin Continent to manage the Celestial Fox clan.

Whether one could achieve greatness depended on opportunity and talent.

Su Pu clearly lacked talent but wasn't without opportunity either.

If only he had developed the Celestial Fox clan well and gathered their collective destiny, he could have tried for enlightenment.

But he believed that the Celestial Fox ancestor didn't want to help him achieve enlightenment; instead, he was simply using him.

Then he sought out his own path to greatness. During this search process, his hatred for the Celestial Fox ancestor deepened continuously.

Ultimately encountering remnants from the Black Blood Realm allowed him to achieve pseudo-Great Dao status but at a significant cost. Thus he returned to heal while also allowing black blood to pollute the ancestral land.

From the moment he encountered black blood, his hatred for both the Celestial Fox ancestor and clan had become irreparable.

After piecing together much information, Lin Moyu couldn't help but chuckle coldly. "It's truly a real-life scenario of 'a grain of rice brings kindness while a bushel brings enmity.' You were given too much kindness; it became habitual. When it's no longer given later on, it turns into enmity—how laughable!"

"The cleverness of your Celestial Fox clan has been misapplied; this Dao heart is truly weak!"

Su Pu looked at Lin Moyu with disdain. "You're just an insignificant insect! How dare you speak so presumptuously!"

Lin Moyu sighed lightly and shook his head. "You'll soon find out who is truly an insect and who is just a frog at the bottom of a well."

At this moment, the Ancestral Spirit was about to speak, but the incarnation of the Celestial Fox ancestor turned its head and glanced at him, silently stopping him with its eyes.

The Celestial Fox ancestor looked at Su Pu and slowly uttered one word: "Fight!"

There were no more unnecessary words; things had reached this point where talking was pointless—only fighting remained!

The ground suddenly cracked open wide as the origin spirit vein completely revealed itself.

Covered by dense mist, all black blood forces on its surface had been completely dispersed.

The origin spirit vein soared up from beneath the earth and quickly merged into the body of the Celestial Fox ancestor.

The aura of the Celestial Fox ancestor surged violently; silver light overflowed from its body in dazzling brilliance.

Using the power of the origin spirit vein, its incarnation crossed into pseudo-Great Dao realm status—though not true Great Dao realm status—similar to Su Pu's pseudo-Great Dao realm existence.

Although their realms were identical, their combat powers were vastly different; there was no doubt that the combat power of the Celestial Fox ancestor could crush Su Pu without effort.

Su Pu sneered coldly. "I've been waiting for you!"

At that moment, the Black Blood Sword Saint thrust his sword forward, and the long sword vanished into space without a trace.

Boom!

A loud explosion sounded as a massive hole suddenly opened in the body of the Celestial Fox ancestor. The aura that had just surged began to weaken rapidly—worse than before!

The recently merged origin spirit vein separated again from it!

This sudden turn of events caught both the Ancestral Spirit and Su Li's group off guard.

Su Pu laughed coldly. "You've been dead for so many years! Do you really think this origin spirit vein still belongs to you?"

Lin Moyu saw a drop of jet-black blood pulsating in the deepest layer of the origin spirit vein.

The black blood force on the surface of the origin spirit vein had been cleared, but the black blood force hidden in its deepest part still existed.

After the ancestor merged with the origin spirit vein, the Black Blood Sword Saint could launch attacks from within the Celestial Fox ancestor's body through the origin spirit vein.

This attack not only interrupted his fusion with the origin spirit vein but also injured the Celestial Fox ancestor.

Su Pu said, "Without the origin spirit vein, what do you have to fight me with!"

With a cold laugh, Su Pu suddenly attacked. Although injured, the Celestial Fox ancestor's fighting spirit didn't diminish. It stirred up dense mist, and its nine tails lashed out fiercely.

The Ancestral Spirit and the other four also moved to action; they naturally had to help their ancestor.