The stench of the Nine-Tailed Fox seeped from beneath the glazed floor tiles of Cloud Mansion. Nezha stepped onto his Wind and Fire Wheels, crushing three layers of containment seals. The Universal Heaven Ribbon suddenly wound itself around the coiling dragon pillar in front of the hall, the Hetu patterns on the ribbon’s surface aligning perfectly with the fox-claw marks on the pillar. "Mother..." He brushed his fingers against the half-finished embroidery needle caught in a crack in the corridor column; the red thread coiled around the tail of the needle had soaked into a dark, brownish-black.
The moment he pried open the secret chamber door with his Fire-Tip Spear, a phantom shadow of the Donghuang Bell peeled away from his Wind and Fire Wheels. The bell inverted, encasing the entire palace. Three hundred and sixty murals of Xuanyuan Tomb appeared on the inner walls, depicting the Nine-Tailed Fox using a lotus-embroidered handkerchief to wipe bronze-colored blood from the corner of the Yellow Emperor's mouth. Nezha’s pupils contracted; the very handkerchief from the mural now lay inside a jade box in the secret chamber, the character "Yin" in the corner soaked through with black blood.
"Don't!" By the time the green light from Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye pierced through the bell’s wall, Nezha had already unsealed the jade box. The black mist rising from the handkerchief solidified into the true form of the Nine-Tailed Fox, its sharp claws striking directly at his throat. The…
Chapter 207