The Demon Kings' Beloved Little Fox

Xuanji was a white fox with beautiful fur, kept as a pet by a family of immortal cultivators.

A prophecy mirror revealed that once he took human form, he would become the most beautiful person in the world. This made the young immortal cultivator of the family jealous, and he decided to drive Xuanji away.

He sent a servant to tell Xuanji:

"We've kept you for so long, but you can't guard the house or bite people. A little fox like you is completely useless, just a good-for-nothing who eats our fruit for free. Go on, we don't want you anymore."

Xuanji lowered his head sadly. He didn't pick up the bag of fruit the servant tossed him, and quietly left the household.

He wanted to prove he wasn't a useless fox.

He was amazing! A fox on his own could roam the world, hunt, and feed himself!

While roaming the world, Xuanji came across an injured young snow leopard.

Its fur was so thick that the little fox's teeth couldn't pierce it, so Xuanji dragged the snow leopard to the group of demons on the nearby mountain, said to be the cruelest, most vicious, darkest great fiends of all, hoping to trade it for some fruit.

The great fiends were indeed awful. They not only kept the snow leopard, but took the little fox back to their demon lair, too.

The demon lair was dark all day long.

There was a cold, cruel demoness with a human body and a snake tail, a gloomy, taciturn ghost cultivator who had killed countless people, and a lovesick weirdo who flew into rages and fits of laughter, his mind utterly unstable.

The snow leopard that Xuanji couldn't bite through was a divine child the demon lords had stolen from the celestial realm to hold hostage!

But the little fox didn't understand what a great fiend or a divine child was.

The most vicious great fiend lifted him high and announced, "We've found a new spirit beast to offer as a sacrifice!"

Xuanji saw the countless demons below cheering at his arrival, and happily wagged his tail, too.

Everyone was happy because of him. At last, he was a useful little fox!

Day after day passed, and the little fox still hadn't become a sacrifice. Instead, those vicious great fiends kept sneaking over to brush his fur and braid little pigtails, blushing as they said, "So cute."

The little fox loved his new home.

He loved Snow Leopard Big Brother the most. The snow leopard he had almost eaten didn't hold a grudge against him at all.

He especially loved using Snow Leopard's back as a slide.

Years later, the divine child came of age and ascended to the heavens once more.

Everyone thought the first thing he would do was destroy the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons, where he had been imprisoned for years, and start another war between gods and demons.

No one imagined that the divine child rising from the demon lair to claim the throne would have a smug little fox perched on his head.

Childhood sweethearts, beloved by everyone, and raising a little one.

Theme: May everyone who has weathered storms keep a little innocent beauty in their heart, and let it become a source of joy and strength to carry on.