Side Story: Qingjiu and Youyou

I always wondered, why couldn't I have joined my master in death when her soul dissipated ten thousand years ago?

If I had struggled even a little then, would she not have broken the contract between us? If she died, as her contracted beast, wouldn't I have inevitably perished as well?

In this world, there are Thirteenth Rank Pills, but there is no such thing as a Regret Pill, not even the Devil Emperor could refine one.

Day after day, I lay in the Cursed Land.

How many magical beasts were cast into the Cursed Land along with me by Princess Xi Feng? I couldn't be bothered to care anymore, all that mattered was that Youyou and I were here.

Youyou was a Three-tailed Heavenly Fox, one of the earliest to follow our master. His lineage wasn't pure, so the master used the Divine Blood Transference Technique to elevate his bloodline to that of a Nine-tailed Firefox. His fur was dark, his paws snow-white, and his eyes shone bright like rubies.