"Where exactly did Brother Zhang go?"

Kong Lan and Qing Luo had already been waiting for about half an hour, the beef simmering in the pot was almost cooked, and the kids were nearly crying out for the Demon King Leita's beef ribs.

"Brother Kong Lan, can Brother Zhang really help me restore my bloodline?" Qing Luo asked.

The Nine-tailed Spirit Fox's ability to strip away bloodlines is considered a secret technique, and to restore a bloodline is simply a fantasy, like expecting the cooked beef ribs in the pot to return to raw meat - a nearly irreversible process.

"You have to trust Brother Zhang; until now everything he's promised has been fulfilled, I have complete faith in him!" With the experiences they've been through, Kong Lan has nearly unwavering trust in Zhang Menglong, believing there's nothing he can't achieve in this world!

Sure enough, after waiting another ten or so minutes, Zhang Menglong finally hurried out from the spaceship, wearing a mysteriously unfathomable smile, as if he had a surprise for them.

"Why are you all standing around? Let's eat!" Zhang Menglong said, "If this meat cooks any longer, it'll be overdone, let's talk after we finish eating."

With that, Zhang Menglong pulled out a bunch of hotpot and barbecue condiments, "This is peanut sauce, this oyster sauce, and there's green onions, ginger, and garlic. I'll recommend my Haidilao secret recipe to you: oyster sauce mixed with green onions, ginger, and garlic, then add some mushroom sauce, beef sauce, and sesame oil - it'll be perfectly delicious! I've spent half an hour finding these things!"

"Half an hour?" Everyone was stunned; Zhang Menglong had only left for half an hour just to find these condiments, not to look for a way to restore Qing Luo's bloodline?

Upon seeing this, Qing Luo instantly showed a look of disappointment.

"Qing Luo, don't lose hope; I'll ask Brother Zhang again; he surely has a solution." Kong Lan said.

"No need," Qing Luo said, "Our bloodline was drained, not sealed; such matters of creating something out of nothing are defying nature and are impossible. I just placed too much hope on it myself earlier, we can't impose such unrealistic expectations on Brother Zhang."

"Sigh." Kong Lan sighed, "Let's eat something first, you haven't eaten since last night."

"Okay." Qing Luo nodded, walking over to where Zhang Menglong was barbequing.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Demon King is truly special, even the meat isn't ordinary; it's far superior to 5A-grade marbled beef! If not for the Strange Fire, I wouldn't even be able to cook it!" Zhang Menglong said while scattering cumin on the roasted meat and boiling the beef slices in a pot.

"Come on, try some!" Zhang Menglong distributed the cooked meat to everyone, and the whole village was immediately filled with a delightful fragrance. If Demon King Leita knew he had become such a delicious dish on the table, it might just anger him back to life!

...

After everyone had their fill, Zhang Menglong took a dump and returned to the village, "Qing Luo, sister, get ready, we're about to start working!"

"Work?" Qing Luo was puzzled.

"Help you recover your bloodline," Zhang Menglong said, "Didn't I say we'd eat first? Now that we've finished eating, if you're not in a rush, neither am I!"

Qing Luo's face instantly showed a look of surprise, she thought Zhang Menglong really had no solution, but in fact, he had already prepared everything.

"Brother Zhang, you almost scared me to death, I really thought you had no solution." Kong Lan punched Zhang Menglong's chest.

"What could be more important than eating?" Zhang Menglong said, "If you're not enthusiastic about eating, your thoughts are problematic, I think there's something wrong with your thinking!"

"Alright, alright, don't interrupt my work. Back off!" Zhang Menglong moved to stand before Qing Luo, "Restoring your original bloodline is beyond my capabilities; your bloodlines have declined over millennia."

The Zhang Menglong family has only been passed down for a few thousand years, and they have no samples of the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox bloodline.

"But there are other options," Zhang Menglong pulled out two test tubes, "Brave young girl, do you want my left hand's Flame-tailed Demon Fox bloodline, or my right hand's Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline?"

Qing Luo stared fixedly at the ice-blue test tube in Zhang Menglong's right hand, she felt a particularly intimate power from it, even a strong urge to immediately integrate its contents into herself.

"Looks like this one's more suitable for you," Zhang Menglong smiled, explaining that the Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox is a top-level fox demon bloodline from a high-grade world, and it's a bloodline aspiring towards that of the Nine-tailed Demon Fox.

Perhaps due to the concept that all things eventually return to the same path, the Nine-tailed Demon Fox bloodline shares some similarities with the thin Nine-tailed Spirit Fox bloodline in Qing Luo. Maybe if their ancestors had successfully broken through, the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox bloodline could have evolved into the Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline.

"Brother Zhang, I want that one!" Qing Luo resolutely pointed to the Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline.

"It's settled!" Zhang Menglong pulled out a fully automatic syringe and injected the ice-blue liquid directly into her, "My needle's a bit big, bear with it."

Qing Luo nodded; if it could help restore her powerful bloodline, what was a little pain? Could any pain compare to their race's tragic fate after falling off the altar for the past millennia?

Zhang Menglong inserted the needle into Qing Luo, the ice-blue liquid slowly flowed into her, Qing Luo slightly frowned and gritted her teeth to endure the prickling pain on her arm.

Actually, the ice-blue liquid contains not only the genetic sequence of the Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox, but also countless nanorobots. Bloodline is essentially DNA from a scientific perspective, and to complete her bloodline requires modifying her DNA.

Moments later, Qing Luo's face gradually showed clearer expressions of pain because she could distinctly feel the agony of her genes collapsing and then rebuilding, with every cell in her body repeatedly cycling through death and rebirth.

"Hoo!" A white flame ignited from Qing Luo's body, seeing this, Kong Lan's face dramatically changed, flames burning on one's body could be fatal!

"Don't interfere," Zhang Menglong pulled Kong Lan back, "She's at the most critical phase, do not disturb her; if she's affected by the outside, she might fail, and the problem could be far beyond just a failure to elevate her bloodline."

Hearing Zhang Menglong's warning, Kong Lan suppressed his urge to rush forward but remained visibly anxious.

Time ticked by second by second, all the Split-tail Foxes gathered around the white flame, anxiously watching it. They could still sense Qing Luo's presence, indicating she was alright and they could vaguely perceive an ancient and powerful force gradually blooming within her.

Thus, three days passed, with Zhang Menglong busy eating, sleeping, and playing games, while everyone else never left Qing Luo's side.

"Awooo!" With a crisp cry, everyone's focus redirected to the flame, which expanded over tenfold, revealing a graceful figure weaving within - the ten tails slowly spreading, finally showing the world the elegance of the Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox.

"The aura of a demon king! This is the aura of a demon king!"

"The clan leader has broken through to a demon king?"

"This aura is magnificent, is it from a bloodline surpassing our ancestors?"

The Split-tail Foxes' eyes shone with the spark of hopeful anticipation for the future, now that their clan leader possesses such a bloodline, does their race still need to worry about revival?

"Thanks, big brother!" Little Qian clung to Zhang Menglong's arm, rubbing it with her flat chest.

"No, no, no, I'm not interested in minor demons!" Zhang Menglong took out a box containing hundreds of full bloodline elixirs from inside, including the Flame-tailed Demon Fox and Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox along with a dozen other top-level fox clan bloodlines.

"Do we have one too?" The Split-tail Foxes showed surprised expressions one by one, not only were they grateful for Zhang Menglong's help to Qing Luo, but he seemed to be a living Buddha!

Kong Lan stared dumbfoundedly at the box of elixirs, "Brother Zhang, I don't want to be the Split-sky Azure Beast anymore, can I be a fox instead? I don't want to strive for more!"