Rebirth of a Villainess

Yan Xuequi's spiritual energy opened the endless portal into the alternate world of the fox clan. Cold tall mountains stared back at the fox princess from where she stood.

"I'm finally back!"

The fox princess shouted into the empty air with her hands spread wide, as she savored the air around the fortress which was filled with dense spirit energy.

One after another, she began removing the restraint she had kept on herself while in the mortal realm, with her hand in a seal clasped tightly together, she began tapping at several pressure points on her chest, releasing her full power. This sent shock waves round the fortress.

"The fox princess is back!"

"Princess Yan Xuequi is finally back!"

"It's Princess Yan Xuequi!"

The people of the fox clan shouted to one another with happiness at seeing the granddaughter of their king walk through the market place which was at the lower region of the fortress that led to various realms. This was where anyone that left the fox clan would usually pass through when they came back.

Yan Xuequi walked through the mist of her people, bowing slightly while heading for the center of the fortress. Her people wore simple robes, their fox features very much in display,, unlike those in the mortal realm that kept to appearing as human as possible.

Not bothering to open the door carved from the rocky mountain, the fox princess sent a string of fox fire which pushed the door open. What she saw on the other end of the door took her by surprise, for in there sat her mother and her grandfather. The fox princess bowed in greeting to them.

"Greetings Fox King! Greetings Princess Mother!"

In the presence of her grandfather, the fox princess had to refer to him by his title, the same applied to that of her mother. She couldn't call either of them grandfather or mother whenever her grandfather was around, because he was a stickler for the royal tradition.

"Princess Xuequi. Come, let me take a closer look at your face."

The fox princess noticed that he sounded very frail, which wasn't surprising because he was using half of his powers to keep the fortress the way it was and a quarter of his powers to suppress his fox features to appear almost like that of a human. It was when her mother explained the reason for her grandfather's behavior, did she finally understand why he chose to appear as though he was human.

It was when her mother explained the reason for her grandfather's behavior did she finally understand why he chose to appear as though he was human. The woman he loved was from the mortal realm during his youthful days while moving from one realm to the other, but feared exposing his true nature to her, when he eventually found the courage to do so, she had already gotten married to a fellow human in her town. Heart broken, he married one from the royal bloodline whom he had no affection for, resulting in two princesses Yan Meifang and Yan Hairong.