Chapter 1690 I don’t want her to be marked. Inside a certain room, an extremely beautiful woman was sitting on her bed cross-legged, cultivating silently. With her World's energy being in a mess, it was harder for her to cultivate, however, she was still holding on. Yes, even in such dire conditions where almost no being in the entire world was able to cultivate and many had lost their lives because of this, the woman still didn't give up and had adapted to the changes. Not only that, the woman had also broken through. Yes, Vulpiana Dawnshade was an 8-Tailed Fox, a Saint. And not just any Saint, she was a Saint who had already formed her Path, all she needed now was to break through once again and she would become a 9-Tailed Fox just like her mother. This was also the reason why she was working so hard. Her mother had been holding out alone all this while, so Vulpiana wanted to help her. However… Whatever she had planned for her future was thwarted as suddenly, *BOOM* The doors of her room were burst open, and a being walked in. In an instant, Vulpiana took her battle sense, prepared for battle. Her mind did think about how an invader could come into her room especially when there were so many Protectors in the House, not to mention her mother was still here, not many beings in this world had the power to barge into her room while her mother was still present. Right now, however, she decided to put all these questions in the back of her mind and focused on moving. Getting out of there and finding out what happened was the priority, she wanted to avoid fighting as much as she could. Therefore, Vulpiana decided to activate her Law which was extremely useful in this situation, yes, since she was still only an 8-Tailed Fox and not yet recognized by the Universe, her Law still wasn't as effective as it should be, But even then, considering that her Law used a rare power, she believed she would be able to get out of this situation. Of course, she was being a little too positive. "!!!" Suddenly, Vulpiana felt something touching her waist, before she could activate any of her power to defend herself, she realized she was lifted from the ground and had somehow landed on the attacker's shoulder, totally in his grasp. Everything happened just so quickly that she couldn't even react properly let alone fight back. "You did better than I expected, At least you were able to react, but your body still wasn't able to follow your thoughts." Vulpiana heard a voice she recognized. "N-Nux?" She called out. "Oh, you didn't forget about me. It has been a while."𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖 Nux smiled. "We… met a few decades ago…" "It is a long time for me." Nux shrugged. "Anyways, let's go." "Where are you taking me?" Vulpiana questioned with a sigh, seeing how the woman pretty much gave up on resisting the moment she realized it was Nux made him smile. "I am taking you with me." "What…?" "Yes, you will be staying with me now. I warned you repeatedly, did I not? I told you to come meet me regularly else I'll miss you, but you continued to ignore my words, so I will be taking the matter into my own hands." "…" Vulpiana was silent. It was clear that she didn't believe him, however, seeing that Nux had no intention of explaining himself any further, "Nux! What are you talking about!? Where are you taking me!? What about Mother!?" She shouted. "Your mother allowed it." "What…?" "Yes yes, I have gotten all the permissions needed, why do you think your mother still hasn't appeared here? Did you not notice that none of the Divine Stage Cultivators that are usually hidden and appear the moment something happens aren't here even when I broke the doors? That's because your mother has sealed this space, no one outside knows what is happening here. Your mother is helping me kidnap you. She is in this whole thing." "…what?" Vulpiana couldn't believe it. Nux just smiled as he recalled the conversation he had with Faelara just a few minutes ago. … "Take my daughter with you." "Huh…?" Nux blinked. "Vulpiana, take her with you." "Why? So she can find out about this secret weapon while she is with me?" Nux smiled. Faelara stared at Nux for a while and then, "You can keep her in the dark if you want. I won't mind." "I wouldn't be able to keep her in the dark, this was my first time hearing about this secret weapon, clearly, the Progenitors still do not believe me to the fullest extent. Or maybe, the Progenitors do not know about this secret weapon either, That could be a possibility as well." Nux guessed. Faelara however, shook her head, "It doesn't matter." "Hmm?" "It doesn't matter if you know about the secret weapon or not, it doesn't matter if anything like that even exists, What I want right now is for you to take Vulpiana away." "Why do you want that?" Obviously, Nux was sceptical. He never hid his intentions before, Faelara knew what he was after… so for her to send her daughter to the tiger's den intentionally… What mother does that? "Vulpiana is a genius." "Huh?" "That child is different from the rest of us, even when Yrniel's mana is still a mess, she is still able to cultivate and has already broken through to Saint Stage, not just that, that girl was also able to form her Path in this situation, ready to break through the Divine Stage and get recognized by the Universe as well. Although it is a good thing that would make any mother proud, all this while, I actually wanted Vulpiana to not be able to break through. Yes, the Mana Apocalypse has caused a lot of damage, I was glad it happened since I thought it would stop Vulpiana from breaking through." "Why are you so against her breaking through?" "I don't want her to be marked." "Marked…?"