Compared with Lin Xuan, she felt like a complete novice!

Lin Xuan felt intense changes taking place throughout his body, inside and out.

All three hundred and sixty apertures throughout his body had opened.

A vast, powerful current of energy coursed endlessly through his extraordinary meridians, internal organs, meridians, and blood vessels.

It was like a mighty river, flowing without end.

At the same time, his bones and skin were rapidly changing.

As he examined them closely,

Lin Xuan felt as if his bones had been cast in bronze and forged in iron, coated in a terrifying layer of armor.

Yet his body had not grown heavier. Instead, it felt lighter than ever.

His skin had become tauter and smoother, so much so that he could feel its silky texture.

"So this is how great the difference is between entering the Emperor Realm and being an ordinary person!"

Only after reaching the Emperor Realm could one understand just how terrifying and powerful this level was.

From that moment on, Lin Xuan was a true Emperor Realm powerhouse!

Xuanzhu, nestled in his arms, began breathing rapidly, her cheeks turning red. "Daddy, suddenly it feels so stuffy."

Could it be that entering the Emperor Realm so suddenly is putting too much pressure on the child?

Lin Xuan remembered that when he'd first met Donghuang Ziyou, he'd also struggled to breathe beneath her overwhelming pressure.

He hurriedly asked the system. Fortunately, it told him he could conceal his cultivation.

He quickly hid his cultivation, and sure enough, Xuanzhu's breathing soon became steadier.

"Is it better now?" Lin Xuan asked.

"Mm-hmm." Held in Lin Xuan's arms, Xuanzhu was no longer afraid of thunder. Before long, she grew sleepy.

"Then go to sleep," Lin Xuan said affectionately.

It wasn't long before Xuanzhu fell asleep in his arms.

Lin Xuan, however, wasn't the least bit sleepy.

After reaching the Emperor Realm, his vitality far surpassed that of ordinary people. He could go several days and nights without sleep and be perfectly fine.

Just then, a bewitching streak of black light appeared in front of Lin Xuan's bed.

Donghuang Ziyou looked at Lin Xuan on the bed and his four daughters beside him.

The heartwarming sight warmed her heart at once.

She asked softly, "The thunder just now didn't scare the girls, did it?"

She remembered that whenever it thundered, she had to coax the girls for a long time before they would fall asleep.

"No, I told them a story. They won't be afraid of thunder anymore," Lin Xuan replied.

Donghuang Ziyou parted her lips slightly, surprised by how good Lin Xuan was at looking after the children.

Compared with Lin Xuan, she felt like a complete novice when it came to raising children.

"Then get some rest."

Recently, besides the Ten Thousand Devil Kingdom, various hostile forces had also been stirring in the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain.

With Lin Xuan helping her look after the children, Donghuang Ziyou felt she could focus more freely on dealing with these matters.

With that, she left Lin Xuan with the sight of her beautiful back before vanishing in a streak of light.

Not long after she left,

a hundred thousand li beyond the Crystal Palace,

four strange streaks of black light tore through space and descended from the sky.

The four of them were the four Devil Generals from the Ten Thousand Devil Kingdom.

All four wore black armor that covered them from head to toe.

The one in the lead pointed ahead. "Another hundred thousand li, and we'll reach the Crystal Palace in the Northern Profound Heaven. Take out the items."

The three behind him nodded and channeled their true essence, conjuring three devil orbs that smoked with black fumes.

The leading Devil General swept out his right hand and drew the three devil orbs into his grasp.

Then he took out a pitch-black longsword and forcibly fused the orbs with it.

Boom!

The air exploded, and surging devil energy flooded the area.

The longsword looked as though it had been forged in black flames, its entire length wreathed in thick black smoke.

Its razor-sharp Sword Qi fused with the devil energy, filling all four Devil Generals with reverence.

"Just as expected of the Abyssal Devil Sword. Its Sword Qi is terrifying!"

"They say the Abyssal Devil Sword can even fight a Great Saint. Seeing it now, I believe it!"

"Our sacrifice of half our natal devil cores was well worth it!"

The four of them couldn't help laughing smugly.

This time, they had come to the Crystal Palace in the Northern Profound Heaven on orders from Ye You, the Bloodthirsty Devil Lord.

Their main target was Lin Xuan, who had recently appeared in the Northern Profound Heaven.

The Abyssal Devil Sword had been forged from the teeth of a devil dragon in the Abyssal Devil Pool.

To unleash its full power, they had to sacrifice the natal devil cores of three beings at or above the Venerable Realm.

Once the Abyssal Devil Sword's power was fully awakened,

it might not be able to kill a Great Saint on the spot, but it could at least grievously wound one.

Ye You had given the Abyssal Devil Sword to the four Devil Generals this time because he was certain they would win.

His plan was simple: have the four Devil Generals ambush their target with the Abyssal Devil Sword.

Whether the target was Lin Xuan or someone else who happened to be a Great Saint, as long as they were grievously wounded or killed,

he could deal with Empress Donghuang Ziyou without holding back.

As Ye You put it,

Empress Donghuang Ziyou was not only powerful herself, but also surrounded by tight security. Attacking her directly would be extremely difficult.

So he would do the opposite: catch her off guard by having the Devil Generals ambush the expert hiding in the Crystal Palace.

Whether or not that person was Lin Xuan, as long as the Devil Generals succeeded, the Empress would lose a tremendous source of support.

That would greatly improve Ye You's chances of dealing with her.

"Let's go! We'll start by taking out Lin Xuan and his four daughters," the leading Devil General said coldly.

The four of them immediately turned into streaks of black light and sped toward the Crystal Palace.

Before long, they reached the outskirts of the Crystal Palace.

After successfully evading the guards, they charged straight in and headed for the bedchamber.

But before they could enter, a figure appeared and blocked their way.

Lin Xuan stared coldly at the four Devil Generals. "You're from the Ten Thousand Devil Kingdom?"

With his Emperor Realm cultivation, he could easily sense the devil energy on them,

even though the four had deliberately concealed their auras.

And the ones most likely to be so eager to target him and his daughters were people from the Ten Thousand Devil Kingdom.

The four Devil Generals were all slightly startled. The man before them had identified them at a glance. He was no ordinary person!

"Then you must be Lin Xuan," the leading Devil General said, secretly channeling his true essence as the Abyssal Devil Sword gathered its power.

"That's right." Lin Xuan released a terrifying aura that enveloped the four Devil Generals. "I'll kill the other three first."

Since they were from the Ten Thousand Devil Kingdom, they were his sworn enemies.

Lin Xuan felt no qualms about killing them.

He casually took up a longsword and thrust out his first strike with a deceptively simple, unadorned motion.

He had mastered the Wuji Sword Technique completely. Even an ordinary sword could unleash a surging wave of Sword Qi in his hands.

The four Devil Generals were greatly shocked.

What a fierce wave of Sword Qi!

"Split up and kill his daughters!" the leading Devil General shouted. "I'll deal with him!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

At his command, the other three Devil Generals immediately scattered to the side.

"Looking for death!"

How could Lin Xuan let the three of them enter the bedchamber?

His Rakshasa Divine Sense exploded through the air with a hum.

It became an invisible pressure that made all four Devil Generals' heads ring.

Before they could recover, the longsword in Lin Xuan's hand came whistling toward them.

One slash apiece, and he sent all three crashing to the ground.

The leading Devil General's heart clenched at the sight. "This is bad!"

The strength Lin Xuan had unleashed was already beyond anything he'd imagined.

In his panic, he hurriedly fired the Abyssal Devil Sword.

The terrifying thing about the Abyssal Devil Sword was not only its immense killing power, but also its incredible speed.

A black sword-light flashed into view, swift as lightning, and arrived in the blink of an eye!

By the time Lin Xuan reacted, the tip of the Abyssal Devil Sword was less than a finger's breadth from his throat.

"Are you sure you can hurt me?" Lin Xuan sneered.

With the Invincible Forbidden Domain protecting him, he wasn't afraid of this kind of sneak attack.

Even if the attacker was using an exceptionally powerful devil sword!

Boom!

A mysterious divine force instantly shredded the devil energy surrounding the Abyssal Devil Sword.

The black devil energy swept through Lin Xuan's hair like a gust of wind.

The leading Devil General was stunned by the sight.

Before he could recover, Lin Xuan's sword was already at his throat.

"Do you know why I'm not killing you?"