The Wisdom of a Father!

Bai Fengxin and the others thought this because they had already learned that Lin Xuan was an utter daughter-doting maniac.

Just now, he had casually let the children play with the Demon Core of a ninth-tier Iron Lion Monster.

Now that the children wanted to play with a Nine-Headed Heavenly Python, how could he possibly refuse?

Only...

This Nine-Headed Heavenly Python had profound cultivation and a violent temperament. What could the Emperor Consort do to fulfill his daughter's request?

Bai Fengxin and the others hurried over to Lin Xuan, their faces full of respect as they watched him expectantly.

With the Emperor Consort's abilities, dealing with a Nine-Headed Heavenly Python was no problem at all.

The biggest question now was how the Emperor Consort would get the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python to obey.

Lin Xuan paid no attention to what everyone else was thinking. He gazed fondly at Xuanyou. "All right. Daddy will make it your toy!"

When Xuanzhu and the others heard this, their faces filled with alarm.

Xuanzhu hurried forward, wrapped both arms around Lin Xuan's leg, and shook it desperately.

"Daddy, this nine-headed snake is so big and so fierce. It'll be dangerous to take it home!"

Xuanxi hurriedly nodded in agreement. "That's right. Xuanyou sometimes uses the Nine-Scale Spotted Snake to scare us."

"If we take the nine-headed snake home too, I'll definitely be scared to tears!"

Xuanhan wholeheartedly agreed with her two older sisters. "That's right! That's right! I'll definitely cry too!"

Seeing all three of his daughters frowning and pouting, Lin Xuan nearly felt his fatherly love overflow.

No matter when he looked at these precious little ones, they were always so adorable.

Now there was a problem. Xuanyou wanted the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python, but Xuanzhu and the others didn't.

Lin Xuan had to strike the perfect balance so that none of his daughters would be hurt.

His gaze swept over Xuanzhu, Xuanxi, and Xuanhan. Smiling, he asked, "Are you afraid of Heavenly Dog Beasts?"

Xuanzhu shook her head. "No!"

Xuanxi shook her head too. "I think Heavenly Dog Beasts are really cute!"

Xuanhan nodded. "Mm-hmm! I often play with Heavenly Dog Beasts."

Lin Xuan asked again, "Then if Daddy makes the nine-headed snake imitate a Heavenly Dog Beast's cry, will you still be afraid of it?"

Xuanzhu, Xuanxi, and Xuanhan all shook their heads at once. "No!"

They thought that only cute monsters could make cute cries like Heavenly Dog Beasts did.

If the nine-headed snake could make the same sound, it had to be a cute monster too.

Xuanyou's eyes lit up. "Daddy, then make it cry out!"

"All right!" Lin Xuan turned and said to the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python, "Come here and imitate a Heavenly Dog Beast!"

His master-level beast-taming talent was an utterly merciless force of suppression against great monsters below the third tier.

Just one look from Lin Xuan was enough to send an overwhelming pressure toward the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python.

Even the python's demon soul trembled under Lin Xuan's power.

His words became an immense authority, crashing heavily against the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python's mind.

From the depths of its soul, it began to feel submission toward Lin Xuan.

Whimper~

In an instant, all the killing intent vanished from the enormous Nine-Headed Heavenly Python. Reverence filled all nine pairs of eyes.

It slid down from halfway up the mountain and into the pool, then hurriedly swam over to Lin Xuan.

Bai Fengxin and the others were so astonished that their mouths fell open.

With a single sentence, the Emperor Consort had made the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python come obediently over.

What an extraordinary beast-taming talent!

Even more astonishing, the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python had truly done exactly as Lin Xuan asked.

Awooo, awooo, awooo~

It imitated a Heavenly Dog Beast three times in a row.

Having cultivated for nearly five thousand years, this Nine-Headed Heavenly Python had eaten countless Heavenly Dog Beasts. Its imitation was uncannily perfect.

At the sight, Xuanzhu, Xuanxi, and Xuanhan froze for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, this is so fun! It really can imitate a Heavenly Dog Beast!"

"I'm not scared of it at all anymore!"

"Daddy, I think it's really cute!"

Seeing how her three older sisters had changed their minds about the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python, Xuanyou happily clapped her hands.

Lin Xuan smiled to himself. He had finally solved the problem perfectly.

And seeing Lin Xuan resolve the disagreement between the children with a single move, Bai Fengxin and the others admired him all the more.

With that one move, Lin Xuan had not only demonstrated his powerful beast-taming abilities, but also revealed the boundless wisdom of a father.

"The Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven is destined to be an extraordinary man!"

Bai Fengxin and the others all had similar thoughts.

"Daddy, what's its name?" Xuanzhu and the others asked at the same time.

"It's called the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python," Lin Xuan said with a smile.

Xuanyou asked expectantly, "Then can I call it Xiao Jiu?"

"You can call it whatever you like." Lin Xuan raised a hand toward the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python. "Shrink down as small as you can."

As far as he knew, great monsters like the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python could freely change their size.

The Nine-Headed Heavenly Python before them was so enormous that taking it back to the Crystal Palace would probably scare a crowd of servants.

It would be best to make it smaller—at least then it would look a little cuter.

All nine heads of the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python nodded at once.

A strange, earthy yellow light flashed, and it shrank until it was no bigger than a palm.

Lin Xuan smiled at Xuanyou and the others. "Now you can play with it as much as you like."

"Wonderful!"

The little girls were instantly overjoyed.

Looking at the palm-sized Nine-Headed Heavenly Python, they thought it was absolutely adorable.

The little girls started calling it "Xiao Jiu" over and over, happily playing with the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python.

Bai Fengxin and the others watched, now completely convinced of Lin Xuan's greatness.

Lin Xuan was absolutely the first person to let a second-tier great monster like the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python play with his children!

Remembering that the secret realm would not stay open for long, and that there might still be unknown treasures atop the mountain, Bai Fengxin and the others decided to continue searching.

Rumble!

Before they could take many steps, the towering mountain suddenly shook nonstop, as if struck by an earthquake.

This time, the mountainside split and collapsed right before their eyes.

Terrifying boulders surged down like a tide, and the entire secret realm shook with them.

"Disaster! The secret realm is about to collapse!"

With their wealth of experience, Bai Fengxin and the others recognized the impending danger at a glance.

Not every secret realm collapsed, but when one did, the damage was unbearable.

Especially with a massive secret realm like this one, anyone who didn't escape in time was bound to die.

Bai Fengxin guessed that the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python might well have been the invisible pillar holding up this secret realm.

Now that it had been subdued and shrunk, it might have directly caused the secret realm to collapse.

There was no time to think.

"Run!"

Bai Fengxin roared and led the disciples of his sect in a frantic escape.

Xuanzhu and the others immediately returned to Lin Xuan's side. All four little girls pressed close to him. "Daddy, it's dangerous! Let's go too!"

Xuanhan glanced around and spotted Ling Rong not far away. She hurriedly said, "Daddy, will that auntie die if nobody helps her?"

Xuanxi muttered, "She looks even weaker than us!"

Xuanzhu nodded. "That's right. She's badly hurt."

"Don't worry. She won't die."

Lin Xuan hadn't planned to leave just like that anyway. With the children watching, he had to see things through and help her to the end.

"Come over here." Lin Xuan glanced casually at Ling Rong.

"Yes!" Ling Rong came to Lin Xuan's side without a moment's hesitation.

Once she was close, she felt as though she had stepped into a completely new world.

No matter how violently the secret realm surged, not a thing could harm her.

At that moment, the secret realm crumbled apart completely.

The towering mountain, the forests, and the trees—

They all seemed to fall toward Lin Xuan amid deafening crashes, as if they had plunged into a colossal whirlpool.

Bai Fengxin and the others, who had already fled hundreds of miles, heard the commotion and hurriedly turned around.

Through the billowing dust, they saw giant boulders soaring into the sky.

A man in white stood firm amid the collapsing storm, with four children and a woman by his side.