A Night of Huge Gains!

On the way to the Ten Thousand Devil Kingdom, Lin Xuan used his Rakshasa Divine Sense to search the ground.

For him, spotting the Demon Race's ambush was as easy as turning over his hand.

At that moment, in the vast valley, not a blade of grass, a tree, or a soldier escaped Lin Xuan's notice.

"Darlings, how about letting Xiao Jiu play with you for a while? Daddy needs to step out, all right?"

Lin Xuan gazed at his daughters with a tender smile.

He had already figured out how to deal with these demon beasts.

He would strike first, then have the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python clean up the battlefield.

"Okay!" Xuanzhu and the others all nodded.

Lin Xuan then formed a soundproofing array, left the Jade Carriage, and sped toward the ground through the night.

He hovered in midair.

Lin Xuan looked down at the valley and poured all his true essence into forming a mysterious black seal.

The Nine Nether Profound Heaven Killing Array!

He had found this powerful killing array for dealing with demon beasts in the Ten Directions Array Map.

Once formed, the array could cover a hundred-mile radius.

It contained the frigid energy of the netherworld. No matter how tough a demon beast's hide was, it would be hard to withstand.

That was not all. Once laid, the array could draw on the power of the Heavenly Dao and turn it into an endless stream of killing intent.

Anyone trapped inside was doomed!

According to Lin Xuan's plan, he would deliberately leave a small flaw in the array and keep the strongest one, the Black Hawk War God, alive to question him.

The rest would be wiped out.

With a casual flick, he sent the black seal flying toward the valley.

The mysterious seal vanished into the night.

Wherever it went, the surrounding space rippled faintly, and the area of those ripples grew exponentially.

Before long, it had disappeared completely into the vast valley.

And just then—

The Black Hawk War God and the other Demon Race members lying in ambush felt a strange ripple in the air.

"What's this?"

The three Gou brothers looked around in bewilderment.

Whoosh!

In an instant, black light flared.

The entire valley seemed to be enclosed in a giant bubble.

Streams of strange, razor-sharp cold swept up with bone-deep killing intent.

"Hiss! It's an array!"

"What powerful expert could have created such an enormous killing array?"

"Get out of here!"

The demon soldiers fell into chaos.

The three Gou brothers transformed into their true forms and shot skyward at lightning speed.

Compared to them, the other demon beasts, though swift, were still a fraction too slow.

That fraction of a moment was all it took for the Nine Nether Profound Heaven Killing Array to fully take shape!

In the blink of an eye, terrifying torrents of frigid netherworld killing energy erupted from within the array.

Countless screams and cries of alarm rang through heaven and earth.

"Who did this?" Gou Zhan's body trembled slightly, dread rising in his heart.

They had carried out this ambush without leaving a trace.

Who could have guessed that while the mantis stalked the cicada, the oriole would be waiting behind—and that someone would turn the tables on them?

Just then, an immense Emperor Realm aura descended from the sky.

The three Gou brothers looked up together.

A handsome man dressed in white stood above them.

Gou Zhan eyed him warily. "You're the one who ambushed us?"

"Ambushed you?" Lin Xuan found that amusing. "Compared to what you've been doing, I'd say I've acted quite openly."

The three Gou brothers' expressions changed drastically.

As expected, the man before them had laid that enormous killing array.

Gou Wu asked, his tone turning respectful, "May I ask who you are, and why you're trying to kill us?"

Lin Xuan replied coldly, "I'm the father of Empress Profound Ice's children."

"So you're the Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven!"

The three Gou brothers looked even more grim.

Who would have thought that the Empress Profound Ice's husband would be this powerful?

The brothers quickly exchanged a glance.

Lin Xuan's Emperor Realm aura and the array he had just formed were proof enough of his strength.

Against him, their only chance of winning was to attack together with everything they had.

Fortunately, battle was the Black Hawk Clan's natural gift.

With their lightning-fast speed, their unstoppable offensive power, and their own terrifying cultivation, the fight might yet end in a miracle.

At that thought, the three brothers sprang into action, transforming into three enormous, two-headed black hawks as they charged at Lin Xuan.

"That's it?"

Lin Xuan gripped his long sword and urged the God-Speed Bracelet to devour the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

His Emperor Realm speed and the force supplied by the God-Speed Bracelet merged into one, giving him a terrifying speed that completely overwhelmed the three black hawks.

Splurt!

With his first sword, he sliced off one of Gou Wu's wings.

Splurt!

With his second, he drove the blade viciously into Gou Zhan's right chest.

The remaining brother, Gou Xuan, cried out in alarm and beat his wings, rushing for the sky.

Lin Xuan instantly became a gust of wind and blocked his way. "I don't remember saying you could leave."

A flash of swordlight struck Gou Xuan squarely in the back.

In the very first exchange, all three Gou brothers were defeated and crashed heavily to the ground.

The Black Hawk Clan's famed talent for battle was utterly useless against Lin Xuan!

"Damn it!"

The three brothers ground their teeth in fury, but when they looked up at Lin Xuan, fear filled their eyes.

The Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven had already cast a deep shadow over their hearts.

Lin Xuan planted a foot on Gou Zhan's head and looked down at him. "Tell me. Who ordered you to do this?"

Gou Zhan swallowed. "It was the Great Commander's order. He told the three of us to ambush Empress Profound Ice!"

"Do you know where he is?" Lin Xuan pressed.

Gou Zhan hurriedly shook his head. "No! The Great Commander always gives orders from afar. We don't have the right to meet him!"

Lin Xuan smiled wryly. "Then it seems there's no point keeping you alive."

These three Black Hawk War Gods were clearly slippery. How could Lin Xuan be fooled by a few words?

Gou Wu hastily said, "But we know there's an ancestor-worship ceremony at the Beigu Mountains in ten days. The Great Commander is sure to appear there!"

Gou Xuan nodded in agreement. "Our original plan was to ambush Empress Profound Ice today, then claim credit from the Great Commander at the ceremony. Who would've thought..."

Seeing that his brothers had already confessed everything, Gou Zhan could only sigh. "That's right. Everything they said is true."

Lin Xuan nodded slightly.

In the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain, the Demon Race rarely dared to show themselves openly, kept in check as they were by the human experts of the Immortal Domain.

That made tracking them down incredibly difficult.

But for Lin Xuan, tonight had already brought more than enough gains.

First, he had wiped out the Demon Race's ambush.

Second, the Black Hawk War Gods had revealed where the Demon Race's Great Commander would be.

Next, Lin Xuan had to go to the Beigu Mountains in ten days, find out why the Demon Race wanted to ambush Donghuang Ziyou, and then send their Great Commander to hell.

"Xiao Jiu, come down!" Lin Xuan sent a voice transmission to the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python.

Before long, the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python arrived beside Lin Xuan.

Smelling the blood of the three Gou brothers, Xiao Jiu couldn't help sticking out her tongue.

At the sight of this, the three brothers felt their scalps go numb.

Though Xiao Jiu had yet to recover her true form, they felt as if they were facing the gaze of Death itself.

"Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven, we've told you everything we know. What else do you want?" Gou Zhan asked hurriedly.

"Do I really have to spell it out?" Lin Xuan gave a cold laugh, turned, and flew skyward in a streak of light.

At the same time, he sent a voice transmission to the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python.

"Eat them."

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

The Nine-Headed Heavenly Python licked her lips hungrily and returned to her true form in the blink of an eye.

Her enormous shadow made the three Gou brothers feel as if they had been plunged into hell.

When Lin Xuan returned to the Jade Carriage, the four little girls were all pouting, their faces full of displeasure.

"Hmph! We were having so much fun, then Xiao Jiu suddenly left. She's so naughty!"

Xuanyou furrowed her brows. "Looks like I'll have to tease her more, or she won't know that I'm her big sister!"

Xuanzhu, Xuanxi, and Xuanhan thought it over and decided their little sister was right.

"Exactly!"

The three little girls chorused together.

Lin Xuan shook his head with a smile. His little girls really were unbelievably adorable.

"Darlings, Daddy's back!"

After being away from his daughters for so long, Lin Xuan realized he had missed them more than he expected.