Beneath the deep night.
Black clouds lay like mountains, rolling away without end, drifting across the sky and blotting out the heavens.
The massive foreign flying vessel stood grim and towering, like a colossal beast crouching atop the black clouds.
At the very highest point of the vessel, a man in white stood calmly, his bearing beyond compare.
Though he appeared carefree and at ease, he was like a sovereign who held the giant beast in check.
Every foreign demon aboard the vessel was shocked and wary because of him!
"Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven!"
Wu Xiang immediately guessed Lin Xuan's identity.
Before heading to the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain, he had already sent people to learn the general situation there.
The Empress Profound Ice of Northern Profound Heaven and her man, Lin Xuan, were an extraordinary young pair Wu Xiang could not afford to overlook.
Thus, the moment Lin Xuan appeared with his boundless elegance, Wu Xiang identified him.
Lin Xuan looked down at Wu Xiang indifferently.
"Your scheme was quite well calculated, but unfortunately, it will soon be like drawing water with a bamboo basket—nothing but emptiness!"
After sending Mu Youqing and Xuanzhu back to the Crystal Palace, he had immediately rushed back to Nine Cauldrons Heaven without stopping.
After learning which major forces had submitted to Donghuang Ziyou, Lin Xuan had hurried to their territories and secretly eliminated the assassins sent by King Yan and King Huai.
Then, he heard that someone had spread word that King Yan and King Huai were gathering a great army at the Heaven-Suppressing Drill Ground, preparing to conquer Nine Cauldrons Heaven on all fronts.
Guessing that Donghuang Ziyou would very likely head to the Heaven-Suppressing Drill Ground, he had rushed over at once.
On the way here, Lin Xuan