At that thought, he immediately instructed Xiaohei:
"Xiaohei, stand guard for me first."
Hearing this, Xiaohei immediately answered:
"Yes, my lord."
Then, with a boom, he revealed his Heavenly Hound form, surrounding Xu Taiping entirely like an enormous black city wall.
Xu Taiping then closed his eyes and focused, continuously pouring Dao Essence, Divine Marrow, and Blood Qi Power into the Lotus Eye.
All three were indispensable to activating the Great Deductive Power.
Just as Xu Taiping had surmised, the Lotus Eye had indeed sensed danger and left a Divine Soul Mark.
Looking inward at the golden lotus formed from that Divine Soul Mark in his Sea of Consciousness, Xu Taiping said in considerable surprise:
"By rights, now that I've even made it past Zhuyuan, what comes next shouldn't be too dangerous."
With that thought, he immediately opened the Divine Soul Mark.
As always, the instant the Divine Soul Mark opened, an exceptionally clear scene appeared in Xu Taiping's mind.
What the scene revealed was none other than himself hunting a Demonic Beast in a Seal Land.
At first glance, there seemed to be nothing unusual about it.
But mere moments later, an enormous net suddenly appeared across that Seal Land's sky, covering almost all of it.
At the same time, three black figures appeared together in the sky.
Xu Taiping looked closely and discovered that the three black figures in the sky were none other than the Heartless Demon Emperor, the Qing He Demon Emperor, and Li Yezhu, who now also appeared to be a Demon Emperor.
His heart tightened, and he said:
"These three old acquaintances appearing together can't be a good thing."
Just as he had anticipated, after those three figures appeared in the Seal Land, the Heartless Demon Emperor called out:
"Xu Taiping, long time no