At this moment, in a secret place in the backyard of the Nangong family.

The head of the family sat cross-legged on a futon. Although he was a middle-aged man, his brows were furrowed with illness, and his eyes were cloudy and lifeless, as if he might die at any moment.

Before him stood ninety million children, huddled together, shivering.

The child's face was filled with terror as he cried and begged:

"Waaah... Mommy, where are you? I'm so scared, waaah~ I want to go home!"

"Uncle, please let us go, okay? Waaah... I promise I won't wet the bed anymore!"

"I promise I'll never be naughty again, please forgive me!"

"..."

Glancing at the crying child, the patriarch's eyes held nothing but cold indifference. He addressed the six elders beside him in a deep voice:

"How long will it take for the Emperor to send over the remaining ten million children!"

The elder said:

"The Emperor said it would be no later than three days!"

"Three days!" The patriarch's brows furrowed with anxiety; his true form was the Devouring Black Fox.

He was the younger brother of the man who devoured the Black Fox and destroyed the Nine Heavens Fox clan. When the Nine Heavens Fox clan leader and his wife self-destructed, his older brother pushed him away, preventing him from being completely annihilated by the force of the explosion.

But only a nearly transparent remnant soul remained, which recuperated in that secret realm for ten thousand years.

Ten years ago, the remnant soul broke out of the secret realm and possessed the body of the head of the Nangong family.

However, his soul power is becoming increasingly thin. If he does not use the vast innate energy to replenish his soul, his soul light will dim and his remnant soul will dissipate into nothingness within a few years.

"I can't wait any longer! I'll start refining it right now!"

"Yes, sir!"

The six elders immediately began the formation, preparing to refine the ninety million boys and girls.

boom!

"You fiend, reveal yourself at once!"

Ling Yun's voice resounded throughout the entire Nangong family like a thunderclap.

"Hmm?" The patriarch's expression changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice:

"Go and see what's going on!"

In an instant, the six elders of the Nangong family rushed out of the secret place and came into the void, where they saw Ling Yun and his group.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Nangong family? Don't you know the meaning of death?!"

"Hmph! My Nangong family is one of the three great families in the capital. Aren't you afraid of being wiped out along with your entire clan?!"

"Kneel down immediately and end your own life!"

"..."

The six elders of the Nangong family angrily pointed at Ling Yun and the others and berated them.

They were unaware that their demonic identity had been exposed.

Ling Yun could tell that the six elders were actually three Flame Demon Foxes and three Ice Charming Foxes, all of whom were foxes with relatively pure bloodlines from the Golden Cloud Continent.

"You have seized the bodies of the Nangong family, wreaked havoc on the Zhao Kingdom, and attempted to refine a hundred million boys and girls to complete your souls. Such acts deserve to be punished!"

Ling Yun spoke in a cold voice.

Upon hearing this, the six elders exchanged glances and burst into contemptuous laughter.

"Haha... This elder is dying of laughter! Your highest level is only the early Foundation Establishment stage, yet you dare to spout such nonsense in front of us! Hmph! Anyone who offends the Nangong family will have their entire clan exterminated!"

"So what if we possess the Nangong family? It is an honor for the Nangong family to be possessed by the noble fox clan. In the future, we will make the Golden Cloud Continent a kingdom of the fox clan!"

"No matter how you learned this, I, the elder, guarantee that none of you will leave here alive!"

"..."

The next moment!

The six elders attacked simultaneously, unleashing three bursts of flame and three ice blades.

In their eyes, they were all powerful figures at the half-step Nascent Soul stage, and eliminating Ling Yun and the others would be effortless.

But then, in the next moment!

Ling Yun flicked his finger, and the foreheads of the six elders were instantly pierced.

boom!

Their bodies returned to their original forms, and the enormous fox demon corpse crashed heavily to the ground.

Then, Ling Yun pointed his fingers and made a stroke, and the heads of all 36,000 fox demons of the Nangong family flew off.

In an instant, the entire Nangong family manor was filled with enormous fox demon corpses.

After doing all this, Ling Yun coldly spoke:

"Devouring Black Fox, why aren't you coming out?"

The head of the Nangong family in the secret place was suddenly startled; Ling Yun's voice gave him an irresistible feeling.

Soon, the head of the Nangong family was suddenly stunned. Although it was a remnant soul, it still had the strength of the Void Refining Realm.

However, his immediate goal is to refine 90 million young boys and girls. Once their souls are fully restored, his strength will increase significantly, and then he can go out and kill his opponents.

In any case, the secret place is so sturdy that even a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot break it.

Seeing that the Devouring Black Fox did not emerge, Ling Yun's eyes turned cold, and with a flick of his finger, the protective array of the secret realm instantly exploded.

The figures of the devouring black fox and the child appeared before everyone.

Who are you?!

The Devouring Black Fox felt a chill run down its spine. If Ling Yun could shatter the protective array of the secret realm, then his strength must have surpassed the Integration Realm.

Thinking back to when he was a powerful demon emperor, how could he easily back down?

The black fox used its aura to lock onto all the children, then looked at Ling Yun and said in a deep voice:

"You want to save these children, right? Hmph! Kneel down before me immediately, or I will annihilate all of them, body and soul!"

The Devouring Black Fox concluded that no one on the Golden Cloud Continent would know his true identity, since that battle was fought in a secret realm.

Ling Yun and his group must have come to save the children. Refining children to obtain their innate energy is an outrageous act in any world.

"Waaah... Don't kill us, brother, save us!"

The children knew that Lingyun had come to rescue them, and they quickly begged him for help.

"Dare to call yourself emperor in front of me?"

A mocking smile appeared on Ling Yun's lips. Then, with a wave of his hand, the child was enveloped in a curtain of light.

The Devouring Black Fox felt a sudden pang of anxiety; it was unable to lock onto the children again.

"Hmph!" As the former Demon Emperor, even in his fallen state, the Devouring Black Fox still maintained his arrogant and domineering demeanor, coldly snorting:

"You only dare to be so insolent when I'm down on my luck. Back then, I ruled over a hundred great worlds, and no one could rival me. Hmph! Even if you are powerful, I still have the ability to annihilate you!"

The next moment!

boom!

The Devouring Black Fox manifested a gigantic body a thousand feet tall, which was the limit of what his remnant soul could achieve.

Its body blended into the night, with only a pair of scarlet eyes visible.

His scarlet eyes, like the eyes of death, stared intently at Ling Yun and the others, as if at the slightest movement of his gaze, Ling Yun and his companions would be annihilated.

"Awoo~"

The Devouring Black Fox roared to the sky, its sound waves shaking heaven and earth, forming visible energy ripples.

This is one of the innate divine abilities of the Devouring Black Fox: Divine Fox Howling at the Moon.

It is terrifying to hear.

However, the sound waves dissipated completely at a distance of ten zhang from Ling Yun and the others.

"Um?"

The Devouring Black Fox was slightly startled. Ling Yun was actually unafraid of the Divine Fox Howling at the Moon, a divine ability that could kill enemies two levels above him.

"Hmph! You think you can stop the Divine Fox Howling at the Moon, or the Devouring Starry Sky?!"

The Devouring Black Fox opened its enormous maw, within which a galaxy spun, seemingly capable of devouring everything; a single glance instilled fear in all who beheld it.

This is the most powerful divine ability of the Devouring Black Fox:

Swallowing the Stars!