Many children, many blessings; the twelve ancestral witches forced marriages throughout the primordi

In contrast to the joyous celebrations in the underworld, the Heavenly Court of the demon race was shrouded in gloom and despair.

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, the light was dim, and the air was filled with an atmosphere of decay and despair.

Di Jun sat on the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, looking noticeably thinner, with sunken eyes, disheveled hair, and a mad red light shining in his eyes.

He held a broken life tablet in his hand; it was the life tablet of his ninth son.

"Dead... all dead..." Di Jun muttered to himself, his voice hoarse as if he were sanding sandpaper, "My son... my wife... my essence..."

Since waking up from his coma after vomiting blood, Di Jun has become a completely different person.

He neglected state affairs, unkempt his appearance, and spent his days in the main hall in a daze or acting crazy.

The demons below were all terrified and dared not even breathe.

"His Majesty."

A sinister voice came from the shadows.

Kunpeng, dressed in a black robe and hunched over, walked out. He was in a sorry state; all the hair on his head had been plucked out and hadn't grown back, making him look both comical and terrifying.

"Kunpeng?" Di Jun raised his head, staring intently at him. "You have a plan? If it's still just that useless nonsense, I'll throw you into the alchemy furnace to be refined!"

Kunpeng trembled and quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty! This time, I truly have a way! I can annihilate the Witch Clan in one fell swoop and avenge our grievances!"

"explain!"

"Your Majesty, are you aware that the Witch Clan now possesses a method of resurrection? Our human wave tactics are no longer effective." A ruthless glint flashed in Kunpeng's eyes. "To win, we must use absolute power, a single, decisive blow! We must completely obliterate them, body and soul!"

"Nonsense! I know that too! But how do I do it?" Di Jun roared impatiently.

"The Zhou Tian Star Array!" Kunpeng lowered his voice. "The original array, while incredibly powerful, wasn't enough to kill an Ancestral Witch possessing a primordial spirit. But... if we modify it..."

"How to modify it?"

"Sacrifice." Kunpeng uttered two words, his voice as cold as ice. "Sacrifice the true spirits of billions of demons, merging them into the star banner. Using these living souls as a guide, we will draw upon the destructive power of the ancient stars. Such a grand formation will be ten times more powerful! Even a saint wouldn't dare to withstand it head-on!"

The entire audience erupted in uproar.

Sacrificing billions of demons?

This is tantamount to having no descendants!

"No! Absolutely not!" Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, rushed forward and knelt down. "Your Majesty, this is an act that defies heaven and reason! If it is done, the fate of our demon race will completely collapse, and the Heavenly Dao will not tolerate it!"

"The Way of Heaven?" Di Jun suddenly laughed, his laughter growing louder and louder until it became maniacal. "Hahahaha! The Way of Heaven? When has the Way of Heaven ever favored me? Since the Way of Heaven is unjust, why should I respect it?"

He suddenly stood up, his eyes flashing with a crazed light.

"As long as I can kill Lin Xuan, as long as I can annihilate the Witch Clan, I'd sacrifice even the entire Heavenly Court, let alone billions of demons!"

"Your Majesty!" Bai Ze wanted to persuade him again.

"Get lost!" Di Jun slapped him away with his sleeve. "Anyone who dares to say another word will be killed without mercy!"

He looked at Kunpeng, his eyes burning with fervor: "Do as you say! Go capture! Go kill! Capture all those useless trash! I want to refine the array! I want Lin Xuan... to die without a burial place!"

Kunpeng lay prone on the ground, a sinister smile curling at the corner of his mouth: "As you command."

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The Underworld, Pangu Palace.

Lin Xuan, who was telling a story to the child, suddenly frowned.

His right eyelid twitched a few times.

"System, what's going on?"

[Ding! Eye of Insight has been automatically triggered.]

[A violent fluctuation in the demon race's fortune has been detected; an extremely evil power is brewing.]

[Analysis Target: Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array (Modified Version)]

[Analysis Result: The demon race is sacrificing living souls in an attempt to forcibly enhance the power of the formation. Once this formation is complete, its power will be comparable to a saint's strike, and it carries a causal curse, capable of directly attacking true spirits regardless of defense.]

Lin Xuan looked at the screen displayed on the system panel.

In the scene, countless demons are forcibly dragged into the great formation, screaming as they turn into blood. Their vengeful souls are imprisoned on the star banner, emitting mournful howls.

"He's gone mad... That old bastard Di Jun has completely lost his mind." Lin Xuan's expression turned serious.

If he were to actually master this technique, even with the resurrection pool, the Witch Clan would likely suffer heavy losses. This is because such an attack targets the true spirit; if the true spirit shatters, the resurrection pool will be useless.

"However..." Lin Xuan's gaze fell on the last line of the system panel.

[Weakness analysis in progress...]

[Analysis complete! "Strategy to Break the Formation": Although this formation is extremely powerful, its core is highly unstable. Simply sever its connection to the Taiyin Star the instant the formation is activated, and the formation will backfire, causing all its energy to flow back into the body of the one who set it up.]

"The Moon?"

Lin Xuan turned to look at Chang Xihe, who was teasing Lin Yue.

These two are the masters of the Taiyin star.

"Hehe." Lin Xuan suddenly laughed, a cold and wicked laugh.

"Di Jun, Di Jun, you planned everything, but you didn't expect that the Taiyin Star now belongs to the Lin family, did you?"

He stood up, walked to the entrance of the main hall, and looked at the demonic star in the sky that was gradually turning blood red.

"Since you want to go big, then I'll play big with you. Let's see who... goes first!"