Where was Xiao Ting now?
There was only one answer to why he was not afraid of Hun Tiandi at all.
A place where there were people stronger than Hun Tiandi.
Located directly beneath Jia Nan Academy in the Black-Corner Region of the Northwestern Continent.
At the deepest part of the Lava World, where the cave residence of Ancient Emperor Tou She once existed.
Why is it so dark here?
Xiao Ting was sitting on the back of Feng Qing Er, who had transformed into a Heavenly Phoenix. Beside him were Xun Er, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, the Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, Huo Zhi, Yao Ling, Tang Huo Er, Zi Yan, Han Yue, and Han Xue.
Those who possessed copies of the Journal naturally knew where Xiao Ting had taken them and were very excited.
However, on the surface, they still had to pretend they knew nothing.
"It seems endless. The energy of heaven and earth is terrifyingly dense. Is this a blessed land?"
"Even with Heavenly Flames, we couldn't illuminate this place. It's an incredibly vast, pitch-black space."
The women observed their surroundings with great interest.
Xiao Ting chuckled and said, "We came to meet Zi Yan's father, so there's no need to fear Hun Tiandi's threats anymore."
Zi Yan's father?
"My father?"
Zi Yan stepped forward with an angry face. "That irresponsible man is hiding here?"
"We're here." Xiao Ting raised his hand and lightly patted Feng Qing Er, signaling her to fly in a certain direction.
Then, about thirty minutes later, the women witnessed a pure white light appearing in the distance.
As time passed, they gradually understood what the light was, and a shock ran through their hearts.
It was a door, but it was difficult to accurately estimate its height.
After a while, they finally arrived at the massive square in front of the gate.
"How tall is this gate?"
Yao Ling tried to sense it with her own soul force but realized it was impossible to confirm anything.
"Over ten thousand zhang." Xiao Ting had been somewhat prepared, but he was still very surprised. "The square is the same — over ten thousand zhang."
"With my current power, even if I used divine power, I could easily suppress a three-star Dou Saint, but I could never shake this place."
If Xiao Ting were to use the technique "Heaven and Earth Array: Unity of Essence, Energy, and Spirit" now, his body would probably expand to a thousand feet in length.
This thousand-foot-tall object was solid, unlike a balloon. Its strength, body density, and battle aura would all change.
Because of its massive size, he could defeat an eighth-rank magical beast with a single strike. Even without burning his Battle Qi, a single strike slamming it into the ground could turn dozens of miles around into ruins.
When battle techniques were used, the destructive power was indescribably immense — truly devastating.
However, the area of the Dou Qi Continent was larger than hundreds of Earths.
If it were at the purification level of the Dou Qi Continent — for example, a Dou God who could create cracks hundreds of thousands of miles long in Central Plains — then it would be a different story.
When Hun Tiandi and Flame Emperor clashed, the terrifying storm even struck the Heavenly Flame square floating in the air. The square crashed to the ground, creating a massive crack approximately one hundred thousand miles long.
This was still the aftermath of a battle between two Dou Gods, not a serious attack on Earth.
Enough power to shatter the Earth.
"There's still a long way to go." A glint of light flashed in Xiao Ting's eyes.
"Ancient Emperor's Cave Residence."
Seeing the four large characters above the gate, Yao Ling excitedly shouted, "Is this the cave residence of Ancient Emperor Tou She?"
"Yes. To open the gate to the Ancient Emperor's Cave, you need to collect all eight Tou She Ancient God's Jades and fuse them." Xiao Ting answered affirmatively and raised his hand to release Purple Beast Flame. The flame instantly spread across the sky, covering dozens of miles.
Lightning and flame erupted explosively, instantly illuminating the area around the entrance of the Tou She Ancient Emperor's Cave.
"W-What is that!?"
When Cai Lin looked down, her pupils suddenly shrank, and her blood and soul froze.
Shhh!
The other women's hearts also stopped beating.
Even though they had been mentally prepared, they were still shocked at that moment.
It was an indescribably massive creature, silently dwelling in the dark void, as if it had existed since ancient times, merged with the void itself.
Although all the women were quite powerful, when they tried to track the creature's movements, they discovered that there were many other corpses hidden in the darkness.
This creature's entire body was purple-gold. Its cold scales looked harder than high-grade rare minerals and covered every part of its body, exuding an ancient and terrifying power.
In this space that appeared completely silent and devoid of life at first glance, there was actually a terrifying creature lurking.
If someone who didn't know the situation suddenly learned about this, they would probably die of fright.
"He's my father!?"
Zi Yan suddenly reached out and covered her chest.
The moment she saw that massive figure, her blood surged.
At the same time, a deep sorrow welled up in her heart, as if mourning that colossal being.
Directly below, on the massive head of the enormous figure whose position was unclear, two gigantic eyes opened.
In the darkness below, it was as if two enormous lanterns had appeared.
"My child!?"
The owner of the colossal figure was shocked.
As if sensing something, Xiao Ting clasped his hands and greeted, "Senior, greetings to Dragon Emperor."
"Zi Yan, go greet your father."
"Greet him?" Zi Yan was overwhelmed with sorrow and despair, but even more so with anger. She said angrily, "He made me suffer so much. I don't want to greet him."
Zi Yan's words instantly convinced Zhu Kun that his feeling was correct and that it was not an illusion caused by longing for someone for a long time.
"My child… she really is my child!"
Zhu Kun's massive body, which had been sinking in the void, instantly began to move.
That massive body, which surpassed the women's understanding, rapidly rose at a speed beyond their imagination.
A massive head hundreds of feet tall floated in front of Xiao Ting and the others. Its sun-like large eyes stared fixedly at Zi Yan.
"What are you looking at? It's disgusting," Zi Yan said with her hands on her hips in a dissatisfied tone.
"You are my child!" Zhu Kun said in a sweet tone.
The women all agreed with what Xiao Ting had said — he really was a doting father.
"I am an unwanted child." Tears welled up in Zi Yan's eyes as she turned her face away from Zhu Kun.
"Who said that?!" Zhu Kun immediately became anxious and hurriedly explained. "Your mother and I love you very much and want to give you the best future. But your mother…"
"If it weren't for that, we wouldn't have fallen for that bastard Tou She Ancient God's scheme and been trapped here."
"You must have suffered for many years. It's all my fault."
"What the hell are those Zhu Huo doing!?"
For a moment, Zhu Kun seemed a little incoherent.
It was hard to imagine that this was the peak level of nine-star Dou Saint and the peak level of ninth-rank Ancient Void Dragon that could fight a half-emperor.
"Senior, don't worry," Xiao Ting smiled while raising his hand to pat Zi Yan's head. "At least Zi Yan is fine now. As for the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, a lot has changed since you disappeared, Uncle."
"Regarding the Elder Zhu Huo you mentioned, he didn't deliberately ignore Zi Yan."
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