Father and Daughter

The Inner Academy of the Jia Nan Academy, beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, lies Magma World.

The scorching air suddenly distorted, and then a pitch-black spatial passage was formed.

Mo Tang stepped out of the passage, with only Zi Yan accompanying him.

"Huh? Is this the world beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower? I didn't expect there to be such a large space..."

Although Zi Yan could be said to have grown up in the Inner Academy, she never entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower for cultivation. Instead, she always ate various rare medicinal herbs raw. Therefore, she didn't have a deep understanding of the core area of the Inner Academy.

"Where is that Fallen Heart Flame that the old man mentioned? Is it in this Magma World?"

Given Zi Yan's relationship with the Jia Nan Academy, she naturally couldn't stand idly by now that she knew a major battle was about to take place here.

So the two of them arrived here early and then notified Great Elder Su Qian to take everyone from the Inner Academy away.

However, during this process, Mo Tang was surprised to find that Mang Tianchi, the dean, was also in the academy.

But thinking about it, it's understandable. Although the Thunder Clan's elite forces were wiped out in the great war, it didn't mean the Thunder Clan was extinct. At least some members still existed within the Thunder Clan's territory. However, the only true powerhouse at the Dou Saint level was Mang Tianchi, who was fortunate enough not to have participated in that great war...

He came here to deal with matters concerning the academy, and then he will choose to reside in the Thunder Realm to protect the last remaining flame of the Thunder Clan. Therefore, he definitely cannot attend to the academy himself, and can only entrust its protection to Su Qian and the Thousand Hundred Elders.

Fortunately for the Jia Nan Academy, their relationship with Zi Yan makes it impossible for Mo Tang and the Four Directions Alliance to ignore them, so there shouldn't be any major changes to the continent's number one academy.

This time, Mo Tang brought Zi Yan to this Magma World not only to take the Fallen Heart Flame seedling out and give it to Su Qian, but also to take Zi Yan to meet her father, whom she had never met...

The great battle is about to begin, and it would be a waste to leave a great helper like the Old Dragon Emperor, a late-stage nine-star Dou Saint level, unused.

Standing atop the lava, Mo Tang glanced at the crimson world below, a slight smile playing on his lips. He gently raised his hand in a gesture...

An invisible flame transformed into a small snake that instantly shot out from the lava below and landed in his palm.

"Huh? This little guy is quite intelligent..."

Looking at the trembling little flame in his palm, Mo Tang couldn't help but laugh.

When he left this little thing with the Jia Nan Academy, the Heavenly Flames was still in a state of ignorance and confusion, and had no idea what fear was.

Judging from the little thing's current performance, it has grown a lot in the past few years.

Of course, even so, Mo Tang had no interest in this little thing...

"Alright, give this to Su Qian, then we should go down and take a look..." Ye Chen said with a smile after handing the Fallen Heart Flame to Zi Yan.

Nodding, Zi Yan didn't waste any more words and directly plunged into the void and disappeared.

Faced with a Nine-star Dou Sheng and a Seven-star Dou Sheng, the guardians of the Magma World, the fire lizards, were completely ineffective and even found it difficult to detect the two.

"Huh? There's actually a space here?" Through layers of barriers, the two finally entered the Ancient Emperor Space guarded by the Magma World. This scene once again made Zi Yan open her mouth in surprise.

There's no way around it. Let alone Zi Yan, even if everyone suddenly discovered that there was a huge mountain of gold and silver hidden under their house, they probably wouldn't be able to stay calm.

"Dou Di? Truly extraordinary!" Mo Tang couldn't help but think to himself.

Although constructing space is not difficult for Mo Tang with his current strength, it is still difficult to do so even with Mo Tang's cultivation and spatial talent, as it involves constructing such a space beneath magma.

"Let's go in and take a look..." After glancing at the empty space, Mo Tang knew that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion was probably still deep inside, so he directly led Zi Yan to go deeper.

Several minutes later, the two stopped, their gazes fixed on a distant place where a faint light was appearing.

Gazing at the ball of light, Mo Tang was overjoyed, knowing that it was their target, and immediately flew towards it. As he gradually approached the ball of light, the situation inside it came into their view.

That was a stone gate, a massive stone gate tens of thousands of feet high!

The stone gate stood quietly in this vast space, as if it had existed forever. An ancient and wild aura slowly spread from it, rippling through the heavens and earth.

Before the stone gate lay an equally vast plaza, where the two were now standing far beyond the ancient stone gate.

Standing before the magnificent stone gate, Mo Tang and Zi Yan felt like ants, an unconscious sense of awe welling up within them. However, he quickly realized this, and a strange anger surged within him. It was merely a stone gate; how dare it expect him to submit?

With a cold snort, Mo Tang's heart was now at peace as he looked at the four characters "Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion" on the stone gate.

"Brother, I don't know why, but ever since I entered this space, I've had this inexplicable feeling in my heart..."

At some point, Zi Yan quietly walked to Mo Tang's side, gently tugged at his sleeve, and spoke softly with a blank look in her eyes, like a fragile little girl.

With a soft sigh, Mo Tang naturally knew why...

Because, right here in this space, there is a close relative of Zi Yan!

Rumble!

A violent tremor suddenly occurred, as if something terrifying was brewing in the darkness...

Zi Yan was startled and immediately became alert, her gaze fixed intently on the endless darkness beneath the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.

"Don't worry, it's alright." Gently putting his arm around Zi Yan's shoulder, Mo Tang softly comforted her.

If he is not mistaken, the one sleeping beneath is none other than Zi Yan's father, the Old Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, Zhu Kun!

Sure enough, amidst the tremors, a colossal creature, tens of thousands of feet in size and undulating in shape, gradually emerged from the darkness, its powerful, purplish-gold scales forming an exaggeratedly large dragon body.

"Who... is he?" Zi Yan looked at the enormous dragon body that was almost identical to her own and couldn't help but clutch Mo Tang's sleeve tightly with her small hands.

"Daughter..."

Even after thousands of years of silence, the feeling of blood connection allowed Zhu Kun to recognize Zi Yan's identity instantly.

However, when Zhu Kun left Zi Yan alone in the Inner Academy, the little girl was still immature and had no intelligence. Apart from the blood connection, everything about her father, Zhu Kun, was so unfamiliar to her.