Heavenly Snake Mansion, within a spacious and brightly lit grand hall.
At the very top of the hall stood an enormous golden chair, with two massive snake heads at either end. Two emerald-green gemstones were embedded above each snake head's eyes, making them particularly exquisite.
Leaning against the golden chair was a white-haired old man. His eyes were slightly closed, and he wore a green robe embroidered with several lifelike, intertwining giant snakes, giving him an immortal, otherworldly air.
Suddenly, the old man snapped his eyes open. A terrifying gleam shot from his pupils. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "Someone!"
As the old man's voice fell, a black shadow appeared out of thin air like a ghost, arriving at the center of the hall.
"Great Elder!" The black shadow dropped to one knee and respectfully addressed the old man.
"Go summon Bai Ya and Lü Man," the old man said blandly.
"Yes!" The black shadow answered respectfully, then turned into a ghostly blur once more and vanished from the hall.
Watching the black shadow disappear, a strange light flickered in the old man's clouded eyes. He muttered, "In the Tagor Desert? This time, I've finally sensed her exact location. The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils have appeared once again. My Heavenly Snake Mansion shall rise to greatness... Hahaha..."
By the end, the old man's laughter was the only sound left in the entire hall.
Meanwhile, led by the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, Xiao Se clutched its tail as he ventured deep into the magma world.
Looking at the fiery-red world of magma around him, Xiao Se could not help feeling chills crawl down his spine. At the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake's swimming speed, they had been in the magma world for nearly an hour. Yet even