Talk Them into It

"The ancestor, Xiao Xuan? An Ancient Void Dragon at the peak of Nine-Star Dou Saint?"

"Big brother?"

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, Xun'er, Medusa, Mang Tian Chi, and the others were stunned.

A true powerhouse had been beside them all along. They simply lacked the ability to recognize him.

Xiao Yan asked, "Then the one in the Heavenly Tomb? And what's Zi Yan's connection to the one in the Magma World?"

"Heh. Cousin Xiao Chen, congratulations on getting free. Fortune and misfortune do come together. The Purifying Lotus Demon Flame trapped you, but it also kept you alive.

"As for the one in the Heavenly Tomb, that's merely an Energy Body formed from a tiny fragment of my soul. Zi Yan is that fellow's daughter."

Xiao Yu cleared his throat. "In that case, your cultivation must have returned to Half-Emperor long ago.

"And the Dou Di Inheritance is right beneath Jia Nan Academy. Why didn't you claim it and break through?"

Xiao Wushuang rolled his eyes at him. "Are you an idiot?

"Without the key, forcing open the cave abode wouldn't be difficult for me.

"But you're underestimating a Dou Emperor. There's a self-destruct mechanism inside.

"If someone forces it open, everything within will be annihilated in an instant.

"That's the first reason. Second, after dying once, I'm no longer so fixated on becoming a Dou Emperor. If it happens, it happens. If not, so be it.

"Ahem. Mainly, I slipped that old bastard Zhu Kun a little something last time, cut him over a thousand times, and took some blood.

"It helped him reach Half-Emperor, but I did take rather a lot. If he sees me again, won't he try to kill me?"

"Ahem..."

Xiao Yan was speechless. "Drugging a Nine-Star Dou Saint... You must be the first person in