"Great Elder, we'll be heading down now. I'll leave Yan and Elder Zhu Li in your hands."
Yun Zimo, Xiao Yan, and Xuan Yi stood at the bottom of the Heaven-Burning Qi Refining Tower, by the entrance to the seal. Yun Zimo bowed to Great Elder Su Qian, dressed in black with white hair and beard, as he spoke.
"All right, I know. Don't worry!"
Su Qian nodded with his hands behind his back. Back then, he'd never expected Zi Yan to be an Ancient Void Dragon. Now that he knew, he would naturally make proper arrangements.
It was only a matter of looking after Zi Yan...
"Zi Yan?!"
Deep beneath the magma, Yun Zimo and the others stared in surprise at the little girl in purple who had torn through space and appeared before them. Xiao Yan and Yun Zimo were especially stunned.
"Hey, Big Brother, Xiao Yan, Aunt Xuan!"
Zi Yan greeted them with familiar ease. If they weren't going to bring her along, she'd come on her own!
Yun Zimo rubbed his forehead with a headache. Elder Zhu Li would probably go mad if he couldn't find Zi Yan, though Great Elder Su Qian ought to be able to talk him down.
"Aunt Xuan, I'll leave her to you!"
At Yun Zimo's call, Xuan Yi nodded and pulled Zi Yan to her side. The seal was right above their heads, and Zi Yan certainly wouldn't go back on her own. They'd better bring her along, carefully...
"We need to go farther in, deeper than the place where the Fallen Heart Flame was born!"
After leaving a soul mark where they stood, Xiao Yan held the Tou She Ancient God Jade in his palm and plunged into the magma. His soul power spread cautiously as he led the