In the valley surrounded by ghostly blue flames, Fang Yun slowly opened his eyes.
His six teammates watched him expectantly.
"Any new findings? If not, let me have a look too," Emperor Xiangyi said.
"Shut up!" Ao Fen snapped.
Emperor Xiangyi immediately covered his mouth with his trunk.
Fang Yun looked around and released the power of Realm of Family, State, and World. The others immediately released their own powers as well, cutting them off from the outside world.
"You all know about the Sun God Palace, right?" Fang Yun asked.
All six nodded in unison. Ao Fen said, "Anyone who's spent long enough in the Starfall Sea knows there's such a place, but none of us knows exactly what it looks like. We only know it holds a great treasure."
Fang Yun said, "This so-called Divine Light Grotto is actually a gateway to the Sun God Palace. And it's a shortcut-something you could call a back door."
"I like going through back doors." Emperor Xiangyi's eyes lit up.
The Eel Thunder Emperor sighed deeply. "I'm not versed in Search for Antiquity, so I did misinterpret it after all. Now that you've explained it, many things I didn't understand before make sense. It's just a pity about them..."
"Go on," Emperor Shui Ku said.
Fang Yun knew Emperor Shui Ku did not want the mood to turn somber, so he continued, "Beyond the Divine Light Grotto lies the Sun God Palace's Hall of Doom. What does that name bring to mind?"
"The Doom Emperor!" several teammates said in unison.
Fang Yun continued, "Then do you know what Luan Mang, the Demon Realm's Ancestral God and Doom Emperor, relied on to achieve Ancestral Enfeoffment?"
Emperor Xiangyi rushed to answer. "I know this one! Luan Mang achieved Ancestral Enfeoffment using a fragment