"This is the real Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion!"
Attached to Ye Uchiha, Yao Tianhuo stared blankly at the enormous stone gate towering thirty thousand meters high. The words engraved on it left no doubt about its origins.
"Esteemed Half-Emperor, I am Zhu Kun, patriarch of the Void Ancient Dragon clan. A thousand years ago, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor ambushed me and imprisoned me here. I beg you to free me from these restraints. In return, I am willing to lead the Void Ancient Dragon clan into your service!"
A piercing dragon roar rang out, and a ferocious dragon head more than three thousand meters across emerged beneath the stone gate. Its cold, pale-red slit pupils fixed on Ye Uchiha before the gate as Zhu Kun made his solemn pledge.
Submitting to Ye Uchiha and offering the allegiance of the Void Ancient Dragon clan was the conclusion Zhu Kun had reached after careful deliberation. Ye Uchiha had the power to kill him, and Zhu Kun needed his help. Casually offering him the friendship of the Void Ancient Dragon clan would have seemed far too condescending. The other man might well take offense and beat him to death. So Zhu Kun simply cast aside his pride in exchange for Ye Uchiha's help.
He had waited at the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion for a thousand long years. Merciless time had erased far too many intangible things. Zhu Kun could no longer remember his late wife's face, nor did he know whether the daughter who had yet to hatch when he left was living well now, or whether anyone had bullied her...
The thought nearly drove Zhu Kun mad. He could almost see his daughter emerging from her shell, small and helpless, struggling to survive alone without her father's protection. Those lowly, filthy magical beasts