Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master.

"It's now!"

A semi-saint-level lizardman immediately fled and attacked Zi Yan's direction.

"Oh no, Zi Yan!"

Xiao Li immediately gave chase, but another semi-saint-level lizardman desperately blocked his way.

"Men, self-destruct to stop him!"

At the lizardman's command, countless lizardmen at the Dou Zong and Dou Zun levels rushed close to Xiao Li and self-destructed!

Boom boom boom——

In the distance, Zi Yan was dealing with several Dou Zun-level lizardmen on the periphery; these lizardmen were no match for her fists.

"Hmm?" Zi Yan suddenly sensed a dangerous aura. She turned her head and saw that the half-saint level lizardman was rushing towards her!

Zi Yan instinctively retaliated with a punch, but was knocked away by the lizardman.

"Warcraft, die!"

The lizardman was about to grab Zi Yan when a trickle of golden blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

Boom——

Suddenly! A massive, purple-gold claw, thousands of feet long, emerged from beneath the magma and struck directly at the half-saint lizardman.

puff--

That demigod-level lizardman was instantly smashed into bloody foam!

dong dong dong~

At this moment, Zi Yan's heart was pounding. She looked at the huge purple-gold claw and a sense of familiarity from her bloodline washed over her.

The large claw then came to Zi Yan, gently sheltering her inside, and then pulled her down.

"Zi Yan!!!"

Xiao Li, dressed in rags, ignored the explosions and carried the half-dead, half-saint-level lizardman to where Zi Yan was. He saw Zi Yan being held by the large, purple-gold claw.

"Hey, Big Paw, could you take those people over there with you too?" Zi Yan said, gently stroking the paw.

Chapter 248 Dragon Emperor Zhukun

Zi Yan's words startled both the large purple-gold claw and Xiao Li.

The large, purplish-gold claw understood Zi Yan's meaning and brought Xiao Li along as well, but it didn't treat Xiao Li with the same gentleness it showed Zi Yan.

The large, purplish-gold claw dragged the two of them down, and in the next instant they arrived in a dark space.

"Xiao Li, where is this?" Zi Yan sat directly on Xiao Li's neck, looking left and right.

"Ancient Emperor's Cave!" Xiao Li had already seen the stone gate, a massive stone gate tens of thousands of feet long!

The top of the stone gate is engraved with four ancient characters, "Ancient Emperor's Cave." Although the ancient script used is not gorgeous or splendid, its plain and simple style reveals an unparalleled majesty and transcendent demeanor that reigns supreme over heaven and earth.

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An extremely powerful aura swept over them, but the owner of the aura restrained himself, so Xiao Li and Zi Yan did not feel any pressure.

In the boundless dark void, a pair of enormous, tightly closed eyes suddenly opened!

These eyes, which were initially a light red, then turned purple-gold, were many times larger than Xiao Li himself!

“This place is the cave of Emperor Tuoshegu. I never expected that you would come looking for me after all these years.”

A mysterious creature appeared in Xiao Li and Zi Yan's sight. However, this huge mysterious creature kept staring at Zi Yan and then grinned. Originally an extremely terrifying giant creature, it turned out to be quite comical in this appearance.

"Who are you?" Zi Yan's heart was pounding. She felt a deep connection between the creature in front of her.

"Hahahaha! Today is the happiest day of my countless years!"

The enormous creature laughed wildly, its voice echoing like rolling thunder throughout this mysterious space.

Then the enormous creature rapidly shrank, eventually transforming into a middle-aged man with a full head of purple-gold hair. This man had a pair of golden eyes, which, despite their imposing presence, were now incredibly gentle.

“Child, don’t be afraid, I am your father,” the middle-aged man with purple-gold hair said gently.

"You are my father?" Zi Yan couldn't believe it. She had some suspicions before, but the facts were right in front of her, and she still couldn't quite believe it. However, the throbbing of her bloodline made her confirm that the person/dragon in front of her was her relative.

"Yes, yes, let me take a good look." The middle-aged man with purple-gold hair rubbed his hands together.

However, Zi Yan remained hidden behind Xiao Li, shouting but her voice trembling, "You say it is so? I have no parents, my parents abandoned me, I am an orphan!"

The middle-aged man didn't know what to say at this moment, and then stared at the young man blocking his daughter's way.

At this moment, Xiao Li felt immense pressure under the middle-aged man's gaze. How could he not know who this was? The Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, a peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng expert, whose strength surpassed even Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi! Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun!

Zhu Kun winked at Xiao Li, who immediately understood: "Ahem, senior, what's your name? Zi Yan is the Ancient Void Dragon, so you must also be an Ancient Void Dragon, right?"

Zhu Kun raised an eyebrow and said majestically, "I am the Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Dragon Clan of the Void, Zhu Kun! Child, is your name Zi Yan? It's a very nice name. You look a lot like your mother."

"Mother? What kind of person is my mother?" Zi Yan's delicate body trembled slightly, and she bit her red lips with her silver teeth.

"Your mother was the most beautiful dragon in the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan when she was young. Back then, your father crushed all the other dragons in the clan to win her hand in marriage."

Unfortunately, she passed away not long after giving birth to you. Back then, you were just an egg, and I've always kept you by my side.

"Child, could you please reach out your hand?"

Zhu Kun extended a hand, and Zi Yan glanced at Xiao Li, gritted her teeth, and extended her jade hand to touch Zhu Kun's hand. The next moment, a dazzling golden light suddenly surged from both of their bodies at the same time, and finally merged perfectly at the point where their palms met. A faint, extremely terrifying pressure spread out.

"I go!"

Xiao Li was directly repelled by the aura of the father and daughter, which was clearly intentional on the part of someone, or rather, a certain dragon.

"You..." Zi Yan looked at the middle-aged man in front of her. She was now certain that he was her father. He had finally found his family. But tears streamed down Zi Yan's face.

"Why did you abandon me! Why did you leave me in the Monster Mountain Range? Do you know how many monsters have bullied me? They all want to eat my flesh!"

Hearing Zi Yan's tearful complaint, Zhu Kun also became anxious and immediately explained, "It's all my fault. Back then, after I broke through to the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng, I knew that I could not break through to Dou Di. Just then, I received news of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's cave."

I thought that if I became a Dou Di, you would be the Dou Di's child, becoming the most noble dragon on the entire Dou Qi Continent. So I took you to find the Ancient Emperor's cave. But that bastard Tuoshe Ancient Emperor set a trap for me!

I'm trapped here. That old guy made me his gatekeeper! Since I guessed that the Ancient Emperor's Cave was quite dangerous, I didn't bring you with me. Instead, I found a safe place outside to hide you and put a seal on you.

Thousands of years have passed, and the seal has dissipated with the passage of time. You have also hatched, leaving you without my protection. I know you must have suffered a lot of grievances outside all these years, but I didn't want it to be like this.

My fault, my fault! I shouldn't have coveted the ancient emperor's cave. It's all that bastard Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's fault. He tricked me and caused me to be trapped for so long!

"Child, don't cry, don't cry. It's all my fault. From now on, whatever you ask me to do, I'll do it. If you don't believe me, I swear it's true!"

Zi Yan wiped away her tears, then looked at Zhu Kun: "You'll listen to me, right?"

"Correct!"

Zi Yan grinned: "Then will I become the Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Dragon Clan in the future?"

"Yes!"

Zi Yan smiled slightly and then looked at Xiao Li in the distance: "Then after I become the Dragon Emperor, how about I marry him and make him my Dragon Husband?"

"Huh?" Zhu Kun was stunned. He knew that this human man had a close relationship with his daughter, but he had also checked his daughter's body and found that her body had not been defiled.

He's just a half-saint, but his soul realm is quite good. If he dares to touch his little darling, he'll devour him alive!

"It's over!" Xiao Li felt that he was going to die in the dragon's mouth today.

"Why not? Don't underestimate him. The man I've set my sights on is a ninth-grade alchemist! Have you ever heard of an alchemist at the semi-saint level who can refine ninth-grade pills?"

"Thanks to his pills, I was able to grow to adulthood quickly and reach the eighth level of cultivation! Otherwise, I might still be stuck at the fifth or sixth level." Zi Yan put her hands on her hips, very pleased with her own judgment.

"Oh? A ninth-grade alchemist? That's not bad, barely worthy of my son." Zhu Kun nodded.

"Hey, my Xiao Li isn't just a half-saint, he's also a ninth-grade precious pill alchemist! How old is he? He'll definitely become a Dou Sheng in the future and a ninth-grade Xuan Dan alchemist! Then I can keep eating ninth-grade Xuan Dan!"

Zi Yan felt that she had an extremely high IQ. If she married Xiao Li, he would be able to refine many pills for her. She was too smart. Zi Yan gave herself a thumbs up for her wisdom!

"Let me see, bone age of forty-two, not bad for a half-saint. Hmm? You actually have the bloodline of a Dou Di? And you're still nurturing it? Yin-Yang Twin Flames? Wait, how come these Yin-Yang Twin Flames are so strong?"

Zhu Kun used his Emperor-level soul to observe Xiao Li, and Xiao Li had nowhere to hide in front of Zhu Kun!

"Huh? Someone actually used a trick on you!" Zhu Kun pointed his finger, and a thin black line was peeled off Xiao Li's body.

"Soul Emperor!" Xiao Li immediately recognized who had done it when he saw the black line.

Chapter 249 Dragon Emperor's Legacy, Dragon Emperor's Seal

"The person who used such methods on me must also be a nine-star Dou Sheng, right? Their cultivation level should be about the same as mine."

Zhu Kun's eyesight was indeed extremely sharp; he could tell at a glance that something was wrong with Xiao Li.

"Thank you, senior!" Xiao Li bowed to Zhu Kun.

"No need, no need. Since my son and you have a good relationship, you can just call me Uncle." Zhu Kun waved his hand and said.

"Thank you, Uncle." Xiao Li was incredibly moved. It wasn't for nothing that he raised Zi Yan; he now had a father-in-law who was a peak nine-star Dou Sheng—or rather, a powerful figure.

"Guard, guard, guardian, sir guardian, drive away the invaders!"

The semi-saint-level fire lizardman in Xiao Li's hand spoke haltingly.

Click~

Xiao Li snapped the neck of the half-saint lizardman, then used the Yin-Yang Sacred Flame to envelop and refine his soul.

"You guys keep talking. Haha~" Xiao Li said with an awkward but polite laugh.

Zhu Kun then started chatting with Zi Yan, while Xiao Li took out the half-saint level fire pearl.

'This semi-saint level fire pearl, combined with other rare and precious materials, might be able to refine a grade nine precious pill.'

Then Xiao Li looked at Zhu Kun and Zi Yan. At this moment, the old Dragon Emperor no longer had the demeanor of a top expert. He was completely a doting father.

"Father, is that the gate behind you the tomb of the Dou Di? Can it be opened?" Zi Yan pointed to the huge stone gate.

"What did you just call me?" Zhu Kun's eyes lit up.

"Father? Aren't you my father? Although you abandoned me, you must have had your reasons, so I will forgive you!" Zi Yan sighed, after all, her father did not abandon her on purpose.

"Hehe~" Zhu Kun laughed so hard he looked like a pervert, showing no intention of answering Zi Yan.

"Dad? Dad? Old man! Did you hear me?" Zi Yan said angrily.

"Huh? Oh, what did you just say?" Zhu Kun immediately recovered.

"You! Hey~ Did I just say this stone door can be opened?" Zi Yan said, rubbing her forehead with one hand.

"It can't be opened. Unless you come with the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, you can't open the cave. Don't touch that stone door, or you'll be stuck here forever like me."

Zhu Kun reminded him that he had been imprisoned in this desolate space for thousands of years and understood its unique characteristics.

"Oh, I see. It won't open." Zi Yan said dejectedly. She had thought she had hit the jackpot, but it turned out to be a complete waste.

“My dear daughter, don’t be anxious. I really don’t have anything good on me. I didn’t take anything with me when I left the clan. You can go back to Dragon Island. We Ancient Dragons of the Void have a unique ability to find treasures.”

"Dragon Island is full of treasures; there's bound to be one you like. Isn't that kid behind you an alchemist? The medicinal herbs on Dragon Island are enough for him to refine for decades, even centuries."

Zhu Kun kept trying to curry favor with him.

"Ahem, Uncle, may I interrupt for a moment?" Xiao Li coughed.

"Hmm?" Zhu Kun looked at Xiao Li with an unfriendly expression.

Xiao Li swallowed hard and said, "The Ancient Dragon Clan of Taixu has split up. Dragon Island is now divided into four islands, and there are three Dragon Kings on Dragon Island, each ruling their own territory. So I don't think it would be good for Zi Yan to return to Dragon Island with her current cultivation level!"

"What! You bastard!"

Zhu Kun roared, and even the slightest trace of his aura caused Xiao Li to bleed from all seven orifices.

"These wretches! If I hadn't trapped them here, I would have personally killed them!" Zhu Kun roared in fury.

"Alright, alright, I'll handle this later. You left such a mess, so I'm the only one left to clean it up." Zi Yan comforted Zhu Kun. Originally, she had been collecting information about the Ancient Void Dragon ever since she learned that she was one.

Zi Yan wanted to break through to the ninth level and return to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan to compete for the Dragon Emperor's throne. Little did she know that she was the Dragon Emperor's daughter and the successor to the throne.

"Good, good, good! It's best that my son has such a heart. Come, come, I don't have anything good to give you, so I'll pass on the treasures of our Dragon Emperor lineage to you!"

Zhu Kun used his finger as a knife to cut open his chest, revealing his beating heart. He then pulled out a purple-gold jade seal with a coiled dragon from the location of his heart.

"What is this?" Zi Yan looked at the purple-gold jade seal, her blood boiling.

"My son, this is a treasure of my Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan besides the Dragon Slayer Sword! The Dragon Emperor's Seal! Only the Dragon Emperor can wield this seal."