"Haha. My child, I, Zhukun, never expected to see you in such a place," Zhukun's voice trembled as he looked at the delicate girl in front of him.
A super-powerful being whose strength caused tremors across the world, now had nothing but pity and guilt in his heart.
He had wronged Zi Yan too much.
As his child, Zi Yan should have been enjoying wealth and status, becoming the most outstanding among Heaven's Proud Daughters under his guidance. But he had been missing for so long, he hardly needed to think to know that the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan must have already fallen apart.
For the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, only those whose strength was recognized by the whole clan could lead. With Zhukun, the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Emperor, missing, the other powerful members were about equal in strength, so it was normal for the Ancient Dragon Tribe to be divided.
"Child, you've had a hard time these years. Without me by your side, I didn't expect you to break through so fast, your Dou Qi is very solid, and your foundation is good. Once I get out..." Zhukun was about to boast, but he quickly realized his situation.
Want to get out of this place?
He was now trapped here.
He had tried to break out, but no matter what, he couldn't shatter that solid space. The Tuo She Ancient Emperor had targeted him, and there was no way he could escape.
And Zi Yan.
"You... who are you?"
"Did you bring my child here?"
Zhukun looked at Xu Ran with cold eyes, filled with anger.
Although it had been a very long time since he had done those things, he had been through them before. Zi Yan's emotional changes could not escape his gaze.
His precious daughter had been coaxed away by someone else without his knowledge?
And that person even brought her to such a dangerous place?
!!!
Ridiculous!
The more Zhukun thought about it as he looked at Xu Ran, the angrier he got. If it weren't for the fact that he had just seen Zi Yan, he would have killed the man in front of him without hesitation.
He had thought that his child had been doing well while he was away, but seeing Xu Ran soured his mood. His precious daughter, who carried the royal bloodline, was destined to inherit his position and become the new Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Emperor.
"Who are you? What's your purpose for approaching my daughter? Do you know who she is? She is to become the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Emperor in the future. To be her man, you are not qualified enough."
Zhukun's indifferent voice emerged from his huge mouth. Right now, he was very irritated and wished he could slap the man in front of him to death.
Trying to woo his daughter while he was away?
How utterly detestable!
"Don't you talk to Xu Ran that way. Xu Ran came specifically to rescue you," Zi Yan stepped in front of Xu Ran and said dissatisfiedly to Zhukun.
"Rescue me?"
All the color drained from Zhukun's face.
If he couldn't get out himself, how could someone else possibly lead him out?
The one who trapped him here was none other than Tuo She Ancient Emperor!
If someone brought Gu Yu and then opened that place completely, he would be able to regain his freedom. Any other method was impossible. As for Gu Yu, it was in the possession of several powerful families, and none could have it exclusively.
Each of those families harbored their own schemes, and unless someone in their own family had the strength to have a chance to advance to the Dou Di level, they would absolutely not bring out the shards of Gu Yu to benefit people of other families.
This was also the reason why, for so many years, no one had been able to open the cave house.
Just as with Xiao Xuan back then, even with his exceptional talent, he couldn't obtain the Gu Yu from the hands of other Imperial Clans, and thus, he couldn't open that door.
"Could it be that you, lad, brought Gu Yu in here? Seeing as you've entered this place, you must be a Dou Sheng, right? But strangely, I can't detect your strength; there's something unusual about your body." Zhukun murmured, his eyes fixed on Xu Ran, filled with surprise and suspicion.
Could there actually be someone capable of evading his detection? Maybe Xu Ran had some kind of treasure that blocked soul detection?
But to come to this place, one must have overcome the guard of those two Semi-Saints, meaning he had to be a Dou Sheng without a doubt.
"Hmph, a Dou Sheng is also quite decent, barely worthy of my daughter," Zhukun said indifferently. A Dou Sheng, and still so young, truly was a genius.
However, to an existence like him, at the Nine-Star Dou Sheng Peak, who just needed Yuan Qi to break through to Dou Di, Dou Sheng and Dou Zun were no different; if one hadn't taken that step, they were all ants.
As an Ancient Emperor, having become an emperor so many years ago and long since left this place, yet still easily trapping him here. Over the years, here, he deeply sensed the terror of being below a Dou Di. Below a Dou Di, all were ants.
Under a single strike from a Dou Di, no matter how formidable the expert was, they would all turn to ashes.
"I don't have Gu Yu," Xu Ran shrugged his shoulders.
Xu Ran wasn't interested in collecting such things. To Zhukun and others, the Ancient Emperor's Cave House might be a treasure of immeasurable value, but for Xu Ran, it truly held no appeal.
"No Gu Yu? Without Gu Yu how are you going to take me out? You dare to deceive my daughter?"
Zhukun raged with fury. In his eyes, Zi Yan had been fooled.
Zi Yan, who was inexperienced in the ways of the world, was brought here by Xu Ran, and it's possible that like him, she would end up trapped in this place too.
"Gu Yu? What's that? But if Xu Ran says he can save you, he definitely can. Just be at ease, Xu Ran is a Dou Di!" Zi Yan wondered what Gu Yu was. As long as Xu Ran was here, it was enough. Xu Ran was the only existing Dou Di on the Continent!
The master of this cave house was merely a Dou Di too. Since Xu Ran's strength was as strong as his, naturally there was nothing to fear.
"Zi Yan, what are you saying?"
Zhukun was dumbfounded.
Could his own daughter really be so naïve? To be deceived to such an extent?
He might have believed something else, but a Dou Di!
How could a Dou Di possibly emerge on this continent? Since Tuo She Ancient Emperor left through the breach, no Dou Di had appeared, as the continent's Yuan Qi had been exhausted.
For many years, their Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan and those other Ancient Families had been scheming tirelessly, hoping to find an opportunity to become an emperor in the Ancient Emperor's Cave House. If there was a Dou Di on the continent, what would it mean?
If there was a Dou Di, a simple transfer of some Dou Di Yuan Qi from them would allow perceiving the aura of a Dou Di and then easily breaking through to Dou Di. Was that possible?
"To dare to play with my daughter like this? You should die!" A dazzling purple-golden pillar of light shot out rapidly from Zhukun's side, piercing through space, and in almost an instant, arrived beside Xu Ran.
In controlling the power of space, perhaps in the whole world, no one could match Zhukun. The attack was launched and directly penetrated through space, reaching the enemy's front in awe-inspiring fashion. Even Hun Tiandi and those of similar "Cultivation Level" would feel extremely uncomfortable facing Zhukun.