The Bridge of the Ghost City.
"Master!" The Old Sword Saint rushed in. "Sensors detect massive energy spikes! Ten... no, twelve massive signatures approaching!"
"The Sky Fleet," Mo Tian nodded. "They are here."
He walked to the window.
In the distance, the clouds were parting. Ten massive floating fortresses, each the size of a city, formed a circle around them.
And in the center, a golden giant—a projection of Ancestor Xuan Yuan—towered over the Ghost City.
"PIRATE!" Xuan Yuan's voice shook the hull. "RETURN MY GRANDDAUGHTER!"
Mo Tian pressed a button on the console.
"Speakers: Max Volume."
He picked up a microphone.
"Hello, Grandpa," Mo Tian's voice boomed back. "She's safe. For now."
"You court death!" Xuan Yuan raised his hand. The ten fortresses charged their main cannons.
"Wait!" Mo Tian shouted. "If you fire, the Key breaks! And you can't open the Void Tomb without her, can you?"
Silence.
The Golden Immortal paused. The secret was out.
"What do you want?" Xuan Yuan asked, his voice dropping to a dangerous calm.
"I want a trade," Mo Tian said. "I know where the Tomb is. I know you can't open it without her. But I also know... you can't enter it without a Chaos Attribute cultivator to stabilize the portal."
This was a bluff. But an educated one. Chaos stabilized Space.
"You possess Chaos Qi?"
"I am the Chaos," Mo Tian said. "So here is the deal. We open the Tomb together. We go in. We split the loot 50/50. And Ling Long lives."
Xuan Yuan considered it. He sensed Mo Tian's aura. It was indeed Chaos. Rare. Extinct, even.
"And if I refuse?"
"Then I kill the girl," Mo Tian said. "And I self-destruct this city. You get nothing."
Xuan Yuan gritted his teeth. He had planned to sacrifice Ling Long, yes. But he needed her alive until the ritual.
"Fine," Xuan Yuan agreed. "We open the Tomb. But if you play tricks... I will burn your soul for eternity."
"Deal," Mo Tian cut the transmission.
He turned to his crew.
"Set coordinates for the Void Rift."
"Master," The Witch of Poisons whispered. "Are we really working with him?"
"Of course not," Mo Tian grinned. "The Tomb is a trap. I'm going to bury the Golden Immortal in it."
[System Mission: Arc 9 - The Tomb of the Void Emperor.] [Objective: Kill the Golden Immortal.] [Reward: Golden Immortal Soul (Divine Upgrade).]
"Prepare the Princess," Mo Tian ordered. "She has a family reunion to attend."