"Yes, Your Majesty!" Tian Daoqi knelt down and said.

Lanling asked, "At that time she was still the Flame Demon Emperor, and had already entered the Demonic Prison Secret Realm to cultivate, why did she ultimately choose to become the Dragon Emperor?"

Tian Daoqi showed a trace of fear in his eyes and said, "When she was not yet powerful, we stole her dreams. We discovered that there was only one person on her mind, and that was her brother, Lanling, which is you. To her, your value exceeded the whole world."

Lanling said, "So you colluded with the Demon Dragon Clan, allowing Kui Shuangshuang’s father, the only chromatic demon dragon in the Demon Dragon Clan at the time, to fully transform into my appearance. Making Sister Lancome believe that I was in your hands, forcing her to become the Dragon Emperor. If she resisted, you would kill the hostage, right?"

Tian Daoqi bowed his head and said, "Yes, I am guilty beyond measure!"

Lanling asked, "Did she have no doubts at all back then?"

Tian Daoqi said, "She had suspicions, but... still chose to become the Dragon Emperor, even if there was a one percent chance, she dared not take the risk."

Lanling fell silent, he could fully understand what his sister thought at that time. Although she knew there was a great possibility that the Dragon Temple’s hostage Lanling was fake, but...what if it was real? She couldn’t afford to take that risk, so she chose to become the Dragon Emperor.

Therefore, after becoming the Dragon Emperor, she found out this Lanling was fake, and was actually chromatic demon dragon transformed, so she immediately killed this Demon Dragon Tribe member, who was Kui Shuangshuang’s biological father.

Lanling continued, "In the end, she entered the Danzhou Plane Prison, was it also your lure?"

Tian Daoqi said, "Yes, during her three hundred years of reign, she was constantly thinking of bringing you to this world, or wanted to return to your side. And we in the Sky Holy Palace kept researching this matter, and under the guidance of the Lunar Holy Palace, constructed the Danzhou Plane Prison. We told the Dragon Emperor that although in this world three hundred years have passed, in your Earth world, it’s just a fleeting moment. So now you can still return to Earth in time, we told her we had already built a crossing energy array, she could return to Earth through the Danzhou Plane."

Lanling’s heart was instantly filled with profound sorrow, almost making it difficult to breathe.

At that time, Lancome was aware that this was very likely a trap, so she conceived the four-layered Calamity Nine Swords, leaving the message behind to tell Lanling where she was.

But even knowing it was a trap, she didn’t give up hope. So she still resolutely entered the Danzhou Plane, was subsequently imprisoned by the Dragon Temple, and then suffered hellish torment.

In the end, she abandoned all hope, letting Yao Xing leave her body to go to Earth to bring Lanling over.

"You all truly deserve to die..." Lanling roared.

"I am guilty beyond measure!" Tian Daoqi frantically kowtowed and said, "But please rest assured, we never violated the Dragon Emperor’s purity. Experiments involving the body were entirely conducted by the priestess. Because...we knew Yao Xing had already left, you would eventually come to this world. In case we lost, and you won, given your possessiveness, I think if we dared to violate the Dragon Emperor’s virginity even a bit, you would likely slaughter everyone in the Dragon Temple entirely."

Lanling said, "You all truly have thought of everything."

Tian Daoqi frantically kowtowed and said, "I am guilty beyond measure, guilty beyond measure!"

Lanling exhaled deeply and said, "What about my sister Lancome’s body?"

Tian Daoqi said with difficulty, "It’s gone, only an energy heart remains, which is in your possession."

Lanling stepped forward and ruthlessly slapped Tian Daoqi back and forth, then followed with frenzied punches and kicks, beating Tian Daoqi into a pig-headed appearance, with blood pouring from his mouth and nose and several ribs broken.

When Lanling finally stopped, Tian Daoqi slapped his own cheeks left and right in self-punishment, saying, "I am guilty beyond measure, guilty beyond measure!"

Lanling asked, "What about my sister Lancome’s soul?"

Tian Daoqi bowed and said, "Also...it’s gone."

"What?" Lanling roared in anger, "How could the soul be gone? Don’t force me to kill you, don’t force me to slaughter all those fifty thousand surrendered members of the Dragon Temple."

Tian Daoqi kowtowed and said, "You also know, we once created four Dragon Emperor tombs. One for the Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline, one for the Dragon Emperor’s spirit, one for the Dragon Emperor’s body, one for the Dragon Emperor’s energy heart. And the one holding the Dragon Emperor’s spirit suddenly one day became empty, leaving only a spiritual body marked with the Devil Star Mark. And the Dragon Emperor’s soul vanished without a trace."

Lanling said, "Escaped?" 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Tian Daoqi said, "Impossible, at that time the Dragon Emperor’s soul was thoroughly trapped in the scene, entered an incredibly deep Meditative World. I think...it must have been extracted by the Lunar Holy Palace, because the soul is a pure energy body."

Lanling said, "So, my sister Lancome’s soul is at the Lunar Holy Palace."

Tian Daoqi said, "I think so."

Lanling closed his eyes, silent and still.

Sister Lancome had sacrificed so much for him. Unlike Lanling, she was much more devoted. After arriving in this world, she used her energy armor to shield her face and form, letting no one know if she was male or female. She ruled for 300 years without any man or offspring.

Unlike Lanling, whose deepest love was for Sister Lancome, yet he repeatedly accepted various women into his life—perhaps a negative trait of men, or just his own defect.

He owed Sister Lancome far too much!

Lunar Holy Palace!

Even if it was just to rescue his sister, he had to infiltrate the Lunar Holy Palace.

Otherwise, Lanling’s life would be utterly meaningless.

There has always been a saying, "Never forget why you started." So what was Lanling’s original intention in coming to this world?

It was to find Sister Lancome, to be with her again.

Liberating humanity or the Demon Race was never his goal.

He must infiltrate the Lunar Holy Palace, he must save his sister.

Lanling suddenly said, "Your Sky Holy Palace once wanted to keep me captive. I am curious, if I had chosen to become the Dragon Emperor back then, how would you have controlled me? How would you have kept me captive?"

Tian Daoqi said, "By successfully keeping the Dragon Emperor captive, our Sky Holy Palace’s energy level rose several notches. Under the guidance of the Lunar Holy Palace’s Energy Studies, if you inherited the Dragon Emperor legacy under our leadership, inheriting the Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline, inheriting the Dragon Emperor’s energy heart, we could set a time limit. In 300 years, your independent soul would dissipate. So, we had already set it that you would only have 300 years to live, with no need to guide you into the Danzhou plane’s prison."

Lanling asked, "Then what is your ultimate goal?"

Tian Daoqi paused for a moment, then said, "To completely eliminate the master of Yao Xing, the Dragon Emperor, and the Demon Emperor, to unlock the core energy secrets of Yao Xing, and have the Sky Holy Palace control the divine authority of all realms. After that, the Dragon Temple will lead the study of the next phase of civilization advancement."

Lanling sneered, "Your ambitions seem immense, but you have been fighting for power and enslaving the world for thousands of years. I don’t see any ambition from you to transform civilization or elevate it. Even if you obtain the world’s divine authority, it would likely only become a tool for private power."

Tian Daoqi said, "It may seem that way, but the state changes before and after completely eliminating the master of Yao Xing. I am considered the greatest leader of the Sky Holy Palace in the past few centuries because I took a true first step on this path. Ning Wuya and Gu Ban may be selfish, but Shi Tian isn’t; he has a vision to lead the Sky Holy Palace and this world into the next stage of civilization."

Lanling sneered, "Alright then, tell me, what specific goals does the Sky Holy Palace have?"

Tian Daoqi said, "Yes, to make the Fallen Lands disappear! It is well-known that the Fallen Lands have torn a huge rift in the Dragon Demon Planet, almost splitting the planet in two. Healing and closing the great fissure of the Fallen Lands is saving the entire world. Then, to research the energy civilization of the next era, allowing the entire world to leave the Dragon Demon Planet for cosmic expansion, spreading the Divine Dragon civilization throughout the universe."

Lanling said, "Two things: First, you don’t want humans to know too much or become too powerful, so you completely sealed energy martial arts, making the Human Kingdom’s martial arts extremely weak, far below the Demon Territory’s. Second, after gaining the right to confer the Void Bloodline, you crazily granted over 60 King-level Bloodline powers. The Emperor E Tian in his time only conferred thirteen. Such greedy selfishness, this crazily granting of King-level powers, will one day deplete the energy of the entire Dragon Demon Planet. You’re talking to me about healing the great rift of the Fallen Lands and upgrading the entire energy civilization; don’t you find it laughable?"

Tian Daoqi said, "It is shameful, selfish, stupid, and greedy! But if the master of Yao Xing is truly eliminated and one person truly holds the divine authority of all realms, all King-level energy will be reclaimed. It is precisely because no one is absolutely supreme that every first leader of the Sky Holy Palace must confer upon themselves a King-level Bloodline, for only then can they reign above other members of the Sky Holy Palace, and this is an irreconcilable contradiction."

Lanling said, "Then what do you think now?"

Tian Daoqi said, "The Dragon Temple has been completely destroyed, and hope wholly lost. So, let’s just place all hope on Your Majesty. Whether it is healing the great fissure of the Fallen Lands or guiding the entire world into the next energy civilization."

Lanling suddenly asked, "What about Zhi Yan? What exactly is her identity? I know her identity is not simple."

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