After being exiled for eighteen years, the prince returned to the capital as a veritable immortal.

Can you sense your father's will within the dragon vein?

Zhou Yi's expression changed slightly.

He believed that the Overlord Emperor wouldn't lie without reason.

Within his consciousness.

Beneath their feet, a massive beam of energy, like a celestial river, stretched towards the imperial city.

This must be the dragon vein that the Overlord Emperor spoke of.

Dragon veins are mysterious and profound.

People only know that the dragon vein is related to the fate of the dynasty.

What a dragon vein is and where it is has no one to know.

Only the successive emperors of the Qianlong Emperor truly understood it.

Even if he is the crown prince, the old emperor will not tell him the truth before he officially ascends the throne.

“Dragon Vein!” Zhou Yi murmured softly.

"The opportunity is right at your feet." The Overlord Emperor's enormous face tried to appear indifferent.

however.

Even Si Xuan could clearly see the expectation that she was trying so hard to hide.

He hesitated slightly and whispered:

"Your Highness, the Overlord Emperor... is likely plotting something."

"Heh." Zhou Yi laughed.

Needless to say.

The opponent's lifespan is nearing its end, so they will definitely fight desperately.

He didn't care what schemes the other party might have.

He only cares about his own goals.

Zhou Yi once thought...

He had never met his parents since childhood and had no feelings for them, only a vague sense of ethics towards them.

He believed that he was naturally indifferent to emotions.

Until just now.

Upon hearing the Emperor Ba Tian's words, he realized that his parents might still be able to be resurrected.

His heart, which was almost never turbulent, was suddenly jolted.

At that moment, an incredibly strong desire rose in his heart.

For the past twenty years, I've watched other children nestled in their parents' arms, their laughter and sweetness...

And, the eyes of her parents were full of doting affection.

He might still possess those missing, those beautiful things he never had.

With his current abilities.

Even the empire is within easy reach.

Only the familial bonds that are gone forever are what he longs for most.

……

The enormous face gradually faded, eventually transforming into a dense mass of spiritual energy.

Only then did Zhou Yi and the other two realize it.

In front of him was a sinkhole.

The pit was filled with surging spiritual energy, like a turbulent geothermal hot spring.

The Overlord Emperor used this spiritual energy to condense his head.

"Is this... the dragon vein?" Hu Die asked, glancing at the billowing spiritual energy.

"Yes, I'll go take a look."

"Be careful." Hu Die's worry was evident in her voice.

He took the Dragon Sparrow Sword from Si Xuan's back and handed it to him.

Dragon veins represent the will of heaven and earth.

Its power is immeasurable.

Moreover, they knew almost nothing about dragon veins.

"Don't worry, the dragon vein has a natural affinity for royalty," Zhou Yi said, stroking her hair to comfort her.

Hu Die's mood immediately brightened.

If His Highness says it's nothing, then it must be nothing.

The edge of the sinkhole resembles a large black porcelain bowl, with extremely steep steps leading down from it.

Zhou Yi took a step, slowly descending.

Hu Die and Si Xuan followed closely behind, one on the left and one on the right.

First order...

Two-stage...

His steps slowed down more and more.

Once both feet are on the third step, the footsteps stop, and the person stands still.

however.

Hu Die, Si Xuan, a distinct feeling.

Another, transparent Zhou Yi continued to descend step by step.

That is, the primordial spirit leaving the body.

……

In his primordial spirit form, Zhou Yi plummeted into the depths of the sinkhole.

The rich spiritual energy intensifies as you descend.

In the end, it almost solidified, yet it also resembled an extremely dense fluid.

At first, the milky white, like a thick fog, turned into a dazzling white light.

Everything in sight is pure white, so white it's dazzling.

Apart from that, it seemed as if there was nothing else, only endless energy flowing rapidly through his body.

Is this the dragon vein?

This place feels like a super passageway.

With just a thought, Zhou Yi could instantly teleport thousands of miles away.

Moreover, it felt warm and comfortable all over.

Roaming east and west, and north and south, Zhou Yi roamed freely in the fantastical fairyland.

At the easternmost end of the dragon vein.

He saw that Blackwood Cliff, like a completely charred wooden stake reaching to the sky, was deeply embedded in the earth.

Beneath the "wooden stake" lies a huge space.

The space is like a cage, imprisoning one person.

The dragon vein, as white as the blazing sun, rests atop the "cage".

The boundless spiritual energy flowed into the imprisoned man's body from deeper underground, only to be absorbed by the dragon vein.

Zhou Yi smiled calmly.

Needless to say, the person imprisoned must be the Overlord Emperor.

Suppressed by Blackwood Cliff and having his energy absorbed by the dragon vein, even though he was a terrestrial immortal, he was already extremely weak.

Although he didn't know why Emperor Ji was treating him this way.

However, there is always a reason why someone is pitiful.

Zhou Yi smiled faintly.

Suddenly, it drifted to the westernmost end of the dragon vein.

it's here.

Beneath the dragon vein, there was also an incredibly huge "cage" being suppressed.

Inside the cage, another person is imprisoned.

Judging from his physique, this person was far less imposing than the Overlord Emperor; instead, he was rather thin.

However, his "treatment" was exactly the same as that of the Overlord Emperor.

A massive amount of spiritual energy surged into his body from underground, only to be completely absorbed by the dragon vein.

Legend has it that the Three Emperors fought a great battle.

Ji Tiandi killed two of them, one of whom was Ba Tiandi.

The other one, I suppose, is this one—the Underworld Emperor.

……

It seems that history does indeed differ from the truth.

The other two Heavenly Emperors were actually suppressed by the Ji Heavenly Emperor, not killed.

Therefore, after three thousand years, there were no more immortals on land?

The terrestrial deities have always existed, but they have been suppressed underground.

Explore all the spaces.

Within the dragon vein, apart from the boundless white energy, there is nothing else.

Zhou Yi had not anticipated finding a single unknown magical artifact capable of preserving a soul or body.

What does it mean that the Overlord Emperor said he sensed the Crown Prince?

Zhou Yi closed his eyes and tried to feel the world with his heart.

The energy flowing around me is like a gentle breeze, like sunshine...

The subtle rhythms and vibrations gently vibrate the deepest thoughts within the brain.

A jumble of information and occasional thoughts were captured by Zhou Yi's divine sense.

There are landslides and earthquakes in the far north, towering tsunamis in the East China Sea, and powerful, earth-shattering roars...

There was the stirring of iron horses and clashing swords, and the mournful cries of the ragged, hungry, and cold...

Within the dragon vein, Zhou Yi captured a myriad of information.

Although we do not know where they come from or how they came to be.

Zhou Yi's brain was working at high speed, trying his best to analyze every piece of information.

Perhaps, as the Overlord Emperor said, his parents' intentions were involved.

One after another, batch after batch...

Countless pieces of information are filtered.

However, there was no information or intention from the Crown Prince.

However, several domineering thoughts flashed through my mind.

That was a grand will, like creating the world and seizing the creation of heaven and earth.

This thought, though domineering, had a natural affinity for him.

Zhou Yi guessed that it might be the will of the First Emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, Ji Tiandi.

Even this thought seemed to exist only vaguely, making one wonder if it was just an illusion.

Apart from that, there was almost no other human thought.

Perhaps what the Overlord Emperor said was just a temporary illusion.

Zhou Yi had given up all hope.

……

"Do you think His Highness can sense the Crown Prince?"

Si Xuan asked in a low voice, as if to startle Zhou Yi.

however.

But Hu Die did not answer.

He turned his head and was startled.

Two clear tears slid down her fair face.

"Wh...what's wrong?" Si Xuan asked, somewhat flustered.

Following her gaze, he was so surprised that his eyes widened.

Zhou Yi, who was standing quietly, also shed two lines of clear tears.

But a happy smile played on his lips.