Battle Through the Heavens: Starting with Cao Ying as an apprentice

Amidst a deafening roar, Canaan Academy, which had stood for hundreds of years, collapsed instantly like a sand sculpture under that enormous, sky-covering hand.

The majestic buildings, the library, the student dormitories... everything was reduced to dust and rubble in the destructive energy wave, leaving only a bottomless black hole that led straight to the earth.

Elder Su Qian, watching this scene from afar in the void, was overcome with emotion, tears streaming down his face, his body trembling uncontrollably.

He was shocked by the Soul Emperor's earth-shattering power—the other party had wiped out their home, which they had protected for many years, with just a casual strike.

He felt immense heartache and humiliation; it was the place where he had lived his entire life, and it was gone just like that.

"They're going in." The fairy in black gritted her teeth, her nails almost digging into her palms, her voice trembling slightly.

"Sigh, there's no stopping it." Cai Lin sighed softly, her beautiful face filled with helplessness.

She had considered fighting to the death, but the opponent had the Soul Emperor and the unpredictable Void Devouring Flame, two nine-star Dou Sheng beings.

For them, relying solely on their White Dust Realm, to charge forward would be tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock.

What frustrated her even more was that Zhu Kun, that old mudfish, refused to approach the Ancient Emperor's Cave, saying that there was something there that specifically restrained him, and he wouldn't dare to show himself until the Soul Emperor opened the door.

They could only watch helplessly as the Soul Emperor led his Soul Clan army, swaggering out of the ruins of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and continuously plunging into the underground.

On the Soul Clan's side, the Soul Emperor also noticed something amiss.

They didn't stop me.

[However, I don't care why they don't stop me. Once I'm inside the cave and get the Emperor's Pill, these ants will be nothing to worry about!]

A ruthless glint flashed in the Soul Emperor's eyes. He turned to the elders of the Soul Clan and ordered, "When I open the cave, even if you die, you must hold off the people outside! Every second counts!"

"Yes, patriarch!" The elders of the Soul Clan responded in unison, their eyes filled with determination.

The group was about to pass through the scorching, churning lava layer.

Someone's here!

Perhaps sensing the intrusion of living beings, the lava churned, and a group of fire lizardmen clad in fiery armor roared out and blocked their path.

However, since being severely punished by Su Baichen last time, these guys have learned their lesson.

"I wonder what brings you here, esteemed lords..." The leading salamander commander knelt on one knee, his attitude extremely respectful.

However, before it could finish speaking, the Soul Emperor's emotionless voice rang out.

"Noisy."

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, before the commander could even react, his head exploded like a watermelon, scattering red light everywhere.

The Soul Emperor glanced disdainfully at the bloodstains on his hands, and his Emperor-level soul erupted without reservation, like an invisible storm sweeping across the sea of ​​lava.

"Since you want to block our way, then you'd all die."

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of fire lizardmen, under that terrifying soul impact, were reduced to ashes and sank into the depths of the magma before they could even scream.

"The obstruction is cleared away, let's go!"

The Soul Emperor took a step forward, his figure disappearing directly into the magma layer.

After passing through a long layer of magma, the view suddenly opened up before us.

The group found themselves in a strange void.

There is no distinction between up, down, left, or right here; there is only endless void.

Upon reaching this point, the Tuoshe Ancient Jade reacted extremely strongly, almost flying out of one's grasp.

"This is it! Follow me!"

The Soul Emperor's eyes flashed with a sharp light. With a wave of his hand, he led the powerful members of the Soul Clan toward the source of the ancient jade's perception, their ultimate destination.

(PS: There are restrictions near the Dou Di Cave, preventing passage through space! Only by opening the cave will these restrictions disappear.)

Chapter 426 The Cave Dwelling Opens!

In front of the ancient emperor's cave.

The Soul Emperor stared at the magnificent and ancient gate before him, his heart pounding so hard it felt like it would burst out of his chest.

This place had appeared in his dreams countless times; it was the end of the Soul Clan's thousand-year-old wish and the starting point for his journey to the Emperor's Realm.

"Chieftain, look over there! What's that?"

An elder of the Soul Clan suddenly pointed to a shadowy spot in front of the giant gate, his voice trembling with fear.

Instantly, everyone's eyes followed the direction he was pointing.

Even the Soul Emperor and the Void Devouring Flame suppressed their smiles and looked over with solemn expressions.

In that shadow, a figure floated silently.

The figure remained motionless and lifeless, its skin a petrified gray-white, its eyes tightly closed, as if it had been sitting there for millions of years.

"Tch, you scared me." The elder breathed a sigh of relief, then glared angrily at his clansman who had just exclaimed in surprise.

"What are you yelling about? That's just a dried-up puppet, it's long dead."

"Exactly, don't they know that scaring someone can kill them?"

"How could a place like this not have some traps and mechanisms? Don't make a fuss!"

The elders all cast reproachful glances at them, their anger and embarrassment stemming from the tension of that moment.

However, neither the Soul Emperor nor the Void Devouring Flame spoke.

As powerful nine-star Dou Sheng (Battle Saints), they keenly sensed something was amiss.

The two communicated telepathically in silence.

Void Devouring Flame: [Did you feel it? That aura...]

Soul Emperor: [Hmm, I sensed it. That's... Zhu Kun's aura! Though extremely faint, it's unmistakable.]

Looking at the puppet pierced by countless chains of flame and nailed to the void, and recalling Zhu Kun's unusual behavior earlier, the Soul Emperor instantly understood everything.

[So that's it! The reason that old guy Zhu Kun disappeared for so many years must be because he was trapped here!]

The excitement in the eyes of the Soul Emperor was replaced by calm.

But later, using some unknown secret method, they created this puppet to replace him and were suppressed here, while he himself escaped!

No wonder he handed over the Tuoshe Ancient Jade so readily; it turns out he couldn't get in at all and had to use leverage to open the door!

Void Devouring Flame nodded in deep agreement. At the same time, a strange sense of familiarity welled up in his heart.

Looking at the structure of this ancient emperor's cave, he felt a sense of déjà vu, as if he had been here before in some distant fragment of memory.

Moreover, he didn't know why he knew there would be a nascent Emperor-grade pill in the cave; his memory must have been faulty!

Just as he was about to delve deeper into this memory—

"what!"

The Void Devouring Flame suddenly clutched its head and let out a shrill scream.

An indescribable, excruciating pain surged through his soul, as if countless red-hot steel needles were piercing deep into his very being—a fear and aversion born of instinct.

"Void, what's wrong with you!" The Soul Emperor was shocked and quickly helped him up.

Void Devouring Flame was deathly pale and drenched in cold sweat. He endured the excruciating pain, waved his hand, and looked at Soul Emperor again with eyes full of fear and confusion.

"I...I'm fine. I think I triggered some kind of restriction just now, and my memory is a bit confused."

Void Devouring Flame took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing its churning soul, and casually pointed towards the gate of the Ancient Emperor's Cave.

"Never mind all that, quick, use the Tuoshe Ancient Jade to open the gate! The opportunity will be fleeting!"

The Soul Emperor no longer hesitated; he knew that there was no time to lose at this moment.

He took out the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and poured his fighting spirit into it.

"Om-!"

The Tuoshe Ancient Jade burst forth with an extremely dazzling golden light, streaking through the void like a meteor and precisely striking the ancient gate.

"Boom—!!!"

With a deafening roar like the sky collapsing and the earth splitting, the colossal gate of the ancient emperor's cave slowly opened a crack.

The moment the door opened, an indescribable, terrifying pressure, like a prehistoric beast that had been dormant for billions of years, erupted from within the door!

That was the true might of a Battle Emperor!

Unlike the pressure of ordinary Battle Saints, this is a crushing force from a higher dimension.

Before this power, even the rules of heaven and earth seemed to submit.

Soul Emperor, Void Devouring Flame, and the numerous Soul Clan elders behind them were utterly powerless against this oppressive force. Their legs buckled, and they all knelt on the ground, unable to even lift their heads.

"Hahaha! Is this the power of a Dou Di?" Hun Tiandi knelt on the ground, showing no fear but instead laughing wildly, his eyes filled with a mad longing.

Even after countless years, the last vestige of its power can easily suppress us! Indeed, below the Dou Di level, all are but ants!

With the eruption of this imperial might, the despairing suppression and spatial restrictions that shrouded the ancient emperor's cave were instantly melted and disintegrated, like ice and snow under the sun.

As the suffocating imperial aura slowly dissipated, the Soul Emperor was the first to spring up from the ground. Without even waiting to tidy his appearance, he transformed into a streak of light and rushed into the gate leading to the new world.

"Follow me!" Void Devouring Flame followed closely behind, his figure flashing as he flew into the cave.

……

Meanwhile, in the air above the ground.

Sensing the terrifying, heart-pounding pressure emanating from the earth, Zhu Kun, who had been lingering outside, instantly had a gleam of excitement flash in his dragon eyes.

"Hahaha! The Ancient Emperor's Cave has finally opened!"

"That damned suppression barrier has disappeared too!"

"All those of Ancient Dragon Island, heed my command! Follow me and charge in to seize the opportunity to become a Dou Di!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Kun suddenly tore through space, transforming into a streak of purple-gold light that shot straight into the ground.

Seeing this, the other powerful figures from Ancient Dragon Island followed suit, transforming into streaks of light and rushing into that void.

On the other side, the White Dust Realm camp.