Plumdark leaned up against the railing of the pill workshop in Ningyan’s mansion, looking off at the planet in the distance. “Ancient Emperor Dark Serenity’s original imperial palace is now the location where all human ancestral sacrifices are offered. I can sense that the lamp... is there. In the depths of Planet Ancient Emperor.”3

It was evening, and the cloud cover on the planet was the golden color of dusk. There were golden dragons drifting through the clouds, inhaling and exhaling flows of energy that were both holy and mysterious.0

“I tried calling out to it, but it didn’t work. The lamp is protected by a very powerful warding spell that keeps it very firmly in place.... If I want to get it, I’ll have to go to the planet itself.0

“Based on what I could sense, the sealing marks covering the planet consist of some that always existed, and some that were added in later generations. If I try to force my way in, it will cause a big scene. If I want to get it without anyone realizing it, I need to find an opportunity to get onto the planet unnoticed.”8

Plumdark frowned. Opportunities like that weren’t exactly common. But what was of greater significance was the question of... what was the lamp doing on Planet Ancient Emperor? Plumdark looked at Xu Qing and refrained from asking that most pertinent of questions....2