Chapter 1820: Embarrassed Emperor

In the Zhulin of Tianxuan Men, everyone was waiting, occasionally glancing up at the void, growing increasingly restless with anticipation.

"Two Zhun Di, one Sheng Wang, and three Di Qi, yet they can't handle a single bead in half a shichen?" Di Lao scratched his head.

"The black hole isn't some harmless place." Ren Wang crossed his arms and squatted on the ground. "That bead might have slipped away quickly."

"Now that you mention it, I'm getting curious about that bead." Tian Lao said, tilting his head back to take a swig of wine.

The three of them chatted away cheerfully, while on the other side, the flirting was just as lively.

Take Hua Qingluo, for instance—he kept circling around Di Xuan, insisting on telling her stories with a cheeky grin.

Bei Lin Shen Jiang wasn't idle either, always trying to strike up a conversation with San Sheng, looking all cheerful, but she completely ignored him.

Ren Tian Jiu Shen Jiang was quite the bold one; the circle of Shen Jiang couldn't contain a figure like him anymore, so he wandered over to the Huang Zhe group to have some fun, even trying to discuss ideals with Yue Huang.

But he found himself in an awkward spot—Yue Huang was stunningly beautiful, yet she had a fiery temper and didn't hold back in a fight.

"If the Huang Zhe of Da Chu clashed with the Shen Jiang of Di Zun, that would be quite the spectacle." Fu Ya stroked his chin, his mind racing with ideas, clearly eager to stir up trouble.

"Do you have some free time tonight?" In the pavilion, Donghuang Tai Xin smiled lightly, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Jian Shen.

"I do." Jian Shen smiled, never one for many words.

"Perfect, I have time too. Why don't we enjoy the moon together?" Donghuang Tai Xin giggled like a carefree young girl, completely unlike the Shen Nv of Kunlun.

Among the groups present, this one was the most eccentric.

Everyone else had men flirting with women, but she was different—always taking the initiative to flirt with Jian Shen.

"What a waste of good cabbage on pigs." Ren Wang muttered.

"Why doesn't anyone fancy me when I'm this handsome?"

"Keep that ego in check." Tian Lao and Di Lao glanced at him. "You don't even come close to handsome."

Chu Xuan didn't understand the world of Zhun Di; she was still on the altar, gently stroking Ruo Xi's little face, like a caring mother.

Perhaps no one noticed, not even Chu Xuan herself, but as she touched Ruo Xi, the little one's fingers trembled slightly.

"What's going on? They should have come out by now." A Zhun Di grew impatient, starting to feel annoyed.

"I've done a quick divination—it's time to team up and go woo some ladies."

"I fully support that idea." The group of mischievous Zhun Di straightened their breaths in unison.

No sooner had the words been spoken than three figures suddenly appeared out of nowhere, with no warning whatsoever.

No need to guess—it was Chu Huang, Yan Huang, and Ye Chen.

But seeing their condition left everyone stunned.

First, Chu Huang: his clothes were disheveled, one arm hanging limp and dripping blood, with over a dozen bloody gashes across his body, each flickering with strange Xian light.

Then, Yan Huang: he looked just as battered, not much better than Chu Huang, blood pouring from his mouth, and a gruesome wound in his chest, with half his body a mess of blood and flesh.

The worst off was Ye Chen: Chu Huang had one arm dangling, but Ye Chen had two, both bleeding gold, and Yan Huang had one chest wound, while Ye Chen had two.

On top of that, his spine was half torn apart, and his domineering Sheng Ti was completely drenched in blood.

"What happened?" Di Lao swallowed hard, his expression full of shock.

His confusion was shared by everyone—two Zhun Di and one Sheng Wang, all armed with Di Qi, and they ended up this badly hurt. Was the red bead in the black hole really that ferocious?

"What else? We got beat up!" Ye Chen coughed up blood, doubling over in pain, nearly vomiting his guts.

"Is that bead really so terrifying?" Chu Xuan placed her jade hand on Ye Chen's back, continuously channeling pure Zhen Yuan into him.

"It's not the bead—it's Hong Chen and Liu Dao." Yan Huang wiped the fresh blood from his mouth. "Both of them are in the black hole."

"Is that even possible?" Everyone was utterly shocked.

Hong Chen and Liu Dao were names known throughout Zhutian Wanyu.

During the second Tianmo invasion, the two of them merged with Ye Chen, nearly triggering a Di Jie, and even helped him slay an emperor.

But after that Xianmo war, there had been no news of them.

Some in Zhutian had speculated that Hong Chen and Liu Dao had perished in the stars, but who would have thought they had teamed up and gone into a space black hole?

Not only that, but they had thrashed the three Huang Zhe of Da Chu—and these were Huang Zhe armed with Di Qi.

"How embarrassing." Ye Chen covered his forehead and ploppped down on the ground, while Chu Huang and Yan Huang looked equally awkward.

As the ones involved, they felt it the most deeply. They had planned to use the Di Qi to suppress Hong Chen and Liu Dao together, but to their embarrassment, as soon as they intervened, Hong Chen and Liu Dao stopped fighting each other and turned on the three of them for a thorough beating.

This was the most humiliating moment for Da Chu's Huang Zhe—it was all because Hong Chen and Liu Dao were just too powerful.

Even now, the three of them had no idea why Hong Chen and Liu Dao were in the space black hole or why they were fighting.

Ye Chen had wanted to use the Great Wheel of Reincarnation to pull them out of the black hole, but his strength wasn't enough—he couldn't move them.

"For them to go fight in a black hole is pretty strange." Ren Wang rubbed his chin, unable to figure it out.

"Those two have never been normal." Fu Ya coughed. "If you ask who in Zhutian is the most mysterious, it's definitely them."

"They can eat, fight, and even venture into black holes—full of energy like that, anyone else might die, but not them." Di Lao said thoughtfully.

"Let's set Hong Chen and Liu Dao aside for now. What about that red bead? Bring it out so I can take a look." Ren Wang rubbed his hands together eagerly.

Ye Chen said nothing, just waved his hand lightly, pulling the red bead out of the Hun Dun Ding, still suppressed by the three Di Qi.

"Di Qi?" The Zhun Di all stared in surprise.

"It's not quite at the Di Qi level yet." Ren Wang glanced at it and saw through it immediately, his insight sharp as ever.

"The black hole really is a natural treasure trove—it's got stuff like this."

"Can you tell where it came from?" Chu Huang, having healed his wounds, stepped forward and looked toward Ren Wang, also known as Fu Xi.

It wasn't just him—all the Zhun Di present were watching Ren Wang; when it came to experience, no one could match the remnant soul of the Ren Huang.

"Let me take a closer look." Ren Wang tucked his hands behind his back and circled the red bead, going three circles clockwise and three counterclockwise. As he turned, he divined and muttered to himself, "Interesting, very interesting. It has Di Yun but no Di Wei."

"So, what's its origin?" The Zhun Di waited expectantly.

But as soon as he was asked, Ren Wang spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and face-planted into the ground like a dog eating mud.

This happened so suddenly, without any warning, that the Zhun Di on site were caught off guard.

"He's been hit by backlash." Donghuang stepped forward and pointed a finger at Ren Wang's brow; his face was already pale as paper.

Though the words were casual, they made everyone else's mouths twitch.

Backlash again? Ren Wang must have really bad luck in his past life. First with Hong Chen and Liu Dao, then with Ye Chen and Ruo Xi—he spat blood every time he divined, always getting backlash. And now with the red bead, he hit the jackpot once more. What a jinx.

How many times was this? As the remnant soul of the Ren Huang, how come he was always the one spitting blood?

Thud!

While everyone wore strange expressions, Ye Chen suddenly spat blood too and collapsed into Chu Xuan's arms, black blood trickling from the corners of his eyes, his face deathly pale.

"Oh, another one." No one even needed to ask— they knew Ye Chen must have recklessly used his Wheel of Reincarnation Eye to peek at the red bead and suffered backlash.

First Ren Wang, then Ye Chen—both getting backlash made the Zhun Di even more curious about the red bead's origin. What kind of secrets was it hiding to be this domineering?

"Suppress the backlash and wake them up." Chu Huang said. To learn about the red bead's background, they needed to ask these two.

Immediately, the Zhun Di split into two groups: one to save Ye Chen, the other to save Ren Wang, unleashing various secret techniques.

It wasn't long before the two regained consciousness. Ren Wang was fine—he was a Zhun Di, with deep reserves, just shaking his head.

Ye Chen, on the other hand, still had the backlash suppressed, but blood kept seeping from his eyes, and his vision was gone, leaving him blind.

"Ye Chen?" Chu Xuan waved her hand in front of his eyes.

"It's temporary." Ye Chen smiled. Back when he had the Xian Wheel Eye, getting backlash and losing sight was just routine—look at something you shouldn't, and you'd pay the price.

"Kid, what did you see?" Ren Wang chuckled.

"What about you? What did you figure out?" Ye Chen laughed too.

"You first."

"No, you first."

"You two pests, say it together!" The Zhun Di scold.

"Taigu Hong Huang." Ye Chen and Ren Wang said in unison.