Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Lu Chen knew that all the emperors present wanted to go to the outer realms, but it was impossible to let them all go.

They volunteered to stay because they saw that everyone else had done so, and if they didn't, it would be disloyal of them.

All of this was to show their loyalty, but in this way, he could only arrange for those people to go to the outer realms with him.

For Lu Chen, it didn't really matter which of these emperors followed him to the outer realms.

They were all essentially tools for him to become stronger. The greatest role of these emperors was to become members of the Spirit Gathering Array and provide him with power.

Since that's the case, let's draw lots, and whoever gets drawn will go.

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, the emperors present all said, "We will obey the Heavenly Emperor's arrangements!"

Lu Chen didn't waste any words. He simply raised his hand and waved his hand, using his spiritual power to create a projection for drawing lots. All the emperors' portraits were on the projection. Whoever's portrait was framed would go with him to the outer realm.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor's portrait on the projection began to flash, and within moments, the portraits were locked onto.

Seeing that his image wasn't chosen, Emperor Thunder sighed inwardly. Although he was the first to stand up and say he wanted to stay and help the Great Xia Dynasty expand its territory, when Lu Chen mentioned the lottery, he actually hoped that he could be chosen and go to the outer realms with Lu Chen.

However, since the lottery results have already been determined, there's nothing that can be done about it.

Lu Chen glanced at the results of the draw and then said, "Alright, these people will accompany me to the outer regions. The rest will stay in the Great Xia Dynasty to lead the War Dragon Army to continue expanding outwards."

"That concludes today's meeting. Make preparations for your journey to the outer realms from the capital. You will be traveling with me to the outer realms in a month."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chen's body disappeared.

After Lu Chen left, some emperors in the main hall were excited, while others were dejected.

Those emperors who were chosen were very excited, while those who remained in the Great Xia Dynasty had worried expressions on their faces.

At this moment, Empress Tianhong passed by among the emperors with no expression on her face. After sensing Empress Tianhong's aura, the emperors in the hall all fell silent. Only after Empress Tianhong left the hall did the emperors in the hall resume their discussion.

As soon as Empress Tianhong left the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, she felt a force pulling her into a spatial passage. In the Great Xia Dynasty, the only person who could possess such power was that man. Empress Tianhong did not resist and allowed Lu Chen to pull her into her palace.

When Empress Tianhong returned to her palace, she saw Lu Chen lying on her soft couch, one hand behind his head, looking at the elegant red curtains.

Empress Tianhong asked coldly, "What is it?"

Lu Chen was in such a hurry to pull her over, there must be something he wanted to tell her. Lu Chen turned to look at Empress Tianhong in the room and then said, "You should be very familiar with the outer realms, right?"

The Outer Realm only appeared in this life; Lu Chen had never heard of it in his previous life.

Lu Chen thought that Empress Tianhong was in the Outer Domain before she fell, so she should know a lot about the Outer Domain. He could ask her to find out what the Outer Domain was like so that he wouldn't be completely clueless when he entered it.

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, he gently raised his hand, and the next moment, Empress Tianhong's body flew uncontrollably onto the soft couch and into Lu Chen's arms.

The killing power emanating from Empress Tianhong suddenly surged out, but Lu Chen was also able to control his own killing power. This amount of killing power could not harm Lu Chen at all. Lu Chen directly absorbed the killing power from Empress Tianhong, and then flipped over to press Empress Tianhong's noble body down beneath him.

Empress Tianhong stared intently at Lu Chen with her crimson eyes. "Just ask questions, don't get physical."

Lu Chen said with a smile, "You can ask questions, and you can also get physical; there's no conflict."

As soon as she finished speaking, Empress Tianhong heard a hissing sound. Her expression turned even colder. This man was becoming more and more audacious.

Before Empress Tianhong could do anything, Lu Chen leaned down and whispered in her ear, "I'm very curious about those people from other worlds?"

"You must have fought those people before, right? How strong were they?" Lu Chen asked as he began to make some movements.

Empress Tianhong didn't bother with Lu Chen's offensive behavior, since Lu Chen had offended her more than once. She then replied, "We've fought before, he's very strong."

Lu Chen asked, "What's the difference between the powers those people from other worlds use and ours?"

Empress Tianhong replied, "There is no difference."

Lu Chen thought to himself, "The laws of this other world are different, so why do they use the same power as us?"

Lu Chen continued, "Do celestial demons exist in the outer realms?"

Empress Tianhong said calmly, "Yes."

Empress Tianhong's answers were very brief. In this state, it was already a feat for her to answer Lu Chen's questions; she didn't even want to talk to this guy right now.

Lu Chen continued, "Have you ever seen the passageways through which those people from other worlds enter the outer realms?"

Empress Tianhong: "No."

Lu Chen fell silent for a moment, only continuing to work.

After a while, Lu Chen asked, "Have you encountered anything or anyone in the outer realms that left a deep impression on you?"

Empress Tianhong was about to say no when she suddenly remembered something and said, "I once met someone from another world who said something to me."

Lu Chen asked curiously, "What did you say?"

Lu Chen was very curious about what could make Empress Tianhong so memorable.

Empress Tianhong replied directly: "That person said you were nothing but food for the Chaos Beasts, yet you still helped the Chaos Beasts slaughter their own kind."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen was slightly taken aback. Food of the Chaos Beast?

Same race?

What is a Chaos Beast?

The person from another world said that Empress Tianhong helped the Chaos Beasts slaughter their own kind. In that context, the so-called "own kind" refers to those people from another world.

People from another world actually claim that Empress Tianhong is their kin?

What's going on?

Lu Chen remained silent again, his actions were subconscious. After an unknown amount of time, Empress Tianhong suddenly activated the Xuan Nu Gong, and Lu Chen finally came back to his senses.

He let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Could it be because those people from another world think you're one of their own kind that they assume you're from another world just because you look like them?"

Empress Tianhong coldly replied, "I don't know."

She didn't really know why those people from other worlds said that, but she wasn't particularly concerned about it. However, she had to admit that what those people from other worlds said really left a deep impression on her.

What she was most curious about was the Chaos Beast mentioned by that person. Why would that person from another world think that he helped the Chaos Beast slaughter its own kind?

She had never even heard of any Chaos Beast.

Lu Chen thought to himself, "It seems the outer realms hold many secrets. This trip might yield some information related to the system or the Reincarnation Stone." (End of Chapter)