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

Seeing the woman pointing her sword at him, Mu Zhengqing simply smiled and said, "I only wanted the Tianhuo Dynasty to grow stronger. Even if I were given another chance, I would still do the same thing."

The Heavenly Fire Clan, who came to the Huangshan Star Region with the Heavenly Emperor, did not have many members. Moreover, at that time, various forces were vying for the life worlds in the Huangshan Star Region.

At that time, population was the biggest factor limiting the development of the Tianhuo Dynasty. The Tianhuo clan alone could not possibly control the entire Tianhuo world.

Most importantly, the Tianhuo clan has difficulty having children and it is difficult for them to produce offspring. With such a small number of people, can the dynasty they establish still be called a dynasty?

If other worlds saw that the Heavenly Fire World only had so few people, they would probably have had wicked thoughts long ago. Moreover, the Heavenly Fire Clan was so rare back then, and each one was extremely precious. Every one that fell was one less. Only by introducing people from other worlds and making them fight desperately for the Heavenly Fire Clan could the Heavenly Fire Clan be preserved.

Although the clashes between the two factions in the court often gave Mu Zhengqing a headache, after calming down, he still believed that the decision he made back then was not wrong.

Seeing that Mu Zhengqing remained unrepentant, Mu Qinglan coldly said, "I will not discuss right and wrong with you. If you came here today only to persuade me, then go back."

Mu Qinglan was originally a princess of the Tianhuo clan. She never married and eventually became the ancestor of the royal family after most of the royal family members died.

Back then, the Heavenly Fire Clan was on the verge of being wiped out by those Great Emperors. Fortunately, the Heavenly Emperor appeared in time, defeated those Great Emperors, and brought them to the Imperial Mountain Star Region, giving them a new home.

Mu Qinglan was extremely grateful to the Heavenly Emperor. She had always wanted to repay him, but unfortunately, the Heavenly Emperor had been gone for tens of thousands of years, and it was uncertain whether he would ever return to the Huangshan Star Region in this lifetime.

But even if the Heavenly Emperor never returns, she will not allow the Heavenly Fire Dynasty to betray him.

Of course, she understood why Mu Zhengqing had done that in the first place, so she didn't stop him from bringing people from other worlds into the Heavenly Fire World.

However, she would absolutely not agree to the Tianhuo Dynasty submitting to the Lord of Huangshan Domain and becoming his vassal.

She can only have one master!

Mu Zhengqing then asked calmly, "Does the Ancestor not want to know news about the Heavenly Emperor?"

As soon as she said this, streaks of sword energy were released from Mu Qinglan's body, and in an instant, the entire bamboo forest was destroyed by the flying sword energy.

Mu Qinglan looked directly into Mu Zhengqing's eyes and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

Mu Zhengqing stopped hiding his intentions and said directly, "The Heavenly Emperor just sent a message to me. He is currently in a place called Chaos Star Sea near the Huangshan Star Region."

Upon hearing Mu Zhengqing's answer, Mu Qinglan's heart, which had been frozen for many years, began to pound wildly.

The Heavenly Emperor has returned!!!

She could hardly believe her ears.

However, Mu Qinglan quickly came to her senses. "The Chaotic Star Sea? Why have I never heard of this place before?"

As a sage, she had visited almost all the star regions near the Huangshan Star Region, but she had never heard of a star region called the Chaos Star Sea.

Mu Zhengqing took out the recording stone without hesitation. The recording stone contained the star map that Lu Chen had previously sent him.

When the star map appeared in front of Mu Qinglan, Mu Zhengqing pointed to a blank star field and said, "This is the Chaotic Star Sea."

Mu Qinglan immediately said, "Impossible. I have been to this place before. There is nothing there, only endless void."

Mu Zhengqing said, "This is a star map given to me by the Heavenly Emperor. I believe the Heavenly Emperor would not make a mistake."

Mu Zhengqing asked, "I wonder if our ancestor ever ventured deep into that star field?"

Upon hearing this question, Mu Qinglan was slightly taken aback. It seemed that she had indeed not ventured deep into the Fire Starfield, because when she approached it, she found endless void ahead and assumed that it was the edge of the universe or a dark domain ahead, so she did not go any closer.

Some dark domains are extremely dangerous even for saints. She had just broken through to the saint realm at the time, so she did not take any risks. However, since then, she has never gone to that star domain again.

Now that we know that the star field is an endless void, there is naturally no point in continuing to explore it.

Mu Zhengqing continued, "I have another piece of news."

Mu Qinglan frowned slightly. "Speak."

"The Heavenly Emperor has most likely been reincarnated, and his current strength has not yet been restored."

Upon hearing this, the female swordswoman frowned even more deeply.

Mu Zhengqing said, "When the Heavenly Emperor left, I was still young and didn't know much. But I also heard my father say that the Heavenly Emperor once told us that if something happened to him, he might be reincarnated."

Mu Zhengqing didn't know much, but he believed that Mu Qinglan definitely knew about the relevant matters. When the Heavenly Emperor left, it was Mu Qinglan who personally saw him off.

Mu Qinglan thought to herself, "So he has already been reincarnated. Is the outer realm really that dangerous? Even someone as powerful as him has perished."

After regaining her senses, Mu Qinglan asked, "What did he say to you?"

Mu Zhengqing replied, "The Heavenly Emperor instructed me to send some trustworthy people to the Chaos Star Sea."

Mu Qinglan instantly understood Mu Zhengqing's meaning: after the Heavenly Emperor was reincarnated, his strength was definitely not as strong as before.

It would take a long time for her to become the Emperor again. If the Heavenly Emperor's former enemies found out that he had been reincarnated during this time, they would surely send people to kill him. Therefore, Mu Zhengqing wanted her to protect the Heavenly Emperor.

Mu Qinglan then said calmly, "Alright, I understand."

As soon as she finished speaking, Mu Qinglan's body disappeared from the spot. She couldn't wait to see the man whose face she had almost forgotten again.

After Mu Qinglan disappeared, Mu Zhengqing sighed deeply. How could he not know what this ancestor was thinking? However, the Heavenly Emperor was the Heavenly Emperor, and they were destined to be different.

Once the Heavenly Emperor is reincarnated, he will surely focus all his attention on restoring his strength. How could he possibly care about romantic love? This ancestor is destined to only have unrequited love.

Mu Zhengqing didn't think much of it. He turned around and left the cemetery to prepare the things to send to the Heavenly Emperor.

He figured the Heavenly Emperor must have only recently reincarnated and needed a lot of cultivation resources to recover his strength, so he planned to have someone send some cultivation resources to the Chaos Star Sea.

However, he was also curious: since the Chaos Star Sea was so close to the Huangshan Star Region, why didn't the Heavenly Emperor come directly to the Huangshan Star Region?

Is it because of the Quasi-Emperor, Lord Huangshan?

……

After Lu Chen used the Time-Space Mirror to contact Mu Zhengqing, he once again focused all his energy on cultivation. He now really wanted to break the second seal of the Reincarnation Stone to see what kind of memories he still had.

However, his cultivation level was now difficult to improve further. Lu Chen thought to himself that he needed to find an opportunity to return to the Tianchen World and continue cultivating the Hundred Phoenixes Paying Homage to the Phoenix Technique with his wives and concubines. In this way, as his wives and concubines improved their cultivation, he would also receive some feedback, which might allow his strength to improve even faster. (End of Chapter)