“Wait… what are you doing? You can’t disturb Master.”
Seeing the Fire Emperor about to strike Shi Hao, Vermilion Bird hurriedly stepped in to stop him.
She wasn’t worried that the Fire Emperor would hurt Shi Hao—she was afraid the Fire Emperor might accidentally be the one who got hurt by her master.
After all, he was the father of the girl who had kissed her master, and he was also the emperor of the nation under her protection.
She couldn’t just let anything happen to him.
Although they were both at the peak of the Venerable Realm, after cultivating together with Shi Hao, her strength had already stepped one foot into the Divine Flame Realm.
Stopping the Fire Emperor was effortless.
Blocked by Vermilion Bird, the Fire Emperor was already consumed by rage.
Reason had completely left him.
“Listen to me. It’s your daughter’s blessing to be with Master. Behind him stands an unimaginably powerful senior as his backer. If she follows Master, becoming an immortal in the future won’t be a problem. Are you really going to stop your daughter from becoming an immortal?” Vermilion Bird kindly tried to persuade him.
Unfortunately, the enraged Fire Emperor couldn’t hear a single word she said.
Seeing that he wouldn’t listen, Vermilion Bird could only sigh and shake her head.
“Calm down.”
With that, she directly suppressed the Fire Emperor and bound him with a sealing formation.
At the same time, Shi Hao finally released Huo Ling’er from his embrace.
Her face was flushed bright red from the kiss, and her mind was still in a daze.
She had just been forcibly kissed.
By a man she had met for the very first time.
And it had happened right in front of her father.
Looking at the bewildered Huo Ling’er and the furious Fire Emperor across from him, Shi Hao smiled.
“As expected of my wife. She’s so adorable.”
He gently pushed Huo Ling’er toward Vermilion Bird before turning to the bound Fire Emperor.
“What do you mean your daughter? She’s clearly my wife. Kissing my own wife is only natural. Not only am I going to kiss her, I’m also going to have her bear me lots of healthy, chubby babies.”
“You bastard! How dare you! I won’t let you get away with this!” The Fire Emperor struggled desperately, trying to break free as he stared at Huo Ling’er.
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t move the restraints even a little.
“She’s my wife. What is there for me to be afraid of?”
Shi Hao wasn’t lying.
Huo Ling’er really was his wife.
He was simply getting close to his wife a little ahead of schedule.
Besides, hadn’t this old man supported it in the original story?
Back then, this old fellow couldn’t wait for him to marry Huo Ling’er.
“She is my daughter!” the Fire Emperor roared.
“What do you mean your daughter? She’s obviously my wife.”
Shi Hao had no interest in arguing with the old man any longer.
“I’m taking Ling’er with me. The next time I bring her back, it’ll be after she’s pregnant.”
With that, Shi Hao turned and walked over to Vermilion Bird, preparing to leave with her and Huo Ling’er.
But the very next moment—
A powerful aura suddenly erupted from Huo Ling’er’s body.
The force instantly blasted both Shi Hao and Vermilion Bird backward.
The unexpected scene shocked them both.
“Master? This isn’t right,” Vermilion Bird said as she looked toward Shi Hao.
A serious expression appeared on Shi Hao’s face.
Feeling the power radiating from Huo Ling’er—a power that was no weaker than her own—he immediately prepared to act.
“You big bully! What did you do to my Father Emperor?”
Huo Ling’er suddenly opened her eyes, her round little face flushed red with anger.
“Apologize to Father Emperor! Otherwise don’t even think about touching me again, and I won’t give you any babies either!”
Her sudden change left the Fire Emperor completely dumbfounded.
Vermilion Bird and Shi Hao were equally shocked.
“Wait… you saw the future too?”
A thought suddenly occurred to Shi Hao as he looked at Huo Ling’er in astonishment.
“Hmph! What do you think? You big bully.”
Huo Ling’er glared at him in embarrassment and annoyance before hurrying over to her father and reaching out to release him from the restraints.
“Wait… Ling’er, you saw the future too?”
Shi Hao walked over to her side.
He hadn’t expected Huo Ling’er, like Willow Deity, to catch a glimpse of the future.
“You womanizing radish… you’re the worst.”
Looking at Shi Hao, Huo Ling’er recalled the future she had seen.
The future version of herself.
And the countless women around Shi Hao.
This guy had actually married so many women.
Even worse, he had made her give birth to so many babies.
“Ling’er, what’s wrong with you?”
The Fire Emperor looked at his daughter with confusion.
She felt strangely unfamiliar.
Was this really his daughter?
“It’s nothing. I just saw some scenes I wasn’t supposed to see.”
Huo Ling’er didn’t know how to explain it to her father.
She had never imagined that she truly was this big bully’s wife.
After Shi Hao kissed her just now—
She had instantly entered a vast white space.
There, she witnessed her entire life.
From her birth, to her childhood, to meeting Shi Hao.
She saw herself eventually falling in love with him.
She also saw everything that man had carried on his shoulders.
The memories that flooded into her mind felt as though she had personally lived through them all.
The resistance she had felt toward Shi Hao earlier had now completely disappeared, replaced by a calm sense that everything was simply as it should be.
“Big bully… did you come back just to bully me?”
Thinking of the scene where Shi Hao had stood alone against the eerie army, the resentment she had intended to vent melted away.
Instead, she could only softly ask why the first thing he wanted to do after returning was tease her.
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Shi Hao cautiously asked.
“Huh? You… you bullied Lady Willow too?”
Huo Ling’er stared at him with wide eyes.
“So that’s it. You didn’t see everything.”
Shi Hao smiled.
“I’ve confirmed it. What you saw was the previous timeline. You didn’t see the latest one. Even Willow Deity is the same.”
Realizing this, Shi Hao smiled.
That meant that when he met Qingyi, Yuechan, the Witch, and the others in the future, all he had to do was kiss them a few times.
They would then see the original course of events that had once unfolded.
That would save him a great deal of trouble.
“Big bully… you really… did that with Lady Willow?”
Huo Ling’er still found it hard to believe.
“You’ll know once you meet her.”
“Since you’ve already seen our future, I won’t have to go through so much trouble explaining things.”
“Talk things over with your Father Emperor, then come back to Stone Village with me.”
“I’ll have Willow Deity perform a cleansing for you and help improve your strength while she’s at it.”
After giving Huo Ling’er those instructions, Shi Hao left the courtyard with Vermilion Bird, giving father and daughter some time to say goodbye.
“Got it. Wait for me outside.”
Watching Shi Hao leave, Huo Ling’er turned toward her father, who was still standing there in shock.
She began explaining everything.
After spending an entire hour telling him what had happened—
“That’s how it is. I can’t tell you anything more after this. It involves people far beyond our level, so it’s better if you know less, Father Emperor.”
“Don’t worry. The big bully treats me very well.”
“And after Lady Willow finishes cleansing me, I’ll come back to visit you.”
“If you miss me, you can also come to Stone Village to see me.”
“I’ll tell you where it is.”
After telling her father the location of Stone Village and chatting with him a little longer, she finally led him outside.
Shi Hao, who had been waiting outside, watched the father and daughter emerge.
Looking at the Fire Emperor, and under Huo Ling’er’s watchful gaze, he bent at the waist and sincerely apologized.
“Stone Village welcomes your visit.”
Finally, Shi Hao invited the Fire Emperor to come as a guest whenever he wished.
“All right, Father Emperor. The big bully has apologized. I’m going back with him now.”
With that, Huo Ling’er walked over to Shi Hao and took the initiative to wrap her arms around him.
Seeing this, Vermilion Bird revealed her true form.
Shi Hao and Huo Ling’er climbed onto her back as she carried them toward Stone Village.
Watching his daughter disappear into the distance, the Fire Emperor could barely keep himself together.
His precious daughter had just run off with a man she had only met for the first time.
Damn you, Shi Hao!