Inside the Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor's palace.
A woman dressed in black knelt before him.
He Pingsheng knew this woman too. She was Immortal Maiden Bingyi, who had tried to kill him twice.
She was also Tian Yao's aunt.
"Your Majesty, is there no room left to turn things around?" Bing Yi knelt on the floor, trembling all over.
The Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor lay somewhat languidly in an enormous chair, looking lonely and forlorn.
His neck rested against the chair's back, his head tilted upward as he stared blankly at the lofty dome of the palace without a word.
"Your Majesty!" Bing Yi called again.
Only then did the Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor take a deep breath and wave his hand. "None... it has already become a dead end!"
He had previously pinned his last hope on his senior brother, Duan Feihong.
Unfortunately, although Duan Feihong had gone, he had failed to accomplish the task.
Moreover, Duan Feihong had said that from then on, he would never attack He Pingsheng a second time.
"That boy... has tremendous fortune..." The Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor finally lifted his head from the chair's back. He stepped down from the broad, long chair and came to stand beside Bing Yi.
"Bing Yi... our Tian Household is already teetering on the brink!"
"This..." Bing Yi raised her head in disbelief and looked at Tian Jinpeng. "Could it be that even you, Brother-in-law, cannot kill him yourself?"
The Divine Emperor had only returned to the Heavenly Fire Divine Kingdom a day ago!
His asking Duan Feihong to intercept and kill He Pingsheng in the Vermilion Bird Emperor Domain had only happened today!
Thus, Bing Yi knew nothing of the Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor's clash with He Pingsheng, in which he had been powerless to do