The Unruly Immortals

There was no time to think, and Li Huowang stomped his feet hard, leaping directly onto the roof nearby, running towards the Imperial City on the shingles.

This action did not free Li Huowang; instead, the troubles increased, as people appeared from nowhere attempting to seize the lacquer box in his hands.

Fortunately, it was the Imperial City, and when the Imperial Army came to assist, he was finally freed.

"Your Majesty! The Longevity Elixir has been brought back from Penglai by me!!" Under the swaying Sachet Copper Ball, Li Huowang raised the lacquer box in his hand loudly towards the old Emperor of Dongxia.

"Quick.... bring it up!" The hand covered with age spots trembled with an excitement that words could not convey.

"Your Majesty, don't rush; there is something I need to clarify with Your Majesty. This Longevity Elixir, once consumed, not only grants immortality but also renders one invulnerable to blades, unfazed by fire, and able to ascend to the heavens with the wind and rain,"

"I tried one for Your Majesty, so even if my head falls off now, I can still be alive." Speaking these words, Li Huowang straightened his somewhat tilted head and reattached it to his body, leaving everyone in the hall stunned.

"Cough cough cough.... isn't that... even better? Bring it up quickly...."

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing I must clarify with Your Majesty, which is that there are three pills of this Undying Medicine...."

As soon as Li Huowang spoke these words, the room fell into utter silence, even the large Sachet Copper Ball stopped swaying.

When Li Huowang saw the changes in the expressions of the palace maids, guards, and eunuchs around him, he smiled slightly.

"The Crown Prince arrives~~" The silence was instantly broken by this announcement.

As the palace maids and eunuchs knelt down, a black-bearded man strode in vigorously, "Great news! Great news!!! Your son will help you take the medicine, Father Emperor!!"

As he spoke, he reached out for the lacquer box in Li Huowang's hand. Li Huowang did not resist and let go directly.

Li Huowang was willing, but others were not. A horsetail whisk swung over, directly entangling the lacquer box.

"Crown Prince, such matters as administering medicine should be performed by us, your humble servants. Your high status should not engage in such tasks."

The speaker was an old eunuch, visibly agitated, his face flushed red.

"Get out of the way! You dog slave!"

As the two were at an impasse, a burly Jin Gua guard stepped forward, seemingly to mediate, pulling the two apart.

Once separated, the lacquer box containing the Longevity Elixir naturally fell into his hands. With a "click," the lacquer box was opened, and three resplendent red Elixirs reflected in everyone's eyes.

If there were just one, it would not be so, but here were three Elixirs. Everyone thought, the Emperor takes one, but aren't there still two left? If one doesn't get the second, can't they get the third? Consumption means immortality, and even the Emperor can't kill them.

In an instant, all the rules within the palace vanished; everyone's eyes were fixed only on those three Immortal Pills.

As a jubilant eunuch had just swallowed one pill, his stomach was suddenly slashed open before he could swallow, with bloody hands below eagerly reaching up.

Everyone wanted immortality—at that moment, the grand and luxurious Emperor's sleeping quarters turned into a gruesome slaughterhouse; humanity vanished, leaving only raw desire.

"Enough!" With a shout, everyone inside the hall collapsed instantly, bleeding from all seven orifices.

A tall, black figure loomed over the layers of curtains. "Hong Zhong, well played indeed."

As the curtains thinned layer by layer, the figure grew clearer—it was the old Emperor of Dongxia.

As he moved, the stench intensified, leaving behind a layer of green corpse fluid wherever he passed.

Finally, as he stood separated by a veil, Li Huowang realized that the old Emperor of Dongxia had long since decayed, his face pitted like a corpse. "A pity, you picked the wrong place to deceive; this is my domain!"

Hearing this, Li Huowang didn't react much; he picked up the three Elixirs from the bloody floor and raised them high towards the Dice. "I brought the Undying Medicine for Your Majesty!"

"Hong Zhong, is it worthwhile to say such things now? We both know it's fake, don't we?" The old Emperor of Dongxia looked down at Li Huowang.

"Fake? Hehehe, who told you the medicine is fake?" Li Huowang looked up directly.

"Hmm?"

"I always speak truthfully; when I say I bring you the Longevity Elixir, I must bring you the real one. Do you know how much effort it took to find this?"

The Dice's heart rang with alarm, sensing something very wrong.

As his hands swung furiously, the surrounding curtains and windows were violently blown away.

Instantly, the Dice saw that smoke signals were rising all over the palace; someone was attacking the Imperial City!

"The fact that it's the real medicine is known to more than just you; I've informed many. Hey, the divine medicine stirs hearts! Dongxia is doomed; boss, your plan is ruined."

The rotting hand grasped Li Huowang directly, lifting him up. "Hong Zhong, you underestimate me; you can't destroy my plan, nor can you fight me."

Li Huowang still wore a smile. "I know I can't fight you, so I got some helpers."

The next moment, as Li Huowang yanked the Dragon Robe of the old Emperor, a glistening dice embedded in the rotting body was exposed to the air.

"It truly is Oblivion Path!!" A voice roared from the distant hall roof.

It was a one-eyed Taoist clad in a yellow robe; his right hand held a Gourd, his left hand swung a horsetail whisk towards the sky, directly enveloping the entire sky within the Gourd.

"As part of the Oblivion Path! How dare you team up with the Dongxia Astronomical Bureau to deal with your kind!" The Dice's voice carried anger.

"Hahaha! Big boss Dice, you're surely old and forgetful; being in Oblivion Path, why talk of Jianghu morals!! Use whatever methods that work."

"Besides, I didn't just ally with the Dongxia Astronomical Bureau."

The ground suddenly rose, an inverted Pagoda emerged from the earth, covering both men inside.

Chanting incantations echoed, as the pitch-black night descended like a massive net, draping the entire palace within. No one could escape.

Various forces emerged one by one; the fight lasted three days and nights. By the time the Astronomical Bureau of other countries came to the rescue, the entire Dongxia Imperial City had turned into ruins.

Spring passed, autumn came, winter went, summer arrived, two years later, a decayed hand reached out from the grass-covered debris.

The half-ruined Emperor crawled out of the rubble, but before he could recover, he saw Hong Zhong smiling and crouching there watching him. "Big boss Dice, you certainly know how to hide."

"Hehe... hehehe...." The Dice chuckled with his head lowered, "Hong Zhong, well played, but you missed one step."

"Oh? Which step?"

"The step where you are Xinsu! I was already prepared for you!" The decayed hand of the old Emperor suddenly split, and a seemingly real Heavenly Dao was hurled at Li Huowang.

Li Huowang stood in place in a daze for a moment, then brushed the nonexistent dust from his red Taoist Robe. "Seems I didn't misjudge this move."

The old Emperor looked incredulously at Li Huowang before him, unable to understand why his contingency failed, but then suddenly realizing. "No, you aren't Xinsu, you aren't Hong Zhong, who on earth are you!!"

He reached to his jaw, gently pulling off Li Huowang's face, tossing it to the ground.

He strode forward, kicking the old Emperor away, and with one hand, grabbed the Dice on his chest, pulling it out.

"Who the hell are you!!" In the unwilling roar of the old Emperor, the Dice was directly extracted.

With fingers scraping out the brain matter from the Dice, he solemnly placed it upon his own head.

"Who I was before doesn't matter. Now... I am the Dice."

Dice Side Story (End)