An hour passed quickly.
"Imperial Consort, we should not see each other again," Zhou Hong said as he put on his clothes.
Yang Guifei said nothing, her eyes filled with immense disappointment.
Although this Yang Guifei was good-looking, she was not enough for Zhou Hong to defy an entire kingdom for her.
"Imperial Consort, I'm leaving."
Zhou Hong tightened his belt and quickly slipped away from the back door.
A few minutes later, Zhou Hong left the back mountain of Huang En Temple.
"Zhou Hong, how dare you touch the Imperial Consort! You're cuckolding the Emperor of the Purple Heaven Empire!" As soon as Zhou Hong stepped out of the back mountain, he was stopped by someone.
Zhou Hong quickly looked up and was surprised to see that it was Nalan Yunzhu who had stopped him.
"It's you, Nalan Yunzhu." Zhou Hong was also shocked. He hadn't expected that his affair with Yang Guifei would be discovered by Nalan Yunzhu. This was too dramatic.
"Zhou Hong, I saw everything that happened between you and Imperial Consort Yang just now," Nalan Yunzhu said with disdain.
Zhou Hong could only say, "Since you've already seen it, what do you want? Don't forget, we haven't broken off our engagement yet. If you reveal this, your Nalan family will likely be implicated, as you are counted among my nine generations of relatives."
"You...!" Nalan Yunzhu was instantly furious, but Zhou Hong was telling the truth. If she were to report this to the palace, she would also be implicated. Moreover, the Emperor would not want anyone to know he had been cuckolded, so she would also die.
"Hurry up and report me. Bye-bye," Zhou Hong waved his hand and swaggered away, as if he was certain Nalan Yunzhu would not dare to say anything.
Zhou Hong was indeed depressed. This meant he could not break off his engagement with the Nalan family.
"Forget it, I'll just focus on improving my strength first. When my strength reaches the top of the Purple Heaven Continent, why should I fear an emperor?" Zhou Hong thought to himself.
Without further ado, Zhou Hong immediately set off for the Sunset Mountain Range.
The Sunset Mountain Range was located in the northwest corner of the Purple Heaven Continent, covering a vast area. Almost one-fifth of the entire continent was part of the Sunset Mountain Range.
"Stop, you there! Stop immediately!" Zhou Hong had not been in the Sunset Mountain Range for even half a day when, while walking in the forest, he suddenly heard a loud shout from the trees in the distance.
The next moment, more than a dozen people rushed out, surrounding Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hong could tell from their attire that they were disciples of the Qingfeng family of the Purple Heaven Continent, who had come to the Sunset Mountain Range for training.
"It's you, Zhou Hong, the once famous number one genius." After surrounding Zhou Hong, one of the leading young men recognized him instantly. After all, Zhou Hong was a celebrity.
"Heh, you're from the Qingfeng family, aren't you? Why have you stopped me?" Zhou Hong scanned the dozen or so people and asked. These people were all under 30 years old, likely a group from the younger generation of the Qingfeng family on a training expedition.
"Zhou Hong, didn't the rumors say you were in a coma? How are you suddenly appearing in the Sunset Mountain Range?" the leading young man asked, his eyes showing no good feelings towards Zhou Hong.
"I only woke up recently. I don't think I need to report to you, do I?" A hint of anger flashed in Zhou Hong's eyes. What did these disciples of the Qingfeng family want by surrounding him?
"Zhou Hong, you're not here alone in the Sunset Mountain Range, are you?" one of them asked.
"So what if I am."
The young men exchanged glances, appearing somewhat disbelieving.
"Zhou Hong, I won't make things difficult for you. Just give each of us a massage, and we'll let you go," the leading young man said, seeming to want to humiliate Zhou Hong.
"What if I don't?" Zhou Hong's gaze turned cold.
"Then don't blame us for being impolite. We will definitely teach you a good lesson today. You've made me very uncomfortable."
"I advise you not to cause trouble for yourselves," Zhou Hong warned.
"I want you to, what can you do about it? Hurry up, or don't blame us for taking action. We, the Qingfeng family, don't even put your Zhou family in our eyes." The dozen or so people seemed determined to humiliate Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hong scanned the dozen or so people. The strongest among them had already reached the late stage of Fusion. Therefore, let alone a dozen of them, even the strongest one alone would be enough to deal with Zhou Hong.
In this world, a difference of one realm meant almost an invincible advantage. Moreover, the strongest one had reached the late stage of Fusion, two realms higher than Zhou Hong.
For Zhou Hong to defeat him, unless his magic artifact was two levels higher than his opponent's, he might have a slight chance.
But unfortunately, Zhou Hong's magic artifact was only at the early stage of the Profound grade, giving him no advantage. Thus, if they wanted to humiliate Zhou Hong today, it would be a sure thing.
Of course, this was only in theory. But in reality, Zhou Hong possessed a sub-world, so he could simply hide in the sub-world if necessary.
"Brothers, attack him! Capture him! This guy, who used to be the number one genius of the Purple Heaven Continent, acted all arrogant everywhere. And he used his good looks to charm countless women across the continent. Today, we finally have him alone, let's teach him a good lesson." said the young man in the late stage of Fusion.
"Alright, I can't stand him either. He used to act so pretentious. Today, we'll make him eat shit."
With that, the dozen or so people instantly swarmed towards Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hong snorted coldly. He knew he couldn't win, but Zhou Hong had to target the weakest one first and kill one of them.
"Pfft!" The next moment, Zhou Hong instantly struck down the weakest youth among them.
"Qingfeng Yue!" The remaining youths roared, their eyes wide with disbelief. They never expected Zhou Hong to kill their weakest member.
"Zhou Hong, how dare you kill our Qingfeng family disciple? We didn't even intend to kill you, we just wanted to humiliate you," the leading young man exploded with rage.
"If you want to humiliate me, you will pay with your life."
"Zhou Hong, then die!" The leading youth in the late stage of Fusion immediately summoned his magic artifact, a flying sword, and attacked.
Zhou Hong's expression slightly changed. It was actually a mid-grade Profound artifact flying sword.
The opponent was already at the late stage of Fusion, and with a mid-grade Profound artifact flying sword, Zhou Hong was no match.
Fortunately, Zhou Hong had his sub-world. Otherwise, he would surely die.
The next moment, as the mid-grade Profound artifact flying sword swung down, Zhou Hong instantly vanished from his spot and entered his sub-world.
"Where did he go?" The strongest opponent saw Zhou Hong disappear and was stunned. They had no idea where Zhou Hong went and thought he had run away with his incredible speed.