He then dripped blood onto the Jade Seal.
The blood-red light of the Jade Seal, which was already raging to its absolute limit, surged once more.
In the end, even the people of Huanglong Prefecture could see a cloud of blood coalescing high in the nine heavens.
A voice boomed like a clap of thunder.
"I invite the Ancestor to his death!"
His official duties as Emperor were finished. Now, it was time to handle his personal affairs as Li Chengyuan!
...
「Capital City, the Imperial Palace.」
In the deepest reaches of the Imperial Palace stood a small hut that had been all but forgotten by the world.
An old man, so ancient he seemed almost decayed, sat cross-legged on a bed.
If anyone had lived for four hundred years, they would recognize this old man as the elder brother of the Emperor from three generations prior. At the time, he had been honored as the One-Character Shoulder-to-Shoulder King, a position second only to the Emperor.
