Whoosh, whoosh...
The surging airflow lifted Gu Shaoshang's sideburns.
A Xing raised his head slightly. Beneath the sunlike radiance stood the legendary Eastern Emperor Taiyi, his hands clasped behind his back. His serene, indifferent aura blended flawlessly with a sunlike tyranny and fierceness.
The sacred and the ordinary coexisted; the immense and the infinitesimal existed as one. It was indescribably strange.
Crack~
The Black Iron Mask fell away, revealing Gu Shaoshang's face to everyone for the first time.
Everyone glanced sideways, and even the First Emperor's gaze shifted slightly.
Beneath the black robe was a flawless face, swordlike brows twitching faintly. He possessed an imposing majesty even without anger. Yet most striking of all were his eyes, which seemed to contain endless vicissitudes and a profound vastness encompassing heaven and earth.
"We have known each other for two thousand years. When Zheng was a hostage prince, I received Teacher's favor. In the blink of an eye, more than two thousand years have passed, and only now do I see Teacher's true face."
The First Emperor rested one hand on Tai'a, stepped forward, and smiled lightly.
"Your Majesty jests."
Gu Shaoshang shook his head slightly. His gaze fell below the heavenly palace as he said, "After two thousand years of decline, we have only managed to Win Half a Son Against Heaven. The foundations of Immortal Qin have only just been forged. It was truly not easy."
He spoke softly, yet his heart was filled with quiet contemplation.
He had come to this world two thousand years ago.
However, the discrepancy was that he had only truly awakened shortly before this.
Those previous two thousand years had been like a dream. He did not know whether it was a deviation caused by the Myriad Heavens Mirror, an influence from this ancestral