These two figures standing at opposite ends of Yue Kingdom's history—Grand Ancestor Wen Zhong and Hidden Chancellor Gao Zheng—were truly men of towering greatness.
Under the pressure of Hegemon State, they had done all that could be done. Even when summoned back through history, they could see through the truth at once, sever their shackles, and seize a measure of freedom in the most constrained of circumstances.
Had they not been born beside Chu Kingdom's couch, both would inevitably have reached the pinnacle, perhaps even had the chance to explore heights beyond it.
Ren Qiuli marveled at their talent and strategy, yet also sighed... they were already dead.
Mountains and rivers held no fixed configuration; the dead could not contend with the living.
In today's Yue Kingdom, neither of them was the one in command.
The Yue Kingdom Son of Heaven Seal represented Yue Kingdom's supreme authority. Its current emperor was named Wen Jingxiu!
Through the ages, the Mountains and Rivers, everything belonging to Yue Kingdom, had to obey the Son of Heaven's command.
The retired Grand Ancestor of Yue and the former famed chancellor of Yue Kingdom were naturally no exceptions—provided they still considered themselves people of Yue.
As Yue Kingdom's current emperor, Wen Jingxiu could bestow or strip titles from his predecessors. Such was the authority he wielded.
Mirror Lake reflected Yue Kingdom's history, while the Spacetime Mirror River Heavenly Secret Array stirred Yue Kingdom's time.
Thus, when Ren Qiuli scooped the Yue Kingdom Son of Heaven Seal out from the river of history at this moment, whether willing or not, Wen Zhong and Gao Zheng had to obey the sovereign's decree. They were no longer free.
When they had lived, born in Yue Kingdom, they could not be free. After they died, projected from history into the