The tombstone of Gongsun Xi, Sage of the School of Names, hung suspended above Avici Ghost Cavern.
Everything concerning this person's existence had been buried here.
Longevity Lord, who had personally inscribed his name upon it, looked exceedingly frail, as though a gust of wind could blow him away.
Even though Gongsun Xi was already dead in fact, and even though Zhuge Yixian had already uncovered His name and nailed Him down step by step, inscribing His name still exacted an immense toll from him.
His silk robe clung to his body, making him look rather thin. None of the majesty or magnificence he had possessed in the days when he was called the "South Pole Longevity Emperor" remained.
What prohibition against imperial names? What Southern Dipper rebellion of the heart?
Chu Kingdom had many reasons for destroying Southern Dipper Hall before, and every one of them had appeared perfectly justified.
Yet their greatest purpose lay in this day.
When Chu Kingdom had once overwhelmed the Southern Dipper, surrounded Calamity Deliverance Peak with troops, silenced the Southern Region, and left All-Under-Heaven swaying unsteadily, it had been no more than a mountain breeze before a thunderstorm and torrential rain.
The catastrophic destruction of Southern Dipper Hall had all been for the sake of using him as a sword today, to stab a Transcendent!
Unable to fulfill the grand design of the Southern Dipper through the ages, unable to preserve the Southern Dipper's foundation of ten thousand years—beneath the majesty of Chu Kingdom, he was like a fluttering moth trapped beneath a lampshade.
He truly could not find even the slightest qualification to speak of dignity.
Suspended in the air, Longevity Lord carefully controlled where he looked. One who had always been welcomed and worshipfully kowtowed to was, in truth, very adept