The two turned side by side to face the vast world and its people, then bowed deeply.
In the plaza below, civil and military officials and tens of thousands of citizens bowed in unison.
Not a single person knelt. Everyone was following the rules Xu Yanli had laid down in advance.
Xu Yanli had said all along that once everything was over, he would enact reforms. If one generation couldn't do it, then perhaps the next few could...
"Second bow—to the parents!"
The seats for the elders of the family at the center of the high platform stood empty.
The late Sun Moon Emperor had long since passed away, and the Eldest Princess, Xu Wangshu, was no longer of this world. There were no elders left to receive their bows.
Just as everyone thought the seats would remain empty, two phantom figures suddenly descended from the sky.
One wore a purple hood, with silver hair showing beneath it; the other wore pale green robes, brown hair fluttering in the wind.
They were the projections of the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life.
Bound by the rules of the Divine Realm, they couldn't descend in person, but they had still chosen to send down two divine projections.
Xu Yanli and Ye Guyi exchanged smiles, then bowed to the two God Kings.
"Bride and groom, bow to each other!"
The moment the words rang out, chaos erupted beneath the high platform.
There were no cheers from the crowd, no deafening blasts from the ceremonial cannons. Instead, several utterly different currents of Soul Power exploded from every direction in the plaza, surging straight toward the high platform.
Xu Yanli furrowed his brows and turned to look.
Five figures shot into the air on fierce gusts of wind, moving so fast they