Three days later.
Zang Xian and Xia Lingchuan, both looking rather unnatural, injected the Undying Immortal Coffin into the Heavenly Palace foundation. Their manner was as solemn as if they were personally burying an Ancient Immortal Court prince.
Gu Lisheng rose into the air, his imperial might vast and surging, shaking the entire Jade Bamboo Mountains.
Song Heng stood upon the earth and gazed into the distance, sharply drawing a cold breath. In a grave voice, he said, "Your Highness, this art... is also an Immortal Burial Art. It can sever the karmic bonds of heaven and earth and bury the past."
He was exceedingly familiar with the Dao art Gu Lisheng was now displaying—it was his ancestor's Immortal Burial Fate-Erasing Grand Art.
"Mm."
Gu Lisheng's calm and profound reply came from the sky. "I have contemplated this matter for many years."
After returning from the Chaos Ancient Road, the vast scenes of bygone ages slowly flowed through his immortal consciousness, crossing the present and the ancient past.
Only from the moment he had fully awakened did he realize just how unwilling he had been, how deeply pained he had been. Even now, he still lived in the ancient era, still lived beneath the lingering grace of the Immortal Court.
How was that any different from being worthless...
At this thought, Gu Lisheng gazed at the Primordial River beyond the heavens and smiled faintly. How could his father, mother, and the old ministers of the Immortal Court possibly have wished for him to remain like this? It was time to begin anew.
He would truly live another life as Gu Lisheng of this era, but he would no longer be that muddleheaded Ancient Prince who spouted mad words and forever lived in the past.
Gu Lisheng lowered his eyes and