The wind blew through the woods, bringing the rustle of leaves, while sunlight shone through them, playing against the shadows of the trees and lending the place a quiet serenity.
Of course, without what stood before Huo Yuhao, this might have been a beautiful place. But by now, his heart was already churning.
Huo Yuhao reached out to stroke the cold stone slab. Even in the Far North, with the power of Ultimate Ice within him, he would not feel cold.
Yet the icy touch that met his palm when it touched the stone now felt so piercingly cold.
Here lay the Sun Moon Federation's last emperor to wield real power. He had established its present council member federation system. Whatever his true purpose in doing so, everything in the Sun Moon Federation today could be said to have begun with him.
The achievements and failings of his life had been recorded in history books, and the rumors surrounding him were still passed around after his departure.
Many people had come to pay their respects in the past, but most had regarded him in his capacity as a sovereign.
Huo Yuhao, however, had not come to see a sovereign or an emperor.
Of course, Huo Yuhao also knew that his descendants still lived in the Sun Moon Federation. But he only wished to visit him-him alone-not seek out those descendants and say something to them.
Huo Yuhao stopped touching the gravestone. Instead, he took out a cloth and gently wiped away the dust on it.
Then he took some dishes from the Bracelet. As Huo Yuhao remembered it, offerings were needed when visiting a grave to pay respects.
Back when his mother had died, he had lacked the means to find any offerings. Even her gravestone had been carved from