In this world stood Mount Sumeru. Behind the mountain lay a courtyard, where scattered leaves drifted down.
It was now Su Mo's second day on Mount Sumeru. Yesterday, Prince Ying’s Princess Consort had personally prepared his room and told him to rest early.
Su Mo had slept very peacefully, as though he had been wrapped in a deep tenderness all along.
The Void Beast's enormous body lay in the courtyard, and the scattered leaves blown down by the wind settled on its back...
The Void Beast turned its head, sat up, and raised a thick foreleg to brush the fallen leaves off its body. Then, utterly bored, it looked toward the white-clad figure seated in the courtyard.
Su Mo sat in the courtyard, the chilly autumn wind stirring his Dragon-Patterned White-Clad One.
The courtyard gate beside them opened, startling the daydreaming Void Beast into a violent shudder. It sprang up and dashed to Su Mo's side, watching the gate warily.
Prince Ying’s Princess Consort pushed the gate open and entered. Seeing Su Mo seated in the courtyard, she broke into a smile. "Why are you sitting out here? It's windy in the courtyard. Be careful you don't catch a chill..."
Su Mo smiled and nodded. With his body as it was now, how could a breeze give him a chill?
Still, Su Mo obediently answered in a soft voice, "All right!"
Prince Ying’s Princess Consort fetched a white cloak, slowly approached Su Mo, and draped it over him.
She knew Su Mo liked white, so the cloak she had brought him was white as well. Only the dragon pattern on it had just been embroidered.
Prince Ying was of imperial blood to begin with. Now, Su Mo was Prince Ying's son and had become the world's Human Emperor... Everything seemed