Winter City stood towering and majestic, the Luo Clan entrenched within it. Though few in number, they commanded formidable strength. The scions of the Luo Clan and the other clans were all tall and powerfully built, possessed of fierce courage. Within the ancestral temple, the divine light gradually faded, and the vast, abyssal presence vanished entirely. Dozens of people lay prostrate on the ground, weeping in grief. The doors were tightly shut. With a creak, Luo Xi’s and Luo Chengzhi emerged together. Everyone raised their heads in unison to look at them. Luo Chengzhi opened his mouth, then cried out in anguish, "The High Priest has died bearing the divine presence!"
Sobbing immediately rose and fell all around them. With the High Priest dead, the older generation had all passed away. In Winter City, no one remained who had once lived in Zhao City. In countless hearts, even that connection to the Central Plains seemed to have snapped, leaving an immense sense of distance.
Amid his grief, Luo Xi’s could nevertheless sense that the Hu people's fortune had weakened. The activation of the Five Thunder Righteous Law artifact had strengthened All Xia in terms of fortune, and so the Hu people had been weakened.
``` [The great Oath on the Luo River, the exalted Oath on the Luo River! This is an immortal monument to morality for towering All Xia, one of your family's most indisputable contributions to All Xia, surpassing those magnificent cities, surpassing those celebrated ministers whose names once resounded through the ages. You have received 1,500 Fortune Points. Current total Fortune Points: 3,231,001.]
[The great Deity of the Luo River, Ji Lingjun, has become the true Deity of the Luo River. Waters spanning millions of miles are all her divine domain. What towering, boundless power! She commands