The capital city was held in front of its chest by the Ancient Sovereign Mystic Nether statue. There was a huge square in its vicinity.
This square was enough to accommodate a million people. It was paved with green stone slabs and an altar with 99 steps. 999 huge dragon pillars were erected in all directions.
At that moment, only hundreds of thousands of people were allowed to gather beneath the altar.
These hundreds of thousands of people stood there silently. Among them, there were Sword Holders, members of the Observance Palace, the Law Palace, and the county office. All of them were neatly dressed but their expressions were filled with mourning.
There was a black flower pinned on their chests.
Xu Qing and Kong Xianglong's arrival attracted some gazes. There was sadness, complexity, and reminiscence in these gazes…