Chapter 563: Too Late?
Aldrian looked at the two beast cores and the skeletons for a moment before deciding to turn back and move on. Like Long Shentian said—don’t drown in the past. Keep moving forward.
They were already dead, and he was still alive to walk his path toward the future.
He had many things left to do. It would not be wise to remain sentimental over what had already passed. He would keep moving forward and not disappoint them.
There was one more place he needed to visit, and it would be the moment when he announced to the universe that he was back.
Aldrian came out from the underground hall, closed the double doors, and made his way up.Once he returned to the surface, he followed the last call he could feel—not far from his position. He thought the source of the call was in a straight line from the underground hall where Feng Xuanyan and Long Shentian rested.
Aldrian nodded in understanding. They were the main foundation of the formation, and their replacements needed to be placed at least along the same line as their original positions. Directly above the underground hall stood the throne hall—the place where they had stored his energy.
He made his way toward the throne hall through another hallway, but before he reached it, he encountered another different hallway. This hallway was massive and actually encircled the throne hall. The moment he stepped inside, he stopped in surprise at the sight of statues along one side of the wall.
These statues were not as large as the ones outside, since they were meant for the interior, but what astonished him was the identity of the figures they depicted. He walked through the circular corridor, fully encircling the throne hall, and returned to the spot where he had first stepped into the hallway.
There were five statues in total, positioned symmetrically, all of them facing the throne hall.
He sighed. These were the figures he had been closest to in that past life—the people who had appeared most often in his visions. They were: Long Shentian, Feng Xuanyan, the Heavenly Demon, Tianlian, and one more figure—someone he had actually met once in this life, even if only for a brief moment.
The figure was a woman with elven features—even her statue radiated beauty. He had met her once, back when he was in Balin and picked up a strange leaf that had fallen from nowhere. At that moment, his consciousness had been drawn elsewhere, to a place where he saw a giant tree whose crown pierced the heavens.