"Tick-tock! Tick-tock!"
Chen Kuang held the lute and ascended step by step, his entire body soaked in blood. His coarse white hemp clothing had been stained red and black by the blood, pooling at the hems under the force of gravity, dripping continuously.
On the steps, a long, winding trail was left behind. Along the journey, corpses lay scattered everywhere, piled up so high they were indistinguishable from each other.
Before him were the ruins of the Imperial Palace, the same Jinghe Hall where his original body had died, where Emperor Liang, Su Yu, was beheaded.
After Su Yu's death, Li Hongling dismembered the body and threw it behind the hall, preparing to burn it along with the other deceased palace attendants, while the head was hung high before Jinghe Hall as a warning to the people of Liang Kingdom.
In this reincarnation, due to the deadly battle the body was experiencing outside, Chen Kuang had already explained his intentions to the Little Princess Su Huaiying.
