Chapter 345 — Heaven Collapses, Earth Splits
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Even a valiant, surging heart cannot escape the sinking of its grand ambition. " Sage Qingyou raised his head, an expression of reverence on his face.
"That figure who, in ancient times, when the Kaihuang Era was destroyed, strove with all his might to save the world and struggled for the survival of the human race — even he could not escape despair. His body turned to stone. Old Human Emperor, the remains of the successive Human Emperors in your Human Emperor Hall — one is missing, is it not?
He is here. " Sage Qingyou's face was bleak with sorrow.
"He is here. . . " Li Zheng's heart thundered.
He raised his head and gazed at this towering, extraordinary statue.
The founder of the Human Emperor Hall, the first Human Emperor, who had saved countless sects great and small, who had left seeds for the civilization of later ages, the man revered by every race and every sect as the Emperor of the Human Race, the legendary figure who founded the holy land and the lineage of the Human Emperor Hall — in the end, his heart had died.
He had turned to stone on Little Jade Capital! A roar resounded in Li Zheng's heart — the feeling of every conviction collapsing. It was as though he had returned to the day his hands and feet were severed. Every conviction, every belief, collapsed in an instant, and he became once more that helpless old man whose limbs had been cut away — wanting to struggle, yet having no hands to grasp anything; wanting to stand, yet having no legs, able only to lie upon the ground!
That was then.
Only after Shen Mu came to Hidden Remnant Village had he gradually emerged from that helplessness and despair.
And now the deity within his heart had crumbled with a crash, making him relive that helplessness and despair once more! His old eyes blurred. He reached out to grasp something, but caught nothing; his body fell to the ground, and though he wished to rise, he could not. Shen Mu gathered up this white-haired, helpless old man in his arms.
"Shen'er.
.
. " The former Human Emperor wept, and pleaded, "Let us go back to Hidden Remnant Village.
Let us go back, and never come out again. .
.
Give me the Human Emperor Seal, give it to me!
I cannot let you walk my old road. I will carry it into my grave! You cannot bear it—"