"Your Majesty..."
"I have served you for many years... served you for many years, yet why have I ended up like this."
"The Crown Prince is weak and unworthy of his position. Instead of valuing us old ministers after gaining power, he has tried every means to suppress us, even dividing the Water Gate Pass you entrusted to me into two..."
"Though you are aged, it's not that you cannot govern. Why are you in such a hurry to abdicate? Do you also seek that undying… eternity?"
"I too desire it. Though my aptitude is mediocre, I've made no progress in two hundred years. I... long to experience that supreme realm, even if just for a moment."
"In the past, when I followed you in the northern expedition, the battle between you and the Demon General, Ye Shitian, is unforgettable in this lifetime. I... wish to follow in your footsteps..."
Within the pitch-black passageway, the hollow and lonely voice of the Hou Clan Leader echoed.
