Mainland. In the capital.
Imperial Palace, the Emperor's Chamber.
That day, when the sky had suddenly turned dark, the servants of the palace had to go to the chamber where the emperor resided. They knew that he had brought in Official Xu Ming who was covered with an unknown black substance spreading on his face. On their way, they saw the darkness in the sky fade and an unknown man whose face was half-covered flew out of the emperor's chambers. They saw him looking down on them with that pair of inhuman crimson eyes and heard him say.
"Your Emperor is alright now as well as that warden. You can take care of them until they wake up."