The Glory of Noxus.

Tomb of the Emperor.

The deep and dark passage seemed like an endless time tunnel, waiting for Sivir's arrival.

The flames on both sides of the wall burned quietly, they jumped, emitting a faint warm glow, and after being awakened, they observed the visitors in the passage.

Nasus looked alert, wearing golden armor, holding a long-handled battle axe tightly in his hand, walking in the front, the power of the Ascendant permeating his body.

Sivir was one body length behind, determination gleaming in her azure eyes, and the Charikar in her hand glowing with golden light.

She stared at Nasus in front of her, knowing that he was the only one in the team who could help her.

Huo Jixing and Cassiopeia were at the end of the team.

Compared to Nasus's vigilance and caution.

Huo Jixing looked much more relaxed, but he could still sense free magical energy in the air.

This emperor's tomb is very unusual, and after entering, the stone door behind it disappears.

The crowd moved forward silently, their steady footsteps echoing in the empty passage, along with faint echoes, inexplicably adding a sense of mystery and tension.

As they went deeper, many ancient patterns and words appeared on the stone walls of the surrounding passages.

Huo Jixing used the bright yellow light of the fire to observe carefully.

He saw many rising sun disks in the pattern, from the towering city at the beginning to the ones spread all over the continent of Shurima.

"The history of the Shurima Empire?"

Huo Jixing frowned. In his memories of his previous life, there were very few pieces of information related to the history of the Shurima Empire.

The most famous is the Desert Emperor Azir, who is a frequent participant in League of Legends games, but there is very little background information related to him.

Huo Jixing slowed down his pace, intending to follow the mysterious patterns and ancient texts in the passage to learn about the history of the Shurima Empire.

However, the symbolic characters he saw were too ancient and obscure, completely different from the ancient characters he had learned, so he could only start from the mysterious patterns.

The pattern, which has withstood the test of time, simply and easily describes the vast territory of the ancient Shurima Empire.

A golden disk floated above the temple in the center of the capital, releasing the power of the sun and granting fertile lands to the empire.

In the center of the channel.

Huo Jixing witnessed the heyday of the Shurima Empire, and almost all forces on the Valoran continent surrendered to the sun disk.

Legendary Ascendants, the god-warriors, led their armies to conquer every territory, and the sun's light shone on every inch of land.

They were invincible, and no one could resist the huge army of the Sun Emperor.

Until an uprising war broke out.

Huo Jixing was so engrossed in watching that he stopped involuntarily and his eyes fell on the wonderful pattern.

Opposite the Shurima Empire's army stood a group of brave warriors, forming rows of golden and silver arrays to resist the attack of the god warriors.

"It's the war of Icathia!" Cassiopeia said from behind.

"It was this war that caused the Shurima Empire, which was at its peak, to become weak and then collapse and destroy hundreds of years later."

Huo Jixing stared at the dark purple area rendered on the wall and sighed softly.

"The war between the Ascendants and the Void!"

He then recalled the events on the Valoran continent recorded by the Noxian Empire, and realized the disaster brought about by the Icathian War.

In a desperate attempt to free itself from the long-standing tyranny of the Shurima Empire, Icathia unleashed the Void, which resulted in the destruction of Icathia's capital and unprecedented corruption of the surrounding land.

Even the legion of Ascended beings endowed with divine powers could not match this terror.

The Shuriman Empire was forced to abandon Icathia forever.

"Darkspawn, Ascended."

Huo Jixing seemed to have thought of something and his gaze shifted towards Nasus.

After the end of the Icathian War, most of the Ascendants experienced tremendous mental and physical trauma after facing the Void, and they lost their meaning since then.

But these ascended beings do not include Nasus and Renekton.

"Ok?"

Huo Jixing stood at the end of the passage, and the patterns on the walls on both sides disappeared, leaving no record of what happened afterwards and the final demise of the Shurima Empire.

He took a deep breath, composed himself, followed Sivir's steps, and walked out of the passage that recorded the traces of time.

What comes into view is a huge and vast area of ​​ruins, with the outline of the former city faintly visible.

Nasus and Sivir walked on the gravel road without stopping. The sound of gravel rubbing against their feet formed a sharp contrast with the dead silence around them.

The collapsed buildings are looming in the earth-brown sand. Their former glory has now been replaced by desolation.

Occasionally, you can see some buildings and cracked ground, which bear traces of battles from thousands of years ago.

Huo Jixing looked up at the dome, and the inlaid golden gems were glowing faintly.

Even as time passes and its power fades, it still illuminates this sad and desolate mausoleum.

In addition, he also saw a sun disk buried in the wind and sand, half of which was exposed outside and half was sunken in the sand.

It was once one of the most important symbols of the city, but now it has lost its power and lies buried underground.

Sivir led a group of people across the sun disk, stepped over the hourglass of time, and came to an ancient, ruined and magnificent palace.

The golden walls appear hazy and solemn in the interweaving of light and shadow. The endless buildings are like a huge maze, making it difficult to get a full picture.

Although the sun disk patterns engraved on the walls and stone pillars are blurred, one can still feel the faith and power they carry.

However, under the ruthless baptism of time, the glory of the palace no longer exists.

Those exquisite carvings and gorgeous decorations have lost their former glory, leaving only a desolate and majestic feeling that hits you in the face.

On both sides of the golden palace stand two huge bronze statues.

One resembled an upright crocodile holding a golden blade, and the other was a snarling jackal-headed demigod.

Huo Jixing couldn't help but look at Nasus and recognize what they represented.

As he approached the palace, his brows furrowed and he clearly felt a heavy sense of oppression.

The extended spiritual power was suppressed and could only linger near the body.

"Spiritual power is obviously suppressed." Huo Jixing whispered in his heart.

Then, as he was observing, he noticed something strange about Nasus.

This guardian of the Shurima Empire, a god-like being, stretched out his clawed hands to touch the remaining mark on the palace door.

It just matches the imprint.

"My brother, Renekton!"

Nasus looked at the familiar golden palace before him, and the images buried deep in his soul flashed by like a kaleidoscope.

Azir's day of ascension has arrived.

Nasus and Renekton, as deliberately arranged by Xerath, went to the magical sarcophagus that imprisoned the fire beast to strengthen the seal.

As a result, Azir lost the only two people who could protect him when the ascension ceremony began.

It was for this reason that Xerath completed his conspiracy, and in front of everyone's disbelieving eyes, he pushed Azir off the altar.

These two monarchs and ministers, whose names are recorded in the history of the Shurima Empire, became enemies for no reason.

Xerath successfully took Azir's place, and the sun's rays infused him, reshaping his flesh and blood into the body of an Ascendant.

But the power of this ritual does not belong to him, and his betrayal has disastrous consequences.

The out-of-control solar power destroyed the site of the ceremony, the temple collapsed and broke, and the city was razed to the ground.

At this time, Nasus and Renekton completed the sealing of the magic sarcophagus and hurried to the center of the magical storm caused by the ascension ceremony.

They struggled to reach the Altar of Ascension, just in time to see Xerath falling from the deadly glare.

With the terrifying power of Nasus and Renekton, the newly born ascended sorcerer who betrayed Azir was thrown into the sarcophagus before he could even react.

Then, Nasus and Renekton again used enchanted chains and powerful binding spells to seal it.

But this was not enough, Xerath was already very powerful when he was still a mortal, and combined with the divine gift from the Ascended One, he was almost invincible.

He almost broke the magic sarcophagus and broke free from the seal.

As a last resort, Renekton and Nasus rushed towards Xerath, but with his newfound power, they were unable to complete the final seal.

In the end, the two brothers barely dragged Xerath to the Tomb of the Kings.

Renekton fell into the tomb with the magical sarcophagus containing Xerath, then bid farewell to Nasus and begged him to seal the door of the tomb palace.

With a heavy heart, Nasus closed the palace's great doors, knowing that it was the only way to prevent Xerath's escape.

Renekton and Xerath fell into eternal darkness, where they were deadlocked, trapped in an endless struggle.

And he, Nasus, ultimately destroyed all the forces that followed Xerath in his betrayal.

But the fall of Azir still allowed some out-of-control Ascended to massacre all the betrayers in Nerimaj, the birthplace of Xerath.

"I'm back this time, and you will get a true reckoning and judgment!"

Nasus gripped the battle axe tightly in his hand, and the aquamarine gem in the center was covered with a purple glow.

"Sivir, use your blood to open this palace."

Even with Nasus's identity, he couldn't force open the palace in front of him.

Only people of royal blood can open the door of this palace.

But Sivir's unexpected exploration last time may very likely lead to Xerath breaking the seal.

This is also the reason why Nasus came here. He wanted to personally verify whether the seal still exists and look for the trace of Renekton.

"and many more!"

Huo Jixing spoke at the right time and stopped Xiweier from moving forward.

The goal of Nasus and Sivir is to enter the mausoleum palace with the intention of re-sealing Xerath.

But his purpose is to find the missing Catalina.

If we enter the palace now and start the battle directly, what should we do about Catalina's whereabouts?

"According to the cooperation agreement, can we find Katarina first? This may provide some help for the next battle."

Faced with Huo Jixing's words, Sivir didn't know how to respond and could only turn her eyes to Nasus.

Nasus frowned, and a look of hesitation flashed across his face.

"We have entered the Emperor's Tomb. I can divine the exact location of Catalina."

"Then please, Your Majesty Nasus."

Huo Jixing nodded and motioned Cassiopeia beside him to come forward.

Cassiopeia reluctantly walked up to Nasus, cut her finger, and offered her blood.

Nasus sat cross-legged, picked up a handful of yellow sand, dripped blood into it, and sprinkled it in the air.

Then, he immediately began to perform [Yellow Sand Divination].

Purple energy filled the air, connecting the yellow sand and blood, and a hazy picture appeared.

But as if affected by something, the picture kept flickering and could not show any trace of Catalina as before.

"Someone is interfering with the divination!"

Huo Jixing's pupils constricted as he met Nasus' solemn eyes and realized that things were not simple.

"Zerath!?"

Nasus's face darkened as he recalled what happened in Vikora.

He could confirm that Xerath's consciousness had already awakened, otherwise he would not have created so many arcane golems.

Only his actions could interfere with the results of the yellow sand divination.

"I can't accurately predict Catalina's location, but I can confirm that she is in the mausoleum palace."

Upon hearing this, Huo Jixing looked at Nasus thoughtfully.

Due to the interference of the Emperor's Tomb, his red eyes and fiery pupils cannot be used. All he can do now is to gain the trust of Nasus.

If Catalina can't be found in the palace, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

Nasus saw Huo Jixing's actions and understood his suspicion of him, but he could not explain more.

Then, under the command of Nasus, Sivir walked to the door of the palace.