# 1064
Chapter 1065: Self-Sacrifice
This voice appeared, and all the Gods of Great Xia who were desperately blocking the black mist's advance shuddered simultaneously.
"Has the situation become this dire? Even the three Heavenly Lords are helpless against this mist?" The Thunder God exclaimed in shock.
"No, there are many ways to resist the mist..." Yuandi Zhenren held a sword talisman in one hand, turned to glance at the Great Xia territory behind him, and smiled bitterly. "But in this process, the casualties among mortals will reach an extremely terrifying scale. Even if we stop the mist, Great Xia's national foundation will be depleted."
"Great Xia can exist without us Great Xia gods, but it cannot exist without its hundreds of millions of citizens."
Once Yuandi Zhenren said this, the nearby gods fell into silence.
"But if we fall into the cycle of reincarnation, what happens to Great Xia? Won't those foreign gods take the opportunity to attack Great Xia, destroy the nation and seize its foundation?"
"They won't. The coverage of this mist is not limited to our Great Xia alone—foreign nations are also being attacked by the mist right now. If those foreign gods also choose to sacrifice themselves to preserve their lands, this world will completely enter an age without gods.
Taking a step back, even if some of their gods remain, they will surely be gravely weakened and unable to attack Great Xia. Moreover, with this mist present, they won't be able to move about freely for a long time, so they won't pose a significant threat to Great Xia."
As Yuandi Zhenren's words fell, a thunderous roar echoed from the distant sky.
Lin Qiye turned his gaze to look. In the distant clouds atop the void, a magnificent and holy celestial kingdom manifested—immortal energy swirled around it, crane shadows flew everywhere, and dense immortal qi poured out from the Heavenly Gate like countless waterfalls cascading from the grey sky into the mortal realm.
That was the Great Xia divine kingdom, Heavenly Court.
At this moment, a massive palm tore through space and slammed violently against the surface of Heavenly Court!
CRACK——!!
Cracks spread rapidly across Heavenly Court's surface, explosive rumbles echoed through the sky like thunder, the dense immortal qi collapsed and scattered, and the golden glow that had shrouded it also faded visibly to the naked eye.
DONG DONG DONG——!!
That palm struck Heavenly Court repeatedly, shattering it from the center. The vast divine kingdom disintegrated piece by piece from the cloud peaks. The symbol of Great Xia's former glory, this divine kingdom, crumbled bit by bit under the Heavenly Lord's palm.
The Gods of Great Xia before the mist silently watched this scene unfold, their fists clenching involuntarily, their eyes filled with pain and reluctance.
For them, that wasn't just a divine kingdom... that was home where they had lived for thousands of years, the foundation of all Great Xia mythology!
Now, they had to destroy it with their own hands.
As the Heavenly Lord's final palm fell, the entire Heavenly Court collapsed into countless fragments, falling from the cloud peaks into the mortal realm. Countless golden threads coalesced into spheres, rotating slowly in the air, emanating boundless mysterious significance.
Lin Qiye recognized that golden orb.
In Takamagahara, the Heavenly Lord had used just a single golden thread to slice the Japanese divine kingdom Takamagahara into the sea.
That was Heavenly Court's Origin!
Under the Heavenly Lord's division, that mass of origin split into nine parts, transforming into streams of light flying toward various borders of Great Xia. One strand instantly pierced through space and flew above Lin Qiye and the others.
That strand of origin fell to the earth, and in an instant, rolling dust erupted. The entire Pamir Plateau shuddered violently. When the dust cleared, a black monument base existing between reality and illusion stood firmly on the border!
The Gods of Great Xia stood before the mist, gazing at that black monument base, their expressions complex.
In their eyes were reluctance, helplessness, resolve, and release... Some of them showed no hesitation in their eyes,正准备踏出脚步，一道青芒便自空中呼啸而落。
那是一个披着鎏金紫纹神袍，头戴凤翅金冠的美妇人，她的美眸凝视着脚下这块黑色碑基，缓缓开口：
“大劫已至，本宫身为天地王母，应天尊诏令，愿自崩修为，佑我Great Xia众民，万世平安。”
见到这一幕，天空中的Lin Qiye愣在了原地。
按理说，眼前的画面都是时光剪影，他和Queen Mother of the West都是剪影外的见证者……就算Queen Mother of the West此刻挺身而出，也不会对剪影造成丝毫的干预才对，她为什么还要这么做？
似乎是察觉到了Lin Qiye的疑惑，Queen Mother of the West的目光扫了他一眼，紧接着一道声音自Lin Qiye脑海响起：
“无需惊讶，本宫……只是重复了当年的选择，这具分身镇守Kunlun Ruins百年，使命已经完成，让她随着众仙虚影再入神碑，也算是了却一段轮回。”
话音落下，无尽的神光自Queen Mother of the West的身上涌动而出，她仿佛一轮燃烧的青色太阳，毫不犹豫的，舍身撞向那黑色碑基。
轰——！！
刺目的神芒在天地间绽放，Queen Mother of the West的身形在空中溃散无踪，半息之后，一道道神力自碑基交织而出，迅速的勾勒起神碑的轮廓，苍茫宏大的威压，自石碑之上翻卷而出。
Lin Qiye怔怔的在原地站了半晌，双拳紧紧攥起。
Queen Mother of the West自崩分身，不会对时光剪影中的黑色碑基造成任何影响，但在剪影中，那块石碑还是被勾勒了出来，这并不是现在的Queen Mother of the West分身导致的，而是百年前的那段历史中，Queen Mother of the West本体自崩修为，融入石碑，才导致了这一幕的出现。
只不过，Kunlun Mirror无法重映出当年Queen Mother of the West的身形，只能记录下石碑的变化，但与这具分身的崩散相结合，便完整的重映了当年的情形。
Lin Qiye深吸一口气，身形自空中落下，一道黑色身影自他的身旁飞掠而过。
无尽的幽冥之气席卷，酆都大帝脚踏虚空，帝袍随风飘舞，那双古波不惊的眼眸凝视着眼前逐渐勾勒的石碑，缓缓闭起。
He took a long breath and murmured to himself: "After reincarnation, this Emperor must recover sooner... otherwise with such a vast Fengdu without a ruler, the netherworld will fall into chaos."
The six silver rings spinning between his palms suddenly stalled. A strand of mysterious karmic thread drifted out from within the Lord of Fengdu, wrapping around one of the rings. He flipped his palm, and the six rings vanished into nothingness, returning to Fengdu.
Having done this, he took a deep breath. Dense netherworld death energy erupted around him, and he rushed straight toward that ethereal monument!
"Great Xia's Northern Yama, Lord of Fengdu, answers the Heavenly Lord's decree! I am willing to sacrifice my cultivation to protect my Great Xia people, eternal peace for ten thousand generations!"
His words fell. His身形撞入黑色石碑之中，身体崩散作漫天神力，急速的勾勒起神碑虚影。