# 1066
Chapter 1067: See You in the Next Life
Lin Qiye opened his mouth, about to say something, when Yu Ding Zhenren transformed into a stream of light and rushed toward the towering divine stele.
"Yu Ding, Golden Immortal of Great Xia, answers the summons of the Heavenly Lord. I am willing to destroy my own cultivation to protect the people of Great Xia, that they may have eternal peace!"
As the words fell, Yu Ding Zhenren's form crashed into the stele. Countless divine powers churned and swept across it, and in an instant, he vanished without a trace.
At this moment, the towering divine stele had risen high into the heavens, and faintly, the outlines of several stele peaks could already be seen.
Only a bit more divine power, and this towering divine stele would reach perfection.
Lin Qiye's lips parted slightly. He stared blankly at this scene, unable to utter a single word.
Just then, he sensed a gaze fall upon him.
Lin Qiye turned his head.
Yang Jian stood behind the avatar, his silver robes swaying in the wind. He gazed at Lin Qiye for a long moment, then slowly turned his head to look at the black stone stele's phantom.
On his icy countenance, a faint smile appeared.
"So this is the truth of my entry into the cycle of reincarnation..." There was not the slightest trace of regret in his eyes; instead, they gleamed with a liberating light as he murmured to himself, "Not a bad ending after all."
"A Jin... Yang Jian!"
Lin Qiye gazed at that familiar face, his heart tightening. He flashed to Yang Jian's side and instinctively reached out to grab Yang Jian's wrist.
His palm passed through as if it were nothing, grasping only虚无—a void.
Lin Qiye's body shuddered.
The howling wind passed by his ears. Yang Jian, cloaked in silver, simply stood there before him, quietly watching the struggle in his eyes, and smiled gently:
"It seems you truly care for your brother. To have a brother like you in the next life would truly be a blessing.
If that's the case, then what's there to fear about entering the trials of the cycle of reincarnation once more?"
He turned around, gazing at the national-protecting stele that was only missing one corner, his three-pointed double-edged blade in hand. His majestic figure seemed to prop up the entire gloomy sky:
"Elder brother, you and I... shall meet again in the next life."
As the words fell, a blinding silver light erupted around him. His entire form transformed into a streak of light, rushing toward the towering divine stele.
"Yang Jian, Erlang God of Great Xia, answers the summons of the Heavenly Lord. I am willing to destroy my own cultivation to protect the people of Great Xia, that they may have eternal peace!"
Yang Jian's voice thundered like rolling thunderclaps across the sky. As his form filled the stele, the final missing corner was completely restored.
BOOM——!!
A dull rumble sounded. A terrifying column of divine power burst forth from the stele, shooting up into the clouds.
Lin Qiye's outstretched hand hung suspended in mid-air. He stared blankly at the divine power column soaring into the heavens, as motionless as a statue.
In his heart, it was as though something was missing. It suddenly felt hollow... In those confused eyes, pain and struggle flickered.
"Damn it..."
His hands trembled as they dropped. He murmured in a voice only he could hear.
BOOM BOOM——!
Six successive columns of divine power erupted from various borders of Great Xia. The invisible divine wall connected between the numerous steles, gradually covering Great Xia's borders and blocking the mist's advance.
Only in the southeast and southwest directions were there still two divine power columns yet to appear.
The missing southwestern divine power column had left a gap hundreds of miles long in the divine wall of the national-protecting stele on the Pamir Plateau. Endless mist continued to surge through the gap, on the verge of completely breaching Great Xia's borders.
"The power in those two steles isn't enough. We must hurry to provide support!"
The few remaining Great Xia deities present saw this and their expressions changed dramatically. Without a word, they transformed into streams of light and rushed toward the nearest southwestern direction.
"Old Sand, Brother Monkey, we should go too!" The Purification Buddha saw this and immediately called out anxiously.
The Golden Arhat Sha Wujing hummed in agreement. As he was about to ride the clouds and depart, he noticed that the Victorious Fighting Buddha beside him still stood his ground before the mist. A pair of brilliant golden eyes stared死死 at the rolling black mist, every hair on his body standing on end.
"Brother Monkey? What's wrong?"
"Something's not right." The Victorious Fighting Buddha gripped the Ruyi Jingu Bang, his expression grave. "There's something in this mist... about to break through."
As the words fell, both of them simultaneously shuddered, turning sharply to look at the mist.
Faintly, a low beast's roar echoed from within the mist. The sound grew clearer, drawing closer to Great Xia's borders. Just as it was about to pass through the mist and step into Great Xia, it suddenly fell silent.
The air fell into dead silence.
The Purification Buddha swallowed hard. Just as he was about to say something, five massive figures of "Mysticals" came roaring out from the mist!
Each of them radiated the terrifying fluctuation of Klein-realm peak!
There was indeed life within the mist?
The thought flashed猛地 through Sha Wujing's mind. Before he could move to engage, a thick and mighty Ruyi Jingu Bang had already smashed into those "Mysticals." Brilliant golden Buddhist light instantly illuminated the sky.
agonized howls echoed from within the endless golden radiance. Their forms rapidly dissolved within the Buddhist light. By the time the Victorious Fighting Buddha withdrew his hand, their forms had already vanished.
One strike, directly obliterated all five "Mysticals" to ashes!
The Ruyi Jingu Bang returned to its original size in the Victorious Fighting Buddha's grasp. After one club had destroyed these "Mysticals," his expression still showed no signs of relaxation. He continued to stare intently at the surrounding mist.
He could sense that even more "Mysticals" lurked within the mist beyond the borders, ready at any moment to invade Great Xia's territory.
"There's quite a few demons and evil creatures that have broken through on the southwestern side as well."
The Purification Buddha's eyes glowed with Buddhist light as he gazed into the distance, his brow furrowed tightly. "Brother Monkey, I'll leave this place to you. Old Sand, let's go save people there!"
"Good." The Victorious Fighting Buddha narrowed his eyes at the mist before him. "Be careful."
The Purification Buddha and the Golden Arhat transformed into two streams of light, soaring into the sky. They raced along the churning western mist border, heading straight for the southwest.
They drew closer to the gap in the divine wall. Massive amounts of mist surged out like a tide, completely breaching Great Xia's borders and rolling toward the interior.
However, ever since the mist had been partially blocked by the divine wall, the spread rate of mist flowing into Great Xia had increased several times over, like a river breaking through a dam.
"Second Brother! The mist over there is about to reach inhabited areas!" The Golden Arhat Sha Wujing caught sight of the distance with his peripheral vision and immediately shouted.