3065 The Grand Finale 32 (2/2)

Long Siye failed to stop her and watched helplessly as she rushed to her death.

Shocked, Long Siye felt the need to go after her, but the Emperor Immortal held him back. ”Don't be reckless!”

Swiftly, Hua Yan leaped towards Fan Qianshi, but he was no more than a skeleton in the end. ”Master!” She hugged him tightly, with no regard for her safety.

The resentful spirits were annoyed by her sudden interference. With a screech, they were determined to sink their teeth into her flesh and pull her out of their way.

Fortunately, Fan Qianshi was still conscious, so he gave Hua Yan a hard push to keep her away. ”Get out of here!”

Hua Yan rolled across the ground for at least a hundred feet. She struggled to stand up but managed to witness Fan Qianshi's final moments. His body exploded into flashes of red light that brightened up the entire sky, which soon turned into drops of blood that rained over the entire desert, staining every spirit with his blood.

Helplessly, Hua Yan stood in a daze while being soaked in his blood. Fan Qianshi was gone forever. There was no sign of him anywhere, and it felt like he never existed.

Everyone else stood looking at one another in helpless confusion.

”Did he just make a sacrifice to atone for the sins? What about his soul? Where did it go?”

”His soul must have escaped. The mere sacrifice of his physical body means nothing to a mighty Creation Deity like him.”

”That is right.”

People started to discuss his act of sacrifice.

”No. His soul was shattered as well,” Di Fuyi made a loud announcement to cease the gossip.

Gu Xijiu's face turned pale at once while the rest finally kept their mouths shut. They fixed their curious eyes on the desert and watched the blood rain pour down.

It did not take long for the rain to stop. They could finally see the spirits again and also caught a glimpse of Hua Yan, who was paralyzed in shock. Perhaps she had a natural defense against the spirits, or Fan Qianshi had cast a spell to protect her. The spirits surrounded her heavily, but could never get close enough to harm her.

”Mighty Immortal Hua Yan, please step out of the desert.”

Long Siye was still recovering from the shock of witnessing Fan Qianshi explode into bits. He, too, froze in horror.

Hua Yan seemed disheartened by the loss of her master. Soon, she started scorning her survival. She swayed to her feet but fell to the ground again and again. With a handful of sand filled with Fan Qianshi's blood, she murmured to herself, ”Master, you are the one I loved. You have always been the only one. Let me come with you.”

Glimpses of white light started to form on her palm before she pointed her palm to the top of her head.

”Master Hua Yan!” Long Siye desperately called out loud, but her body was soon covered in a blinding white light before it disappeared.

Long Siye knelt on the ground in disbelief. He did not have any affection towards Hua Yan as a man, but he truly respected her as his master. He never imagined that Hua Yan would kill herself for Fan Qianshi.

Dazed by her death, there were no tears left for him to cry. As for the others, they were equally stunned by her sudden and tragic death. None of them uttered another word.

”The one responsible for all this is now dead, but what about the desert? Who else here can open the Pusuo Gate? ” Finally, someone broke the silence.

There were no responses, but intuitively, all of them turned to Di Fuyi to look for an answer. The man, too, was shocked by the next event that was about to unfold before their eyes.

Di Fuyi did not change one bit. He stood as gracefully as always. As for Gu Xijiu, she was undergoing a sudden massive transformation.

Blinding lights started to scatter from her body as though she was the Sun! She sat peacefully with her eyes closed as if she had just reached a new form of enlightenment.

Kun Xueyi was the first one to realize the significance of her changes. ”She is about to be awakened!”

”Could she… Could she be the next Creation Deity?” A sudden realization hit the Emperor Immortal.

Kun Xueyi snapped his finger in agreement. ”That is right!”

The Emperor Immortal was shocked, and so was everyone else.

After a while, the blinding seven-colored rays finally faded away, and Gu Xijiu opened her eyes and slowly stood up. ”I shall be the one who opens the Pusuo Gate. I will finish off what he started.”

Gu Xijiu shone in eternal light, indicating that she was a Deity - a superior identity that should be respected by all. Her looks remained the same, but her aura was very different. She looked almighty!

After a moment of shock, the crowd then leaped into joyful cheers of celebration for the return of the real Creation Deity who would bring salvation for all mankind.

Gu Xijiu looked away from the cheerful crowd and whispered to herself, ”Qianshi, I will finish it off for you.” A tear rolled down a cheek and disappeared into the wind.