Zhu Ling had sacrificed everything without a single regret.
Xiang Xue had sacrificed everything too, but before he died, he regretted it—not his own impending death, but what he had done to those innocent children. He was repenting.
How many people in the Fifth Barrier had resented him?
He had brought injustice to the Barrier, along with jealousy, hatred, and countless other negative emotions.
So he had never expected to meet a peaceful end.
Lu Yin saw him through his final moments, and witnessed the real Xiang Xue.
"Senior, You Che asked me to pass on a message." Lu Yin suddenly spoke.
The name You Che stirred something in Xiang Xue's eyes, bringing them briefly into focus. "You Che? Green, yes... I've always known it. What did it ask you to tell me?"
Lu Yin took a deep breath, then shouted at the top of his lungs, "Xiang Xue, you old bastard!"
His voice thundered through the starry sky, deafeningly loud.
Xiang Xue answered with laughter.
He laughed heartily, with pure joy. "Old bastard! Hahahaha! Well said! Old bastard! Hahahaha..."
You Che hadn't cursed Xiang Xue just on its own behalf. It had done so for the entire Fifth Barrier.
Old bastard.
That was the Fifth Barrier's response to Xiang Xue.
And that was all it had to offer.
There was no hatred, resentment, or enmity—just those three words: old bastard.
Three words, enough to dissolve everything.
And in his final moment, they drew the clearest laughter of Xiang Xue's life from him.
At last, he let go of his disguises and worries. As familiar faces and eyes filled his memories, he passed away peacefully.
Lu Yin closed his eyes, took out Supreme Mountain, and gently laid Xiang Xue to rest inside. If the Nine Barriers could ever be rebuilt,