"Th-this is the last one."
Without Old Yellow Ox to carry them, Verdant Green Maiden and Hong Luan hadn't flown on clouds, either. Over the past few years, they had traveled all across Zhu Xia, returning the remains of millions of innocent people to their graves. As the bones from this final site were buried, rain fell from the sky. It was light, but it nourished the earth.
For their good deeds, a faint golden light shimmered.
What Verdant Green Maiden had done was truly Great Merit!
Above the clouds, the Sky God looked on with satisfaction.
Watching Verdant Green Maiden go from a demon serpent who had once seen tens of thousands die at Changping and merely sighed, feeling no connection to them, to the Mount Tai Holy Mother she was now, he too was filled with emotion.
"Alas..."
As the last mound of earth was packed down, Verdant Green Maiden sighed deeply and began chanting the Sutra of Rebirth.
In that moment, from every grave Verdant Green Maiden had buried across Zhu Xia, a faint Glazed light rose into the air.
Thus have I heard: in the Pure Glazed Realm, there is an Awakened One.
Verdant Green Maiden changed into a new robe. The Awakened One in green robes shone with brilliant treasure light, fingers forming a seal as she recited the sutra.
The Glazed Medicine Pure Light Bodhisattva personally delivered the souls of the dead to salvation.
Only after finishing the Sutra of Rebirth did Verdant Green Maiden open her eyes. She turned to Hong Luan beside her and asked, "What year is it now?"
"Year of Yining Five."
Hong Luan replied.
"Year of Yining Five... What would it be by the Great Undertaking calendar?"
Hong Luan said, "Year of Great Undertaking Fourteen."
"Oh! Year of Great