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Lin Linhou, on the other hand, was completely unaware of the conversation between Hongying and the other person after he left.

He had now arrived at the eastern border of the Great Xia Dynasty. Of course, the Kingdom of Egypt was not in this direction, but this side was closer. In any case, he was going to travel the entire border of the Great Xia Dynasty.

"This is the national treasure stone tablet that resists the fog. As expected of a physical entity of laws forged by the divine positions of the gods, its power is indeed vast, its momentum is magnificent, and it is also tragic."

Lin Linhou now has a basic understanding of the origin of this world-protecting stone tablet.

The gods of Heaven sacrificed nearly 80% of themselves; everything they had—their divine positions, the laws, their divine bodies, and their souls—was offered up to forge this national monument.

Eighty percent of these deities died in a very thorough manner.

They are those who do not enter the cycle of reincarnation, and whose soul and spirit are annihilated.

As for figures like Yang Jian and his celestial hound, as well as Yuanshi Tianzun, they only sacrificed their physical bodies and power. Only those who could do so could enter the cycle of reincarnation with their souls and return in the future.

This means that even if all the gods of the Great Xia Dynasty return in the future, there will only be less than one-fifth of them as they were back then.

The other four-fifths could never return; they transformed into national monuments, forever remaining here, along with other locations on the border of the Great Xia Dynasty.

This included 100,000 Heavenly River Navy soldiers, 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers and Generals from each of the East, West, South, and North, a host of City Gods, Earth Gods, most of the Twenty-Eight Constellations, Zhen Yuanzi, and a host of Earth Immortals, as well as a host of demon immortals on the Investiture of the Gods list, including Shen Gongbao.

There are also the other three of the Four Emperors besides the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, the other ghosts and gods of the Six Heavens of Luo Feng, the ghost kings other than Yama, the judges, Meng Po and countless Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and messengers of the Buddhist Kingdom...

These people have all perished in this world, and only in this way can they use their absolute power to prevent the mist from encroaching on the Great Xia.

So no matter how you look at it, the Great Xia Heavenly Court has suffered heavy losses.

Even if all the gods return in the future, only a few top-tier warriors such as the Three Pure Ones and the Six Saints, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, the Emperor of Fengdu, the Emperor of the Eastern Peak, Nezha and Yang Jian will remain, along with the last 100,000 elite heavenly soldiers surrounding the Lingxiao Palace of the Heavenly Court.

However, the national treasure stele in front of them now appears to have suffered considerable damage over the long years in the process of resisting the erosion of the mist. Although not serious, it is still damaged nonetheless.

"Mengqing, do you think this national treasure stone tablet can be considered a magical artifact?"

(? ˙o˙)? A bold idea suddenly popped into my head.

[You really dare to dream.]

Lin Linhou suddenly thought that if this national treasure stone tablet was also a kind of magic weapon in a certain sense, then could his magic weapon nurturing technique also be effective against it?

If it works, could it repair the damage to the stone tablet and restore the opponent's power?

[But theoretically, this method might actually work.]

However, Meng Qing continued, "These nine national treasure stone tablets are made of extremely high-quality materials, so in terms of the quality of magical artifacts, they are undoubtedly among the highest-ranking magical artifacts in the world."

Even among the supreme divine artifacts, it is at the very top level.

Given Lin Linhou's current level of magic weapon nurturing technique, it's estimated that even if he were to exhaust himself countless times, he still wouldn't be able to repair the national treasure stele.

[Your technique, at best, is only a form of maintenance for it; it has no repairing effect whatsoever.]

Meng Qing reminded Lin Linhou that it was better to stop daydreaming for now and focus on serious matters.

"That's true, but since we know it's useful, the rest is just a matter of time."

As long as the theory holds true, there's no need to worry about its implementation. The nine national-level stone tablets are of high quality, which means they have great potential.

The highest quality of the supreme gods means that they are all equivalent to the natal magic treasures of the Three Pure Ones.

However, due to their special nature, they cannot be recognized as owners or used, let alone nurtured, cultivated, and repaired.

However, with Lin Linhou's forceful intervention, not only can these nine "limited-time consumable items" be turned into "permanent items," but they can even be made to develop sentience and take human form.

In other words, he could nurture these nine national treasure stone tablets into nine living saints.

But that requires him to have a proficiency in nurturing magical artifacts that is at least "exquisitely skillful" or even "divinely masterful".

Even now, despite Lin Linhou using the magic weapon nurturing technique on his three divine artifacts whenever he has free time, he has only achieved "some success".

There's still a long way to go before I've mastered the technique.

……

"Xuanyuan Sword! Sky-Piercing Spear! Blood Prison Blade!"

"Human fortune, celestial fortune, and ghostly fortune, transform into threads, take shape, and forge barriers..."

"The Three Wonders Immortal Sealing Heaven Formation, activate! Go!"

Lin Linhou integrated his three divine artifacts into the three most crucial aspects of the Great Xia's destiny, and then set up a new barrier along the Great Xia's border.

However, the function of this barrier is internal; it is precisely to prevent the gods from escaping or the Great Xia's territory and people from being separated.

Admittedly, given that he is currently only at the level of a main god and relies on three artifacts that have just been restored to the level of mortal gods, any enemy stronger than him could break through this barrier in no time.

Alternatively, if the opponent's strength only needs to reach the level of a demigod, and if it takes some time and no one intercepts them, they can also break through.

But if it's merely about intercepting nine of the lowest-ranking gods, at the level of divine servants...

That great formation is an insurmountable barrier for them.