Above the sprawling lands rose towering mountains. It looked like someone had casually scattered ink on rice paper, creating a beautiful landscape painting.2

Among all of the mountains was one specific mountain that rose higher than all the others. This was a holy peak to the Firemoon Darkheavens. It was called God Mountain. It looked almost like an ink brush pointing up into the dome of heaven. Countless clouds drifted past the base of the mountain, making it seem like a paradisiac island of immortals floating in the air. The sun shone down on the boulders and lush vegetation on the mountain, making it unusually dazzling and glorious.1

The mountain created a clear contrast to the sky behind it, ensuring that whether it was viewed from near or far, it was shocking to behold. Any who got close to it would sense a mountain-toppling, sea-draining energy pulsing off it. It was clearly just one mountain, but its mere existence seemed to make the dome of heaven become dim in comparison, to the point where it seemed capable of suppressing the sky itself.1

Xu Qing could be considered well-traveled, but even he had never seen anything like it. Its towering summit rose arrogantly high into the sky. It emanated golden light that, whether inherently or by the bolstering of the sun, spread out to fill the sky...0