Nether Mountain was a place of death. The living was barred from entry, and only the dead could enter.0

This was how they described the Nether Mountain dozens of kilometers away from Cloud Hue Pass.0

Nether Mountain was neither particularly tall nor big. It was barely three hundred meters tall and a kilometer or two wide. Despite this, it was a place that terrified all populace near Cloud Hue Pass.0

A black fog shrouded the Nether Mountain all year long, making it impossible to see even the sun in the sky. Shadowy silhouettes and ghastly wails filled the foot of the mountain as well. Any living person who entered the area would lose a portion of their soul, perish, and turn into bones without fail. On the other hand, delivering the dead into the mountain would see them come back to life—not true life, of course. Instead, they would turn into senseless zombies.0

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