Ye Qing slowly sank into some sort of profound enlightenment. His consciousness hadn’t just become one with the mountains, it was sinking deeper into the endless stretch of land that carried the mountains, and spreading further across the innumerable earth that nurtured humanity.0

Over time, he clearly felt the depths, density, and boundlessness of the earth. Buried deep within the depths and density were the mountains, rivers, and precipitation of countless living beings, and spread across the boundlessness was the exaggeration known as the endless expressions of humanity and fickleness of life and death.2

The earth was merciful. It gave birth to all living things, made history and created civilizations.0

The earth was diverse, conjuring all sorts of scenes and spectacles.0

Equally, the earth was merciless. It viewed everything equally and treated...0