Song You stood atop Mount Ye, gazing into the distance.0

Unlike the previous Mount Ye, where heavy yin qi and ghostly qi had filled the air with perpetual gloom, the present landscape was bathed in the gentle brightness of spring sunlight. The sun was warm but not scorching, enveloping everything in a pleasant glow.0

Looking around, the scenery had changed entirely.0

The once barren mountain, shattered by the events of the past year, now appeared rugged and dramatic in its destruction. Jagged stone pillars tilted skyward, like ancient mythological giants had left behind their spears and swords. Massive, irregular boulders, seemingly hurled from who knows where, lay scattered across the land. After just a year, moss and greenery had already begun to grow over them.0

There were mountains with perfect, half-circular gaps carved out of them—so precise they seemed unnatural.0

The ground was split into deep chasms, some of which had filled with water, creating emerald-green rivers. Scattered across the landscape were lakes of various sizes. The smaller ones were just a few meters across, while the larger ones stretched tens of meters or more. 1

These depressions, created by the stomps and strikes of giant forces, now held waters that shimmered in hues ranging from jade green to sky blue, each unique in depth and brilliance,...0