Because, in Zhong Linghe's view, Heaven Pass, along with the Indestructible Army Banner condensed by generations of the Northern Garrison Army, were flawless supreme treasures that possessed unrivaled power.
"Ha ha, I am in high spirits today, so I will say whatever comes to mind and hide nothing from Dragon King Meng. Still, if I alone do all the talking, it would lack a bit of flavor. Let me first ask: does Dragon King Meng know the origin of Heaven Pass?"
Meng Zhao nodded.
"I have heard that, in the early years, the Hundred Clans were defeated by our Human Clan and had no choice but to flee to the Arctic Ice Plains. Later, under what is now Liang Prefecture, they scattered many tribes and races, settling there and using it as a bridgehead, hoping that one day they could fight their way back to the Divine Continent.
"Later, Emperor Yu tamed the great floods, attained the supreme position, and founded Great Xia, the first unified imperial dynasty since the creation of heaven and earth. Thus, he twisted the strength of the entire Human Clan into a single rope. Even when the Hundred Clans attacked time and again, they were fiercely beaten back.
"Later still, one of Emperor Yu's ministers proposed building a Heaven Pass in what is now Liang Prefecture, to protect the Human Clan and ward off invasions by the Hundred Clans. That was how the prototype of Heaven Pass came into being.
"By the era of Emperor Qin Ying Zheng, who possessed the Ancestral Dragon Body, he conquered the Divine Continent and lashed the world into submission. He moved Heaven Pass to its present location and spared no enormous expenditure of manpower and resources in constructing it. For a time, he intended to forge it into a