Yunshan soared beyond measure; moonlight made ghosts despair.
Immortal birds found it hard to fly across; those seeking the Dao had to board a heavenly vessel.
As one of the five great Saint Emperor Secret Realms, the greatest feature of the Cloud Mountain Emperor Realm was "height." Its mountains were high, and its Dao was high.
Those who sought the Dao by climbing its mountains needed equally lofty hearts; otherwise, they could not cross them.
This realm was filled with towering mountains and steep ridges. Every clan settled upon a peak. The peaks pierced the clouds, mist drifted ethereally, and living there was like dwelling in the Heavenly Realm—a beauty beyond compare.
Legend had it that when the ancestor of the Yunshan Hua Clan discovered this realm, he comprehended the Dao atop a lofty mountain and transformed into an immortal bird.
The bird crossed high mountains, spreading its wings and stepping upon the stars.
It crossed one mountain after another. Whenever it thought it had reached the utmost summit, it would raise its eyes, only to find mountains beyond mountains.
The bird crossed mountains for an entire lifetime, yet never left the mountains.
The mountains of Yunshan layered over one another, and the Dao here was blocked by Dao after Dao. Perhaps only by boarding a heavenly vessel could one hope to reach the summit.
The Hua Clan ancestor stopped upon one mountain, suddenly awakening. In fury, he drew his sword and cleaved the dream-illusion apart with one slash.
He built a house upon that mountain and settled there. Raising his sword, he carved eight great characters onto a stele, warning his descendants with them: "The Dao has no end; stop when enough is enough."
This peak became the Dao-Stopping Peak of the Cloud Mountain Emperor Realm in later generations.