Upstream of the River of Time and Space, Everlasting World, Heavenly Demon Mountain Range.
The spiritual veins here were of decent grade, so both the heaven and earth spiritual energy and material resources were relatively abundant.
Three thousand years ago, a sixth-rank great demon was born here. Calling itself the Heavenly Demon, it established a demon kingdom in this place, wantonly devouring people and raising mortal and immortal humans in captivity, leaving all who heard of it pale with fright.
That great demon wreaked havoc for barely over a hundred years before the great cultivators of this world joined forces and slew it. The demon kingdom fell with it, but the name Heavenly Demon Mountain Range endured.
After the demon kingdom's destruction, countless demons scattered and fled, hiding in all manner of perilous places where they were difficult to eradicate completely. Moreover, the great battle of years past had left the land filled with lingering spells, formations, and restrictions, making it ever more dangerous and unfathomable. Cultivators of the Everlasting World thus rarely dared set foot within.
Therefore, the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range could be considered a place rarely visited by human traces. Only the occasional high-ranking cultivator, confident in their strength, came here to train and gather spiritual materials and resources.
That day, a remarkably splendid treasure ship broke through the clouds and descended at the foot of Mount Heavenly Punishment.
Soon afterward, an elderly man in his twilight years emerged from the treasure ship with a young girl. They stood at the mountain's foot and surveyed the entire peak.
Apart from the thick white mist shrouding the area above its halfway point, the mountain seemed unremarkable. Compared to the famous mountains and scenic rivers of the Everlasting World, it was utterly inconspicuous, like an ordinary mountain that could