Nine Great Mountain Gates, Mythology Collapses!

Goose-feather snow drifted down in flurries, as if it wanted to swallow the entire plateau.

The biting wind was like countless icy blades scraping across the earth, letting out piercing howls.

Amid the wind and snow, Yuan Tianzong, clad in nothing but a thin hoodie, walked through the frozen Tibetan area, looking all the more solitary.

The freezing snow and cutting wind did not cause Yuan Tianzong the slightest discomfort.

The world did not know that once one stepped into the Grandmaster Realm, what improved was far more than merely one's "realm." It was a leap in the level of life itself. Even sixty years could not leave the slightest trace of Years upon his face.

His internal organs, limbs, bones, essence, qi, and spirit... all of them had improved across the board. He had begun to transcend the limits of an ordinary mortal body.

After walking for an unknown length of time, Yuan Tianzong stopped and gazed into the distant line of snow-covered mountains.

At that moment, a trace of confusion suddenly arose in his heart.

In the Dharma-ending era, in order to break through the Shackles blocking his advancement into the Grandmaster Realm, he had spent a great deal of time comprehending countless martial arts before finally creating an extremely targeted martial art—the Extreme Yang Genesis Technique.

This technique had brought his recovery ability to an astonishing level. When he forcibly broke through the Grandmaster Shackles and his flesh collapsed, he relied on his immense regenerative power to preserve his blood and be reborn!

With this martial art, even though the cold before him was more bone-piercing than winter during the Dharma-ending era, he could handle it with ease.

Heaven and earth stretched vast and boundless.

Did the ends of the earth truly exist?

To cross the sea of suffering and reach the other shore, what hardships did one have to endure?

More importantly, did that unseen place truly have an other shore at all?

Since ancient times, the Tibetan area had been full of mysterious wonders.

Countless myths had been passed down among the people of the Tibetan area.

Especially in this era, strange incidents emerged every few days, drawing many Martial Dao cultivators here in search of so-called opportunities.

On the highway half-buried beneath heavy snow, vehicles occasionally roared past.

From the thin clothing and bearing of the people inside, it was easy to tell that they were all cultivators.

Some vehicles drove with reckless abandon, constantly overtaking on the road and causing no shortage of dangerous moments.

Someone nearly drove off the road and into a snow ditch, grumbling, "In such a hurry to reincarnate?"

A companion immediately stopped him. "Shh, keep it down. They're people from Yin Xu Mountain!"

Yin Xu Mountain?

Upon hearing that name, the dissatisfied man immediately shrank back, terror appearing on his face. He feared that Yin Xu Mountain's convoy might stop and teach him a harsh lesson.

Fortunately, they did not stop at all. They forced their way through the congested highway and vanished in an instant.

"Even Yin Xu Mountain has come. Maybe the rumors of a mirage are true!"

"Yin Xu Mountain? Are they that impressive?"

"Brother, did you just crawl out of the womb? Yin Xu Mountain is one of the Nine Great Mountain Sects of China, and you don't know that?"

"Uh, I never paid attention to this sort of information before..."

The snowy roads were slippery, and after Yin Xu Mountain's disturbance, quite a few vehicles were squeezed into the snow ditches on either side.

Since things had come to this, no one was in a rush to continue onward. They gathered together and chatted.

"You may not have known before, but the strange phenomenon appearing in Tibet this time really seems legitimate. It isn't just Yin Xu Mountain... I heard the other mountain gates have made moves as well. Some arrived in the Tibetan area long ago."

Someone worriedly said, "All Nine Great Mountain Gates have come. Will there even be anything left for us?"

"You can't put it that way. This time, all Nine Great Mountain Gates brought along their young prodigies. Those young prodigies are only at the Meridian Channeling Realm, still far from the peak old monsters within their sects."

"Then why were they brought here and given such high hopes? Do you know why?"

Everyone was puzzled.

"Why?"

"One word: luck!"

"Generally speaking, those who become the chief disciples and prodigies of their respective mountain gates at such a young age do not have poor fortune. That fortune may give them a greater advantage in seeking opportunities than those with stronger cultivation."

"That is why their elders brought them here."

"Brother, you just used the words 'only at' when speaking of the various mountain gate prodigies. Only at the Meridian Channeling Realm... May I ask what cultivation you have?"

"Nothing special. I just reached the Blood Transfusion Realm~"

"Mm, that really is nothing special. To be honest, although fortune is intangible, I personally believe in it deeply. Just as you said, prodigies do not have poor fortune, so perhaps people like us won't even get a sip of the broth."

"Haha, brother, that's not quite right. What child cries every day? Fortune is unpredictable. Today, you might get food stuck between your teeth while drinking water; tomorrow, you might fall off a cliff and obtain a divine technique. It's not impossible! When wandering the world, what is the most important thing?"

"You have to be bold!" someone shouted.

"Wrong. It's getting out there! If you don't come out, you won't encounter opportunities no matter how great they are! The Tibetan area is so vast. Can the Nine Great Mountain Gates occupy every place? An opportunity might just fall into our laps. Who can say for sure?"

"Right, right, that's absolutely right! Let's go in and test our luck~"

Everyone exchanged smiles, climbed back into their vehicles, and drove deeper into the Tibetan area.

The wind and snow continued.

Yet a spark of heat had ignited in everyone's hearts.

The night passed without incident.

At dawn, a pale strip of white appeared in the distant sky, reflecting one another with the majestic snow mountains.

Sunlight shone upon the snowy peaks, spilling golden radiance everywhere.

Within that golden light, a half-real, half-illusory shadow suddenly appeared, stretching across heaven and earth.

"The phenomenon has appeared!"

Cries of alarm rose one after another. Cultivators who had come seeking opportunities, and even Molting Beasts transformed from wild animals, emerged from their nests under instinctive urges and looked up at the grand sight above the golden summit.

"That's a gate, an unimaginably huge gate!"

"South... Heaven... Gate..." Someone actually recognized the three large characters above the gate and softly spoke them, shaking the world.

"South Heaven Gate! The legendary entrance to the Heavenly Realm! Could the Heavenly Palace from mythology truly exist?!"

Everyone's eyes widened. Their heartbeats rang clearly in their ears, seeming ready to leap from their chests.

It was too shocking!

The South Heaven Gate, the gate in mythology that separated gods from humans!

At this moment, it had appeared before the world in such an illusory form!

"Kunlun! The South Heaven Gate may lie deep within Kunlun!"

Kunlun Mountain, ancestor of all mountains.

It carried far too many mysteries and was the origin of Huaxia Mythology.

If the South Heaven Gate truly existed in this world, then it had to be hidden somewhere deep within Kunlun Mountain!

"Wait! Haven't you noticed?"

A trace of terror mixed into the shouts as someone discovered something unusual. "The South Heaven Gate, it... it seems to have collapsed!"

The gate to the Heavenly Realm had collapsed?

What did that mean?

Mythology had collapsed... The implications were terrifying!

Fear crept across everyone's faces.

"Perhaps some terrible change occurred in the legendary Heavenly Realm..."

"The gate has collapsed. It looks just like a martial arts school getting challenged." Someone made an apt comparison, exchanging glances with those beside him before swallowing with difficulty.

"If we cross the South Heaven Gate, can we enter the legendary Heavenly Realm?"

While everyone was still speculating, some brave souls had already put it into practice.

A private plane, beneath everyone's upturned gazes, charged toward the illusory gate alongside several transformed birds soaring through the sky.

With a deafening boom, the plane exploded, flames bursting in every direction.

The transformed birds also let out shrieks. Their flesh seemed to be crushed by some powerful force, instantly turning into raining blood and minced meat that fell with the snow.

Gasp—

Everyone was horrified. They secretly thought that it was indeed as expected.

Amid the flames, the wreckage of the plane crashed down.

Figures raced across the snow, charging straight toward the golden summit overflowing with light as they entered Kunlun Mountain.

Neither the exploded plane, the fallen transformed birds, nor the visible danger could stop their footsteps.

Danger?

How could seeking opportunities come without danger?

The South Heaven Gate!

If they could obtain an opportunity from it, then even death would be worth it!

"Entry is forbidden here!"

Amid the shouted rebukes, one powerful figure after another appeared to block the only route leading to the golden summit's sacred mountain.

Someone refused to accept this and tried to force his way through, only to be killed in an instant by an expert from Yin Xu Mountain.

"Whoever dares step forward will meet the same fate!"

"Come on, let's enter from somewhere else. The region is huge. Can Yin Xu Mountain really seal off every route?"

That made sense.

Just as they said, there were no people from Yin Xu Mountain elsewhere, but...

"Gui Cang Valley is here. Entry is forbidden!"

"Green Wood Cliff is here. Entry is forbidden!"

"Sword Ling Mountain is here. Entry is forbidden!"

"Nine Great Mountain Gates! You're being far too overbearing!"

"Opportunities depend entirely on luck. What right do you have to block the roads?"

The people of the Nine Great Mountain Gates gave no answer.

Opportunities depended entirely on luck?

Who told you that?

"Whoever dares step forward will be killed without mercy!"