Land Where Medicinal Herbs Grew Everywhere

At that moment.

The western reaches of the Divine Domain were vast, with great rivers surging onward and lofty mountain ranges stretching endlessly.

It was a paradise for birds and beasts.

Between every great mountain, rare birds and strange beasts could be seen. White cranes streaked through the peaks and forests trailing golden light, fierce tigers with wings growing from their backs soared across the sky, and enormous crimson ants as large as oxen gnawed at the corpses of flood dragons...

This was the Sacred Beast Mountain!

Sacred Beast Mountain had an ancient history.

It was said that ever since the Yang Realm was created, this had been the homeland of divine beasts. Only beasts with the rarest and most powerful bloodlines could survive here.

The Fire Phoenix, said to possess a trace of rare ancient blood; the Yinglong, whose body bore the scales of a true dragon; the giant serpent with nine undying heads...

Since ancient times, this had always been one of the Divine Domain's strongest forces.

Even the Imperial Court had never established true dominion over this land. In the past, even the powerhouses of the Imperial Court had treated Sacred Beast Mountain with a measure of wariness!

Ever since the Divine Domain entered the so-called "Gray Mist Era," Sacred Beast Mountain had likewise obtained the Gray Mist Origin.

Yet the first to obtain the Gray Mist Origin had not been the Fire Phoenix, Yinglong, or Nine-headed Serpent giants.

It had been a rat—the Old Ancestor of the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan!

After the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan obtained the Gray Mist Origin, less than half a year passed before the era of rival kings was brought to an end.

The Gold-Devouring Rat Clan dominated all of Sacred Beast Mountain.

The Old Ancestor of the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan was