The Five Elements Mysterious Mountain towered into the sky, vast, potent essence rising from it in clouds.
A bloody battle had once raged here. Several Peerless experts had fought near this place, causing immense destruction.
The towering mountains within a radius of over ten miles had been almost leveled, forming a vast plain. Only the Mysterious Mountain remained undamaged, still magnificent and imposing, brimming with life.
Of course, it had been affected somewhat. Much of the Magic Array on Dao Mountain seemed to have been activated, and Yin-Yang Aura was being produced considerably faster than before.
And so, it was time to harvest again.
That day, the area before the Mysterious Mountain bustled with activity. Young Golden Core geniuses gathered there, divided, as always, into two broad camps. Relations between the two sides had grown more strained, and they regarded each other with hostility.
Once the Five Elements Mountain opened, bloody battles between geniuses might break out one after another.
"The geniuses this time aren't up to much. Even the most gifted among them are only Double Super First-rate."
Above the clouds, a Half-Saint looked at the "lively and energetic" youngsters below and couldn't help commenting.
"Can they even be compared?" Lu Chenfeng said.
He too had reached the Half-Saint realm, following the Pure Yang Path. Strong enough to be counted among the seniors now, he had come to protect the younger generation on their path.
"They really can't compare," an old man sighed.
At the last Mysterious Mountain gathering, let alone Super First-rate Prodigies, even Saint's Descendants had been plentiful. There had been more than one Innate Sacred Body and more than one of the legendary Martial Bones.
It could have been called a golden age. Looking back a century or two, there had been nothing so dazzling.
Unfortunately,