Was this the legendary Incomplete Mountain?
Zhang Tie gazed at the core of the Mountain Ruins in the distance, still shrouded in the black mist of shattered space. The astonishment in his heart, and the strange thoughts surging within him, were truly beyond the comprehension of those beside him.
The legend of Incomplete Mountain had circulated among the Hua Clan for countless years, but Zhang Tie had never imagined that he would one day witness with his own eyes this relic from the Age of Gods.
The Mountain Ruins were the ruins of Incomplete Mountain!
This was a secret Zhang Tie had only learned during these past few days at Wa Emperor Palace. Across the entire Sky-Piercing Realm, only Wa Emperor Palace had preserved the complete history of these hundreds of millions of years, allowing Zhang Tie to understand the Mountain Ruins' true nature.
And all the floating mountains throughout the Sky-Piercing Realm were fragments of the Mountain Ruins—fragments of Incomplete Mountain.
In Hua Clan legend, Incomplete Mountain was a passage linking the human realm and the heavenly realm. Yet that passage had been destroyed in the war between the gods.
The first time Zhang Tie heard the legend of Incomplete Mountain was back in Black Flame City. His father had told him the story. After hearing it, the young Zhang Tie had found it very strange: why was that mountain called "Incomplete"?
Now, Zhang Tie finally understood. "Incomplete" meant lacking wholeness, lacking completeness. From the name Incomplete Mountain alone, one could tell that it referred to a mountain that was unfinished, with pieces missing. A naturally formed mountain could never be incomplete or imperfect, because every part of it was wrought by Heaven and shaped by Earth, bestowed by nature. Only when a mountain had been "constructed" by unnatural