Jade Snow Red Lotus!

In the desolate mountains, roars rang out without end, occasionally accompanied by shrill eagle cries. Black birds often flew overhead—Black-Scaled Eagles from the first region of the desolate mountains. With wingspans of fifteen meters, they were truly terrifying. Yet such fearsome creatures did not dare prey upon the human fleeing below, because an even more terrifying beast was following behind him: a maned wild boar. The boar stood five meters tall and was over ten meters long. The mane around its neck whipped in the wind, its eyes glowed like blood-red lanterns, crimson flames danced around its four hooves, and it ran at astonishing speed.

"What kind of damn place is this desolate mountain? Aren't there way too many ferocious beasts?!" As ferocious beasts occasionally swept over his head, Li was drenched in cold sweat. Who would dare get a proper night's sleep in a place like this? They probably would not even dare settle down to cultivate, lest they be besieged by ferocious beasts.

"This is definitely unusual. Although these desolate mountains are a gathering place for ferocious beasts, they would never appear this frequently under normal circumstances. Yet now, they're showing up one after another. And you encountered two ferocious beasts from the second region in a single day. That can no longer be explained by mere bad luck. Something major must have happened in the first region!" the system's voice sounded in Li's mind.

"Something major?" Hearing the system's words, Li frowned and asked in confusion, "Even with your abilities, you don't know what happened here?"

"Of course not. The myriad worlds are full of wonders. Even Saints cannot know everything when the heavenly secrets are obscured, much less here, a place shrouded by the Great Dao. Even I cannot know all things!"

Hearing this, Li helplessly