Xiao Yan sat in a shadowy corner, her back against the cold mountain rock, her head buried between her knees as she wept bitterly.
The scene from the family assessment still lingered vividly in her mind. Once a genius, she had now fallen to the very bottom of the family, endlessly mocked by those her own age.
"Father, Mother, when will your daughter ever be able to avenge you in this state..." Thinking of her parents' deaths, Xiao Yan was overcome by grief again, sobbing without end.
Through her tear-blurred vision, a streak of ghostly blue light suddenly leaped into view.
"Huh?" Xiao Yan raised her head and blinked her reddened eyes. She saw a deep blue treasure-light shining out from a strange boulder, rippling like seawater and casting the surroundings into a dreamlike haze.
Xiao Yan could not help but feel deeply astonished. I've come to this back mountain countless times. Whenever I was wronged, I'd hide here to vent. I've never seen anything strange before, so why has such an anomaly appeared today? This blue radiance is so breathtakingly beautiful—what could it be?
The rocks of Ghost Continent were not solidly fused together, but riddled with holes of all sizes. When the chilly winds rose and poured into those openings, they created sounds like ghosts wailing and wolves howling.
That blue treasure-light was now shining through those holes. Clearly, its source lay within the rock.
"White Bone Ape, go smash that rock apart." Xiao Yan slapped the Immortal Pouch at her waist and summoned a Demon Beast.
This Demon Beast was a specialty of Ghost Continent, exceptionally powerful and as large as a grown adult. It was a white-furred ape, but its face was covered by a white bone helmet, and it held a thick shinbone in its