At Last, Unsalted Mountain

After spitting out the strange worm, Li Shun was finally free of the footprint's influence.

But the fear lingered.

Since entering the Primordial Illusion Realm, he had seen the strange man, the ten suns, the Blue Moon, and the footprint.

Even the soil beneath his feet was suspect.

Every one of them revealed something bizarre and impossible to understand.

"One careless step, and I'll be trapped in it."

"Was the Elder Primordial Continent truly so hard to live in?"

"Or did I just come to the wrong place?"

Despite his misgivings, Li Shun had not forgotten his goal.

He continued east, searching for any trace of the Heaven-Piercing Divine Mountain.

Not knowing when the Ten Suns in the Sky would next appear, he flew faster.

Fortunately, the wilderness was desolate, with hardly a living thing in sight.

So even when Li Shun pushed his speed to the limit, nothing attacked him along the way.

After another ten days of flight, the landscape before him finally began to change.

Hints of green appeared across the earth. The endless wilderness gave way to a grassland brimming with life.

More importantly, Li Shun spotted a towering mountain not far ahead, stretching from earth to sky!

Unlike the mountain ranges he had seen in later ages, this peak stood alone, rising straight into the clouds.

Yet when Li Shun had looked into the distance earlier, there had been no sign of it.

Only after he entered the grassland did the mountain seem to leap into view, appearing out of nowhere.

"Looks like my luck isn't bad. I found the Heaven-Piercing Divine Mountain already."

Even as Li Shun thought this, he did not lower his guard.

A divine mountain that offered passage to the heavens was bound to have inhabitants.

To reach its summit, he