The First God Was Human

Mount Taibai stood in the bitterly cold borderlands between Yong Kingdom and You Kingdom.

Ancient ice and snow that never melted covered it year-round. At its summit, the laws of Heaven and Earth were in utter chaos. Even a cultivator of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm risked death and the destruction of his soul with a single careless step.

"Years ago, the Hundred Schools pooled their finest members and tried to explore it by force. Halfway up, they encountered a devastating storm of laws. Nine out of ten perished beneath the glaciers." Kong Changqing recalled the tragedy with a sigh.

"As for the other one, Time-Sand Mountain..."

Kong Changqing paused, and his aged face grew grave.

"Have you ever heard of the Withered Sands of Time?" he asked in a low voice.

Li Shun nodded slightly. "I have heard of it, senior. They say it's a boundless death zone on Great Qian's western frontier, though I've never had the chance to see it myself."

"The Withered Sands of Time are an absolute forbidden zone for life. The moment any living creature sets foot there, time begins to pass for it tens of millions of times faster. Even with centuries left to live, it would be drained dry within half a day, reduced to bones and dust!"

"The curse of time has kept eating into Great Qian's territory, carving a strange region called the Time Sand Sea into the northwest. Time there doesn't kill on contact as it does at the heart of the Withered Sands, but its flow is twisted beyond measure. One unlucky soul stumbled in one day and escaped only to find his lifespan spent and his hair turned white."

"Yet others have been swallowed by that merciless sea of sand and vanished for decades, only to reappear one