Gai Jiuyou

The Central Plains was a land blessed with gifted people and spiritual abundance, the region best suited to cultivation among the Big Dipper's Five Regions. One ancestral vein and sacred tract after another released dense essence qi of heaven and earth, nurturing countless talents.

The Qinling Mountains were merely the tip of the iceberg compared with the Central Plains, yet they were still a vast, boundless expanse stretching millions of li, home to countless legends.

Too many mysteries surrounded the Qinling Mountains. Some even claimed that Emperor Qing, whose brilliance astounded past and present, had been born there before leaving for the Eastern Wilderness.

Local legends spoke of an Immortal Transformation Pool deep in the Qinling Mountains. Thirty thousand years ago, a green lotus had gained sentience there, then taken human form in the Immortal Ascension Pool. It had grown step by step until it became Emperor Qing, whose name shook the ages.

The Qinling Mountains rose and fell in endless ranges. Beyond the Immortal Pool, this land was extraordinary in its own right. Sometimes, sovereigns of ancient divine dynasties would arrange to be buried beneath the earth deep in these mountains after their deaths.

Within this immense mountain range lay one dragon's lair after another, making it a burial ground for countless cultivators seeking Dao attainment after death.

Thus, many ancient tombs lay underground. Someone had once excavated twelve ancient sovereigns' tombs in just half a year. It was paradise for people like Duan De.

This ancient land possessed its own unique traditions. To outsiders, it was mysterious, shrouded in mist.

Jiang Yun and Xia Jiuyou arrived there and stood high in the sky, looking down upon the vast Qinling Mountains. A million li of boundless terrain stretched beyond the limits of sight.

"A world-shaking great dragon lurks beneath