After finishing all this, Lu Mian leaped down from the city wall.
Compared to the wall he had crossed on his way in, this one was riddled with cracks, clearly having weathered one brutal battle after another.
Dark brown roots had already overgrown its base.
Lu Mian circulated his Divine Radiance Qi, burning away all the roots before digging a pit.
"Rest in peace here, old man."
Lu Mian filled the pit back in.
Shadow Treader came to Lu Mian's side, gazing reluctantly at the ashes as they were gradually buried.
"All right."
"It's time we set off, too."
Lu Mian swung back into the saddle.
Shadow Treader cast one last lingering look at the spot where the urn had been buried, then pushed off with all four hooves and carried Lu Mian away from the long-abandoned frontier pass.
Beyond Wasteland-Quelling Pass, the Wilds Great Plain grew even more eerie and desolate.
Terrifying, sinister qi mechanisms lurked everywhere.
Fortunately, Lu Mian could now conceal his qi mechanism completely, keeping these evil spirits and weird beings from harassing him.
After riding hard until nearly dawn, Lu Mian chose to let Shadow Treader dissipate.
After all, Shadow Treader was still essentially a weird being, an evil spirit. Sunlight could inflict severe harm, so there was no need to endure it.
That might only improve after an evolution using origin power in the future.
"The broken secret realm is within the Burning Heaven Mountain Range."
"They say this mountain range teemed with life in ancient times, until strange flames descended from the sky and set the entire range ablaze."
"That fire seemed as though it would burn straight through the heavens."
"So later generations named it Heaven-Scorching Peak."
"The mountain range is several thousand li from Wasteland-Quelling Pass."
"At my speed, I'll need