Migration Land, Heavenly Capital.
Myriad Spirits Mountain stood about fifty li north of the city. Its height reached straight into the starry river of the Nine Heavens, and its breadth could conceal a million soldiers. A natural gathering place for spiritual energy, it had once nurtured countless divine beasts and Otherworlders renowned throughout the Migration Land. Thus, it was also known as the Sky-Reaching Northern Pillar, one of the Migration Land's nine peaks.
After establishing its capital in Heavenly Capital, the Divine Court had built Myriad Spirits Garden on Myriad Spirits Mountain, specifically to rear divine beasts and Otherworlders to resist chaos and ominous beings together. Legend had it that the last True Dragon in the human world had once been nurtured in Myriad Spirits Garden. But a year earlier, in Year 250 of the Migration Land calendar, some unknown upheaval had occurred in the garden. Every living creature on the mountain had vanished, and the True Dragon's whereabouts had remained unknown ever since.
Beneath clear skies and drifting clouds, Apu and Xu Bangzi came from South City, walking along the Official Road toward Myriad Spirits Mountain.
These two thick-as-thieves business partners had made a major investment the day before yesterday. They had spent a total of 4.5 million Star Source on three Route Passes for an SSS+ Secret Realm, planning to play resellers for once and make a killing by flipping them.
These three SSS+ Secret Realm Route Passes were "tickets" for exploring Myriad Spirits Mountain. They had known that when they bought them, so they had long since been delighted. They had spent quite some time in Heavenly Capital and had naturally heard how extraordinary Myriad Spirits Garden was. They also knew that it had to be a high-ranking Secret Realm with incredible opportunities, so the price of