Qi Province, one of the provinces on the outermost edge of the Upper Realm, bordered the cloud-piercing Giant Mountain.
Lin Fan arrived there and gazed beyond the realm. Giant Mountain loomed tall and imposing, its dark masses majestic as pillars holding up the heavens.
"I keep getting a chill from over there. Why don't we forget about it?" Heavenly God Qingyang urged, hesitating to advance.
Throughout the ages, countless mighty figures had fallen in the Uninhabited Zone, including Cult Masters. The thought made his hair stand on end.
"If you're scared, you can turn back now. I'm going in no matter what," Lin Fan said, then charged resolutely into the Forbidden Land.
"Heh, I've lived this long, only to be looked down on by an eighteen-year-old boy?" Heavenly God Qingyang murmured. After a moment's hesitation, he followed, ready to risk his life to accompany his companion.
But shortly after the two entered, several more figures appeared there, each with an aura as deep as an abyss, no weaker than a Heavenly God's.
"That little bastard went into the Uninhabited Zone. Are we still chasing him?"
"Why wouldn't we? Even a True God dares to enter. Are we supposed to be inferior to him?"
"That damned brat killed my grandson. Whatever happens, we can't let him live. We must rip out his tendons and bones and torment his soul in raging flames day and night."
"Let's make this clear beforehand. You can kill him, but you mustn't damage his body. It belongs to our Netherworld, to be refined into a nether corpse."
With that, the figures shot into the depths of the Restricted Area with a swish, vanishing from the spot.
Meanwhile, Lin Fan and Heavenly God Qingyang had entered the mysterious ancient land. All around them lay utter silence.