Aside from those strange patterns, what shocked Xiao Hua most was Tongtian Peak's very body. The entire peak rose straight up and down, piercing through heaven and earth; it truly bored through the land and stabbed through the sky! Its highest point had already vanished into the clouds, beyond the reach of the naked eye. Even when Xiao Hua released his divine sense, he still could not glimpse the end of Tongtian Peak! This peak truly might reach all the way to the heavens! It truly lived up to its name!
"Impossible!" Xiao Hua cried out in shock. "This Tongtian Peak... is it truly a mountain that reaches the heavens?"
"I-I'm afraid it is!" Before the peerless momentum of this mountain, even Ink Jade Kirin lowered his proud head and replied tremblingly, "I... have never seen, nor have I ever heard of, such a magnificent mountain!"
"No, no..." Xiao Hua explained. "What I mean is, could this truly be a mountain formed by heaven and earth? No matter how I look at it... it seems like the work of immense divine power."
"But..." Ink Jade Kirin raised his head to look at the mountain that plunged directly into the firmament, finding it hard to believe. "Who possesses such great supernatural powers, who... who could move mountains and create seas, to build such an enormous peak? And... what use would this senior have for building this mountain?"
"Who could possibly know?" Xiao Hua answered meaningfully, his gaze once again drifting slightly toward the horizon. The horizon was now different from before. Dense clouds had long since covered the sky, and the blazing sun that had always sheltered the Primordial Continent was now hidden behind those clouds. Brilliant colors spread across the skies of the Primordial Continent, forming a rare and auspicious