After leaving the Chaos Star Domain's barrier, Gu Chenfeng had headed north at full speed.
Finally, on the morning of the seventh day, he approached the northern border of the Misty Deep Forest.
At that moment, a cold gleam flashed through the fog-shrouded forest.
"Squelch...!"
Blood instantly spurted out.
A powerful Star Beast with First-Rate strength was cleaved in two on the spot.
Gu Chenfeng raised his hand, drew a Star Crystal out of its body into his palm, and stuffed it into the pack on his back.
Then he swept the surroundings with his Divine Sense, confirmed that no Star Beasts were active nearby, and picked out the tallest, thickest ancient tree.
In a flash, Gu Chenfeng swiftly climbed to its crown and looked north over the mist lingering in the deep forest.
Across the northern sky, heavy black clouds churned like ink, hanging low and staining that stretch of sky a gloomy darkness.
Thick, dazzling bolts of lightning tore through the clouds and struck down incessantly amid deafening thunder.
At the center of this raging lightning domain, a towering, majestic peak pierced the sea of clouds, standing between heaven and earth.
An endlessly flowing five-colored rosy glow shrouded the divine peak.
Even against the lightning-filled sky, thunder, and dark clouds, the divine peak remained dazzling, exuding a vast, heart-quaking might.
"So this is Five-Thunder Divine Mountain!"
Gu Chenfeng gazed at the towering mountain. Even from such a considerable distance, he still felt an indescribable shock.
At the same time, his heart inexplicably stirred, and a sense of yearning arose.
Though inwardly astonished by the mountain's wonders, Gu Chenfeng did not rush onward.
He was only a few hundred li from Five-Thunder Divine Mountain. At his pace, even in the Star Beast-infested Mist Forest, he could reach it in