Legend had it that the Spiritual Qi of Changping's Ghost Mountain was polluted mainly because, in High Antiquity, a war between immortal dynasties that shocked the world had taken place here.
Back then, not only the Great Tang of the central lands, but also the small countries of the Border Region had established immortal dynasties.
But no matter how small a country was, its emperor's ambition could never be satisfied.
And so, wars between immortal dynasties broke out as the small countries of the Border Region annexed one another. One such battle took place in Changping.
Not a single small country of the Border Region could remain untouched.
Legend had it that more than four hundred and fifty thousand cultivators perished in that battle.
Thus, the wronged souls and Evil Qi here had lingered for thousands of years.
Generation after generation, the cultivators living here studied the problem, hoping to resolve the scarcity and pollution of the Spiritual Qi.
Finally, one day, a genius in the Dao of Alchemy emerged out of nowhere. He refined a pill that allowed those who took it to absorb Spiritual Qi without being affected by resentful Qi for several months.
This was the Yellow Springs Netherworld Pill.
Song Yan naturally would not miss out on something so useful. Moreover, he had heard that the ingredients needed to refine it were common and inexpensive.
Most disciples taking part in the Changping affair would buy some.
Leaping onto an ancient tree that towered into the sky, he gazed eastward. The red leaves of distant Cold Mountain had already come into Song Yan's view.
"..."
The rising sun, Cold Mountain, red leaves.
There was a singular, distinctive beauty amid this barren, desolate land.
Hmm...?
He was about to continue on his way when he noticed some movement