As they drew closer, Liu Bai discovered that within the enormous palm print stood four colossal pillars, each tens of thousands of feet tall, like four giant peaks rising between heaven and earth.
The moment he sensed the aura of those gigantic peaks, even Liu Bai felt a faint chill in his heart.
"Those are not mountains. Back when the Outer Realm Race launched its devastating assault, one peak expert from the Primal Beast Plains detected it in advance and tried to stop them, giving the living beings of this land a chance to escape."
Jiu You gazed at the four towering peaks with respect in her eyes.
"This expert was also a Super Divine Beast. His true form was the Sky Swallowing Divine Turtle, and he possessed the strength of a Heavenly Sovereign. In terms of defense alone, even Heavenly Sovereigns of the same rank would have struggled to break through it. Yet even so, he failed to stop the devastating attack launched by the Outer Realm Race and their many kings. His body was destroyed outright, leaving only these four limbs standing to protect some of the living beings."
Liu Bai sighed inwardly. A real-life version of Nuwa mending the heavens with the Black Tortoise—except the Northern Dark Black Tortoise had its limbs severed by Lady Nuwa to serve as pillars of heaven, while this Sky Swallowing Divine Turtle had willingly sacrificed itself to protect its race.
Using the meteorite to descend onto the Primal Beast Plains, Liu Bai and the other three arrived atop a mountain peak.
Liu Bai looked down at the ancient, unfamiliar land. The world was filled with a primordial aura. Though ruin lay everywhere, one could still vaguely sense the savage wilderness of ancient times.
Trees tens of thousands of feet tall stood