Chapter 980: Entering The Godwar Mountain
Nobility is not preordained by the heavens! This phrase was truly not just for show at the Godwar Mountain.
On the mountain was a youth carrying a bloody saber. His body was engulfed in a blood energy as his long hair fluttered with the wind just like a waterfall of blood.
He came with a group of Blood-devil disciples and arrogantly laughed: "Will Godkings from the human race dare to come here?!"
"The Saber Emperor School's Feng Zhicheng!" Many cultivators here were startled to see this young man.
He was the main descendant of the Saber Emperor School, one of the thirty-five great lineages of the Blood-devil Tribe. Its power was among the top five. What was even scarier was that he had also inherited the school's terrifying weapon, the Blood-devil Saber. Thus, he was known to be quite vicious!
Humans and Bloods didn't always get along in the Barren Earth. The Skybearing Monarch, as one of the leaders of the Blood-devil Tribe, was friendly compared to Feng Zhicheng. Since the Blood-devil Tribe was the most powerful branch of the Blood Race, Feng Zhicheng considered humans to be invaders. Normally, he would argue with human experts right away, and the result would be fights to the death.
"If a human Godking comes here, I will definitely kill them!" Feng Zhicheng laughed proudly while emitting a cold aura.
The Blood-devil Tribe viewed Jikong Wudi's dispatch of their Godking as a great shame that they were unwilling to speak of. But today, Feng Zhicheng was quite aggressive to the point of provoking the humans!
Despite his deliberate showing of disdain, the human experts here didn't want to say anything because nothing good would come out of debating with this brute.
Feng Zhicheng laughed proudly and went deeper into the Godwar Mountain with a large group of Blood-devil disciples.
At this time, wondrous lights emerged from the mountain alongside faint immortal hymns. Runes appeared on the hills with some intertwining universal laws as well…
Even though this mountain suppressed peoples' cultivation, many cultivators still enjoyed coming here! This was because by successfully climbing these peaks, they would be able to obtain an extraordinary fortune.
Each peak hid a different opportunity. Some had an ancient sage that gave dao sermons. Others had natural immortal voices preaching the dao while others told different legends…
Just by being able to climb these peaks, people would have different adventures and harvests.
No one knew the reason for these fortunes at this place. Some said that there was an immortal buried in the deepest location of this place. Others stated that there was an immortal scripture underground. There were also those who claimed that this place was the dynasty of an immortal…
These hidden fortunes were the reason why many people came here. However, not just anyone could climb these peaks after entering.
The deeper one went, the taller the peaks became. And of course, the taller peaks were harder to climb! Thus, people used the height of the peaks as a standard.
From then on, the majority of the mountains were named Hundred Peak, Thousand Peak, Myriad Peak, Deca-myriad Mountain, and Million Peak. 1
Million Peaks were the limit because for many generations now, no one had surpassed these mountains; they couldn't climb them. If one could cross this type of mountain, then they would reach the Prime Peak of the Godwar Mountain!
Legend states that no one had ever climbed to the top of the Prime Peak before. No one knew what this feat entailed or what was located at the summit.
Li Qiye came before the Godwar Mountain and took a look. He saw many rolling peaks. Each of these peaks was very tall, giving quite an oppressive feeling to any visitor.
Directing his gaze even further, he saw the untouchable Prime Peak standing among the clouds like a divine mountain. It seemed to pierce the firmament as the celestials in space orbited it.
Li Qiye gently sighed while looking at this mountain. The mountain of imperial massacre! Even an Immortal Emperor had fallen in this place, showing its incomparable glory and might! 2
However, Li Qiye had never felt any glory worthy of praise after entering. Even after the end of that battle, he still didn't want to talk about this matter, let alone spread the tale. The mountain, in both the past and present, was the same in Li Qiye's mind because too many people, too many of his followers, had died here.
Those who were loyal and supportive of him, those who loved him… They died here, buried with his memories and emotions! Even if he was the Dark Crow that had experienced countless ages, he was still reluctant to turn his head back.
"Young Noble Li is going to the Godwar Mountain too?" The human cultivators greeted him as he gazed at the mountains.
He was very famous in the Holy City at the moment. Back at the Thunder Tower, he killed Chi Zixian's group of experts. Even in front of the Thunder Tower Lord, he still spoke about the Crimson Night Kingdom with contempt.
His strength was a source of pride for the human race. His killing of the Crimson Night's descendant was a reason for elation.
Of course, while some humans came to greet him, there were also those who avoided him because what he did was the same as starting a life and death feud with Crimson Night. They didn't want any part in this trouble.
As for the Blood Race, they naturally wouldn't give him any friendly gestures. Although they were not willing to provoke him right now, these Blood experts all had some level of animosity towards him!
It could be said that Crimson Night, to a certain extent, represented the prestige of the Blood Race. Thus, his murderous actions were a challenge to the Blood Race itself.
Back when Jikong Wudi wreaked havoc in the Barren Earth and murdered many Blood members, the entire race felt ashamed. And now, another human like Li Qiye was causing trouble, so how could the Blood Race act amicably towards him?
Li Qiye simply didn't mind friendliness or hostility. He only smiled and entered the Godwar Mountain.
He didn't go straight for the Prime Peak and instead started at the shortest Hundred Peak instead. After climbing to the summit of one, he would bury an item there.
This region was huge, spanning for millions of miles. There were up to many tens of thousands of Hundred Peaks!
He climbed them and continued the burying process. Of course, since there were so many, he didn't go to every single one. His selection of particular mountains contained a profundity that no one else knew about.
As the new star of Holy City, each of his actions was being watched. What made people even more surprised was that when he climbed to the top of these peaks, there was no visual phenomenon at all. No fortunes, no immortal preaching, or immortal hymns…
Everyone should have some harvest after reaching the summit, but nothing happened after Li Qiye reached the top. The dao runes didn't even move in the slightest.
"What is going on?" Those who were watching felt that his lack of harvest or fortune was unbelievable.
"Haha, he must be cursed, even the fortunes of the Godwar Mountain won't recognize him!" A Blood expert sneered.
"That's right. I heard the cursed ones aren't tolerated by the high heavens. Not to mention this peak, even if he crawls to all the Hundred Peaks, he still won't be able to obtain any fortune." A young Blood laughed gloatingly.
Many people felt an indescribable joy in their hearts after seeing Li Qiye's failure, especially those of the Blood Race.
Those with a little skill and determination wouldn't bother climbing Hundred Peaks due to the lowest grade fortunes, so very few cultivators climbed this level.
Of course, there were also people willing to do so. After reaching the summit of some peaks, Li Qiye found that there were cultivators present already. They all obtained something for their trouble.
On a different one, there was a group sitting in front of a boulder and were observing the dao runes on it. Some were quietly listening to the faint dao noises underground…
When they saw Li Qiye burying an item in the mud, they became quite curious. A human asked: "Young Noble Li, what are you burying?"
Li Qiye only smiled and said: "Everyone says that plant a seed in spring and harvest the fruits in autumn. So, I am planting a seed containing the grand dao. Maybe when autumn comes, I will be able to pick up many immortal scriptures."
Such words left the group looking at each other. Such a belief was too ridiculous and quite frankly impossible. Only a fool would believe such a thing.
Although they didn't believe him, after he left, someone immediately dug up the location that he had just buried the item. However, there was nothing there at all.
"No way, I clearly saw him burying something down here, how could it have disappeared?" A cultivator dug a very deep pit, but he still couldn't find the item Li Qiye put in there.
"Maybe that guy is just trying to trick us. He knew that we would dig it up so he cast an illusion." A friend shook his head and smiled.
"This kid is sick! It's one thing that he didn't get any fortunes after going to so many Hundred Peaks, yet he still has the mood to tease other people! What a freak!" The digger said with frustration.
Note that the raw would be Hundred Zhang Peak, Thousand Zhang Peak and on and on… Zhang is ten Chinese feet or 3.3 meters. Left out the Zhang measurement to make the name more presentable. ↩ It is unclear whether Immortal Emperor is plural or singular here, not explicitly stated. ↩Chapter 981: Meeting Yi Chuan Again
Li Qiye, of course, didn't have so much free time to tease other people. The truth was that he truly buried items there, but these items were instantly dragged down to the deepest location of the mountain. This wasn't something that others could see.
Moreover, these items were extremely frightening. After the last battle with the Ancient Ming, he gave these items to the mysterious clans inside the city for safekeeping. This time, he visited them and took back all those items.
For millions of years, people thought that a war between deities had taken place in this location. Of course, in a certain sense, that past battle was also a battle between gods. It ultimately resulted in a battle to kill an Immortal Emperor!
In present times, few people knew that this place wasn’t always called the Godwar Mountain. In the past, it was a divine land. After the Ancient Ming took over the nine worlds, the Dark Dragon Dynasty built a supreme ancestral ground at this place.
After the death of an Immortal Emperor, this land was transformed into its present state, the current Godwar Mountain. Countless ancient battlefields had shattered here. Towering mountains and peaks were rebuilt from the accumulation of flesh and blood.
The world also didn't know that the thing suppressing everyone in here was not an immortal or any item, it was the most terrorizing formation in this world — the Immortal Emperor Slaughtering Formation!
After the battle, Li Qiye left the formation to reign over this place. Outside of the Immortal Emperor blood still flowing here, the more important reason was that this land was too mystical. Furthermore, the Ancient Ming had fortified this land for many years and truly affected the terrain. Thus, Li Qiye left the formation here as insurance to destroy everything the Ancient Ming left behind with the erosion of time.
The sight of the phenomena told Li Qiye that the time was finally ripe after these millions of years. This day had finally come, the day of his harvest.
Despite their great efforts, that highly coveted item was too profound and in the end, the Ancient Ming’s efforts came to naught. They were unable to get the item inside as the time wasn’t right!
Li Qiye finally waited until this day. He was not only going to take back the Immortal Emperor Slaughtering Formation, but also a few things buried underground!
Virtually no one knows that the suppression was due to a great formation. They believed in the myth of an immortal being here instead.
Li Qiye continued to bury items deep underground. He started from the Hundred Peaks and then the Thousand Peaks, Myriad Peaks…
For many cultivators, climbing these mountains was not an easy matter. This was especially true after the Myriad Peaks, it became prohibitively difficult to continue onward. The suppression became stronger the closer one was to the center of the Godwar Mountain. It was a great test to anyone's dao heart, determination, perception, and skill!
However, this was not difficult for Li Qiye. He was the creator of Godwar Mountain. For him, not to mention the Million Peaks, even climbing the Prime Peak was easy.
At one of the special Thousand Peaks Li Qiye was burying items in, a respectful figure immediately bowed the moment he saw Li Qiye: "Young Noble Li…"
Li Qiye looked up and smiled leisurely: "Royal Lord Yi, we meet again. This is truly a type of fate."
So it turned out that this old man who bowed respectfully towards Li Qiye was the Suhuang Country's Royal Lord Yi Chuan. At this time, a group of disciples were standing behind him. A'Bao, who didn't like Li Qiye, was among them.
Yi Chuan quickly told his disciples: "Come, greet Young Noble Li."
Back at the Void Trap Desert, some of them had looked down on Li Qiye. But now, they knew that Li Qiye was their great lord's esteemed guest. What shocked them even more was when they heard some of his stories.
He even dared to kill the descendant of the Crimson Night Kingdom — this was too much to take in for little cultivators like them. In their eyes, Chi Zixian was a goddess from legends, someone completely out of reach. However, Li Qiye casually killed someone of her level so easily. How could they not be astonished?
Thus, after seeing his arrival, A'Bao's group didn't dare to slight him in the least. They were stricken with both fear and awe as they bowed towards him.
"Rise." Li Qiye gently waved his sleeve and smiled: "Oh? That little lady isn't coming?"
He was referring to Yi Chuan's disciple, A'Li. He had a good impression of her due to her broad-mindedness.
"She's here." Yi Chuan was happy to see Li Qiye bringing up his disciple right away. He pointed at a Thousand Peak ahead and said: "She climbed up that peak and is comprehending the fortune up there."
Li Qiye looked at this peak for a bit. It was around five to six thousand zhang high. It was relatively tall among the Thousand Peaks.
"Mmm, to be able to climb a Six Thousand Peak at that age, she either has a strong dao heart or a mind free of distractions." Li Qiye gently nodded: "However, there is still a big gap compared to real cultivators if she can only climb up a Thousand Peak."
His words made the majority of disciples behind Yi Chuan lower their heads in shame. Even the proud A'Bao was very embarrassed.
One couldn't be considered a real cultivator by just climbing a Six Thousand Peak. Meanwhile, they could barely climb a Three Thousand Peak — this was not much different from mere mortals.
"May I ask how you define a cultivator?" Yi Chuan noticed this rare opportunity and immediately asked Li Qiye. He was seizing the chance for his disciples.
"Cultivation is not about innate talents. It relies on one's dao heart, determination, and perception…" Li Qiye only smiled since he knew what Yi Chuan was thinking, so he casually taught them.
Most cultivators wouldn't care for this basic theory. Li Qiye didn't want to pass down a real dao system either. This was only casual speech. As for how much they could understand from it, this depended on their own efforts and fortune.
"Wow, I feel like I've missed something?" While Li Qiye sat on the ground to teach Yi Chuan's disciples, a crisp and pleasant voice rang out.
Yi Chuan's youngest disciple, A'Li, finally came back from the summit. She was both excited and scared to see Li Qiye sitting together with her brothers.
Yi Chuan hurriedly said: "A'Li, come greet Young Noble Li."
She looked at him with surprise in her big and round pair of eyes before she happily smiled: "Young Noble Li is also here? Don't tell me you want to compete with Lin Tiandi by seeing if you can reach the Prime Peak?"
Yi Chuan was startled after hearing his disciple. Both Li Qiye and Lin Tiandi were peerless characters, not people that a small kingdom like them could provoke.
"This girl, what nonsense is this? Just greet Young Noble Li first." Yi Chuan gently scolded her so that his disciple wouldn't speak more outrageous lines.
Li Qiye gently waved and stopped Yi Chuan. He then glanced at the Million Peaks in the distance and smiled: "I am only competing with myself, there's no need to compare with others."
"How awesome!" A'Li cutely smiled and said: "So Young Noble Li is saying you are not weaker than Lin Tiandi?"
In the past, among Yi Chuan's disciples, only A'Li was unprejudiced towards Li Qiye.
"Lin Tiandi? I don't need to compete with him." Li Qiye smiled towards this curious girl.
If this was before, A'Bao's group would have laughed at Li Qiye and thought that he was ignorant. However, they didn't think so today. Daring to kill Crimson Night's descendant showed that Li Qiye had the power to back it up.
Li Qiye spoke to A'Li: "It seems like you had a good harvest at the summit. A runic water vein… it can nourish your dao foundation."
"How, how do you know that?!" She was jolted from hearing him reveal her harvest. She had only managed to comprehend the dao runes on the mountain and didn't even have the time to tell her master, but Li Qiye was able to tell with a single glance.
"I only calculated with my fingers." Li Qiye chuckled. How could this elude his eyes? It was only a small exaggeration to say that he was the creator of the Godwar Mountain!
A'Li was both puzzled and scared. She wanted to ask, but Yi Chuan shook his head towards her and motioned for her not to.
Li Qiye told Yi Chuan: "Royal Lord Yi, when I drank your wine back then, I said I would give you a good fortune. Today, we met by chance, so it is time to finish our connection."
After hearing this, Yi Chuan became quite joyous. He brought his disciples to thank Li Qiye and said: "Thank you for your guidance, Young Noble Li. We are very appreciative."
"Follow me." Li Qiye accepted their gesture and then turned around to leave.
Yi Chuan quickly followed with his disciples. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in his eyes. It wasn't easy to encounter a supreme genius like Li Qiye.
Li Qiye brought them into a hidden mountain base in this area. After entering, they all disappeared right away. No one was more familiar with this place than Li Qiye, so he brought them here to learn.