Chapter 527: [ Grand Assembly in front of the Mountain ]

The Despair Grieving Mountain was a land of treasures in the eyes of many powerful sects and nations.

This place had an abundance of godly ores, a plethora of spirit medicines and dan herbs, ancient secret and powerful cultivation techniques and manuals, and most of all, the whole place was littered with extremely powerful magical beasts that could be used to acquire powerful magical beast cores that could be used to quickly advance in cultivation. Even now, just standing in the outer region could make one feel the intense terrifying aura and was accompanied by the roars of Magical Beasts and groups of mythical beasts.

Even though in the legends, the Despair Grieving Mountain was far away from the Forbidden Tombs or Ancient Labyrinths, it was still a rare ground with treasures and riches.

There was even a legend, that in this Mountain, countless Gods and Deities lost their lives, turning it into a burial ground—however, their treasures, secret arts, and magical items scattered in the entire mountain!

Thus, this place might be full of danger but it was also a place that can be called a treasure trove. Many fearless and opportunistic cultivators await their moment to enter this holy ground to temper themselves and at the same time acquire countless treasures that could make any people drool just by hearing about it.

What is this Despair Grieving Mountain? And how had it come to be?

Truthfully, no one could clearly speak of the exact origin of the Despair Grieving Mountain. Some said that it was a natural ground. Some described it as a land that came from another world. Some also said that it was a place of the Gods before it was destroyed by a calamity…

But what it really was, still remained a mystery even now…!

Over two thousand years ago until their loss at the hands of the Iron Heart Sutra Sect, the Despair Grieving Mountain belonged to the top Sect of that time; Thousand Beast Martial Sect. but upon defeat, even though they managed to keep their ancestral land, they couldn’t hold on to the Despair Grieving Mountain.

That year, the ridge was the hunting ground for the Thousand Beast Martial Sect; no one dared to trespass. Even though there was an abundance of treasures that caused the mouths of others to become watery, no one dared to have any intentions against the sect. Because that age was ruled by the Great Thousand Beast Martial Sect—the strongest Sect at that time!

Alas, nothing is eternal…!

The defeat of the sect caused the Despair Grieving Mountain to be a place without an owner. Even though the Iron Heart Sutra Sect was the victor, all of the grand sects and nations in the entire Grand Middle Territory were interested in the mountain. Who would hold this precious jade would surely be prey by many other Sect. As long as one doesn’t have the confidence to protect it, one shouldn’t be too greedy or else they must become the second Thousand Beast Martial Sect, who was then since that time had been dragged down from the number one sit and was pitifully reduced to just a second-grade Sect, almost a third-grade Sect.

This was why, even though they were the winner and was hailed as the current strongest Sect, the Iron Heart Sutra Sect didn’t dare to own the mountain alone and had to share it with the rest of the world, albeit they would risk the Sect existence!

There was a saying ‘Thirty years the river flows east, thirty years the river flows west’ who can be confident that they would still be the strongest Sect forever…? If most of the greedy Sect wanted to have a piece of the treasure and gathered together, no matter how strong they are—they would surely still be defeated.

Thus, they shared the treasure with everyone else in the condition that they would be the one who will be guarding it and managed it. Since they are the one who had won it from the Thousand Beast Martial Sect, and that they had already given everyone a piece of it, surely they would have no choice but to agree, even if they already green in envy!

—Certain grand characters calculated that the opening of the Despair Grieving Mountain would happen up to once every five years and only exceptional geniuses under 30 years old, those called Children of Heavens can enter.

As for the hosting Sect, the Iron Heart Sutra Sect also sent their disciples earlier and camped at the entrance to the Despair Grieving Mountain. Besides greeting the disciples from the grand sects and powerful nations from the eight directions of the Grand Middle Territories of the Divine Martial Continent, they were also responsible for determining whether certain sects and cultivators had the qualifications to enter.

Even though the saying was that the Despair Grieving Mountain was for the world to share, in reality, the sects that could enter the ridge were all grand sects and powerful nations, or a renowned tyrant of one direction. As for the small sects or ordinary cultivators, they wouldn’t expect to qualify to enter the Mountain range. More so, Evil Sects…!

However, how can they completely forbid anyone to enter…?

Time after time, there were several people, even Evil cultivators that would be able to sneak in. After all, Despair Grieving Mountain is a very wonderful treasure trove. All of the experienced big sects and nations would clamor to send their disciples on their way to the mountain range, to see whether they would be fortunate enough to seize the treasures in the legends.

How could anyone let this opportunity pass by…?

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The Despair Grieving Mountain was actually not far from the Passing Cloud Sect. At most, it was only one hundred thousand miles.

Wooosh.

Yet another ray of light streaked across the skies and entered the entrance of the Despair Grieving Mountain.

A normally quiet ridge within the eerie Despair Grieving Mountain already had an entire group of people assembled. This ridge was the place where the assembly place of the various sects as it was a place where one can breach the restriction when the barrier around the Despair Grieving Mountain started to weaken. Like a paper wall, one just needs to poke at it to open it as this was the place where the most vulnerable part of the barrier surrounding the Mountain can be found.

And this entrance was composed of a huge horizontal ridge. This ridge was like a giant dragon lying on the earth as if it was a separator between the heaven and earth. This entrance was in front of the ridge that ranged many million miles long.

The moment one stood on top of the ridge to overlook all of the directions, it gave the feeling that the whole world was small in comparison.

The Mountain Ridge of Despair or so it was called by people.

The Entrance to Hell!

Within a certain Part of the Ridge, where the barrier that covered the entire Mountain Region can be easily broke through, there was a large steel door –roughly twenty to thirty-meter steel plated door covered with the image of a swirling dragon and nine clouds around it.

The door was at the highest peak in this region—extremely magnificent. Of course, this was only the entrance, the true Despair Grieving Mountain was bigger than one ever could imagine.

At the first checkpoint of the ridge, there was a team sent by the Iron Heart Sutra Sect. This vanguard was meant to welcome the disciples from the grand sects as the host, but they also determined who had the qualifications to enter.

The vanguard group of the Iron Heart Sutra Sect was personally led by two of the Eight Slaughter Kings; Nangong Liuyun and Nangong Xuyi—the twin kings of the Iron Heart Sutra Sect.

They were also famously known as the Iron Heart Sutra Sect’s Holy Son and Saintess!

Both were Peak Ancestral Realm Experts. Less than thirty years old and was already on the verge of breaking through Spirit Realm, how terrifying is this?

The moment the Iron Heart Sutra Sect troops were stationed at the ridge, many cultivators had heard of the news. Especially the cultivators without a sect and weaker ones; they had come early and watched from a far distance.

These sect-less cultivators, along with weaker ones, absolutely didn’t have the qualifications to enter the Despair Grieving Mountain. However, they still wanted to watch the situation and take advantage if the opportunity arose; maybe they could even sneak inside the mountain. If not, they could use this chance to observe the grand characters of the big sects and strong nations for a little bit. There was even a chance to watch the auras of Spirit Realm Experts and Saints and they might be able to gain enlightenment or insights from them; this would then be a worthwhile trip.

After the Iron Heart Sutra Sect’s vanguard had stationed at the entrance, these sect-less cultivators knew to stay far away. They were not dumb enough to oppose a giant monster such as the Iron Heart Sutra Sect. Thus, the assembly, despite having so many people was quite well-behaved and organized. Not one dared to create troubles or problems—

In the empty valley within the ridge, there were already many people present, all of whom were chatting idly amongst each other. Some were already acquaintances and some were trying to create karma or connections with other people.

All of these people were exceedingly powerful. Not one of them was weaker than Emperor Realm experts.

“Young Hero Liu Meng of the Fire Lotus Buddha Sect has arrived…”

Not long after the two Holy Son and Saintess of the Iron Heart Sutra Sect finished their encampment, there was another famous person who arrived by riding a Dragon Horse. This young hero only had three to five followers, but he possessed powerful primordial blood energy that caused weaker cultivators to lose their colors.

Blood Tyrant Mammoth—a Divine beast bloodline was emitting from within Liu Meng. The oppression was ten times stronger than the normal Ancestor Realm.

“Hmph! Fools!” Liu Meng snorted in contempt as he suddenly leaped off the Dragon Horse. His behavior and character was so arrogant and looking down the world.

“Liu Meng has come as well.” Someone spoke out. Witnessing Liu Meng’s flying figure, many cultivators said with admiration. “This time’s event would be quite a sight to see!”

A skinny man with long red hair flew down from the skies. Liu Meng was yet another person who, in the past, had shaken the Divine Martial Continent with his fame—the Holy Son of the Fire Lotus Buddha Sect.

“Liu Meng, you came as well!” One of the ten people in the empty space, a grim-looking man with white-flecked hair spoke.

“Xu Lie, if you can come, why can’t I?” Liu Meng’s voice was very cold as well. His gaze was focused on Xu Lie. Currently, Xu Lie only had a single sword on his back, a translucent sword that emanated extreme cold.

In the past few years, Xu Lie had fought several times against Liu Meng—they were rivals. The first time they had fought, Xu Lie had lost. But several years later, when they fought again, the two were on par. With this alone, one could see how monstrous the talent Xu Lie possess. In just a few years after his debut, his fame had encompassed and heavens and covered the earth—one of the four Sword King; Wily Sparrow Sword King.

Sparks appeared as soon as the two youths stand in front of each other—their auras clashing causing quite a commotion from the other groups. But this was just the tip of the iceberg!

Soon, one expert after another arrived.

“The Purple Flower Sect has arrived…”

As the day went on, there were many disciples from the big sects and powerful nations within the Divine Martial Continent that arrived.

The Purple Flower Sect arrived from a rainbow in the sky, spanning across the ridge. After the disciples of the Purple Flower Sect had arrived, the twin kings who were governing the ridge ordered some disciples to greet them.

Purple Flower Sect might not be as powerful as other leading Sect but they have their own ways of fighting. And most of all, all the disciples in this sect were women and most of them have beauties that can overthrow a city and ruin a nation!

They are not as strong in combat and fighting compared to the other Grand Sect. However, they are the so-called Daji’s of the Imperial Court—one beauty among them can create conflicts from two or more Sect in an instant!

They are terrifying and fearful in a very strange way…!

The disciples of this Sect were all extraordinary and had purple energy. A wise man would notice that the majority of these disciples that had arrived now had stepped into the Ancestor realm!

For the younger generation, to be able to reach the Ancestor realm was an excellent achievement—reaching this stage means that they had officially stepped on the Powerhouse stage where strong people were standing!

And now, less than 30 years of age had actually entered this stage…?

If they were not a genius then what can they call those people below them? Being called trash is already overstatement!

“The Blue Sky Lake has also arrived, very hot stuff. I heard that this time, the Blue Sky Lake was personally led by its young master. Rumor has it that the young master of Blue Sky was a giant python that cultivated into a demon, and there was even a chance for him to become Demon King in the future!”

A person movingly said.

The arrival of the Blue Sky Lake carried the roar of a dragon. One giant dragon spanned across the sky and carried a dozen disciples, they were all extraordinarily talented. However, the disciples of the Blue Sky Lake were all demons versed in the Dao and had different appearances. Some had a human body but the head of a hawk, some had ox horns, and some at the back had human heads on a bird’s body…

And leading these people was… Blue Sky lake Young Master, Wang Feng!

“Wang Feng, you arrived very late, this time.” Seeing the experts continue to arrive, many people immediately laughed and greeted them.

These experts, having trained in seclusion for a dozen years, almost all knew each other. They all prodigies of every Sect and was often battles each other to see who was stronger. By nightfall, less than fifty people had arrived. According to their plans, there should be a total of a hundred people that would enter the Despair Grieving Mountain this time.

Boom… Boom!!

A thunderous roar resounded in the sky. Suddenly, there was a group of cavalry riding the air; their godly stallions underneath them moved like lightning as they trampled the empty space, traveling several hundred miles in just a second.

This cavalry that came from the sky left behind streams of shadows due to their magnificent speed.