Chapter 1 Gu Shen!?

The Tomb Oni confirmed again that he wasn't mistaken.

Was this a dream?

No... this time, it wasn't!

This godforsaken place was real! Right here in the Old World!

And now... Gu Shen was here.

The Tomb Oni wanted to speak, but he couldn't.

Although he was summoned by a powerful spirit each time and placed into this body, he didn't have substantive control.

He could only watch as the airship entered the heavy snow, getting closer and closer to him.

Closer and closer.

...

...

"This Black Snow Mountain... it's shrouded in a layer of enchantment."

"Looks like this is the true source of the 'Calamity'."

Silver Fox looked solemn.

The airship hovered outside Black Snow Mountain. The three left the cabin and came to the outer edge of the mountain.

"This snow mountain seems to be connected to the Travelers."

Silver Fox stood with his hands behind his back, examining the towering, vast snow mountain.

Black snow flew from the mountain, accompanied by ink-like mist. The entire mountain was shrouded in a strong aura of desolation.

"The Doru River also has an identical Black Snow Mountain."

Gu Shen said, "This snow mountain... is smaller than the one in Doru River, but the aura of calamity emanating from it is much stronger."

Without the protection of a domain, anyone who set foot here would probably die very quickly.

"Mm."

Silver Fox nodded. He had read the files on the Doru River Disaster Zone.

There was also a Black Snow Mountain upstream of the Doru River... Bai Xi had even personally gone to explore it.

"There should be some special connection between the two Black Snow Mountains."

Silver Fox instructed, "You two stay behind me, don't act rashly. Once we go in, if anything unusual happens, I will directly use the 'Power of Origin' to send you away."

"...Okay."

Bai Xiu took a deep breath.

The Thunder Realm Walker slowly floated behind him, attached to his body, and merged with him.

Gu Shen did the same, summoning the Fire Spirit onto himself.

"Sizzling..."

General Silver Fox extended a palm, pressing it onto the swirling black snow on the outer edge of Black Snow Mountain. His hot fingers merged with the cold snow, creating a scorching sound.

The next moment.

Boom!

The Power of Origin instantly blasted out a circular portal with a radius of twenty meters, shattering all the aura of calamity.

The terrifying power of the Origin directly shattered the curse of Black Snow Mountain!

Was this the power of a General?

Gu Shen couldn't help but feel shocked...

Worthy of being a near-god.

He and Bai Xiu exchanged glances and followed Silver Fox, slowly stepping into the territory of Black Snow Mountain.

Still bones everywhere.

This black snow mountain seemed to be built from the flesh and blood of the Traveler race... The scene before them was truly shocking. Every step was like treading on the bodies of several Traveler beings.

Although the Federal Government called them "Travelers."

In reality, these people were "ancient humans" who had been abandoned and lost by the starship civilization.

Many years ago, they were also members of the Five Continents... but they had fallen behind during the migration and escape.

"Did the Travelers sacrifice their own people?"

Bai Xiu watched in silence for a long time, finally unable to hold back.

He understood.

This land was filled with Traveler corpses. How could this be a scene caused by the Divine War?

If a Divine War truly broke out, at most a portion of the Traveler race would be involved... This entire snow mountain was covered in bones. There was only one possibility: the Travelers had issued a summoning order and personally buried their own people in the snow mountain.

"Low-level beings... only need to obey orders."

Silver Fox said calmly, "These beings probably don't feel any regret when they die. They feel that they died for a worthy cause."

"Why would they do such a thing..."

Bai Xiu asked, puzzled, "On the Lord of the Underworld's territory?"

It was obvious.

This broken land was the territory where the Lord of the Underworld cast his spells. The aura of calamity that was entangling here was obvious evidence.

The Lord of the Underworld wanted to refine an army of the undead, and the Travelers were willing to offer their own people?

"It's not hard to guess."

Gu Shen sighed softly and said, "These two Divine Seats have colluded and reached some kind of consensus."

There was already enough information.

Gu Shen didn't continue to hide it, because before long, Bai Xiu and Silver Fox would guess the truth themselves...

He murmured, "The Travelers chose to sacrifice their own people to cultivate the 'Army of the Undead' for the Lord of the Underworld."

"Then, what will the Lord of the Underworld give in return?" Bai Xiu asked, confused.

Giving was a two-way street.

The Travelers had paid such a huge price, and the Lord of the Underworld couldn't just accept it.

Gu Shen was silent for a moment, then gently uttered a sentence, "I guess... the coordinates of the Five Continents."

He didn't know the truth.

But...

He felt that this was the truth.

The Doru River Disaster Zone was located within the Five Continents. The existence of the two Black Snow Mountains couldn't be unrelated. Gu Shen had seen the scene of the Lord of the Underworld and the Travelers trading... These two Divine Seats gambled against each other with curses, and even placed their souls on the "contract." The existence of Black Snow Mountain was like some kind of witness.

Ensuring that the transaction between the two Divine Seats could be completed smoothly and steadily.

In this way, the connection between these two Black Snow Mountains... didn't seem hard to guess.

The Travelers helped the Lord of the Underworld create a Pure Land and an Undead Legion.

And the Lord of the Underworld... helped the Travelers find the Five Continents.

This gambling contract was extremely crazy. Once successful, the two Divine Seats would join forces to launch an assault on the North Continent. With the Lord of the Underworld and the Travelers working together, plus the attack of the Undead Legion, the Great Wall of the North Continent would probably be difficult to resist.

But in the end, this plan died in the womb.

The Five Continents were peaceful, and nothing happened.

Gu Shen walked silently on Black Snow Mountain. He didn't understand what happened in the middle. The Lord of the Underworld's plan seemed to be only one step away... So many Traveler corpses had already been prepared!

Only the melting and resurrection were left!

Could it be that Gu Changzhi ran into it on his return trip?

Wait!

Gu Shen suddenly realized a problem...

These two Divine Seats gambled against each other with souls and curses.

But in the end, there was no trust between them...

So, the Lord of the Underworld probably thought that after melting the Undead Legion, he would kick the Travelers away.

Similarly, the Travelers' idea was to use the Lord of the Underworld. As long as they found the coordinates of the Five Continents, it would be considered a success!

Then, the Black Snow Mountain, as a witness to the contract... perhaps it was the Travelers' [Gate]?

Gu Shen suddenly stopped. The Fire Spirit released a wisp of blazing fire, splashing up a large cloud of snow, burning out a clearing of several hundred meters, revealing large patches of corpses.

"..."

Bai Xiu and Silver Fox stopped one after another, looking at Gu Shen's unusual behavior.

"Different years."

Gu Shen's expression was a little pale.

He said softly, "The corpses on Black Snow Mountain are from different years!"

Hearing this, Bai Xiu and Silver Fox were stunned at first, then instantly understood.

"This suspended continent of the Old World is not hidden... The Traveler race discovered it long ago."

Gu Shen's voice was hoarse as he said, "They are constantly衝擊(chong ji - assaulting) Black Snow Mountain. Some of these corpses died many years ago, and some have only just died."

"Assaulting Black Snow Mountain, for what?"

Bai Xiu asked blankly. His voice stopped abruptly as soon as he spoke.

Boom!

Black Snow Mountain suddenly began to tremble, as if someone had woken up from a slumber and stretched their back. The sheath rock shattered, the snow tide collapsed, and the corpses buried in the snow were shaken off like flies and lice. Silver Fox, Gu Shen, and Bai Xiu quickly took to the air.

At this moment, Black Snow Mountain seemed to come alive...

Or rather.

Black Snow Mountain had always been "alive."

Gu Shen's mind buzzed, blank.

He suddenly remembered the "giant" who carried the Fire Seed into the Doru River Disaster Zone. In terms of size, that giant was about the same size as the black snow mountain in front of him... Of course, this Black Snow Mountain was different from the one in Doru River, because that one was dead, but this one was alive!

The apostles under the Travelers, the "top life forms" of this race evolved to the extreme, were as big as mountains!

Their bodies were extremely strong, so they could easily cross the void and were not afraid of the disordered Source Energy of the Old World!

There was more than one big guy in the Traveler race.

"Rumble..."

Amid the huge tremors, the snow mountain giant suddenly stood up and swung a palm at Gu Shen and the others. The wind howled fiercely, and the air within a radius of nearly a thousand meters seemed to have been evacuated.

This was the pinnacle of life evolved to the extreme in the Old World.

Able to gain the trust of the Travelers, carrying the Divine Seat's body... needless to say, its strength was at the peak of the entire Traveler race. The attack power and defense of the body had reached the extreme.

Controlling the Power of Origin was akin to being a near-god.

The life level leaping to the level of "Black Snow Mountain Giant" was also akin to being a near-god!

"Dong!"

A drum-like tremor echoed in the sky.

Silver Fox's entire arm instantly turned black. He punched out at the Black Snow Mountain Giant's palm, and the terrifying force instantly tore the void. The palm was actually knocked back, and even the entire huge giant staggered back a step.

"Withdraw!"

Silver Fox looked extremely calm.

He grabbed Gu Shen and Bai Xiu and instantly returned to the source-energy boat.