Devil Spirit Mountain

is one of the Martial Heaven Continent's seven great danger zones. It had been sealed by Great Emperor Qing Xu with the Emperor Blood Seal.
Mara inhabit the mountain.
== Description ==
It was said it was the entrance to the Devil World. But no devil lifeforms had ever come out of there.
In fact, not only had no devil creatures ever been sighted there, but people had also seen a scene of an immortal wonderland. Many people had even heard immortal music, music that could increase their cultivation base just by listening to it. Some of them had even instantly broken through their bottlenecks.
So Devil Spirit Mountain was an extremely strange place. If you lingered around its entrance, there wasn't any danger. But if you entered deeper, you would never return. It was unknown how many experts had tried to unlock the secrets of Devil Spirit Mountain only to never return.
There were many legends about it. There were beautiful ones, and there were evil ones. No one could tell what the situation was exactly.
But the number of experts that had disappeared in it were innumerable. Even Kings would never return after entering.
That was why it had been named one of the seven great danger zones. It was the same as the Martial Heaven Sea-Ring.
However, the surroundings of Devil Spirit Mountain were the habitat of an eighth tier medicinal ingredient, the Spirit Connecting Grass.
== Location ==
Devil Spirit Mountain was situated near the south of the Central Plains' eastern section. If someone were to buy a map with this location on it, the word FORBIDDEN would be marked on it with a human skull.
Devil Spirit Mountain was just a name. Whether it was truly a mountain or not was something no one knew. All people knew was that the entrance to Devil Spirit Mountain was located at the peak of a mountain.
This mountain was huge, but there was not a single blade of grass growing on it. All the earth here was scarlet. Even the dirt contained an aura of decay and yet also vast pressure.
Legend was that this ground had been dyed with the blood of countless experts, and even after all these years, it still emitted that terrifying pressure.
Cultivators below the Innate realm wouldn't even be able to approach this place. Only people at the Foundation Forging realm and above could withstand this pressure.
There were two ancient stone pillars at the top of the mountain. They soared into the air, looking like the pillars of a gate that was propping up the sky.
The pillars formed a huge entrance around a mile wide while emitting their own terrifying pressure. Blood-red runes revolved over the stone pillars, causing the void to quiver.
Between the two pillars was a huge blood-colored runic seal, the Emperor Blood Seal.
== History ==
=== Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet ===
The old man says the remaining part of the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet was located here.
Although the Martial Heaven Sea-Ring was also considered one of the seven danger zones, its danger was actually the lowest amongst the seven.
That was because it was too huge, and the main danger stemmed from the sea demons. The sea demon race's experts would rarely attack human cultivators unless the latter caused trouble for them first.
But other than the Martial Heaven Sea-Ring, the other danger zones were true lands of death. Humans were forbidden from entering.
Zheng Wenlong had once mentioned Devil Spirit Mountain to Long Chen. At that time, it had become enshrouded in mist, making it impossible to gather the Spirit Gathering Grass that grew around it. That grass was the main ingredient of the Forging Heart Spirit Connecting Pill.
When Long Chen had asked Zheng Wenlong about Devil Spirit Mountain, Zheng Wenlong had told him despite its name and fame as one of the seven danger zones, there had never actually been any devils to come out of it.
Instead, rather than devils, what people occasionally saw were scenes of an immortal wonderland. Many heard the sound of immortal music that allowed their cultivation bases to progress. Some would even suddenly break through their bottlenecks. It was extremely strange.
There were many legends regarding Devil Spirit Mountain. Some of those legends were beautiful, and some of them were evil, making it impossible for people to tell exactly what it was. But Zheng Wenlong had warned Long Chen that he absolutely couldn't enter it.
=== Dark era ===
In the dark era, the devil spirit mountain was one of the entrances the alien powerhouses used to invade Martial Heaven Continent, causing great losses to the Heaven Splitting Divine Sect and Xuantian Dao Sect. At the time the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet had been broken, and a part of it lost within the mountain.
Devil Spirit Mountain now had a Sovereign seal on it, but due to the encroaching of time, it had started to weaken in the past thirty thousand years.
It was now possible for the Martial Heaven Continent's people to enter Devil Spirit Mountain. But the seal refused to allow people above the Jade Core realm to enter.
Once the Sovereign seal had weakened, countless brave experts had attempted to charge into Devil Spirit Mountain. Of course, this had included the elites of the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect.
But the experts who charged into Devil Spirit Mountain all died without exception at that time. As a result, most experts no longer dared to enter. However, there was an exception to that. Other experts braved the danger in search of treasures, but the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect was trying to regain its inheritance.
In the past thirty thousand years, it was unknown how many generations of their top geniuses had attempted to find their lost inheritance. Regaining it was each of these disciples' sacred duty. Even though they had all died, not one of them had batted an eye.
But as more time passed, the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect's heart had grown cold. In all these years, only two of their disciples had ever managed to return from Devil Spirit Mountain.
The first disciple died as soon as he got out without saying a word.
The second disciple also didn't manage to say anything before dying right after getting out. But he had been tightly clutching a tile in his hand that had one word hastily written on it: hoax.
Clearly this disciple had only barely managed to scrawl this down before dying. He had used his powerful willpower to charge out and bring this information.
It was unknown what that disciple's true intent was behind what he had written, but it was clear that there was a huge conspiracy hidden within.
That was why in the past eight thousand years, the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect hadn't sent a single one of their disciples in. Furthermore, during this time, another few things occurred which further corroborated that disciple's final word.
Just three thousand years ago, strange sights had started appearing in the entrance of Devil Spirit Mountain. Sometimes flying immortals would appear, sometimes immortal music would ring out. Projections would also show up in the air.
Amongst those projections was the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect's priceless treasure, the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet. After seeing these projections, countless experts had once more charged in.
Although they had known it was dangerous, they were unable to resist the temptation of so many treasures. Furthermore, they wanted to know the secrets of Devil Spirit Mountain. Experts had flocked over like a mob.
It was said that at that time, at least hundreds of thousands of experts had charged in, but only a few managed to live to tell the tale.
According to their stories, there were countless treasures inside, but there were also terrifying lifeforms guarding them.
Those lifeforms were incredibly powerful, and humans were slaughtered by them. Although those lifeforms' cultivation bases had been at the King realm, the human race's experts had been too weak to receive even a single blow from them.
In the next few years, most experts no longer dared to think about invading Devil Spirit Mountain. But the greed and curiosity of humans were limitless.
Although Devil Spirit Mountain hid countless dangers, there were still a few people who had heaven-defying luck that managed to escape with treasures.
Some people obtained an Eternal Life Fruit that allowed a cultivator whose lifespan was about to run out to live another thousand years.
Some people obtained remnants of ancient canons that allowed their cultivation bases to advance and shake the world, making them legendary existences.
Some people also managed to obtain the ancestral items of their sects, restoring their declined sects.
Some people also heard the pointers of powerful experts which allowed their cultivation bases to rapidly progress.
To sum up, there were countless legends about Devil Spirit Mountain. Everyone knew the danger within. If you entered, your chances of leaving alive were very, very low.
According to the experience of those who returned, the lifeforms within had extremely sharp senses to those at the King realm. On the other hand, Foundation Forging experts had a certain chance of dodging their senses.
== Inside ==
=== Mountain range ===
There was a buffer region filled with black mist between the Emperor Blood Seal and the inside. Past that, there was an unending mountain range. The mountains were barren, and it was impossible to see their end. Due to the rising and falling mountains, it was impossible to see what could be inside the gulches.
They didn't see a single powerful lifeform. The mountain range was completely empty here. They didn't see a single person. But every now and then, they would see bloodstains that had almost lost all their color after the encroachment of time. They were sometimes able to sense the leftover aura of the deceased experts.
Those stains told them that they could lose their lives at any moment. They definitely couldn't be careless. So they didn't go very quickly. Even after over four hours, they had only crossed a dozen mountains.
But on the way, they had seen quite a few rotted corpses and broken weapons. Long Chen even saw the remnants of an Ancestral item.
Picking up one of them, he still sensed its terrifying pressure. From its shape, it should have been the fragment of a set of armor.
Although it was only the size of a chicken's egg, it was as heavy as a mountain and incredibly hard. Such a terrifying Ancestral item had been destroyed, leaving behind just this small piece. The battle back then must have been horrific.
=== Black mist and entrance formation ===
Black mist: Long Chen turned toward the black mist and crushed a medicinal pill. The medicinal pill transformed into powder that slowly floated toward the black mist. But once it did, the powder was suddenly blocked by some invisible energy.
Entrance formation: This region outside the black mist has its own formation around it. It only allows people to enter, but not leave. As soon as one tries to leave, the formation will stop them and also alert the lifeforms of this world.
He looked at the ground and saw a batch of dirt that was scarlet a few hundred meters away. That further confirmed his guess.
When two adventurers tried to escape through the formation, winged devils were alerted and sent to slaughter them.
The power of this formation must surpass the power a Jade Core expert can possess to make it so even they are unable to get through it. As for why those two geniuses of our Heaven Splitting Battle Sect could escape Devil Spirit Mountain, it was likely to do with Split the Heavens. Split the Heavens has a barrier-breaking effect. Whether it's a formation, a magical art, or a shield, they become flimsy in front of Split the Heavens.
The lucky people who escaped are most likely just a con made by the lifeforms of this world. They should have used some kind of method to control those people's souls, allowing them to bring out a few useless treasures. They had those people spread the word as much as possible to draw more people here, when in reality, they're just drawn to a deathtrap.
Those people that escaped only managed to do so because this world's creatures let them. They intentionally let them out to draw more people here.
LC killed one of the winged devils guarding the place and performed soulsearch, causing the soul to explode. According to that creature's memories, this location had over ten hidden sentries in charge of defending it. If a person touched the formation, one of them would go kill them.
=== Baiting ===
This world's creatures were intentionally projecting the images of divine items toward the Sovereign Blood Seal. That way, the outside world will see the reflections of a few divine items on the Devil Spirit Mountain, and more people will be baited over.
== Black mountain pit ==
The mountain was huge and pitch-black. Its circumference was in the tens of thousands of miles, but it wasn't steep. It was like a huge pile of dirt. However, it was so huge that it was shocking.
When they saw this mountain, Long Chen, Bao Buping, and Chang Hao felt a suffocating feeling. It was like the mountain was trying to crush them flat.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, they felt like they were about to cough up blood from looking at the mountain.
The mountain was sinister giving an evil feeling. It quivered and a majestic aura suddenly soared. Some golden armor appears as bait.
=== Pit and coffin ===
At the center was actually a huge square pit. It was hundreds of miles wide, and so deep that all they saw was darkness. 
Huge black lines had started appearing on the walls. They were not all conspicuous and looked just like natural rock veins. But Long Chen's senses warned him they were traps. They were formation lines.
There was a Red-haired expert stabbed through the back by a chain.
More and more notches in the walls with corpses. The atmosphere was so tense that it was hard for them to breathe.
These corpses were all young and powerful Celestials. Seeing them stabbed through the back by chains in the wall was a ghastly sight.
The notches were lined up in even rows. There would be one every three hundred meters.
The majority of the notches had corpses in them, but some were empty with only a chain inside.
This square-shaped giant pit was like a deep well. As they went deeper, they noticed that the corpses actually grew stronger. There were rank eight Celestials amongst them, some even from the Heaven Splitting Divine Sect.
They find that the corpses were being used to power a divine fetus resting in a coffin.
=== Trap ===
There was a trap set around the mountain to protect the inside.
The formation's runes were causing space to twist around it. There was a recess at the center of it with a powerful martial weapon inside. Even through the formation, they could sense its shocking power.
A halberd appeared from the ground. But this halberd had a chain wrapped around it that tightly bound it to a red stone located at the very center of the formation. That was definitely a powerful martial weapon. But since this world's creatures dared to put it here, that meant they weren't afraid of others taking it.
Although the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect's disciples had simple minds, they weren't fools. Such an obvious trap was still something they could see. Although it looked like it was just floating there, there was no way they could touch it.
"This world's creatures are truly ruthless. Let alone entering this formation, just getting close would cause you to be sensed. The flow of space around the formation is strange. We'd be instantly exposed if we got close."
Although Long Chen wasn't a formation master, he had powerful Spiritual Strength, as well as the sharp senses of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. Such a trap was something he wouldn't possibly fall for. Of course, if the bait was strong enough, then there'd be no telling what he'd do with his See A Treasure And Can't Walk Away Disease.
The three of them continued to search. Within four hours, they passed by over ten formations, as well as over ten treasures that made them drool. There were martial weapons, strange weapons, sets of armor. Every single one of them was tempting.
Ordinary Ancestral items would normally hover in the air for a day. Only some of the extremely powerful existences would stay in the air for three days at a time.
== Taxonomy ==
At the start, LC et al encountered Winged Devils with black wings. Later, they saw creatures with silver wings. These silver-winged creatures were several times stronger than the other ones. In a one against one, Bao Buping and Chang Hao were unable to kill them within a few moves.
These creatures had black blood. While these creatures might have auras similar to the human race's Foundation Forging realm, their actual combat power was much greater. Their bodies were especially tough, comparable to King items. They were incredibly quick and powerful. However, they're weak to lightning and fire.
=== Golden winged devil ===
A large winged devil appeared in the air. Its wings were actually golden.
The other creatures immediately opened a path for the golden-winged creature. They were clearly terrified of it.
Golden light flowed around it, making this creature look like a golden fiend. Its eyes were completely icy. 
It sent a single punch at the three of them. Its fist was also golden. There was some strange energy circulating within it, and space rumbled wherever it passed as if it was being compressed to the limit.
Bao Buping and Chang Hao clearly saw that this creature wasn't actually speaking the human language. When it opened its mouth, it was able to unleash spiritual fluctuations that expressed its meaning, making it seem like it was speaking their language.
This golden creature was likely just a branch of the winged devil race, or perhaps the winged devil race's descendants.
Based on its reactions, the skeletons of the winged devils he had seen in the deep abyss of the Jiuli secret realm should be the ancestors of this world's creatures.
As for the Barbarian race expert, in order to slay those winged devils, he had sacrificed his own life. That must have been something related to a war waged in a time far more ancient than the dark era.
If these creatures were descendants of the winged devils, then the battle in the dark era was related to that previous battle. Yue Xiaoqian had said that the so-called Motherstar had collapsed, and the Barbarian race had been exterminated.
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