The eastern Devilbirds originally had nine Imperial Sovereign mountains.2

After Grand Emperor Netherflame’s tenth apprentice Lu Lingzi returned, the Lan Clan fell into decline. As a result, many of the resources previously controlled by the Lan Clan came to belong to Lu Lingzi.1

In fact, the tenth Imperial Sovereign mountain wasn’t very far away from Lan Clan territory. The mountain towered high into the clouds, making its majesty visible from a great distance away. The pressure of an Imperial Sovereign pulsed out of it, weighing down on everything in its vicinity. It suppressed heaven and earth in all directions.2

As a result of its presence, there was a massive vortex in the sky, which had been spinning endlessly for a couple of months now. It emanated loud rumbling sounds, and was filled with endless bolts of lightning.0

Fifteen hundred kilometers away from the base of the mountain was a perimeter that stretched around the entire mountain, creating something like a forbidden region. On the other side of the perimeter, there were already large numbers of Devilbird cultivators gathered. There were well over ten thousand of them, and they seemed to be engaged in various types of meditation,...0