The Mourning Mountain Range was a forbidden zone created by a legendary figure of the Kong Heavenly Clan.
He was the one who had elevated the Kong Heavenly Clan to the status of a first-tier power.
Not only was his combat strength monstrous and his cultivation profound, but he was also a Dragon Vein-grade Immortal Robe Spirit World Master.
It could be said that without him, the Kong Heavenly Clan would not be what it was today.
During his lifetime, he was one of the most feared and revered existences of his era.
Although he was not truly the progenitor of the Kong Heavenly Clan, the clan had been reborn under his hand, and so the Kong Heavenly Clan respectfully addressed him as the Kong Ancestor.
Furthermore, he was universally acknowledged by the Kong Heavenly Clan as the greatest ancestor in the entire history of their clan.
And the life of this Kong Ancestor had been filled with countless tribulations and countless fortuitous encounters.
He had passed down the treasures and techniques he had acquired throughout his life, and it was this inheritance that allowed the Kong Heavenly Clan to enjoy the glory it maintained to this day.
However, the Kong Ancestor had not passed down everything he had gained over the course of his life. He had kept a small portion for himself.
That small portion was hidden within the Mourning Mountain Range.
Moreover, he had set up a grand formation within the Mourning Mountain Range.
He had declared that only the most outstanding member of the Kong Heavenly Clan could obtain his complete inheritance, and only the one who received every last piece of his inheritance would be recognized as his true successor.
For the sake of this single statement, generation after generation of the Kong Heavenly Clan had sent countless dazzlingly talented individuals into the Mourning Mountain Range.
Yet the results were tragic. Because so many Kong Heavenly Clan geniuses — individuals who could have dominated the Hundred-Refined Mortal Realm and become the pride of their generation — had perished within the Mourning Mountain Range, all in pursuit of obtaining the Kong Ancestor's complete inheritance and becoming the successor he acknowledged.
To prevent further tragedies, the Kong Heavenly Clan's patriarch at the time consulted with the Supreme Elders and made the decision to seal the Mourning Mountain Range as a forbidden zone.
Unless someone appeared within the Kong Heavenly Clan whose cultivation reached the True Immortal realm and whose barrier techniques had reached the level of a Dragon Vein-grade Immortal Robe Spirit World Master, no one — absolutely no one — was permitted to set foot in the Mourning Mountain Range.
Because that place was nothing short of a graveyard for geniuses.
"Elders, if this junior may speak bluntly, the treasure hidden within the Mourning Mountain Range was not known to anyone outside the Kong Heavenly Clan."
"Now, an outsider has intruded. Could this… be taken as evidence that there is a traitor among our Kong Heavenly Clan?" one of the Kong Heavenly Clan's peak half-Ancestors said gravely.
"The information was certainly leaked by one of our own people, but now is not the time to investigate that matter. What matters now is the intruder who had the audacity to break in," Kong Moyu said.
"Everyone here knows perfectly well just how dangerous the Mourning Mountain Range is. If one stays on the surface, that may be fine, but if one ventures deep inside, death is all but certain."
"Throughout the long history of our Kong Heavenly Clan, even so many brilliantly talented predecessors rarely survived the Mourning Mountain Range. I doubt this intruder stands any chance of making it out alive."
"So there is no need for us to worry too much. Perhaps we won't even need to lift a finger — he will simply perish in there on his own. We should have faith in the power of the Ancestor," Kong Yuehua said.
"Indeed. This is the Mourning Mountain Range we're talking about. Even so many of our Kong Heavenly Clan's geniuses wouldn't dare venture deep inside, let alone some outsider?"
Kong Yuehua's words were met with general agreement from the Kong Heavenly Clan members.
Most importantly, they harbored a deep pride — if even their own Kong Heavenly Clan could not accomplish something, then surely no one else could either.
"But according to this formation's display, the intruder has already been inside for quite some time, and is still alive. I'm afraid this person is no ordinary figure," someone said with concern.