In the early morning, sunlight crossed the mountain ridges and sprinkled upon the earth. The dewdrops refracted a crystal-clear golden hue, like jewels, slowly evaporating, and eventually disappearing.
Li An sat in the mountains, a bonfire burning in front of him, with two crocodiles already roasted to a golden brown.
Most of the creatures in the Tenth Celestial Realm have been taken by the Heavenly Court, but some, due to their wild nature, hid when the Heavenly Court was capturing wild mountain creatures, and remain to this day.
Otherwise, if Li An wanted to find some food, he'd have to run far to the Ninth Celestial Realm.
Li An did not know when the great battle would erupt, and he found himself in a state of idle waiting, silently cultivating, feeling the slow evolution of the mysterious substance within the life-and-death grindstone in his body, watching the sun rise and set each day, watching the dewdrops condense and evaporate.
