Chapter 292 - 12: Imperial Dragon Ridge
"Truly majestic!"
As everyone looked up, beneath the expanse of white snow, the peaks of Xuan Beast Ridge glistened like silver snakes dancing. The snowy wind swept past, resembling a herd of white elephants galloping through the misty haze, creating an illusion that made one feel as insignificant as dust before such a landscape.
After taking a deep breath of the biting cold wind coming from the snow-capped mountains, Yue Jinghua and the others followed Erwang, heading toward the halfway point of the mountain where the residents of Fengdan County settled.
Since Teng Wu had already decided to assist the group, he let his worries go and shared the stories of the vast ridge they traversed, spreading across thousands of miles as they went.
Perched on the Dragon War Empire, the Xuan Beast Ridge is also known as the Imperial Dragon Ridge. Legend has it that when the Empire was founded, Emperor Long Teng I pointed his sword at Xuan Beast Ridge and proclaimed: "As long as the Dragon Ridge stands, the Empire shall forever thrive."
As if in answer to the Emperor’s declaration, despite the Dragon Battle Iron Hoof armies trampling across half the continent and facing attacks from other countries over nearly a thousand years, this towering ridge at the Empire’s southern border has remained its strongest bulwark, impervious to the cavalry of neighboring nations.
Though referred to as a ridge, Xuan Beast Ridge in fact comprises a massive mountain range with peaks of varying heights. By the Military Department’s measurements alone, the known length of the mountain system already spans tens of thousands of miles, and that is merely what is already known.
There is no definitive record in the known history of the continent that pinpoints the end of Xuan Beast Ridge.
Some say that Xuan Beast Ridge itself is the backbone of an ancient giant dragon, its tip being the ancient giant dragon capable of swallowing countless Dark Beasts.
Others have rumored that at the end of the ridge, there lies a vast and endless Golden Coast, where one could find the last of the Sky Beasts on the continent, which can escort people deep into the other side of the Canglong Continent—the West Continent.