Chapter 629 - Chapter 493: Northern Valley (Part 2)

The valley was like a sleeping silver carp, nestled in a cradle woven from a Triple Barrier. The outermost layer was a belt of perpetually howling astral wind, its gray-blue Wind Blades capable of shredding any stray bird into fine feathers. Further in was the hundred-mile Red Crystal Stone Forest, where jagged crystal pillars absorbed sunlight by day, transforming into a million crimson swords of light pointing at the heavens by night. The innermost layer, Jade Cliff, was home to walking Lantern Trees. Their roots plunged deep into the Earth Vein, and whenever an unfamiliar aura approached, their gnarled branches would bloom with thousands of Cyan Jade Lanterns.