At the highest peak of the world, above the rolling sea of clouds, two small figures—a boy and a girl, both around five years old—clashed with swords and spears. On the towering mountain, the two children appeared tiny, but when their weapons collided, the sound of their clash made the ground tremble, and the clouds rolled like waves in the ocean."Lilith, I'm tired..." The boy suddenly complained, sitting down and panting. "We've fought hundreds or even thousands of times; why can't I defeat you?""Because it's destined to be that way." Her cold and indifferent response, which the boy had heard countless times, left him speechless. But he was also very tired and began to lie down on the ground."Ouch, I'm really tired. I don't want to fight anymore. I want to rest!"Lilith glanced at him but said nothing and turned her back to him.The five-year-old girl, no taller than one meter, began to gaze silently at the sea of clouds at her feet. Her innocent and childlike eyes seemed out of p

Aron walked toward the outskirts of the city, where the hustle and bustle blended with squalor into one. This was where the simple market for the lower class was located, a place where the marginalized struggled to survive.As someone without status, Aron was forced to live here as well. Without money and without hope, this place became the last resort for people like him. For years, he had worked at a place known as Sima's Butchery.The two-story wooden building stood next to the fifty-meter-high city wall that surrounded the City of Clouds. With peeling paint and a mix of fishy odors and other foul smells, this place was a beacon of Aron's life. Although he had grown accustomed to the pungent smell, every time he entered, he still felt an uncomfortable sting in his nose.With determination, Aron stepped into the warehouse-like building. As he entered, the increasingly strong fishy smell, the howling of animals, and the shouts of workers immediately assaulted his senses. He frowned b

During the day, Aron and his group had traveled fifty kilometers from the City of Clouds.Together with Kim Yoon and Aron himself, there were only six people, including one woman.From a brief introduction, Aron learned that they were all Koreans who had come to the City of Clouds with Kim Yoon five years ago. However, because Aron was just an ordinary human, his presence was often underestimated. If it weren't for Kim Yoon, he believed he might never have been invited to join this group.Only Yuuna, a kind-hearted woman in her thirties and the only female in the group, who possessed the strength of a late-stage skin purification martial artist, was still willing to talk to him.Perhaps because they were in the same cart pulled by a horse, or maybe because Kim Yoon had assigned her to look after Aron, Yuuna began to talk a lot during the journey."We will soon arrive at the border of the human city," she said.Aron nodded, listening to Yuuna's explanation, and began to ask, "After the

"Aron... Aron... Aron..." It was unclear how much time had passed, but with a disturbing buzzing in his ears, Aron faintly heard Kim Yoon's panicked cries from a distance. With great effort, he finally opened his eyes and was immediately shocked to see two giant birds battling in the sky. One was golden, and the other was reddish-yellow, clashing like two small suns, spewing fire in all directions, shaking the world and burning everything they touched. "The Golden-Winged Roc and the Three-Legged Fire Crow... They really exist," he mumbled in a daze, feeling incredulous. However, the burning heat and the sudden, intense pain coursing through his body reminded him that this was not a dream. "Uh..." With great difficulty, Aron tried to stand and realized he was now in the midst of scorched earth. Surrounded by walls of roaring flames that consumed every tree, blade of grass, and even the ground, everything appeared to smolder and glow in the dark red light, choked by swirling blac

Time Passed.Days turned into one, two, three, and eventually a week, yet Sima Kong and Kim Yoon remained at their post, still finding no sign of Aron.At the same time, several high-level martial artists began to appear one by one, and their numbers were steadily increasing.The roaring walls of fire showed no signs of extinguishing. Given that the flames could reduce anything to ashes, some powerful individuals began to speculate that the fire might never die out.Their suspicions were confirmed. After two weeks and then three weeks, the flames showed no signs of weakening whatsoever.By the time a month had passed, people began to refer to the place as the Eternal Fire that Burns Everything. Of course, Aron had not appeared at all during that month.At this point, the last flicker of hope in Sima Kong's face began to fade. He suspected that Aron might have perished within, but he refused to believe it and continued to wait among the dwindling number of martial artists.As for Kim Y