Withered Mountain: A Gambit Against Heaven's Tribulation

When the heavens conspire to manipulate prodigies for their grand tribulation, one defiant soul refuses to play their game. In a world where imperial embryos are mere pawns in an Emperor's sinister scheme to steal celestial fortune, the path to immortality demands unthinkable sacrifice. Amidst clashing unorthodox sects and the shadowy machinations of Netherworld Demon Island, a solitary figure sits atop a desolate mountain, awaiting an old friend who may never come. This is a tale of mutual destruction, where victory and defeat blur into one—and the price of eternal existence is paid in solitu…