Chapter 41: A Meaty Hybrid

The Endless Turtle slowly fell asleep, and as the torrent of the great waterfall rushed over it, it drew its head into its shell.

From a distance, it looked like an enormous boulder. The long-eared ancient apes were all the more perplexed as to why the revered Endless Turtle shrank under the waterfall? This was behavior that usually indicated its fear.

It was as though the turtle was terribly afraid of something, and then pretended to be a stone. But this was Sacred Mountain, what could possibly be there for it to fear?

By the next day, that "stone" was still there, having stayed inside its shell for an entire day.

Only then did the long-eared ancient apes begin to understand what had happened to make the eminent Endless Turtle so afraid.

Qiongqi appeared.

Within Sacred Mountain, there was a prison. Imprisoned within were extremely terrifying beasts of this world, as well as some mythical creatures that had, centuries before, chosen the wrong "faction."