Legend of the Empyrean Blacksmith - Chapter 406

... urishing scape of death itself -- dry land void of life stretched on throughout the climb, from bottom to the summit . Even sunless, the average temperature around the mountains wasn't of the ilk that could sustain any long-term life .

Surrounding the mountain ring was a far-and-wide desert whose edges could not be discerned from any one of its points . Dunes and pitfalls intermingled in the ever-the-same, dull, sandy colors, with arid winds blowing any attempt of life surfacing .