Immortal Volcano was the iconic divine mountain of the Southern Continent and the ancestral land of the Phoenix Clan.
If Mount Sumeru was the ancestral vein of the west, then Immortal Volcano was the ancestral vein of the south.
However, unlike Mount Sumeru, Immortal Volcano was an active volcano. Earthfire churned within it year-round, erupting from time to time—a sign of disordered earth veins.
This showed just how unstable the southern ancestral vein was. Even the ancestral vein was so unstable, which meant that the earth veins across the entire south were likewise rather unstable.
This created the Southern Continent's many complex and ever-changing terrains: swamps everywhere, scorching heat and humidity, and more. Its environment was treacherous, fraught with danger, and difficult to develop.
Therefore, the Southern Continent was the most barren continent aside from the Northern Continent.
Of course, why was the Southern Continent, whose earth veins were so unstable, still more prosperous than the Northern Continent?
The Phoenix Clan deserved much of the credit.
The Phoenix Clan dwelled upon Immortal Volcano, making it their ancestral land, and the earthfire of Immortal Volcano was also immensely important to them.
The earthfire of Immortal Volcano aided the Phoenix Clan in comprehending Nanming Li Fire.
Moreover, the more earthfire accumulated, the more fire-aspected heavenly treasures it could nurture, and the higher their grade would be.
Not to mention that earthfire had many other benefits.
In short, the more earthfire, the better.
Yet every eruption of Immortal Volcano consumed earthfire. How could the Phoenix Clan possibly be willing to accept that?
Thus, the Phoenix Clan regularly tended to the earth veins of Immortal Volcano, making them more stable and allowing them to accumulate earthfire more effectively.
Furthermore, the Southern Continent was the Phoenix Clan's core territory, so they also tended to the