The Arctic Ice Plains were indeed the Hundred Clans' stronghold, their last bastion, but that did not mean the Human Clan could not survive there. On the contrary, under the protection of top-tier experts, they could still survive and live on.
The key question was why anyone would abandon the good life within the Passes and come to suffer in the Arctic Ice Plains.
Under normal circumstances, such a thing certainly would not happen, but nothing was absolute.
First, there were those top experts who existed in religious forms—Buddhist, Daoist, Confucian, and the like—who came to the Arctic Ice Plains to spread their teachings. Even people who believed in evil gods, demon gods, and heretical sects would come here to disseminate their legacies and seize followers.
How should one put it? The Human Clan's share had, by and large, already been completely divided up. Only the vast share held by the Hundred Clans in the Arctic Ice Plains remained a blue ocean. If one could successfully preach in the Arctic Ice Plains, perhaps one could overtake others on a bend.
Second, there were those who simply could not survive within the Land within the Passes, who had no way out, or who, for various reasons, were filled with resentment toward the rulers. Even if it meant leaving the Land within the Passes and coming to the Arctic Ice Plains, with its harsh living conditions, they would not hesitate.
And such people were likely those protected by the mysterious man before them. They should also be the most numerous group of Humans in the Arctic Ice Plains.
Still, these people surely lived extremely difficult lives in the Arctic Ice Plains. Their own strength might not be sufficient, and then there was the targeting, oppression, exclusion, and even threats of death from