In the southeast of the Northern Wasteland.
There stood a famed mountain that towered into the sky.
Few trees grew upon it, but fragrant grasses stretched far and wide, and bizarre rocks and strange peaks made it a place of perilous wonders.
This mountain was called Xun Mountain. It had once been the ancestral land of the Heavenly Wolf tribe, and there was also a Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land upon it.
Later, in admiration of Tai Shang's mighty reputation, the entire Heavenly Wolf tribe had cultivated Immortal Arts and joined the Immortal Clan.
Just after they joined the Immortal Clan, Tai Shang happened to establish the Northern Wasteland Inspection Envoy Corps and was selecting suitable bases.
To demonstrate their sincerity, the Heavenly Wolf tribe had offered this mountain, along with its Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land, to Tai Shang.
In the future, the Heavenly Wolf tribe would merge into the Human Race, becoming the Heavenly Wolf clan whose lineage would endure far into later ages.
At the foot of Xun Mountain.
A youth struggled up the mountain.
His beast-hide clothing hung in tatters from his body, barely covering his private parts. One hand leaned on a broken Stone Sword, while the other pressed against a wound in his abdomen.
His blood had scabbed over and cracked open again, but the youth made not a sound, intent only on climbing higher.
After a thousand steps, he touched the protective formation, and at last, someone guarding the mountain discovered the youth covered in wounds.
Utterly curious, the mountain guard shrank the distance to inches with a single step, came to the youth's side, and asked.
"Child, what brings you to Xun Mountain?"
The youth raised his head, revealing a pair of crimson eyes, and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Elder, I am from