Ten li west of Wan Jun Peak, a mountaintop stood.
You Shengnan led Bai Yuan up a mountain path. The higher they climbed, the hotter it became, and the surrounding trees grew withered and yellow.
When the two reached the summit, a fiery red glow illuminated their faces, and the scorching heat made their breathing rapid.
This place was a volcano!
Indeed, this was the Holy Fire Pit, one of the two sacred cultivation grounds of the Divine Mansion Sect, open only to Inner Sect Disciples.
Legend had it that this was not a natural volcano, but was formed when the Founding Ancestor drew a meteor from outer space to smash into the mountaintop.
Of course, Bai Yuan didn't believe a word of it.
'Does he really think he's some Great Mage?'
He guessed it was more likely that a meteorite had struck a dormant volcano here, reawakening the lava.
