Far to the northwest of the Jia Ma Empire, beyond countless small nations and tribes, lay a region with no distinction between countries.
There, chaos, slaughter, and brutality were commonplace. The number of people who died each day was no less than the casualties of a war.
The Black Corner Region was a lawless land where the Northwest Continent's most notorious fugitives gathered. Here, one could experience anything one wished to do.
There were no laws to bind you, no rules to restrain you, and no moral condemnation. As long as you survived afterward, no one would object to anything you did.
It was not limited to the Northwest Continent either. Fugitives from other parts of the continent would travel thousands of miles to seek shelter here.
However, nothing was absolute. The Black Corner Region was chaotic, but not entirely so. At its center stood Jia Nan Academy, the only pure land in the Black Corner Region—and the place everyone in the region wished they could flatten.
At the back mountain of Jia Nan Academy's Outer Academy, a girl in a pale green dress stood gracefully beside a secluded cliff.
"Come out."
The girl spoke softly, her voice clear and pleasant, like beautiful music that soothed the heart.
As her voice fell, an eerie green shadow beneath the trees behind her wriggled slightly before finally transforming into a green figure.
"Miss."
Xiao Xun'er slowly turned around and looked at the green figure kneeling on one knee. She gave a faint nod. "Speak."
"Young Master Xiao Yan is still in the Magical Beast Mountain Range..." The green figure paused. "According to Master Ling's assessment, Young Master Xiao Yan has discovered a Heavenly Flame there."
"A Heavenly Flame?" Xiao Xun'er's expression changed slightly. Her small lips parted, and she seemed conflicted and