The Barren Flame Plains before him were part of a massive world.
In the legends of its native inhabitants, this massive world was called Ka'anya, meaning balance.
Like many worlds with a Western Realm style, this world had begun with the four elements of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire.
However, its later development had been somewhat different.
The two great beings representing earth and Wind Element had both died in battle.
The earth had become enormous Standing Pillars, holding the entire world high above.
From the outside, this world looked like The Scales. If it became even slightly unbalanced, the entire world would collapse.
Worst of all, the great Wind Element being opposed to the earth element had also died. After his death, he had not considered this world at all, instead becoming a demonic wind that constantly blew against the world's land, seeking to overturn it.
The surviving Flame Lord and Sea Giant could only strive to maintain the world's balance.
After all these years, balance had become the mainstream principle of this world.
The level of each region in this world, the number of troops assigned to each region, and the balance that had to be maintained—all of it was calculated.
Rather than protecting the safety of the Barren Flame Plains, these Barren Flame Patrol were protecting the balance of the Barren Flame Plains.
Hearing this, Gu Xi understood why they had to patrol the Barren Flame Plains for three years before they could reach level 10.
Their patrols were meant to sense anything unbalanced here and turn those imbalances back into balance.
Their usual method of handling key balance issues was quite simple.
For example, if an outside player like Gu Xi arrived, they would remove one subordinate of the same level as Gu Xi and send