First Stop, Black-Corner Region!

Gu Fei and Xun'er were both gifted youths of the Gu Clan, a young man and woman whom nearly all the clan's younger generation looked up to.

Many of the young women who admired Gu Fei, upon hearing that he was leaving, entertained the thought of following in his footsteps.

In hopes of winning Gu Fei's love.

How wonderful it would be if they could accompany him for part of the journey and make him fall for them as well.

For a time, the thoughts of many young women in the Gu Realm stirred. No longer content to immerse themselves solely in cultivation, they wanted to venture into the outside world.

However, when Gu Yuan, Gu Lie, and the other higher-ups heard of this, their expressions all turned somewhat grave.

Naturally, they had been the first to notice Gu Fei and Xun'er's departure.

After all, with their strength, no movement within the entire Gu Realm could escape their notice.

They had allowed Gu Fei to leave because he possessed more than enough strength to protect himself.

But among everyone remaining in the Gu Realm, no one could rival Gu Fei.

That was why they feared these children might encounter some mishap outside and did not wish for them to leave the Gu Realm. Moreover, the Gu Clan People had always believed that the Heaven and Earth Energy within the Gu Realm was abundant, leaving them with no need to venture outside.

The higher-ups gathered in the main hall to discuss the matter with Gu Yuan, the clan chief seated at the head.

Everyone opposed allowing the younger generation of the Gu Clan to leave the Gu Realm.

Thus, when the younger generation wanted to go out, several higher-ups stepped in and stopped them.

At the same time, Gu Yuan formally issued an order forbidding everyone else from leaving without permission.

And so, the Gu Clan returned to its former tranquility, though no one knew whether that peace could last.

Meanwhile, Gu Fei spent the entire journey traveling through Space Wormholes.

Because the Eastern Region was truly far from the Northwest Continent, even with continuous jumps through Space Wormholes, the journey would still take several months.

The journey was far from smooth, and they encountered quite a few setbacks.

Gu Fei usually disliked using Dou Qi to intimidate others, nor did he like letting his Dou Qi leak out.

Since childhood, Gu Lie had taught him to restrain his own Dou Qi so that others could not discern his true strength.

Gu Lie himself did the same.

On the surface, he looked like an ordinary man with no Dou Qi whatsoever. But anyone who truly dared to attack him would regret it for the rest of their life.

Gu Lie had always believed that there was always someone stronger, and a higher heaven beyond every heaven.

Although his strength had already reached the pinnacle of the Gu Realm, no one could claim to be the strongest in the world.

There would always be someone more formidable.

If he ever had the misfortune of encountering such a person, perhaps disguising himself with seemingly weak strength might earn him a sliver of hope for survival.

Gu Lie had his reasons for doing this.

When he was young, his edge had been impossible to conceal, and he believed himself to be the strongest under heaven.

He had never restrained his Dou Qi, nor had he considered that those stronger than him could easily gauge his realm.

At that time, one of his sworn enemies, unable to defeat him, invited over an ancestor from his family.

The ancestor had retained a youthful appearance. When Gu Lie first met him, he assumed the man was young and therefore surely weaker than himself.

So he brazenly used his terrifying aura to suppress him, only to be defeated by that man with a casual move.

Although Gu Lie ultimately managed to keep his life, he learned to keep a low profile and rein himself in.

Thus, he began finding ways to prevent his Dou Qi from leaking out and instead contain it within his body.

He taught this cultivation method to Gu Fei as well.

Gu Fei was naturally intelligent and understood the moment he was taught.

Wasn't this just playing the pig to eat the tiger?

Once Gu Fei realized this, he seriously learned how to restrain his own Dou Qi.

Ever since mastering it, he had never released his full Dou Qi again.

Sometimes, even Gu Yuan and Gu Lie were fooled by him and truly believed that the boy's strength had not improved.

But Gu Fei's male and female admirers did not see it that way.

Though they were not as strong as Gu Fei, they could still sense the intensity of his Dou Qi fluctuations.

If Gu Fei's aura had once been like prison and abyss, carrying terrifying pressure, then now he was like a calm sea, seemingly entirely harmless while concealing dreadful nightmares in its depths.

Those who admired Gu Fei merely believed that his strength had surged so greatly that they could no longer perceive it.

Naturally, everyone admired Gu Fei even more.

Gu Fei, meanwhile, smiled as he enjoyed the small amount of Emotion Value brought by that admiration.

That said, because he had constantly concealed both his strength and the fluctuations of Dou Qi around him, several people within the Space Wormhole had set their sights on him.

Gu Fei's clothing looked quite ordinary, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell, upon closer inspection, just how rare the fabric truly was.

Not to mention anything else, his pair of Cloud Piercing Boots alone had been made from the hide of a Cloud Beast.

Cloud Beasts were already nearly extinct on the Northwest Continent, and every single one possessed exceedingly terrifying strength.

Yet that young man appeared rather average in strength while carrying so many treasures. He was probably a disciple who had secretly slipped out from some great clan or reclusive sect.

Quite a few vicious criminals hid within the Space Wormhole.

Fearing pursuit by their enemies, they remained in the Space Wormhole so they could flee at any time.

Now that such a plump little sheep, rich enough to drip oil, had wandered in, wasn't it like entering a wolf's den?

These desperadoes never cared about someone's family background. So long as a person was valuable and easy to bully, they would swarm forward like a pack of wolves.

Thus, for several days, Gu Fei knew no peace.

At every moment, he had to face the possibility of a hand reaching out from the shadows, or a sword appearing out of thin air.

They all wanted to kill him, seize his treasures, and flee.

Gu Fei sneered. Did these people truly think he was so easy to bully?

Naturally, he showed no mercy to sneak attacks. One came, he beat one; two came, he beat both.

They came aggressively and left pissing themselves in terror.

No one had expected such terrifying strength to be hidden within that seemingly weak young man.

After that, no more blind fools came to disrupt his journey.

Gu Fei was finally able to travel without distraction, heading toward his destination.

Gu Fei's first destination was the Black-Corner Region.

Because of his cultivation technique, he needed to absorb Heavenly Flames.

Therefore, Gu Fei intended to seize Han Feng's Sea Heart Flame directly.

After two and a half months of travel, Gu Fei finally arrived at the notorious land of savagery on the Northwest Continent—the Black-Corner Region.

Due to its unique terrain, this place had practically become the most chaotic region on the entire continent.

Countless fugitive experts from various nations had fled here and established the most barbaric rules.

Within the "Black-Corner Region," there were no legal restraints whatsoever. There was only one rule: the law of the jungle.

In other words, the strong preyed on the weak. The weak had no right to survive here.

This was an exceptionally pure place. So long as you wished it, even forcing yourself upon a woman in broad daylight would draw no interference.

Of course, the prerequisite was that you had better choose your target carefully before making a move. Otherwise, your end would likely be exceedingly miserable.

In the Black-Corner Region, women could sometimes be even more frightening than men, for one simple reason: they had survived here.

Furthermore, the Black-Corner Region could be considered an information crossroads of the continent. Every day, countless pieces of intelligence spread out from here, while countless others flowed in from outside.