Chapter 55: Domain

Hai Tong’s sword made a mere swipe, yet it instantly created a ten-thousand-meter-long spatial rift. Along with it came a chilling pressure, as if vast stretches of space had been frozen over.
Qu Yi and the strong warriors from the eight sects tried to use teleportation to escape in nine different directions, but they immediately sensed an immense force in the surrounding space, along with a freezing aura.
Soon, everyone felt the pressure on their bodies increasing steadily, as if they were trapped in a fixed space, unable to move, just like being stuck in mud—no matter how hard they struggled, they couldn’t free themselves.
Moreover, within this confined space, the cold air made their souls want to stop thinking, gradually bringing about a deathly silence.
Qu Yi, who was only at the mid-stage of the Tribulation Phase, was instantly frozen by Hai Tong’s strike, with his spiritual essence feeling as though it were about to freeze as well.
“Vessel God, what is this? How could Hai Tong’s strike have such an effect?” Qu Yi asked urgently.
Qu Yi had fought against beings at the Great Vehicle Phase before and had never experienced such helplessness, being completely unable to move and forced to wait for death—it was extremely distressing.
Vessel God smiled and said, “This is the terrifying aspect of the Human Immortal realm. Hai Tong has already mastered the art of domains. With a single swing of his sword, not only does it contain abundant water-based primordial energy but also embodies the principles of coldness. You people can’t move at all, and even your souls at the Tribulation Phase cannot withstand such coldness.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi remained confused, realizing that his cultivation level was not high enough to understand such laws.
“Vessel God, then how can I escape now?” Qu Yi asked again.
Although he knew he could escape by hiding in a Dimensional Sphere right away, he still wasn’t giving up. He wanted to stay in this water domain a little longer to experience this unique legal environment.
Upon hearing this, Vessel God suddenly shouted, “You fool, Qu Yi! You killed the three people from the Lan Yang Palace. Didn’t you obtain some treasures from their spatial rings? The treasures brought by these ten major sects can temporarily break through this water domain, allowing you to take flight.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi didn’t respond. He immediately took out the spatial rings he had gotten from the three people of the Lan Yang Palace.

While in the world of metals, the three from LanYang Palace attempted to ambush Qu Yi and steal a lower-grade immortal artifact, but they were killed by Qu Yi, who also took their space rings. At that time, Qu Yi didn’t pay much attention to them, only intending to give them to Bai Man, Qing Wu Gui, and the others when he returned to the cultivation realm, letting them decide for themselves.

But now, since Qu Yi didn’t want to enter the Inch Realm Sphere, he needed to rely on some rare treasures to break through this perilous situation.

Soon, Qu Yi found such a treasure in one of the space rings—a droplet shaped like a burning flame, with a layer of water film on its surface but an extremely intense flame inside.

Water containing fire? There really was such a treasure.

“Qu Yi, this is Water Heart Fire. It’s amazing that the people from LanYang Palace found such a treasure—they’re truly lucky,” the Artifact God exclaimed in delight.

At this point, Qu Yi also learned the name of this treasure.

“Artifact God, what effects does Water Heart Fire have? How do I use it?” Qu Yi asked happily.

Since even the Artifact God was in awe, Qu Yi naturally knew that Water Heart Fire could break through this water-based domain, which eased his concerns as he asked.

“This Water Heart Fire needs to be activated with fire essence. By breaking through the surface water film, you can unleash the Purple Flaming Heaven Fire inside. Once the domain is broken, use Planet Grand Teleportation to leave,” the Artifact God said calmly.

After hearing this, Qu Yi’s face lit up with a smile.

Soon, he gathered fire essence in the palm of his right hand and directed it at Water Heart Fire. The fire essence condensed into a blade-like form, continuously cutting to break through the water film.

After a while, the water film finally broke, and a massive wave of purple flames erupted.

A flame the size of a droplet created a flame world spanning a thousand meters. Its power far exceeded that of the Xuan Ji True Fire from the Tribulation Phase, carrying an aura that could burn souls, and it also destroyed the cold energy contained in the surrounding space.

Seizing the moment the water-based domain was broken, Qu Yi immediately used Planet Grand Teleportation to escape.

With his spiritual consciousness, he could reach any place instantly—this was the power of Planet Grand Teleportation.

When Water Heart Fire broke through the domain, Qu Yi’s spiritual consciousness immediately sensed the outside space. Using Planet Grand Teleportation, he had already left the valley by thousands of miles, far beyond the reach of Hai Tong’s water-based domain.

“Hehe, I’ve finally escaped,” Qu Yi said lightly, standing on a snow-capped peak as he sensed Hai Tong still standing on the peak’s top.

“Qu Yi, having gone through this experience will be of great benefit to you in cultivating the fundamental laws in the future,” the Voice of the Artifact God rang out suddenly again. Having been inside a domain, he now had a somewhat intuitive understanding of them, which would indeed help Qu Yi avoid many detours as he tried to master domains on his own. Suddenly, Qu Yi froze and asked, “Voice of the Artifact God, do you think it’s possible for powerful beings from the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, or Monster Realm to descend to the mortal world among the top ten sects today?” The top ten sects in the cultivation world were supported by people from those realms, and Qu Yi didn’t believe they wouldn’t maintain contact with those above them—they likely had ways to descend to the mortal world. Hearing this, the Voice of the Artifact God laughed heartily, leaving Qu Yi even more confused. “Qu Yi, you’ve finally thought of this. As expected, there must be powerful beings at the Immortal level among those ten sects who have descended. Moreover, I must tell you that the Boundless Star Dots you obtained can also help you travel directly from the Immortal Realm to the cultivation world in the future,” the Voice of the Artifact God said happily. Hearing this, Qu Yi was filled with astonishment. He had originally thought the Boundless Star Dots were just a long-distance space transmission array, never expecting them to have such extraordinary capabilities. Penetrating the boundary membranes was beyond human reach, yet the Voice of the Artifact God had managed to create such powerful Boundless Star Dots, allowing Qu Yi to infer just how strong it must have been in the past. While Qu Yi was in shock, his spiritual sense also detected that some powerful warriors from the eight major sects had broken through their Water Domain barriers and escaped. Each of these warriors carried rare treasures, giving them immense power. Faced with Hai Tong’s domain attacks, they no longer dared to hide their treasures, as it could cost lives. So, they brought out their treasures. The four members of the Taiyuan Sect each produced “Void Golden Silk,” a kind of silk produced by the starbeast “Void Silkworm.” This Void Golden Silk contained the fundamental power of the Metal element and also carried some of the Metal element’s “Sharpness” techniques, capable of breaking through domains and destroying Hai Tong’s cold energy techniques. At that moment, the four members of the Taiyuan Sect also emerged together, escaping danger. The three members of the Qingyun Sect brought out “Wind in the Clouds,” a mass of white clouds containing extremely fierce wind energy, which could also break through domains and destroy cold energy techniques. The three members of the Yingtian Sect carried “Breathland Mud,” a palm-sized clump of black mud that, upon activation, transformed the entire space into an Earth element energy realm, allowing them to escape as well.

Jin Yang taught the three of them and unleashed a kind of “pale golden mystic energy.” That misty golden mass actually had a devouring ability, constantly consuming the water-based primordial energy emitted by Hai Tong, thus seizing control of that water domain.

The three from Cangyang Valley took out a red stone. After breaking it, they found a white Ganoderma-like plant inside—this was the famous “Ganoderma in Stone” in the cultivation world. Once it emerged from the stone, it could devour various types of energy, so naturally, the water-based energy emitted by Hai Tong couldn’t escape its grasp.

The three demon cultivators from Baishou Peak brought out a kind of “stone tree flower”—a strange flower that grew on a peculiar stone after ten thousand years. As soon as this flower was released, it spun at extreme speed, stirring up the water-based primordial energy emitted by Hai Tong and creating three vacuum-like zones. Then, the three demon cultivators entered those zones before being ejected like three projectiles.

The three demon cultivators from Xianyue Cliff had no solution this time. In the world of magical artifacts, they had used their “Flower of Empty Space” out of greed to seize another inferior immortal weapon, leaving them unable to deal with Hai Tong. In desperation, the Abyssal Fierce Monkey and the Thousand-Form Worm both self-destructed as Yuan Yings, while the sect leader, Earth Dragon, took advantage of the vacuum created by the explosion to escape.

The three demon cultivators from Jiugong Island brought out a “Green Smoke Stone Fish”—a strange treasure. At rest, it turned into a stone; when active, it turned into a silver fish. Its attack method involved releasing cold energy, which could seal off Hai Tong’s water-based primordial energy, thereby destroying his domain. Thus, the three demon cultivators from Jiugong Island also managed to escape.

By this point, Qu Yi and the other twenty-six people, using their respective treasures, managed to escape—twenty-four of them, with only two demon cultivators from Xianyue Cliff dying.

Hai Tong simply stood on the peak the whole time, neither flying away nor chasing after them as they left.

Qu Yi and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.