Chapter 1 The Peak of the Snowy Mountain

At the summit of the snow mountain.

The black-robed man stood up. Yuan Zhong stared into the distance, his eyes filled with astonishment and disbelief.

"A... complete domain?"

He looked at it several times to make sure he wasn't mistaken.

Previously, when Gu Shen had killed the Poison Ghost, he had also used the power of the "Pure Land," but at that time, the Red Sea was blocking it after all, and it was only a small part of the "Nirvana Domain" that was extended outward.

Yuan Zhong, who was busy arranging his killer moves, hadn't noticed this detail.

But this time, he saw it very clearly.

The fragmented, completely collapsed land was supported by a huge ancient tree... these Law Enforcers should have been strangled to death like this, but a domain appeared out of nowhere and became a new "land."

The snowfield collapsed, but the giant tree emerged from the abyss.

The spatial turbulence that was strangling inward encountered the "Su Xuan Tree" (a tree of myriad leaves that falls to provide shelter), and two completely different rules began to collide... But this collision didn't take long to occur and determine the victor.

The Pure Land domain gathered the efforts of two God Seats.

Gu Changzhi, the former Hades, both yearned to possess this almost perfect "real world." Since the birth of the Su Xuan Tree, this place had possessed fairly complete rules.

Tie Wu and Hong Zhong were able to "live" here, which was enough to prove the heaven-defying nature of the Pure Land!

Compared to it, these turbulent flows... were nothing.

If the "Pure Land" that Hades had been longing for could not even resist mere spatial turbulence, it would be a joke!

But... resistance was resistance.

The iron law of the material world would not easily dissipate. The majestic power caused by [Kiri] constantly impacted the Pure Land domain, and Gu Shen's mental strength and extraordinary source matter were also rapidly consumed.

The appearance of the Pure Land caused a world-shaking change in the situation!

From the initial "slaughter" to a balanced "confrontation"!

"A third-order, possessing a complete domain... even an Ultra-Realm..."

Yuan Zhong muttered to himself, but as he said this, he suddenly realized something.

"Three times Ultra-Realm..."

There was only one possibility.

Gu Shen had completed three Ultra-Realms, and in the seventh layer, he had condensed his own "domain." This had never happened in the history of the Five Continents' extraordinary development, but that didn't mean it couldn't happen.

Realizing this, Yuan Zhong looked as if he had seen a ghost.

He looked again at Gu Shen's location.

Above the abyss, snow and wind surged, and the Great Cold Domain spread out, freezing the entire mile with the intent of annihilation.

Gu Shen's half-year of closed-door cultivation in the shrine played a decisive role at this moment.

A large amount of source matter was being consumed at a massive speed!

If it were any other extraordinary person, even if they could truly complete the miracle of "three times Ultra-Realm," they wouldn't be able to afford such a huge consumption cost...

Gu Shen stood on his unfolded "Pure Land Snowfield," his eyes coldly staring at Yuan Zhong. Although these spatial turbulences were dangerous, as long as he paid the price of this consumption, he should be able to withstand them all!

If Yuan Zhong wanted to fight him desperately and use [Kiri] a second time to summon an even larger area, Gu Shen wouldn't mind accepting it... This duel was nothing more than a contest of both sides' foundations.

He had enough rich source matter to consume at will!

What about Yuan Zhong?

Could he, an eleventh-layer who had just escaped from the [Snow Cage], really launch a large-scale [Kiri] a second time?

Gu Shen hoped that Yuan Zhong could do this forbidden technique again, which was equivalent to risking his life with him... If Yuan Zhong's second [Kiri] still didn't kill him.

Then it would be his turn to die!

……

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"This kid... how can he be so fierce? Could he be an apostle favored by some God Seat?"

Yuan Zhong's expression was no longer calm at this moment.

"[Kiri] is not completely ineffective... I still have a second chance!"

He frowned, caught in a dilemma.

"But this is equivalent to gambling my life... The other Law Enforcers in Nagano are likely already on their way. If the second [Kiri] doesn't kill Gu Shen, my situation will be dangerous..."

After struggling for more than ten seconds, Yuan Zhong made a choice—

He waved his sleeve and swept directly towards the depths of the tundra.

This scene stunned Gu Shen, who had been staring at the distant snow mountain.

"He gave up?!"

He never expected that Yuan Zhong would give up so decisively... What on earth was this guy plotting?

He was the one who launched the attack!

He was also the one who wanted to kill all three companions!

And he was still the one who gave up the attack without hesitation!

The Su Xuan Tree swayed its snow-white branches. Standing under the tree, Gu Shen, who was supporting the domain, resisted the spatial turbulence from all directions.

A wisp of killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Did he think it would be so easy to escape?

Did he think he was a soft persimmon that could be killed and manipulated at will?

It was just that Yuan Zhong gave up too decisively. Now was not a good time to move. He still needed to pacify these spatial turbulences first to facilitate chasing him down!

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Lofty mountains, continuous as ridges.

The snowy night was silent, and a wisp of spatial fluctuation continued to spread, stirring up bursts of ripples.

A wide black robe flew through the air.

Yuan Zhong stepped on one ancient tree after another, using [Kiri] on a small scale to perform short-distance teleports. Using his abilities to this extent would not consume too much source matter...

Most importantly, after seeing Gu Shen's "secret of three Ultra-Realms," he suddenly felt uneasy.

For some reason.

He always felt like he was being targeted by death!

This was also the reason why Yuan Zhong chose to escape directly. He believed in his intuition, but he didn't expect that after escaping, the feeling of unease not only didn't lessen, but became even stronger.

That young man withstood his [Kiri] with a complete domain... He should come after him later.

It was just that he had taken the first step. Could Gu Shen's speed really catch up?

"Di di di."

In the snowy night, there was a very light communication sound, ringing under Yuan Zhong's black robe.

He frowned, reached out and took out a broken, rusty old-fashioned communicator. It was square, like a steel box. Probably no one would have guessed that this super criminal who had just escaped from prison a few days ago would have retained such an old-fashioned device. Judging from the Poison Ghost's behavior of burying snuff bottles in the snowfield, this old-fashioned communicator was probably also buried in a secret stronghold in advance and only taken out after this prison break.

This kind of old-fashioned communicator appeared in the last century. At that time, [Deep Sea] had not yet appeared, and transcendents always needed a secret "communication method." This iron box could store spirit and achieve medium-distance "spiritual connection."

But interestingly... Yuan Zhong was the one receiving the call.

The one sending out the spirit was someone else.

"Mr. Yuan."

A hoarse voice rang out from the iron box, still polite at the moment: "Have you completed the extraction of the fragments of the Sky Sheath from the bodies of the Poison Ghost and the other two?"

When Yuan Zhong heard this voice, his already unsightly expression became even more unsightly.

“……”

His silence caused the other side of the iron box to also fall silent.

"No way?"

The hoarse voice asked with a smile, "The Poison Ghost, Silver Child, and White Hair, the three of them combined shouldn't be your match, right? Does it take that long to extract the fragments from their bodies?"

"The three of them are dead."

Yuan Zhong said coldly, "But... they weren't killed by me, it was Gu Shen."

The appearance of this name caused the person on the other end of the iron box to fall silent again.

An ear-piercing noise came from the iron box, as if someone was tearing at something.

After a long time.

The noise returned to calm.

The person gently asked, "Gu Shen? His strength... should only be at the third order..."

"Everyone underestimated him."

Yuan Zhong said expressionlessly, "I suspect he is a three-time Ultra-Realm cultivator. I personally saw him release a complete domain... In terms of strength, he is no longer below me."

A three-time Ultra-Realm cultivator in the eighth layer of the Deep Sea could try to compete with the eleventh layer.

"Hehehe..."

Laughter rang out from the iron box.

The other side seemed to have heard an extremely funny joke: "Three times Ultra-Realm... three times Ultra-Realm..."

The owner of the communicator was laughing one second, but the next second, he suddenly restrained his laughter and asked grimly, "Yuan Zhong, you wouldn't have gone crazy too, to say something like that? Do you really think there is a 'three-time Ultra-Realm cultivator' in this world?"

"Do I need to lie to you? You'll know when you see him in person!"

Yuan Zhong couldn't explain.

He frowned and said, "In short, the Sky Sheath fragments on the bodies of the Poison Ghost and the other two... can't be extracted for the time being. I need to find new targets."

"I'm sorry."

The other side said softly, "There are limited seats at Frozen Lake... Time waits for no one, you understand what I mean, right?"

"Han Dang—"

Yuan Zhong called out the other side's name.

He took a deep breath, controlled his tone to not be too strong, and said seriously, "Now a large number of escapees are migrating to Frozen Lake, and there are very, very few wandering outside. In a short period of time, it is impossible for me to collect Sky Sheath fragments comparable to the amount on the bodies of the Poison Ghost and the other two..."

"I'm sorry."

Han Dang lost patience when he heard this. He interrupted Yuan Zhong's speech and said coldly, "How you collect them is your business, I don't care... If you can't get enough fragments, don't set foot in Frozen Lake."

The communication was cut off, and Yuan Zhong's face was gloomy.

Previously, the Poison Ghost and the other two had proposed to go to "Frozen Lake" and seek refuge with Han Dang, because this group of escapees was the strongest, and there were even super powerhouses at the title level among them—

It was just vetoed by Yuan Zhong.

At that time, Yuan Zhong's reason was that Frozen Lake was too unsafe.

The Poison Ghost, Silver Child, and White Hair didn't think there was anything wrong at the time...

They didn't know that the real reason for Yuan Zhong's veto was not because he didn't want to go.

But because Yuan Zhong wanted to use the lives of these three people as a "testament of allegiance" to go to Frozen Lake alone!

"How am I supposed to find 'Sky Sheath' fragments at this juncture?"

Yuan Zhong was anxious, and the dull thunder of the dome came from his ears.

The tundra region has a harsh climate, with heavy snow all year round, and occasional thunderstorms.

He didn't pay too much attention to the weather.

It was just that the ominous feeling in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.

The next moment, a dazzling flash of lightning suddenly exploded from the dome, like a shooting star falling, rendering the entire mountain range a silvery white. Such a dazzling light, such a frightening change, made Yuan Zhong hurriedly stop his sweeping pace.

He quickly stopped on a branch of an ancient tree.

Yuan Zhong pressed his hand on the main trunk of the ancient tree, frowned, and tried hard to shake his head to restore his vision.

The blurry scene in front of him gradually overlapped.

Not far away was the exit of the forest, which was also the end point of the lightning that had just fallen—

The torrential rain and snow seemed to be still.

The entire world was stagnant at this moment—

A young man with a calm face and clear eyes stood in the void where the lightning fell. He had his hands behind his back, carried no weapons, and showed no signs of using any sealed objects.

It was just simple, a white shirt.

But after the lightning flashed away, a faint phantom gradually appeared in the stormy night sky.

Behind the young man in the white shirt stood an ancient god wearing lightning armor.

At this moment, the ominous feeling in Yuan Zhong's heart reached its peak.

He finally understood.

The danger he had sensed... did not come from Gu Shen!

"Yuan Zhong?"

The young man in the white shirt looked at the black-robed man in front of him. After confirming the target's identity, he walked forward and said softly, "My surname is Bai, Bai Xiu."