Chapter 247: Domain | Runes | Bewitchment

Ning Feiliu's thoughts stirred, and then a seemingly peaceful and formless power spread and expanded.

With him as the center, a circular area with a diameter of thirty meters was constructed, a pale white area.

It was as soft as moonlight, yet completely different from moonlight.

And this was the "Samsara Domain" rewarded after completing the mission.

Xue Di looked at this domain released by Ning Feiliu and was suddenly a bit curious, though she did not feel that this domain had anything that made her uncomfortable.

On the contrary... it was very easy for people to feel close to it.

Ning Feiliu hadn't expected that this domain named after Samsara would look so harmless to humans and animals...

And the effect possessed by this Samsara Domain is that within this domain, all negative mental influences can be eliminated.

That's right, all of them! All negative mental influences below the god level!

Even if a Title Douluo of the Spirit Control type were in this domain of Ning Feiliu's, they would be unable to use any soul skill to affect his mind.

This ability can also be shared with anyone within the domain.

It can be said that unless Ning Feiliu's domain is broken or he is killed directly, any spirit-type soul skill is useless within the Samsara Domain.

However... a domain can only be broken by a domain, or by resisting each other, so when facing those powerhouses stronger than Ning Feiliu, if they also have a domain, then Ning Feiliu would be helpless.

But as for this domain skill... first of all, apart from those martial souls that are naturally particularly powerful, one will comprehend a domain upon reaching a high level.

And it's not just any ordinary particularly powerful martial soul; looking at the first Douluo, those that can independently give birth to a domain are Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor martial soul which gave birth to the Blue Silver Domain, Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor martial soul which gave birth to the Death Domain, and Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel martial soul which gave birth to the Angel Domain...

As for others, even Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer never had any sort of Clear Sky Domain.

It can be said that martial souls capable of generating a domain on their own are rare, even among top-tier martial souls.

(In the animation, Sword Douluo's Seven Kill Sword has a Seven Kill Domain; here, I thought about it, if the Seven Kill Sword can have a domain, it would be ridiculous for the Clear Sky Hammer not to have one, so I won't adopt this setting.) Other domains can only be obtained from the outside world, such as during a God Examination.

For example, the trials of Slaughter City, which is the Rakshasa God Examination, as well as the Sea God Divine Examination, the Rakshasa God Examination, etc.

So Ning Feiliu can rest assured; there are only a few people who can break his Samsara Domain with a domain.

And the Samsara Domain doesn't just have this one effect; after all, if it only had this effect, it would be a chicken rib to Ning Feiliu.

Because he actually has several soul skills that can already isolate spirit control and the influence of negative effects.

The Third Soul Skill, Purification Moon Barrier, of the Folding Mirror, and the Fierce Madness Absolute Transformation of the Soul Breaker, can both isolate spirit control and the influence of negative effects.

However, the benefit of the Samsara Domain is that it can also be used to counter opponents of the same level who possess a domain, and the soul power consumption is not high, nor is it as obvious as releasing a soul skill.

And besides this, the second effect of the Samsara Domain is that as long as they are within the domain, Ning Feiliu can clearly know the opponent's position, as well as break through all illusions.

Whether it is a clone, an afterimage, or invisibility, he can know it clearly.

He even knows the exact moment the opponent launches an attack, which is more useful than any Enhancement.

In battle, information asymmetry is actually quite important; where the opponent is, whether they are launching an attack, or running away, etc., these are all quite important.

Especially if he happens to face someone like Tang San who plays with Hidden Weapons, as long as this domain is present, Tang San won't be able to play dirty anymore.

The only thing to note is... the Samsara Domain is only thirty meters...

Although Douluo Continent is a fantasy sewer, Tang San's Hidden Weapons do indeed come from a martial arts world that plays with gunpowder and hidden weapons, at most a mid-level martial world.

But firing a Hidden Weapon from over thirty meters away shouldn't be a difficult task.

So this is the point Ning Feiliu needs to pay attention to.

However, as his cultivation continues to improve, the range of the Samsara Domain will certainly continue to expand.

After finishing with this second effect, the Samsara Domain still has a third, which is the final effect.

But this final effect is of no use in battle.

That is the Purification of the undead.

Those undead who possessed obsessions during their lifetime and committed the sins of greed, anger, and ignorance will be purified by Ning Feiliu's Samsara Domain, letting go of their obsessions, and even forgetting the past.

This is also the origin of why this domain is named Samsara.

Ning Feiliu was suddenly lost in thought, and with a complex look in his eyes, he thought to himself, "Samsara... Reincarnation God, if I could open up an Underworld reincarnation in this world and become the Reincarnation God of the Underworld, that should also be very powerful."

A god of the Underworld—although in everyone's stereotype, how could characters like the god of the Underworld or the King of the Underworld be more powerful than a God King of the Heavenly Realm?

Even in those more familiar myths, gods of the Underworld such as Hades or King Yama are all subordinates of the Heavenly Realm.

Although Hades is the brother of the God King Zeus, he is completely incomparable to Zeus.

King Yama is even just working for the Jade Emperor.

However, in mythology, there are also those very powerful gods of the Underworld.

Take the Taoist mythological system from my past life as an example; King Yama is actually not the master of the Underworld, he is also just an employee.

The Empress of Earth who truly created the Underworld was a great god who could be ranked alongside "Heaven," that is, the Jade Emperor.

Then there is Aoxilisi, the lord of the Underworld in ancient Egyptian mythology, who is also a God King in Egyptian mythology; although he is not as good as the Sun God, the Sky God, and the Earth God, he has the most noble status among the Nine Ennead.

His strength is also second only to his wife, Isis, the Goddess of Magic who mastered the true name of the Sun God.

So the upper limit of a god of the Underworld is very high, especially the deity who creates the Underworld reincarnation; that is someone who can be ranked alongside the heavens.

However, it depends on strength; if the strength is not enough, then one can only be like Hades, doing odd jobs for others.

If the strength is very strong, one can be like Osiris or the Empress of Earth, with a supreme status.

Ning Feiliu's train of thought was high and far-reaching, but soon he calmed down again.

He was still very far from that day.

Thinking about this now is indeed too early.

But there is no doubt that today's idea has inspired him.

It simply pointed out how he should walk his future path.

First, he cannot inherit the God Position of the Slaughter God—after all, the Slaughter God Domain has turned into the Samsara Domain now.

And basically, that old geezer, the Slaughter God, has already designated Tang San; it is very difficult to make him change his mind.

Secondly, as for other God Positions, he doesn't want to inherit the Sea God, as he finds it too weak.

However, he could plot for the Vast Ocean Universe and attempt to let Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er inherit it.

Therefore, the other path lying before him was to create his own God Position.

This path is extremely difficult; one must either rely on the power of faith from all living beings.

Just as in the original plot, the Sea God gathered the faith of the ocean's creatures, and it still took 1,001 years before he recently relied on his own ability to become the Sea God. It is not very clear about the Asura God, but it definitely consumed several hundred years of time.

The power of faith... as the key to creating a God Position, it can be said that Ning Feiliu needs to leave his own legend on the Douluo Continent to be able to gather it.

Or, it could be... like the Demon Empress during the Dragon King Legend era, first directly breaking through to level 100 soul power with her own strength to become a Godless Godhead, and then waiting to obtain a vacant God Position.

Ning Feiliu chooses... he wants both!

Relying solely on the power of faith to become a god is too slow, and relying only on one's own strength to break through level 100 requires waiting for a vacant God Position.

Therefore, he must use both methods simultaneously: use his own strength to break through level 100, then use the power of faith to condense this brand-new God Position of the Underworld, and then inherit his own God Position!

As for how to condense faith, he thought about it; he could use the Blooming Spirit Flower to fabricate legends of the Underworld and guide the souls of the deceased.

"After going back... I want to create a force of my own... a sect. With the help of a sect to promote it, it should be possible to spread the legend more widely," Ning Feiliu thought to himself.

Fortunately, although there are gods and sects on the Douluo Continent—such as the Spirit Hall that worships the Angel God.

But the Spirit Hall does not engage in religious acts of forced belief, excluding others, or purging heretics.

However, perhaps it is because they know that there really are gods in this world?

And it is not just their own Angel God; there are many other gods, some even rivaling their Angel God or standing above them.

In short, preaching on the Douluo Continent will not get one targeted by the Spirit Hall.

Only by obstructing their path to unifying the Douluo Continent would one be targeted by the Spirit Hall, such as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

And then there are evil cults like the Holy Spirit Cult, which acts like Evil Soul Masters and the Fallen One; the Spirit Hall gets even more energized by them—if they don't beat the shit out of you, consider yourself lucky.

As for others... it's fine, go ahead and preach; as long as you don't get in their way, nothing will happen.

The Spirit Hall doesn't even promote the Angel God they worship themselves.

If Qian Renxue hadn't revealed her true colors later, who would have really known that the Spirit Hall worshipped the Angel God?

Ning Feiliu is quite reassured by this point.

Although the Spirit Hall doesn't play by the rules and isn't exactly full of gentlemen, at least they actually get things done.

The Spirit Hall compared to Tang San and his Tang Sect or Shrek Academy is like a true villain versus a hypocrite.

Moreover, this true villain actually does real work; he knows his methods are wrong, but he knows everything he does is for justice.

But the hypocrite, on the other hand, looks quite righteous and speaks well, but just doesn't do human things.

Therefore, on this point, Ning Feiliu is not worried that the Spirit Hall will vigorously suppress the sect he creates at the beginning.

Unless later he and his sect clearly threaten the Spirit Hall's military unification of the Douluo Continent, then they would indeed have to become enemies.

"Forget it, let's not think about it for now. Right... there's still the Dark Harvest Rune!" Ning Feiliu thought of this reward, and his eyes burned with heat.

Being able to obtain the Dark Harvest Rune makes it worth the huge risk he took this time, even dying once.

And one must know that in this past year, because he was in Slaughter City, he had to keep his guard up at all times and could not cultivate at all.

In these eight months, if it were at his normal cultivation speed, he should have been able to increase his soul power by another two to three levels.

So he effectively sacrificed the improvement of his cultivation to fully obtain this Keystone Rune—Dark Harvest! Ning Feiliu immediately checked inside his body and soon saw that... dim yet red-flashing powerful rune.

Then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face!

Keystone Rune—Dark Harvest! It truly lives up to being one of the most powerful runes.

The effect... is actually this powerful! Dark Harvest—every time you severely injure or kill a target, you can harvest a portion of the enemy's Spirit, permanently increasing soul power, strength, speed, mental power, and stamina based on the harvested Spirit! At the same time, while holding this rune, attacks will always carry increased power based on the percentage of harvested Spirit power.

The effect looks a bit complicated, but it is quite powerful! Simply put, it means killing people to increase cultivation and various physical attributes! And holding this rune, the more targets you kill, the more powerful your attacks become.

As long as you stack enough souls, even an ordinary attack could destroy a city! However, Ning Feiliu's expression also turned slightly solemn.

After all, things like killing people to increase cultivation and attack power look like the behavior of an Evil Soul Master no matter how you look at it.

Although the concept of Evil Soul Master has not yet officially appeared on the Douluo Continent.

But... if one were to wantonly slaughter the innocent just to become stronger...

That would not be good.

Not to mention, Ning Feiliu actually had a moment just now where he considered going to slaughter a city to harvest souls and quickly increase his strength first.

But he realized it just now, and his face was already covered in cold sweat.

Because... he saw this rune inside his body flash inconspicuously just now.

Right when he suddenly had that thought just now...

This goes without saying; it was this Dark Harvest rune that stirred the dark side that had suddenly been born in his heart.

"The rune... it seems it's not just as simple as giving people powerful strength; it also... bewitches others." Ning Feiliu felt a lingering fear just thinking about it.

Fortunately... his will is very firm, having the indomitable will inherited from Atreus; his will is not so easily bewitched.

It's just that even Ning Feiliu, with Atreus's will, could be bewitched to the point of being slightly tempted...

No wonder in the backstory, Ryze cares so much about the runes.

If they really fell into the hands of others, I'm afraid it would easily lead to a great disaster.

"This rune... cannot be abused, at least not used by wantonly slaughtering the innocent." Ning Feiliu immediately made up his mind and said to himself.

After making up his mind, he looked around and found that this was a vast forest, though he didn't know if it was the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Ah, this, I don't know where I've been dumped... where is this exit to Slaughter City? It wouldn't have dumped me outside the Northern Territory of the Douluo Dalu, would it?" Ning Feiliu complained.

However, complaining is complaining; they still have to leave this place.

"Xue Di, let's go! Let's find a nearby town first to see where this is." Ning Feiliu called out to Xue Di.

"Okay!" Xue Di didn't go back into Ning Feiliu's body, but instead walked with Ning Feiliu toward the forest path.

Let me talk about my current thoughts.

Simply put, the performance of this book lagged behind later on. Originally, I might have had some ambition to update ten thousand words a day to change my fate when it was first published, but after the initial subscription numbers came out, my heart went cold, and then I lost the motivation.

Furthermore, it is true that I have a formal job while writing web novels part-time; after a day of work, my desire to type is not that strong, and if the results are not good, then I have even less motivation.

As things stand, it has become a vicious cycle; if the results are not good, I don't want to mass-release chapters, and without mass-releasing, the results won't improve, but even if I did mass-release, is it even possible to bring it back to life at this point?

It is impossible, so even I have started writing somewhat carelessly, because I want to finish this book quickly, so the plot has been progressing rapidly lately, but perhaps this way of writing is even better? (Laughs)

In short, this book is now on a "four chapters a day" slacker update schedule; this time, the writing should be faster, and perhaps it will conclude after grinding out another million words; still, thank you to the book friends who are still reading for your support, thank you.

(End of this chapter)