“Killing karma?”
The corners of Han Yu’s mouth curved into a cold arc. “In the eyes of my divine clan, you outsiders are mere ants and weeds.”
“Stepping on a few ants also counts as killing karma? Hand over the sword on your body, seal your own cultivation, and follow this seat back to the Beiming Palace to await judgment. Perhaps I can spare the lives of the two behind you. Otherwise…”
The ice crystal long sword in his hand trembled lightly. Where the sword tip pointed, the ground instantly condensed into thick solid ice, rapidly spreading towards the feet of Chen Ping’s group of three.
“Otherwise, this place shall be your burial ground.”
As his words fell, Han Yu’s aura erupted explosively.
“Buzz.”
With him as the centre, the world within a thousand zhang abruptly changed colour.
It was no longer howling wind and snow, but transformed into a world of absolute silence and absolute cold.
What fell from the sky was no longer snowflakes, but thin, cicada-wing-like ice blades with sharp edges.
On the ground grew countless ferocious ice spikes, like fangs ready to devour people.
A domain.
The power that only high-tier Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators could initially grasp: the Chill Ice Domain.
Within this domain, Han Yu was the absolute ruler.
He could freely control all ice-based forces within it, greatly weakening opponents’ strength while amplifying his own. This was a qualitative gap, far beyond ordinary formations or battle arrays.
The Crimson Cloud Demon Lord and Ling Shuang turned deathly pale. They felt the circulation of immortal force in their bodies become extremely difficult. Their blood seemed about to freeze. Even their thoughts appeared to slow down.
Within this domain, they probably could not withstand even a single move from Han Yu.
Chen Ping frowned slightly.
The opponent’s domain was already quite complete. Its power could not be underestimated.
Most importantly, he did not want the Crimson Cloud Demon Lord and Ling Shuang to be affected.
“Retreat to the edge of the domain and protect yourselves.”
Chen Ping transmitted his voice to the two. At the same time, he took a step forward, actively entering the core of Han Yu’s domain.
“Seeking death.”
A cold light flashed in Han Yu’s eyes. He slashed through the air with his ice crystal long sword.
Within the domain, countless ice blades instantly changed direction. They shot towards Chen Ping like a torrential rain.
At the same time, the ice spikes on the ground grew wildly, piercing towards him from all directions.
Every ice blade and every ice spike contained the power of freezing laws, sufficient to easily pierce the defences of an eighth-grade Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator.
Facing this overwhelming attack, Chen Ping neither dodged nor evaded.
He simply slowly raised his right hand, palm upward.
“Your domain is good, but unfortunately, it met me.”
“Chaotic Immortal Domain, open.”
“Boom!!!”
An indescribable, all-encompassing yet superior aura erupted from Chen Ping’s body.
With him as the centre, within eight hundred zhang, those ice blades, ice spikes, and extreme cold rapidly melted and retreated, as if encountering their natural enemy.
In their place appeared a grey, hazy scene reminiscent of the chaos at the beginning of heaven and earth.
Within this chaotic domain, there were no five elements, no yin and yang, no light or darkness. Only the most primitive and original chaotic energy circulated.
It did not possess the strong offensive nature or explicit suppressive force like the chill ice domain. Yet it had a characteristic of “assimilating” and “negating” everything.
Han Yu’s ice blades and ice spikes, upon entering the chaotic domain’s range, rapidly lost their original forms and law characteristics. They turned into the most basic ice spiritual energy, then were swallowed and assimilated by the chaotic energy, becoming nourishment for the chaotic domain.
“This… what kind of domain is this?”
Han Yu’s pupils contracted abruptly. For the first time, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face. He had never seen such a strange and powerful domain.
His chill ice domain was actually melting and shrinking rapidly before the opponent’s domain, like ice and snow meeting boiling water.
“Impossible. Freeze for me.”
Han Yu roared in anger. He fully urged his domain. The ice crystal divine mark at his brow erupted with dazzling light, attempting to push back.
Chen Ping’s expression remained unchanged. With a thought,
At the centre of the chaotic domain, the illusory chaotic fire lotus emerged, slowly rotating.
At the heart of the fire lotus, a strand of dark golden dragon-shaped flame rose.
“Chaotic Dragon Flame, burn.”
“Roar.”
Amid the faint dragon chant, the dark golden flames swept out. Wherever they passed, the temperature within the chaotic domain did not rise but fell. Yet it was a terrifying high heat capable of incinerating even laws.
The flames collided fiercely with Han Yu’s chill ice domain, producing intense “sizzle” sounds. Large swathes of ice laws were directly evaporated and burned away.
Han Yu let out a muffled groan. A trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth. His domain was forcibly burned and eroded. He suffered backlash.
“What kind of monster are you exactly?”
He was shocked and furious. He no longer dared to hold back in the slightest. “Ice God Bloodline, awaken.”
“Roar.”
He threw his head back and howled. The ice crystal divine mark at his brow burned completely, transforming into a blue light pillar shooting into the sky.
His figure began to swell. Fine ice-blue scales emerged on his skin surface. His eyes turned pure ice-blue. His aura surged wildly, instantly breaking through the eighth-grade Heavenly Immortal realm limit, approaching ninth-grade infinitely.
This was the Beiming Divine Clan’s bloodline forbidden technique. It could briefly awaken the ancient ice god bloodline within the body, granting power far exceeding one’s own realm.
But the cost was great. Afterwards, one would fall into a prolonged period of weakness.
“Ice God Slash, Eternal Freeze Calamity.”
Han Yu gripped the sword with both hands, raising it overhead. The ice crystal long sword instantly swelled to a hundred zhang in size. Countless ancient divine script phantoms emerged on the sword body, emitting a terrifying aura that could freeze space-time and end all things.
This sword had already touched a trace of the “Dao” level. Its power was sufficient to threaten ninth-grade Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators.
He poured all his strength into it and slashed down at Chen Ping.
The hundred-zhang ice crystal greatsword tore through the chaotic domain. It carried blue light that froze all things, splitting down from above.
Before the sword edge arrived, the ice plain below had already been pressed into collapsing, forming a massive fan-shaped deep pit.
Chen Ping looked up at that heaven-destroying, earth-extinguishing sword. His eyes were calm and waveless.
He slowly raised the Dragon-Slaying Sword, sword tip pointing to the firmament.
Within his body, chaotic immortal force, chaotic fire lotus, true dragon vital blood, and the recently comprehended trace of chaotic law true intent all poured unreservedly into the sword body.
The Dragon-Slaying Sword emitted an unprecedented hum. The dragon scale patterns on the sword body seemed to come alive. A blurry chaotic dragon shadow coiled around the sword body, throwing its head back in a roar.
