Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 241 Domain | Runes | Bewitching

Ning Feiliu had a thought, and then a seemingly peaceful and invisible power spread out.

Centered on him, a circular area with a diameter of thirty meters was constructed, a pale white area.

It is as gentle as moonlight, yet completely different from moonlight.

This is the "Reincarnation Realm" that you are rewarded for completing the mission.

Xue Di looked at the domain that Ning Feiliu had released and was immediately curious, but she did not feel that there was anything about the domain that made her uncomfortable.

On the contrary... it's very easy for people to get close to.

Ning Feiliu was somewhat surprised that this domain named after reincarnation seemed so harmless...

The effect of this cycle of rebirth is that it can eliminate all negative mental influences within the realm.

Yes, everything!

All negative mental influences below the god level!

Even a titled Douluo skilled in mind control couldn't influence Ning Feiliu's mind with any soul skill within his domain.

This capability can also be shared with anyone in the field.

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

However... domains can only be broken by other domains, or they can resist each other. So, if Ning Feiliu is facing a stronger opponent who also has a domain, then Ning Feiliu will be helpless.

As for domain skills... well, aside from those martial souls that are naturally exceptionally powerful and can comprehend domains at higher levels...

Moreover, these aren't just ordinary, exceptionally powerful martial souls. Looking at the entire Douluo Continent series, the only martial souls capable of independently generating domains are Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, which generated the Blue Silver Domain; Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor martial soul, which generated the Death Domain; and Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel martial soul, which generated the Angel Domain...

Other than that, Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer never had any Clear Sky Domain or anything like that.

It can be said that even top-tier martial souls are rare enough to generate their own domain.

(In the animation, Sword Douluo's Seven Kill Sword has a Seven Kill Domain. I thought about it and realized that if the Seven Kill Sword can have a domain, it would be a bit far-fetched for the Clear Sky Hammer not to have one, so I won't adopt this setting.)

Other areas can only be obtained from the outside world, such as the divine examination.

For example, the trials of the City of Slaughter include the Asura God's test, the Sea God's test, and the Rakshasa God's test.

Therefore, Ning Feiliu can rest assured that there are only a few people who can break his Samsara Domain with their own domains.

The Samsara Domain has more than just this one effect; after all, if it only had this one effect, it would be useless to Ning Feiliu.

Because he actually has several soul skills that can isolate him from mental control and negative effects.

The third soul skill of Folding Mirror, Pure Moon Barrier, and the Ferocious Transformation of Broken Soul can both isolate mental control and negative effects.

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

In addition, the second effect of the Samsara Domain is that as long as one is within the domain, Ning Feiliu can clearly know the location of the other party and break through all illusions.

He could know everything about a clone, an afterimage, or an invisibility.

He even knew exactly when the opponent would launch an attack the instant he made his move.

This is more effective than any other kind of boost.

In combat, information asymmetry is quite important. Knowing the opponent's location, whether they are attacking or fleeing, is crucial.

Especially if he were to face someone like Tang San who uses hidden weapons, as long as this domain exists, Tang San would find it difficult to resort to underhanded tactics.

The only thing to be careful about is... the Samsara Domain is only thirty meters long...

Although Douluo Continent is a fantasy novel, Tang San's hidden weapons do indeed come from a martial arts world that uses gunpowder and hidden weapons, and is at most a martial arts world.

However, launching a hidden weapon from more than 30 meters away should not be difficult.

Therefore, this is what Ning Feiliu needs to pay attention to.

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

Having discussed the second effect, the Samsara Realm now has a third, and final, effect.

However, this last effect is not very useful in combat.

That is to purify the spirits of the dead.

Those who had obsessions and committed sins of greed, anger, and ignorance in their previous lives will be purified by Ning Feiliu's realm of reincarnation, letting go of their obsessions and even forgetting their past.

This is why this realm is called Samsara.

Ning Feiliu suddenly seemed to be deep in thought, her eyes filled with complex emotions as she thought to herself, "Reincarnation... the God of Reincarnation. In this world, if one could open up the underworld's reincarnation and become the God of Reincarnation in the underworld, one would probably be extremely powerful."

The god of the underworld—in everyone's stereotype, how could a god of the underworld or the king of the underworld possibly be as powerful as the god-king of the heavens?

Even in more familiar myths, the gods of the underworld, such as Hades and Yama, are subordinates of the heavens.

Although Hades, the god of the underworld, is the brother of Zeus, the king of the gods, he is no match for Zeus.

Yama, the King of Hell, works for the Jade Emperor.

However, there are also powerful gods of the underworld in mythology.

To illustrate this with the Taoist mythology system of the past, Yama, the King of Hell, is not actually the ruler of the underworld; he is also an employee.

The true creator of the underworld, Houtu Niangniang, is a great deity who can be ranked alongside "Huangtian," that is, the Jade Emperor.

Another example is Osiris, the lord of the underworld in ancient Egyptian mythology. He is also the king of the gods in Egyptian mythology. Although he is not as powerful as the sun god, the sky god, or the earth god, he holds the most prestigious position among the Ennead.

His strength was second only to his wife, Isis, the goddess of magic who possessed the true name of the sun god.

Therefore, the upper limit of the gods of the underworld is very high, especially the gods who created the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld, who can be ranked alongside the gods of heaven.

However, it all depends on strength. If you're not strong enough, you can only be like Hades, doing menial tasks for others.

If one is very powerful, one can attain a supreme status like Osiris or Houtu.

Ning Feiliu's thoughts were lofty and far-reaching, but he quickly calmed down and focused on his work.

That day is still a long way off.

It's definitely too early to think about this now.

However, there is no doubt that today's idea inspired him.

He was given simple guidance on how to proceed in the future.

First, he cannot inherit the position of the Asura God—after all, the Killing God Domain has now become the Samsara Domain.

Moreover, the old wall lamp of the Asura God was basically already set on Tang San, and it would be very difficult to change his mind.

Secondly, regarding the other divine positions, he didn't want to inherit the Sea God's position, deeming it too weak.

However, he could try to seize the vast universe and have Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er inherit it.

So another path lay before him—creating his own godhood.

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

In the original story, the sea god gathered the faith of all the creatures of the sea and it took him 1,001 years to finally become the sea god through his own abilities.

I'm not entirely sure about the Asura God, but it definitely took hundreds of years.

The power of faith... as the key to creating one's own godhood, can be said to require Ning Feiliu to leave her own legend in the Douluo Continent before it can be gathered.

Or perhaps... like the Demon Emperor during the Legend of the Dragon King era, he could first break through to level 100 Soul Power with his own strength, become a deity without a divine position, and then wait to obtain a vacant divine position.

Ning Feiliu's choice... He wants both!

Becoming a god solely through faith is too slow, and breaking through level 100 through one's own power requires waiting for a vacant divine position.

Therefore, he must take a two-pronged approach: use his own power to break through to level 100, then use the power of faith to condense this new position of the God of the Underworld, and then pass on his own position!

As for how to unite faith, he thought for a moment and realized that he could use the Spirit Blossom Flower to create legends about the underworld and guide the dead to rebirth.

"After I go back... I want to create my own power... a cult. With the help of a cult to spread the legend, it should be able to spread it more widely," Ning Feiliu thought to herself.

Fortunately, the Douluo Continent also has gods and sects—such as the Spirit Hall, which worships the Angel God.

However, the Spirit Hall would never engage in religious practices such as forcing faith, excluding dissidents, or eliminating heretics.

But perhaps it's because they know that God really exists in this world?

Moreover, it's not just their angel god; there are many other gods, some even rivaling or surpassing their angel god.

In short, proselytizing on the Douluo Continent will not attract the attention of the Spirit Hall.

Only those who obstruct their path to unifying the Douluo Continent will be targeted by the Spirit Hall, such as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant School.

Then there are cults like the Holy Spirit Cult, which resembles evil spirit masters or fallen ones. The Spirit Hall will be even more eager to punish them. They'll consider it a success if they don't beat them to a pulp.

As for the rest... it's fine. Go ahead and preach. As long as you don't bother them, there won't be any problems.

Even the Spirit Hall doesn't promote its own angel god.

If it weren't for Qian Renxue jumping out of the wolf's den later, who would have known that the Spirit Hall actually worshipped the Angel God?

Ning Feiliu was quite reassured about this.

Although the Spirit Hall doesn't uphold martial ethics and has hardly any upright gentlemen, at least they actually get things done.

The Spirit Hall, in relation to Tang San and his so-called Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, is like a true villain and a hypocrite.

Moreover, this seemingly wicked person actually does real work. He knows that his methods are wrong, but he knows that everything he does is for the sake of justice.

But hypocrites, on the other hand, may seem righteous and speak pleasantly, but they simply do nothing right.

Therefore, Ning Feiliu was not worried that the Spirit Hall would initially crack down on the sect he founded.

Unless he and his sect explicitly threaten the Spirit Hall's unification of the Douluo Continent, they will indeed have no choice but to become enemies.

"Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it now. Oh right... there's also the Dark Harvest Rune!" Ning Feiliu's eyes lit up when he thought of this reward.

If he could obtain the Dark Harvest rune, it would have been worth the great risk he took, even if it meant dying.

Moreover, it should be noted that during this year, because he was in the City of Slaughter, he maintained a constant state of vigilance and did not cultivate at all.

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

Therefore, he essentially sacrificed his cultivation level to acquire this foundational rune—Dark Harvest!

Ning Feiliu immediately examined her body and soon saw the... powerful rune that was dim yet shimmering with red light.

Then a look of ecstatic joy appeared on his face!

Keystone Rune - Dark Harvest!

It truly lives up to its reputation as one of the most powerful runes.

The effect... is incredibly powerful!

Dark Harvest – Each time you severely injure or kill a target, you can harvest a portion of the enemy's soul, permanently increasing their Soul Power, Strength, Speed, Spirit, and Stamina based on the harvested soul! Additionally, while wielding this rune, attacks will always have a percentage-based power increase based on the harvested soul's strength.

The effect looks somewhat complicated, but it's actually quite powerful!

Simply put, it's about killing people to improve your cultivation level and various physical attributes!

Then, the more targets you kill while holding this rune, the more powerful your attack will become.

As long as you stack enough souls, even an ordinary attack can destroy a city!

However, Ning Feiliu's expression also became slightly serious.

After all, killing people to increase one's cultivation level and attack power seems like the behavior of an evil spirit master.

Although the concept of "evil soul master" has not yet officially appeared in Douluo Continent.

But... if the desire to become stronger leads to the indiscriminate killing of innocent people...

That won't do.

To be honest, Ning Feiliu did have a momentary thought just now about slaughtering a city, harvesting souls, and quickly increasing her strength.

But by the time he realized what was happening, his face was covered in cold sweat.

Because... he saw the rune inside his body, which had just flickered inconspicuously.

Just now, when that thought suddenly popped into his head...

Needless to say, it was this Dark Harvest rune that triggered the dark side that had suddenly emerged within him.

"Runes... seem to do more than just give people powerful strength; they can also... bewitch people." Ning Feiliu felt a chill run down her spine just thinking about it.

Fortunately... his will was very firm, possessing an indomitable will inherited from Atreus, and his will was not so easily swayed.

Even Ning Feiliu, who possessed Atreus's will, was slightly tempted by his influence...

No wonder Ryze cares so much about runes in the lore.

If it were to fall into the wrong hands, it could easily lead to a major disaster.

"This rune... cannot be misused, at least not for indiscriminate killing of innocent people," Ning Feiliu thought to herself, making a firm decision.

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

"Ugh, I don't know where I ended up... Where is this City of Slaughter? Did I end up outside the northern border of the continent?" Ning Feiliu complained.

But despite their complaints, they still had to leave.

"Snow Emperor, let's go! Let's find a nearby town first and see what kind of place this is," Ning Feiliu called out to Snow Emperor.

"Alright!" Xue Di didn't return to Ning Feiliu's body, but instead walked with Ning Feiliu towards the forest path.

Let me share my current thoughts.

Simply put, the book's performance faltered later on. Originally, there was some ambition when it was first released, but after the initial subscriptions, the book was disheartening and the author lost interest.

And it's true that I have a full-time job and write online novels part-time. After a day at work, I don't have much of a desire to write, and if my performance isn't good, I have even less motivation.

Now it's a vicious cycle. If the grades are bad, I don't want to update more frequently. Without updating more frequently, the grades won't improve. Even if I do update more frequently, is there any chance of reviving things now?

It's impossible, so even I've started writing a bit carelessly. Because I want to finish this book quickly, the plot has been progressing very fast lately. But maybe this way of writing is even better? (laughs)

In short, this book will be updated daily in a sluggish manner. I should be able to write faster this time, and it might be finished in about a million words. I still want to thank all the readers who are still reading for their support. Thank you.

(End of this chapter)