The moment Qin Chuan stepped into the edge of the dark-red domain, warped light and a strange, pervasive sandalwood scent swallowed him whole.
The ground beneath his feet was no longer solid earth, but a warm, springy dark-red substance, like a living mixture of flesh and stone. It even writhed faintly.
The air was thick enough to touch.
Each breath drew sulfur, blood, and frenzied sandalwood into his lungs, stirring a revulsion that rose from the depths of his soul.
The sights around him were stranger still.
The mountains, rocks, plants, and trees had lost their original forms. Twisted and fused by force, they had become structures beyond description.
Some resembled heaps of organs piled at random beneath hard stone shells. Others rose from the blood-red ground like deformed bone spurs, their tips gleaming with an ominous light.
The power of Shadow Domain had already spread silently over his body, forming a barrier that shut everything out.
The chaotic mental waves and Negative Energy that tried to seep through vanished into the pure darkness like stones dropped into the sea. They were swallowed and dissolved without raising the slightest ripple in Qin Chuan's mind.
His goal was clear: the Shiva Divinity Fragment at the heart of the Twisted Temple, and the vast Chaos Energy contained throughout this domain.
"What an... interesting energy field."
Qin Chuan made the assessment inwardly, his interest tinged with scrutiny.
The ability to turn an entire environment into part of oneself and give it life was indeed more advanced than simply piling up energy. It could prove invaluable to his refinement of the Shadow Domain Law.
Hiss!
In the shadows ahead, a bizarre statue made of dark-red rock suddenly came to life.
It had no fixed shape, as though countless stones had been glued together by