Fairy as Cold as Ice

[Drip, congratulations, host. You have received the quest reward: Death Domain.]

Chen Tong furrowed his brow. "System, what is the Death Domain?"

[Drip, in answer to the host: the Death Domain is a domain of the Heavenly Dao. When it is activated, you can ignore death and summon all the Death Qi in the world. It also triples your strength.]

Chen Tong's brow twitched. "Damn! I can ignore death? System, you're not messing with me, are you?"

Instead of hearing the system respond to his teasing, Chen Tong felt a streak of black light enter his mind. This must be the Death Domain.

Chen Tong thought for a moment, then activated the Death Domain with a thought. Beams of white light spread from his body, and the once-gloomy sea instantly became a world of pure white.

The Death Underworld Dragon stared blankly at the scene, unsure what had happened. "M-... Master, what... what just happened?"

Chen Tong carefully sensed the changes in his body. With the Death Domain activated, the oppressive feeling of death was gone, and his body no longer felt uncomfortable. His strength was no longer suppressed, either. Just that alone meant that, from now on, the Sea of Death would be no different from any other sea to him.

Suppressing his excitement, Chen Tong felt as if he had been reborn. His whole bearing shifted at once, becoming arrogantly imperious, as though he looked down on everything.

"Stupid dragon, since you've already accepted me as your master, I still need to place a soul mark on you. You don't object, do you?"

The Death Underworld Dragon shook its head. "Just remember our agreement."

"Good!" Chen Tong wasted no time. A beam of soul light shot into the Death Underworld Dragon's mind. From that moment on, its life was bound to Chen Tong's. In other words, if Chen Tong died, it would perish, too.

"Phew~"

Chen Tong closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He deactivated the Death Domain, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw the Death Underworld Dragon's two blood-red eyes looming right in front of him.

"Master, what was that white light just now? Why did I feel so comfortable when it enveloped me?"

"The Death Domain," Chen Tong replied blandly. The next moment, a stabbing pain tore through his internal organs. A trace of black blood welled from his mouth.

The Death Underworld Dragon was still examining the Death Domain Chen Tong had mentioned and hadn't yet reacted when everything went black before its eyes. Its enormous body swiftly turned into a streak of dark light and rushed into Chen Tong's Sea of Consciousness.

After that, Chen Tong gritted his teeth through the pain, entered the North Sea, and shot up into the sky. He crashed onto a beach, rolled dozens of times, and finally came to a stop.

"Cough, cough! Cough, cough!"

Chen Tong spat out several mouthfuls of black blood. He hurriedly searched for a large pile of healing pills—from various immortal pills to all kinds of spirit pills—and swallowed them all in one go. He meditated for several hours before the injuries inside him gradually settled.

"Phew~"

A breath of stale air escaped his mouth. He slowly opened his somewhat vacant eyes.

"Kid, you're finally awake!" The Death Underworld Dragon's voice came from within the Sea of Consciousness.

"Death Underworld Dragon, sorry to have worried you." Chen Tong moved his thoughts, and a streak of dark light shot from his crown. The next moment, an enormous, pitch-black dragon coiled above him.

"So this is what the outside world feels like? I don't see what's so special about it!" The Death Underworld Dragon basked in the aura of heaven and earth, looking as though it was enjoying itself even as it spoke with disdain.

Suddenly, it rolled through the air a few times. Its enormous black body was already deep and menacing, and with the deathly aura surrounding it, it pressed the whole area into gloom.

Chen Tong furrowed his brow. "It's impressive, sure, but it's way too conspicuous. What if it terrifies the nearby creatures? Then what?"

With a thought from Chen Tong, the Death Underworld Dragon descended from the sky and returned to his side. Its enormous dragon head seemed to be staring at a grain of sand.

"Kid, you still haven't told me what happened to you just now. Your aura was so chaotic that it nearly collapsed."

Chen Tong glanced at it. He had been wondering about this, too, but after turning it over in his mind, he could only think of the Death Domain. After all, the problem had appeared only after he deactivated it.

"Looks like I can't just use this good thing whenever I want. I only tried it once, and it nearly killed me! What a pain."

"All right, Death Underworld Dragon. This won't happen again. You should go back into my Sea of Consciousness for now. You're too frightening out here."

"Hmph!" The Death Underworld Dragon scoffed. Suddenly, its eyes narrowed, and it gazed toward the east. "Someone's coming."

Chen Tong glanced east and muttered in a daze, "A True Immortal!"

"No! There are three Grand Unity Golden Immortals behind her, and one of them has even reached the peak."

"Mm...!" He hadn't sensed them at all. Maybe they were simply too far away.

"All right, go back into my Sea of Consciousness for now. Don't let them discover us."

Chen Tong urged it. The Death Underworld Dragon turned into a streak of dark light and vanished into his Sea of Consciousness. Then he concealed himself and sealed off his aura.

The side effects of the Death Domain had left his body somewhat weak. He didn't want any more trouble.

A figure drew closer: a streak of light filled with icy coldness. Within it was a face as lovely as frost and pure as snow. She wore a white dress of icy silk and held an Iceheart Snowlight Sword. Her beauty was breathtaking.

Three middle-aged men in black robes and red faces pursued her from behind. Their lecherous expressions and filthy appearance were enough to put anyone in a bad mood.

"Pity. A flower so lovely it could outshine heaven and earth is about to fall into a pile of cow dung. Just thinking about it makes my heart ache." Chen Tong cursed inwardly. If he weren't injured, he really would have liked to play the hero and save the beauty. But never mind—out of sight, out of mind.

Chen Tong closed his eyes and paid them no more attention. In the sky, the woman drew closer and closer until she stopped above him. Her aura was serene and pure, and it washed over his face. He couldn't help shivering, though it felt wonderfully refreshing.

"Fairy Bing Lin, I advise you to stop running. You can't escape our grasp."

"That's right, Fairy Bing Lin. We've followed you all the way from Penglai Immortal Island to the North Sea. That's plenty of sincerity, isn't it?"

"Hmph! For Grand Unity Golden Immortals, you're utterly vile and filthy. You've brought shame on the immortals!"

"Hahaha! Immortals! Isn't that what immortals are for—to have a good time? The brothers just want to enjoy a little romance with you!"

"Just look at that cold, flawless body of yours. It really gets our blood boiling!"```