Domain

Ji Yun followed the red-robed white man to a villa.

"Councilor Ji, this is the residence the Dojo has specially arranged for you in Hongning Base City. Your belongings are inside, and only those you permit may enter." The white man bowed, then withdrew.

Pressing his finger to the access control, Ji Yun pushed the door open and stepped inside.

This residential area had only a few houses. As Ji Yun estimated, the Dojo had uniformly allocated them to existences beyond the War God level, making it easier to protect their families.

Troops and members of the Dojo Special Action Group were stationed around the villa. The team leaders were all at the War God level, more than enough to protect the councilors' families.

"Belongings?"

Entering the house, what caught Ji Yun's eye was a sealed silver metal case placed in the hall.

Ji Yun walked over, reached out, and swiped his finger across the fingerprint scanner.

On the top layer of the case lay an item list. Ji Yun opened it and couldn't help but smile: "Quite detailed. The Black God Set, the spear weapon, the manuals—they even have detailed descriptions."

"Let me take a closer look at this Black God Set."

The Black God Set, once worn on the body, would automatically penetrate the skin and absorb blood. After absorbing some blood, the Black God Set would undergo a mutation, making the entire 'Black God Set' extremely compatible with the wearer's body, like a second skin, and it would respond completely to the wearer's will.

Below the description was a passage of text.

Limit Dojo regulation... Anyone who directly receives the Black God Set as a reward must, when the time comes, go to the Ancient Civilization Ruins to obtain another set of the Black God Set, and must sell it to the Limit Dojo.

"Oh? I have to go to those ruins myself to get one?"

Ji Yun opened the wooden storage box and picked up the wrapped Black God Set. It was rolled up in white plastic, with foam padding on both sides.

"It's a ring."

"If I hadn't seen the instructions, I really wouldn't have imagined this thing is the Black God Set." Ji Yun examined the ring with interest. In fact, the Black God Set could take various forms—appearing as a 'ring', a 'vest', a 'hat', 'pants', or even a necklace—all very possible.

But! These Black God Sets were all the same, because no matter what, once worn on the body, they could change at will.

"Black God Set." Ji Yun pinched the ring between his fingers, took a deep breath, and then... slipped the black ring onto his right hand.

Why not the left? The left hand was reserved for a wedding ring.

Ji Yun held his breath, waiting quietly for a change.

After about thirty seconds, a faint pain came from the area covered by the ring—his finger. Ji Yun's skin was pierced, and blood flowed continuously into the ring.

But this blood was like a tiny stream, insignificant before Ji Yun's powerful life force.

After about ten minutes, the ring stopped absorbing Ji Yun's blood.

With a thought, the ring changed. Black light rapidly spread, instantly extending to cover Ji Yun's entire right arm. At the same time, part of the black light left his body, directly leaping to cover his left arm, then spreading over his entire body—legs, thighs, neck, and every part of his face.

"Whoosh,"

Ji Yun exhaled and walked to the mirror, looking at his black-clad self.

"So amazing. Hard to imagine that such a small ring can turn into a suit of armor."

"This Black God Set can even change forms!"

As Ji Yun thought, the clothes on his body also shifted.

Suit, trench coat, robe, even armor—Ji Yun cycled through them all. He even turned the Black God Set into a dark cyan robe, though the color was deep enough that the cyan was barely noticeable.

"This will be my look from now on." Ji Yun said with satisfaction.

Seven days later, Hongning Base City.

Ji Yun sat cross-legged on the rooftop, seemingly in meditation.

Finally, Ji Yun opened his eyes, a hint of confusion in them.

"The Dojo Master said that a domain means being able to completely control everything around you, to fully master the environment. But I can only control some of the wind around me. As for other things, like steel or other materials, I can only sense them, not control them at all."

In fact, Hong could only control the light around him. But with light distortion, plus Hong not knowing which domain he had grasped, and the fact that warriors were indeed invincible within their domains, it led Hong to that understanding.

"Could it be... related to my special ability?" Ji Yun jumped down from the rooftop and drew a circle with a hundred-meter radius on the ground.

"I'll use my special ability within this circle and see what I can learn."

With that, Ji Yun flashed into the center of the circle, and an illusory figure began to flicker within it. Inside the circle, Ji Yun was almost invisible—only a blurry silhouette and faint afterimages could be seen.

Several hours passed, and Ji Yun had been flickering within this range the entire time.

"Whoosh"

Ji Yun suddenly stopped, standing still, as if deep in thought.

"No, that's not right. Flickering around meaninglessly like this—though I get some flashes of insight, I can't grasp them at all. It's basically a waste of time."

"Other councilors' special abilities are either wreathed in flames, turning into light, or releasing ice attacks. My special ability might not be an illusory body at all. It's probably a massive boost to my speed, creating the illusion of an illusory body."

Ji Yun rubbed his chin. "What is it, really?"

"A domain is an extension of a conception, and I've been intimate with the wind since I was a child."

Ji Yun seemed to catch a detail.

"Wind? Wind, wind?" Ji Yun's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and his body began to move. But this time, he no longer confined himself to the small circle—he deliberately went to places with rapid air currents.

"My conception! It's about the wind. The Conception of Wind. My Spear Path, though it's just an expression of my heart, only reached this level through combining with the wind. Wind! That's my special ability."

Ji Yun moved with the lightning-fast wind, flickering from one spot to another in a blur that ordinary people couldn't track at all—only a powerful martial artist like Hong could catch a faint afterimage.

"It feels like I've merged into the wind, moving with it. No, it's more like I control the wind, because the moment my mind stirs, the wind shifts along with it, and I can blend into it and appear somewhere else."

"Control over the surrounding environment?"

With a thought from Ji Yun, the wind under his command condensed, then dissipated, condensed again, and finally formed a tornado or a gale.

Under Ji Yun's exquisite control, this wind constantly shifted the positions of nearby objects, and with the release of his powerful Genetic Origin Energy, it even altered the forms of those objects.

A lamppost made of alloy material was lifted by the wind, spun in the air, transformed by Ji Yun's formidable Origin Energy, and ultimately turned to ash, scattering into nothingness.

Ji Yun kept familiarizing himself with this sensation, delving deeper into his perception.

Naturally, he rose into the air, his surroundings covered in cyan energy.

Even his soul could clearly sense this strange cyan energy—after comprehending these things, his telekinesis, Origin Force, will, and body naturally reached an incredibly harmonious state, and the forces even began to merge. The merged cyan energy could actually exert a controlling effect on the surrounding space.

In an instant, a hazy cyan domain enveloped the area around Ji Yun's body.

"This... is this a domain?"

Ji Yun opened his eyes, standing in midair as if treading on nothing. With a thought, A misty cyan domain spread around him. Within this range, Ji Yun felt like a true god, controlling everything. Even a councilor-level powerhouse would be heavily suppressed within this range.

"Is this considered a domain?" Ji Yun murmured to himself.

"Talking more won't help. I'll go ask the Dojo Master for confirmation."

***

Limit Dojo headquarters.

Inside a training room within the spacecraft, Ji Yun and the black-haired man Hong stood facing each other.

Around each of them was an indescribable range, faintly colliding, as if both were trying to envelop the other.

As Ji Yun and Hong drew closer, these two ranges finally merged together.

"This really is a domain!" Hong said in disbelief. "Within your range, I feel my speed, hearing, perception, and so on are all heavily oppressed, as if the very air is blocking my advance."

"A true genius." Hong still wore an expression of disbelief. If it were just a rapid improvement in physical fitness, that would be one thing, but to advance in realm so quickly—this was too discouraging.

"If Thor saw this, wouldn't he be utterly ashamed?" Hong stopped beside him and laughed. "Over the years, I've talked to Thor about domains more than once, but he's still stuck at the 'half-understanding' stage. You, a young man under twenty, have seen through it before him."

"Dojo Master..." Ji Yun couldn't help but say, "It's just my good luck. I always manage to gain something."

"Don't call me Dojo Master," Hong said with a smile. "Right now, on Earth, with your domain, you're enough to rank third! First is me, because I have this domain. Second is Thor—his body is the best, and his physical realm is the highest, a Planetary Level seventh-stage martial artist. Third is you!"

"As for the other martial artists, I'm sure none have broken through to Planetary Level fourth-stage. That means you can completely suppress them, even a group of them."

"You're now the third strongest on Earth. Don't call me Dojo Master. If you don't think I'm too old, call me Brother Hong."

"Brother Hong?" Ji Yun was a bit stunned.

"Call the leader of Earth's people, the world's number one powerhouse—Brother Hong?"

"Don't hesitate," Hong laughed. "A strong person's life grows longer with each advancement. A powerful stellar-level martial artist can live for ten thousand years. What's the age gap between you and me? Just a short time."

"Then... Brother Hong!" Ji Yun steadied himself and said with slight respect.

He truly respected Hong.

During the Great Nirvana, Hong had fought selflessly for humanity. After becoming Earth's number one, he hadn't grown arrogant or complacent but had devoted himself wholeheartedly to fighting for Earth's future. This was a person truly worthy of admiration!

"Ah Yun, I'll call you that too," Hong said happily.

Clearly, a genius martial artist improving so quickly made Earth's future safer, which delighted Hong greatly.

"Alright, Brother Hong."

"I'll have that shameless Thor come over and open his eyes to see what a genius from my Limit Dojo looks like," Hong said with a hearty laugh.

***

Limit Dojo headquarters.

A bald monk in a white robe was pacing around Ji Yun without stopping.

"Little Yun, let your big brother here take a look at your domain," the bald monk couldn't help but say.

A cyan domain spread out, instantly enveloping the bald monk. Within this domain, the monk felt immense pressure, his movement speed and perception dropping by more than one level.

"Damn, it really is a domain," the bald man blurted out. "Good heavens, is the gap between people really this big? I've been trying to comprehend this for years and only just got a feeling, and you, this kid, understood it after hearing one explanation?"

"Haha," Ji Yun laughed awkwardly. "What can I say? I'm a genius. You have to accept reality."

"To hell with your reality," the bald monk said irritably. "Brother Hong is your big brother, so I'm your big brother too—your second brother. Now hurry up and tell your brother how you comprehended the domain. Let me use it for reference, so I can have another path."

"Yes," Ji Yun quickly replied. He also sat down cross-legged and began recounting the process of his domain enlightenment. Hong listened closely beside him, comparing it to his own domain.

"At that time, I felt..."