The Immortal Domain was the Immortal Domain, and fragments of the Immortal Domain were fragments of the Immortal Domain. They were fundamentally two different worlds.
At this moment, no one knew what Xuan Ku had experienced. Back in the lower realm, he had carried himself like an eminent monk, but after spending so long within the Immortal Domain fragment, his entire body now radiated a cold, somber killing intent.
Even with the corpses of these Immortal Domain natives strewn beneath his feet, Xuan Ku's expression did not change in the slightest. The only change was that his aura had grown more than a level stronger than it had been in the lower realm. If Su Xin saw Xuan Ku now, he would certainly know that Xuan Ku's current strength was likely enough to contend with someone on Shi Daoxuan's level!
Before Xuan Ku stood only a formation—a massive formation. Powerful forces of heaven and earth flowed within it, so formidable that they seemed capable of slicing the world apart.
Looking at the formation and the corpses beneath his feet, Xuan Ku muttered hoarsely, "I merely want to go home. Why do you insist on stopping me? Do you truly think this poor monk dares not kill? The Buddha said: If I do not enter hell, then who will?"
Xuan Ku was chanting a Buddhist invocation, yet his eyes brimmed with savage killing intent. A trace of black qi coiled around his body, resembling both demonic qi and death qi.
Whether he entered hell or fell into demonhood, Xuan Ku had to return to Shaolin Temple.
The situation at Shaolin Temple in the lower realm was far from optimistic. Though he had left Shaolin Temple a trump card, an opportunity to advance into the True Martial Realm, could a single True