Sinful Domain

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Power Progression

History

Sinful Domain began as the Black Horn Region, a notorious but prosperous gathering place for cultivators, merchants, auctions, and fugitives. Three mountains and a giant black-iron stele bearing the words “Sinful Domain” appeared around the region; the inscription was inlaid with powdered Purple Gold Ore. Luo Mu subsequently announced the region’s formal renaming and assumed the position of Domain Lord by his master’s command 322 331.

Its early expansion relied on exceptional cultivation conditions, rewards, and uncompromising control. Luo Mu offered pills, magic treasures, protection, and access to dense spiritual qi, while making the Soul Lock Rune mandatory for those who joined. Within months, the Domain absorbed established groups such as Brotherhood Pavilion, Dragon Tiger Sect, Nine Nether Hall, and Cinnabar Sun Valley’s Yin Faction 332 335 353 364.

The Domain’s destruction of Cinnabar Sun Valley and victory in the War of Ten Thousand Laws made it the dominant force in the Southern Peaks. Defeated sects became subordinate powers required to submit tribute, while unaffiliated cultivators continued joining despite the Soul Lock Rune requirement 364 382 384.

After the Cheng Clan attack caused serious losses, Luo Mu evacuated the entire faction from Southern Peaks rather than risk its destruction. The Domain settled on Sin Island in the East Sea, where it endured beast tides, recruited Monster cultivators, built up its defenses, and concealed itself from increasingly powerful enemies 410 411 443 526.

The Gu Clan, Cheng Clan, Demonic Sect, and Flood Dragon Clan later placed bounties on the Domain’s location. The Lost Path Formation kept Sin Island hidden for years, but its eventual exposure led to open conflict with the Flood Dragon, Cheng, and Gu Clans 524 526 563 581. Following the defeat of the Pilgrimage Sect, Sinful Domain ceased hiding and claimed the sect’s former territory in Central Province 633.

Territory and Headquarters

Organization

Membership and Governance

Recruitment

• Sinful Domain accepts cultivators regardless of former allegiance, reputation, talent, or cultivation realm 338 384.
• Joining grants access to the Domain’s protection, cultivation resources, magic treasures, pills, and dense spiritual qi 331 334.
• Higher cultivation generally earns greater rewards; Luo Mu promised Spirit Transformation cultivators enhancement pills and top-grade magic treasures within ten years 334.
• New members must accept a Soul Lock Rune, including recruited Monsters 336 439 525.

Soul Lock Rune

• The Soul Lock Rune is a control talisman planted within members’ bodies. Luo Mu states that it alerts him to improper intentions and can be activated to kill traitors 332.
• It is intended to prevent spies and internal betrayal rather than merely punish members 332.
• Qin Tian demonstrated that the rune could temporarily raise his cultivation from Foundation Establishment Late Stage to Golden Core Middle Stage before returning him to his normal realm 332.
• Luo Mu taught the technique to senior members so halls could induct recruits while he was absent or in seclusion 478 525.

Internal Law

• Non-members residing in Domain territory must pay protection and spiritual-energy fees; refusal can result in expulsion, crippling, or death 336.
• High-speed flight inside the city is prohibited. Gate guards enforce the rule even against powerful visitors, and Luo Mu publicly upheld their decision when they nearly stopped him 389.
• The Domain’s halls compete for strength and achievement, but this rivalry is portrayed as a source of collective growth rather than internal warfare 527.

Infrastructure and Resources

Octagonal Tower

• The Octagonal Tower is the Domain’s central landmark, source of its massive Spirit Gathering Array, and a key strategic asset 322 338.
• Its small world can shelter the entire faction and, later, the entire city when necessary 400 581.
• After becoming a spirit artifact, it withstands an attack using 60% of Yang Qing’s Mahayana-level strength and grants a 1:66 time ratio for cultivation inside its small world 599.

Formations and Uniforms

• Sinful Domain’s black robes are top-grade magic artifacts modeled after Luo Mu’s attire, with gold edging, branch markings, and “Sinful” written across the back 347 397.
• Each robe contains a concealed teleportation array, enabling rapid retreat and redeployment 347 362.
• Qin Tian’s Lost Path Formation conceals Sin Island from cultivators below the Mahayana Realm 526.
• The Five Peaks Strange Array can suppress attacks made from Poison Spirit Power without visible damage to its five mountain constructs 481.

Military Assets

• The Domain possesses a large number of high-grade and top-grade magic treasures; by the East Sea era, senior members generally wield top-grade treasures while ordinary members commonly carry high-grade ones 563 565.
• Luo Mu refines corpse puppets to reinforce the faction, including eighty-one Silver-Armored Corpse Demons and later six Golden-Armored Corpse Kings 531 599.
• Golden-Armored Corpse Kings can delay even early Mahayana cultivators and possess strength comparable to Integrated Body Late Stage cultivators 599 627.
• Monster recruitment becomes a major source of military power through Beast Pavilion, which eventually recruits more than a dozen King Beasts and nearly fifty level-nine Monsters 525.

Relationships

• Luo Mu — Founder and Domain Lord; personally directs recruitment, resource distribution, war, concealment, and the faction’s eventual move into Central Province 331 525 633.
• Octagonal Tower — The Domain’s core treasure, cultivation center, defensive refuge, and later a sentient spirit artifact 338 581 599.
• Demonic Sect — A complicated ally; its intervention prevents Sinful Domain’s destruction during the East Sea siege, and later conflicts draw the Domain into opposition against the Pilgrimage Sect 594 619.
• Cheng Clan — Long-term enemy whose attack precipitates Sinful Domain’s departure from Southern Peaks; later defeated politically and militarily 403 410 594.
• Gu Clan — Enemy that offers a bounty for the Domain’s location after the loss of its Gu insects and later joins the East Sea siege 524 581.
• Flood Dragon Clan — East Sea enemy pursuing the Domain over Ao Cheng’s death and the loss of secret arts; its forces later participate in the siege of Sin Island 530 581.
• Pilgrimage Sect — Final major adversary; its former mountain becomes Sinful Domain’s new headquarters after the sect’s defeat 619 633.

Notable Quote

“We share glory and disgrace; if one prospers, all prosper, and if one suffers, all suffer!” 443