Love Brings Only Regret Since Ancient Times? Love Sword Domain! (Bonus update for monthly votes)

"This is called a Poison-Attracting Pill." Li Qingshan took one out, glanced at it in his palm, and said, "With its help, we can gradually gather all that scattered poison power into one place."

Dugu Bo immediately bent down and carefully helped Dugu Xin sit up.

Li Qingshan placed the pill in the boy's mouth, then used a gentle strand of Soul Power to help its medicinal effects slowly spread.

A moment later, Dugu Xin's brows creased slightly. The bluish-green color that had already faded began creeping up his neck again.

At the sight, Dugu Bo's heart tightened.

"This is..."

"The medicine has begun drawing out the accumulated poison. Hold him steady." Li Qingshan's voice was perfectly calm. As he raised his hand, nine silvery-white needles of Soul Power formed between his fingers.

The Nine Needles for Suppressing Poison descended once more.

This time, however, the flow of Soul Power between the needles differed from when he had quelled the poison flare-up earlier.

After protecting the boy's heart meridians, Li Qingshan released another strand of Soul Power. Following the medicine's effects slowly downward through Dugu Xin's body, he guided a wandering stream of poison toward his abdomen.

Dugu Xin trembled slightly, and Dugu Bo's grip on his son's shoulders involuntarily tightened.

But he soon realized that the poison power being drawn out was no longer running rampant. Under Li Qingshan's control, it was gathering together little by little.

"He really can do it..."

Disbelief filled Dugu Bo's face as he murmured under his breath.

Li Qingshan did not respond. His attention remained fixed on the inside of Dugu Xin's body. Gathering the poison in one place was only the beginning. Next, he had to stabilize that poison power before it could gradually condense into a Poison Pill.

Yet just as he prepared to guide the next stream of accumulated poison, a familiar screen of light suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[Tang Lie has recounted his personal experience to the members of the Clear Sky Sect!]

[Some members of the Clear Sky Sect have begun to believe in the host's identity as a Level 99 Limit Douluo titled Love Sword!]

[Total Belief Realization Progress contributed this time: 8%.]

[Current Reality Progress of the Love Sword Douluo identity: 70%.]

Li Qingshan's gaze shifted slightly.

Eight percent?

The Clear Sky Sect actually stirred into action at a time like this!

His hands never stopped moving. He steadily guided the strand of poison power he had just drawn out into Dugu Xin's abdomen, even as several thoughts flashed through his mind.

Looks like that Seventh Elder finally woke up.

He had spared Tang Lie precisely so that, after returning to his sect, the man would spread the name of Love Sword Douluo for him.

Now it seemed those two sword strikes had not been wasted.

Tang Lie alone could only provide two percent Realization Progress, but once he returned to the Clear Sky Sect and told them what he had witnessed, he could make even more people believe!

A faint smile had only just risen to Li Qingshan's lips when new notifications appeared one after another.

[Reality Progress of the Love Sword Douluo identity has reached 70%. Milestone rewards issued!]

[Reward obtained: Soul Power increased by eight levels!]

[The host's Soul Power has increased from Level 70 to Level 78!]

[Milestone ability obtained: Love Sword Domain-Love Brings Only Regret Since Ancient Times!]

[Once deployed, the domain can invade the hearts of targets within its range, drawing out and amplifying emotions such as love, unfulfilled longing, regret, yearning, and pain to impose both mental and emotional suppression.]

[The deeper the target's feelings, the stronger the impact. They may become lost in confusion, lose their judgment in battle, or even become trapped in place by their own emotions.]

[Within the domain, the host can sense targets' emotional fluctuations, discern their intentions to attack, and coordinate attacks with the Passionate Sword's Soul Skills.]

Level 78!

Li Qingshan's heart gave a sudden leap.

When he had fought Dugu Bo earlier, he had still been six levels below him. Now, in mere moments, his Soul Power had actually surpassed Dugu Bo's!

What delighted him even more, however, was the reward that followed.

Love Brings Only Regret Since Ancient Times...

He had actually obtained a domain this time!

Before Li Qingshan could consider it further, a vast surge of power flooded his body, driving his Soul Power rapidly upward.

At the same time, a clear understanding surfaced in his mind: how to deploy the domain, how to stir his targets' emotions, and how to sense the changes within it.

Li Qingshan immediately gathered his focus. He was still drawing the poison out of Dugu Xin, and he could not allow the changes in his own body to affect the Soul Power inside the boy.

He temporarily stopped extracting the remaining poison, maintaining the nine needles of Soul Power while first stabilizing the mass of poison power he had already gathered.

Only then did he spare some attention to slowly gather the power continuously pouring into his body.

Level 71.

Level 74.

Level 76...

Only upon reaching Level 78 did the force driving his cultivation upward finally subside.

Dugu Bo, who stood guard beside him, had already raised his head. At such close range, he naturally noticed the changes in Li Qingshan.

The man's Soul Power fluctuations, originally around Level 70, had climbed repeatedly in mere moments, even surpassing his own outright!

Dugu Bo's pupils contracted slightly. His face filled with disbelief as he said, "You..."

Li Qingshan glanced at him, his expression still calm, and said lightly, "I still have to condense a Poison Pill for this granddisciple of mine, so I loosened the suppression on my cultivation a little."

"Hold him steady. Don't get distracted."

Dugu Bo opened his mouth, but ultimately swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue.

Loosened the suppression on his cultivation a little? Earlier, when Li Qingshan had said he suppressed his cultivation while traveling, Dugu Bo had still harbored some doubts.

But how else could he explain this Soul Power, which was clearly stronger than his own? Surely no one could gain eight levels in succession while treating someone else's poison?

Could he really be a Level 99 Titled Douluo? When Dugu Bo looked at Li Qingshan again, his gaze was already somewhat different.

Just then, a familiar screen of light quietly appeared before Li Qingshan's eyes.

[Dugu Bo has begun to believe in the host's identity as a Level 99 Limit Douluo titled Love Sword!]

[Belief Realization Progress contributed this time: 2%.]

[Current Reality Progress of the Love Sword Douluo identity: 72%.]

Seventy-two percent already?

Li Qingshan's gaze shifted slightly, and delight welled up in his heart.

He had not expected his increase in Soul Power to make Dugu Bo believe in his identity a little more, contributing another two percent Realization Progress in the process.

Li Qingshan offered no further explanation and returned his attention to the inside of Dugu Xin's body. As for his newly acquired domain, he did not try it out yet.

But as that understanding grew clearer, he already grasped what made this domain so formidable.

Delusion could weave illusions, letting people see what they most desperately desired, whereas Love Brings Only Regret Since Ancient Times could directly stir the emotions already buried deep within a person's heart.

Attachments they could not let go of, memories they could not forget, and regrets they had failed to lay to rest for years-all could become roots through which the domain influenced an opponent.

Those feelings already belonged to the target.

Even if they noticed something was wrong, they might not be able to break free easily.

On top of that, he could sense his opponents' emotional changes within the domain. If he combined it with the Passionate Sword's Soul Skills...

At that thought, the corners of Li Qingshan's mouth lifted slightly. Tang Lie, this trip back of yours really did bring me a magnificent gift.

With his Soul Power increased by eight levels and another domain at his disposal, his strength had already advanced beyond what it had been when he fought Dugu Bo earlier!

As the thought passed, he temporarily suppressed his delight. The emerald-green mass of poison power gathered by the Poison-Attracting Pill inside Dugu Xin had gradually settled.

Following the method in the Myriad Poison Pill Classic, Li Qingshan slowly adjusted his Soul Power, guiding the poison to gather farther inward. The silver light on the nine needles of Soul Power brightened slightly in response.

Dugu Xin's tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed, while inside his abdomen, a tiny emerald-green pill core finally began taking shape.

Sensing this change, Dugu Bo instinctively softened his breathing. Somewhat excited, he asked, "Is this... the Poison Pill?"

"It's only an embryonic form."

Li Qingshan did not shift his gaze, keeping the Soul Power in his hands perfectly steady.

"Once it truly stabilizes, it will be able to absorb more of the accumulated poison in his body. But his meridians are still weak. The remaining poison must be guided slowly. We can't rush it."

Dugu Bo hurriedly nodded.

He lowered his head to look at his son. As the poison power gathered, the bluish-green tinge on the boy's face faded little by little, and his breathing became even steadier than before.

This time, he could clearly feel that the poison was not merely being forcibly suppressed.

Following the method Li Qingshan had described, it was gradually leaving the meridians and internal organs it had corroded for years, flowing into the Poison Pill taking shape.

The problem that had plagued father and son for so many years finally had real hope of a solution.

Meanwhile.

The Clear Sky Sect, Council Hall.

"We absolutely cannot let this matter end here!" An elder slammed his hand down on his armrest, his face dark and grim.

"The Seventh Elder had an arm severed and suffered severe mental trauma as well. If the Fifth Elder hadn't arrived in time, there's no telling whether he would have made it back alive!"

"To injure one of our sect's elders like this right at the foot of the Clear Sky Sect's mountain-just what is that man trying to do?"

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