Divine Slaughter's Domain

When the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent charged, Tang Chen neither dodged nor retreated. He planted his feet in a horse stance and caught its tail with both hands.

Then, gripping its tail, Tang Chen whipped the serpent around like a pair of nunchucks, spinning it faster and faster.

With one slam, he smashed it into the ground and knocked it unconscious.

Once the serpent was out cold, Tang Chen simply left.

He had no intention of killing it. After all, he still needed it to guard Hell Road for him.

Besides, Tang Chen had forgotten what kind of Soul Beast it was and had no idea what killing it might accomplish.

Tang Chen continued onward.

For the rest of the journey, he stayed ready for the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King.

After all, in the original story, Tang Chen had been parasitized by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King.

True, that had happened because the Rakshasa God had plotted against him during the Asura God's Eighth Trial. But Tang Chen had already been a Level 99 Limit Douluo then, the strongest person of his era.

Now he was only a lowly level 58 Soul King. Though his strength surpassed that of an ordinary Titled Douluo, his mental power was still lacking, and he remained deeply wary of the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King.

But the road ahead was nothing like Tang Chen expected. Instead, the journey went smoothly, without the slightest hint of danger.

Even as he neared the exit, he encountered no danger at all.

After another five minutes of walking, Tang Chen could already see the exit.

The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King still had not appeared.

Tang Chen felt a little disappointed, and a little relieved.

Then he stepped forward and left Hell Road.

With that step, Tang Chen entered a curtain of white light.

The instant he entered it, he felt as though his body had passed into a strange world.

All around him stretched a snow-white void. In that vast whiteness, he could not summon a shred of strength. The only thing he felt was cold.

It was as though countless currents of cold were converging on him, while countless more poured out from within his body.

"Hah!"

Tang Chen let out a thunderous shout!

His eyes turned scarlet, and an invisible wave of killing intent spread around him.

"So this is Divine Slaughter's Domain? Not bad!"

A bloodthirsty glint flashed through Tang Chen's eyes. More than a year of killing had left him somewhat bloodthirsty, with slaughter becoming second nature.

Then, deep within Tang Chen's soul, the Asura Nine Trials trembled.

Asura Nine Trials, First Trial complete! Rewards: age of all Soul Rings increased by one thousand years; age of Soul Bones increased by one thousand years; affinity with the Asura God's divine position increased by 5%!

Joy flashed in Tang Chen's eyes when he heard that the First Trial was complete.

But the Second Trial of the Asura Nine Trials was issued immediately.

Asura Nine Trials, Second Trial: Killing Intent Trial! Complete and absorb nine rounds of body tempering with killing intent. Rewards: Divine Slaughter's Domain evolves into Slaughter Domain and gains the domain skill Slaughter Barrier; age of all Soul Rings increased by five thousand years; age of Soul Bones increased by five thousand years; affinity with the Asura God's divine position increased by 10%! Time limit: five years!

Tang Chen was baffled by the Second Trial. What was body tempering with killing intent?

The Asura God's phantom explained, "Body tempering with killing intent means going to the bottom of the Asura Blood Pool and using the killing intent collected by Slaughter City to temper your body. It will make Asura Divine Power better suited to you and improve your physical constitution."

With the phantom's explanation, Tang Chen understood. While the two years were not yet up, he immediately returned to Hell Road.

At the sight of the blood pool, Tang Chen plunged in headfirst and swam to the bottom.

When he reached it, the scene before him changed completely. A massive Asura God Statue stood enshrined in the center, with a Meditation Cushion beneath it.

A blood-red sword was planted before the statue. It was the Asura Demon/God Sword, one of the Super Divine Artifacts belonging exclusively to the Asura God!

Following the phantom's guidance, Tang Chen went over and sat on the Meditation Cushion.

The moment he sat down, his body slipped beyond his control. At the same time, killing intent from Slaughter City surged toward him in a frenzy.

Tang Chen's Body Martial Soul manifested on its own. White "tattoos" covered it—the marks of Divine Slaughter's Domain.

Only then did Tang Chen realize why his Clear Sky Hammer bore no white mark from Divine Slaughter's Domain. It was not because the hammer was special; the domain's mark had been branded onto his Body Martial Soul instead.

As endless killing intent flooded his body, Tang Chen let out a muffled groan.

"Mm..."

Pain swept through his entire body. It was not unbearable, but Tang Chen had never experienced such intense pain before, and he struggled to endure it.

Soon, his muffled groans turned into screams.

Only Tang Chen's unusually strong body kept him going. For an ordinary Soul King, this pain would have been like stubbing a toe on a cabinet while a flying soccer ball struck them in the groin.

"Aaaaargh!"

Unbearable pain filled every part of Tang Chen's body as it kept drawing in Slaughter City's stored killing intent, swallowing it like a whale.

As the tempering progressed, the white patterns of Divine Slaughter's Domain spread across Tang Chen's Body Martial Soul.

From their original position at the center of his chest, they had spread until they nearly covered the entire front of his body.

After a full day of killing intent pouring into him, Tang Chen completed his first round of body tempering.

By then, the white patterns of Divine Slaughter's Domain covered the entire front of his Body Martial Soul.

Tang Chen's physical strength had officially reached the Super Douluo level, while his mental power had broken through to the Titled Douluo level. He had completed his first transformation.

His body had gone numb with pain. As soon as he could leave the Meditation Cushion, Tang Chen collapsed onto the ground.

Then he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

He slept for an entire day and night.

When Tang Chen woke, he felt utterly exhausted. That day and night of sleep had done nothing to restore him.

Tang Chen rose from the ground, and his Left Leg Soul Bone frantically drew energy from the earth to replenish what he needed.

Before long, he had fully recovered.

In the days that followed, Tang Chen cultivated while trying to absorb killing intent on his own.

To his surprise, killing intent could not only temper his body but also strengthen his mental power.

The discovery left Tang Chen both startled and delighted. At last, he had found a way to improve his mental power.

In the days that followed, Tang Chen recalled that his counterpart in the original story had developed an extraordinary Self-Created Soul Skill. That skill had made the Clear Sky Sect the foremost sect and the Clear Sky Hammer the world's strongest Power Attack System Tool Martial Soul!

Ring Detonation!

Great Sumeru Hammer!