Asura Domain

In an instant, the God-Gifted Soul Ring turned from white to yellow, from yellow to purple, from purple to black, and from black to red.

It was about to reach 190,000 years.

When the God-Gifted Soul Ring showed signs of stopping, Tang Chen gritted his teeth and forced it to keep increasing in age as he absorbed it.

He had never known until he pushed himself. Once he did, even he was stunned.

Tang Chen himself had never realized his potential was so great.

As he forced himself to absorb more, the Soul Ring's age shot past 190,000 years.

200,000 years!

250,000 years!

300,000 years!

350,000 years!

All the way to a full 500,000 years!

When Tang Chen opened his eyes, he had finished absorbing the 500,000-year Sixth Soul Ring.

Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul had advanced to a demigod-level Martial Soul, while his Body Martial Soul had advanced to the god-level Asura God Body Martial Soul. His physique had reached Level 98, the level of a Super Douluo, and his spiritual power had surpassed that of a Level 95 Super Douluo.

His Three Heads External Soul Bone had also advanced to 100,000 years. His Eight Arms External Soul Bone had evolved past 60,000 years, as had his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff right-claw External Soul Bone.

On top of that, Tang Chen possessed a 400,000-year Earth Emperor right-leg Soul Bone.

At this moment, Tang Chen had the absolute strength to stand among the strongest in the world.

"Asura Nine Trials, Second Trial complete. Rewards: Divine Slaughter's Domain evolves into Slaughter Domain (upgraded further to Asura Domain for exceptional performance), along with the domain skill Slaughter Barrier (upgraded further to Asura Barrier for exceptional performance, with Asura Judgment, Asura Soul-Sealing Domain, and Asura World-Annihilating Slash added); all Soul Ring ages increase by 5,000 years (an additional 5,000 years for exceptional performance); all Soul Bone ages increase by 5,000 years (an additional 5,000 years for exceptional performance); affinity with the Asura God's divine position increases by 10%!"

At those words, Tang Chen laughed with excitement.

"Hahahahaha! Now I'm truly invincible!"

After completing the Second Trial of the Asura Nine Trials, Tang Chen had gained not only the Asura Domain but also its four divine skills. Furthermore, tempering his body with murderous aura had earned him an additional 5% affinity with the Asura God's divine position. With the reward from the Second Trial, his affinity had now reached 20%.

With his current strength, Tang Chen would not fear even Golden Crocodile Douluo.

No sooner had Tang Chen completed the Second Trial than the Asura Divine Will issued him the Third Trial.

"Asura Nine Trials, Third Trial. Task: carry out the judgment of evil. Use Asura Judgment to kill 1,000 evildoers. Rewards: the Divine Artifact Ring of Judgment; all Soul Ring ages increase by 50,000 years; all Soul Bone ages increase by 50,000 years; affinity with the Asura God's divine position increases by 15%. Time limit: two years."

Seeing the Asura God issue the Third Trial without a moment's pause, Tang Chen's mouth twitched.

Is the Asura God really that eager to run off? I've only just completed two Divine Trials, and here comes another.

Tang Chen had no intention of tackling the Third Trial right away.

So he packed everything he needed to take into his Storage Ring.

After bowing to the Asura God Statue, Tang Chen left the Asura God's place of inheritance.

He then swam up out of the blood pool.

He arrived at the exit of Hell Road.

Relying on his memory, Tang Chen found the town nearest the exit of Hell Road.

His next step was to find a Carriage Hire, rent a carriage, and have it take him toward the Clear Sky Sect.

The Clear Sky Sect, however, was a long way off.

Tang Chen spent nearly half a month in the carriage before he finally returned to the Clear Sky Sect's grounds.

When Tang Chen reached the Clear Sky Sect's gates, the guards' eyes widened.

One of them spoke in a fawning tone. "The young sect master is back! Please, come in."

Tang Chen nodded to the two guards and went straight through the gates.

The first thing Tang Chen did upon returning to the Clear Sky Sect was seek out his father, Tang Yue.

When Tang Chen entered the Sect Master's Hall, Tang Yue was seated on the sect master's throne, working out the funds needed to purchase and gather all the Medicinal Herbs for the month.

Hearing someone enter the Sect Master's Hall, Tang Yue frowned and began, "Who is it? When you come in—"

Before Tang Yue could finish, he looked up and saw Tang Chen.

His expression changed completely in an instant.

"So it's you, Chen'er! How did it go? Was the trip smooth? You've been away for over a year. Go get some rest, and once you've rested, visit Zi. She's missed you terribly."

Tang Yue was so delighted to see Tang Chen that he could not stop talking.

Tang Chen was in good spirits now that he was back at the Clear Sky Sect. He nodded and replied, "Yes, Father. I'll go now. You should get some rest too. Don't work too late."

Tang Yue nodded. "All right, your father knows. Go on and get some proper rest."

Tang Chen bowed again and left the Sect Master's Hall.

But instead of going straight to his room to rest, Tang Chen went to the Training Ground to find Ning Zi.

At the Clear Sky Sect's Training Ground, every member of the Clear Sky Team except Tang Chen was training.

They each had their own exercises. Tang Xing sat to one side, watching them train through narrowed eyes.

Ning Zi was the first to notice Tang Chen. She immediately dropped what she was doing and ran toward him.

"Brother Chen, you're finally back. I missed you so much."

Ning Zi threw her arms around Tang Chen as she spoke.

Seeing how excited she was, Tang Chen hugged her back and said softly, "Zi, I missed you too."

The other Clear Sky Team members saw that Tang Chen had returned and swarmed around him.

"Boss, you're finally back!"

"Hello, Boss!"

"Young sect master."

"Welcome back, Chen."

"Young sect master, you're incredible!"

Seeing how lively they all were, Tang Xing coughed twice.

They suddenly remembered that they were supposed to be training.

They turned to run back.

But it was too late.

"You lot are all doing extra training!" Tang Xing said. "Oh, except Ning Zi."

With that, Tang Xing narrowed his eyes again.

The others cried out in anguish.

"No!!!"

After the commotion died down, Tang Chen took Ning Zi back to his room.

Once Tang Chen had shut the door, he got straight to the point. "Zi, how far have you gotten with your Divine Trial?"

Ning Zi did not hide anything. "I haven't passed the Third Trial yet. I have to find people on the continent with Love-Brains and absorb the energy from their Love-Brains." (P.S.: the energy of love-struck brains