Chapter 628: Chapter 621 Domain

As the Sect Master of Bloodthirsty Sect from West Barbarian Mountain, Ye Qingqing had numerous affairs to attend to.

At Chen Hai’s place, having just achieved a breakthrough, he also needed to spend time consolidating his realm.

Within Black Water Immortal Mansion, Ye Qingqing had stayed for just three days before she promptly left.

Yang Dingtian, a Perfect True Demon, turned out to be quite honest. It seemed he truly resigned himself to his fate, kneeling in front of the stele at the foot of Black Water Immortal Mountain until he had completed a full month, only then did he depart.

His body, that of a True Demon, seemed to have indeed cultivated a few strands of the Undying Characteristic.

After his severed leg was reattached to his body, it spent some time re-growing together.

After completing a full month and leaving from in front of that stele, Yang Dingtian could walk normally, albeit with a slight limp; full recovery seemed to be just a matter of time.

Within the Bloodthirsty Sect, some people were determined to retreat overseas.

A forced melon is not sweet; Ye Qingqing was very welcoming to those who wished to stay within the Sect.

As for those who wholeheartedly wanted to retreat overseas and return to the Main Lineage, she let them be, too lazy to coerce them.

After all, those people’s hearts were no longer with the Bloodthirsty Sect of West Barbarian Mountain; once they retreated overseas, the Sect under Ye Qingqing’s control would surely become even purer.

Originally, nearly a third of the Sect’s members were willing to follow Ouyang Ming, Gui Wuya, and others to withdraw to the Main Lineage of Bloodthirsty Sect overseas.

But secrets are hard to keep. As the Sect Master of the Overseas Bloodthirsty Sect, Yang Dingtian was made so miserable in front of Chen Hai.

The fact that he had honestly knelt for a month before the stele at the foot of Black Water Immortal Mountain couldn’t be hidden even if one wanted to.

Due to the impact of this event, many who were willing to retreat to the Main Lineage of the Overseas Bloodthirsty Sect eventually got cold feet.

In the end, the total number of people following Ouyang Ming, Gui Wuya, and others overseas, under the lead of Yang Dingtian, didn’t even reach a hundred.

However, these matters were naturally Ye Qingqing’s concern.

Chen Hai himself, staying in his cave mansion to stabilize his realm, showed his face very seldom.

Seasons changed, and time passed quietly and ceaselessly.

For ordinary people, life is short, lasting at most a century, but for cultivators, the stronger the strength and the higher the realm, the faster time seems to pass.

One day, a strange and wonderful fluctuation swept across the land, centered around Black Water Immortal Mountain.

It was uncertain whether by coincidence or by design.

When this indescribable mysterious force swept across the vicinity, it eerily bypassed the nearby Bloodthirsty Sect quite peculiarly.

In just a moment, when this mysterious force completely enveloped an area of hundreds of miles, it merged into the land as if it had never appeared, disappearing without a trace.

In this territory, the mountains remained the same, the waters unchanged, and the birds, insects, fish, and beasts seemed exactly as before, as though nothing had happened at all.

But with careful sensing, this domain felt somehow different compared to before.

Of course, this was just a feeling. No one could articulate any specific differences in the same territory from one moment to the next.

Almost at the same time, within the Cultivation Hall at the summit of Black Water Immortal Mansion, Chen Hai finally slowly opened his eyes.

Within hundreds of miles around Black Water Immortal Mountain, every blade of grass, every insect, everything was within his sensing.

If he wished, not even the mating of two small bugs within this territory could escape his notice.

“Is this the marvel of a Domain?”

“Having successfully refined the territory of hundreds of miles around as my own Domain, now I can finally be considered a genuine Earth Immortal!”

“I just don’t know whether I can emerge victorious in battle compared to those old Earth Immortals who have stepped into that level for countless years and months!”

After sensing the wonders of his Domain, Chen Hai stood up and felt a wave of emotion.

Stepping out of the Cultivation Hall, he stood atop Black Water Immortal Mountain and gazed into the distance.

Beneath his feet, the oddly shaped peak, resembling an irregular gourd, had never seemed unusual to him before, but now, the more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable it felt.

Thinking about it, he had a thought, and lightly lifted his hands toward the void.

“Boom… Boom…” The rumble, like the earth splitting and mountains crumbling, was deafening.

The smaller peaks near Black Water Immortal Mountain began to sink slowly into the ground.

The ordinary mountain that formed the foundation beneath Black Water Immortal Mountain, as if imbued with life, began to bulge upwards slowly, filling in the gourd shape’s concave parts.

When the entire Black Water Immortal Mountain, broad at the base and narrow at the top, took on the appearance of a normal peak, Chen Hai withdrew his hands, and the entire Territory soon returned to calm.

After turning a place into their own Domain, Earth Immortals can control the land and change the terrain, which is hardly anything difficult for them.

Within their own Domain, Earth Immortals are almost invincible.

This is why, in some wealthy Territories, a power can only truly secure its footing after it boasts an Earth Immortal.

Like the Bloodthirsty Sect of Yang Dingtian from the Overseas Sect Alliance, it was only after birthing an Earth Immortal in its Sect that it qualified to mix into the Overseas Sect Alliance and successfully became a member.

Unfortunately, the power of Earth Immortals still has some limitations.

To remain undefeated, they must stay within their own Domain; once they leave their Domain and go to other Territories, the strength they can wield will undoubtedly be much weaker.

For this reason, powers with Earth Immortals typically refrain from attacking each other, and these Earth Immortals seldom leave their own Domains unless necessary.

“Chen Hai, was that disturbance caused by you?”

“Weren’t you in closed-door cultivation to stabilize your Realm? Hasn’t it been less than twenty years, and you’ve broken through again?”

Having the lesson of a failed breakthrough before, and because it wasn’t a period of closed-door cultivation to the death, this time, Chen Hai’s cave mansion wasn’t completely sealed.

It might be somewhat difficult for ordinary people to enter the cave mansion, but Ye Qingqing could come and go freely.

The commotion from reshaping Black Water Immortal Mountain was a bit loud.

Ye Qingqing, the Bloodthirsty Sect Master, already alarmed by Chen Hai’s emotion, had hurried over.

“Master!”

She didn’t come alone; accompanying her was a young man with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes.

Upon seeing Chen Hai, the young man quickly stepped forward and respectfully saluted him.

In terms of Realm, Ye Qingqing was still amid the Nine Realms’ Heavenly Tribulation.

The young man beside her, however, was a True Immortal cultivator.

From his aura, he seemed to have broken through to True Immortal not long ago, but a True Immortal is a True Immortal after all, clearly much stronger than Ye Qingqing by more than just a little bit.

“You are…” His gaze fell on the young man, and Chen Hai had a faint feeling of familiarity.

When he heard the young man address him as Master, he suddenly slapped his forehead, realizing, “You are Zhang Tianci? How many years has it been since I’ve seen you, and you’ve already become a True Immortal?”

It wasn’t that his memory was poor, but rather his First Disciple, ever since joining his Sect, had always been in a free-range state.

If it weren’t for his calling out “Master,” Chen Hai really wouldn’t have remembered this detail.