The air fell silent for a moment,
the existence of the Dao Domain indicated that the crazy old woman wasn’t a spirit puppet but an intelligent "life."
However, according to what the Saint’s Remnant Soul was saying, this Qionghua Sect had already been destroyed for ten thousand years during the era he had lived in.
But this crazy woman had lived too long.
Twenty thousand years....
After a brief silence, he turned his gaze towards the Saint’s Remnant Soul, and asked in a low voice,
"Old Man Luo, do you know of anything that can live for more than twenty thousand years?"
The Saint’s Remnant Soul seemed to be pondering the same question, hesitated slightly, and shook his head:
"I’m not quite sure, aside from ghosts and monsters, even tortoises of longevity couldn’t possibly live that long."
Xu Yuan fell silent for a moment, then suddenly asked:
"Haven’t you lived for tens of thousands of years?"
The Saint’s Remnant Soul replied with a sense of helplessness:
"I practice a special cultivation technique and spent most of the time sleeping, moreover...."
At that point, the Saint’s Remnant Soul spread his hands, "...I can’t even use a Dao Domain right now."
Xu Yuan frowned, "That black cover you created in Jingjiang Prefecture before isn’t a Dao Domain?"
The Saint’s Remnant Soul smiled wryly:
"What kind of Dao Domain is a half-baked Soul Realm? I don’t even have a body, let alone the ability to refine and store Origin Qi, how can I have a Dao Domain?"
Xu Yuan roughly understood.
This so-called Dao Domain should be a domain formed through the interaction between one’s own Origin Qi and Will-spirit.
The Ghost Domain used by Ghost Seven before his death should be similar to this.
With this thought, Xu Yuan reined in his thoughts.
More words now were of no use; better to see for himself.
The Sky-Peering Formation was an extremely practical composite formation, often integrated with various Protective City Formations or Sects’ defenses. It allowed the user’s Will-spirit to connect with the formation, thereby manipulating other formations.
The "god’s eye view" Xu Yuan experienced while activating the Transmission Formation was a result of the Sky-Peering Formation’s effect.
As soon as his Will-spirit connected with the formation, Xu Yuan immediately entered the state he had before, overlooking everything from above the clouds.
However, this time was slightly different from before, for all the operationable formations within the Dome Palace had now been activated!
Stunned for a moment, Xu Yuan quickly realized the cause.
It was likely that the battle between Tianyan and the crazy woman inside the Sect’s gates had triggered the automatic activation of the Protective City Formation.
Gathering his thoughts, Xu Yuan began searching through the luxurious pavilions for any trace of Tianyan and the crazy old woman.
His gaze swept across the luxurious pavilions, and he quickly located the Cherry Leech Lake from before.
The Cherry Leech Lake was no longer quiet and peaceful as when he had left it.
The Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree was still that same Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree, but the crimson corridor that encircled it had been cut in half from the middle, collapsing onto the lake’s surface.
Apart from that, the lotus leaves and blossoms that had previously floated peacefully on the water now were nowhere to be seen; in their place were densely packed leech carcasses.
Looking down from the sky, the entire lake was a dark oppressive mass!
In Cang Yuan’s world, these leeches didn’t show health bars, but turned into reality, the whole pool of leeches had been slaughtered cleanly.
Scanning around from atop the dome, he saw only the mess left behind, Tianyan and the crazy woman were no longer there.
Following the path of destruction left by the battle’s aftermath,
Xu Yuan found the two on the upper side of a cluster of palaces.
The battle between Tianyan and the crazy woman continued, one majestic palace after the other collapsed under the aftermath of the battle, dust and debris almost shrouding the entire area.
Just as Xu Yuan had expected.
That crazy woman was indeed the boss in the Sect Master’s chambers, and her appearance was similar to that in Cang Yuan—dressed in red, with disheveled hair, murmuring nonsensical phrases such as "kill you," "impossible," "all dead."
At the same time, Xu Yuan also saw what was called a Dao Domain for the first time.
With the aid of the Sky-Peering Formation, Xu Yuan could faintly see structures resembling misty pavilions floating around the crazy woman within a hundred yards. Ethereal music wafted through, beautiful women in thin garments flitted about, their enticing sounds unceasing, rainbows of lust abounded...
Even though he was just using the formation to observe those mists, Xu Yuan’s mind wavered, uncontrollably staring at the crazy woman’s Dao Domain in a daze.
complex desires began to rise within his heart, and his breathing gradually became hurried.
The ancient and elegant Library of Written Origins, the spirit puppet woman still stood by, while Ran Qingmo sat in front of the formation platform, eyes closed in meditation.
Xu Yuan subconsciously walked towards her, his gaze fixated on Big Ice Lump’s clothing, torn to reveal her translucent skin. Approaching her, he bent down and reached out his hand....
"Spirit Condensation!"
The Saint’s Remnant Soul let out a low chuckle.
Xu Yuan instantly snapped back to reality.
Ran Qingmo also slowly opened her eyes, looking puzzled at Xu Yuan’s hand reaching out towards her, then freezing mid-air, she asked,
"Xu Yuan... what’s wrong?"
Her voice remained cold.
Xu Yuan was silent for a few breaths, then nonchalantly pointed at the hole in her clothing, and said,
"Your clothes are torn; remember to change them later."
Ran Qingmo looked down, nodded her head:
After saying that, she blinked, waiting for his next words.
Xu Yuan cleared his throat,
Upon hearing this, Ran Qingmo simply closed her eyes again to continue meditating.
Xu Yuan took a deep breath, then heard the Saint’s Remnant Soul laugh inside his mind,
"The Qionghua Sect truly is worthy of being a successor to the Hehuan Sect. That crazy old woman’s Dao Domain is indeed interesting; one could easily fall into it if not careful."
Xu Yuan responded coldly, "Did you do it on purpose?"
The Saint’s Remnant Soul replied, smiling merrily,
"Letting you experience what a Dao Domain feels like, and since it was eventually going to happen anyway, besides, didn’t I stop you in the end?"