Translator: Tamon Translation Checker: Silavin The girl stood outside the temple, watching the back of the scared man. Her big, black eyes darted around then slipped away like a cat. The scared man huffed and spiritual power flared. The girl cried out and found her frail body flying into the temple, smashed into the floor. “Ugh, that hurt.” “Behave, Ling Bao’er. Don’t test my patience. I have no qualms about killing the daughter of the Nine Swords Sect Leader!” “Go ahead! Do it! Then my dad will punch a hole through you with just his finger!” Ling Bao’er defied him, meeting the scarred man’s stare. The man growled, about to set her straight. All that quarreling roused Chen Changan and started shouting. “My hotpot!” [God damn it!] And just when Chen Changan was about to have his fill in his dream, he got the boot instead, jolting him awake. [I didn’t think there’d be someone coming to the temple.] Chen Changan then noticed the two visitors. The scarred man looked mean, giving him a cold look and had Chen Changan jump in fright at his cruel look. [He’s bad news for sure.] He ran off on the spot out of reflex. Then he did some thinking after one step. [Hold on, I got the Absolute Domain. Why am I running scared while I’m in its range?] [I’ve yet to fully wake up.] Chen Changan shook his head, his eyes shining as he stared back at the scarred man. [I wonder if he has anything to eat. I hope he does, so that I can finally feel alive again.] Chen Changan called out, “Hey, you, scarface, the temple is my turf. Who told you that you can just waltz in here? More importantly, you robbed me of my hotpot! You better have something to eat on you, or else!” Ling Bao’er blinked, giving him a look of sympathy. [The beggar must’ve lost his mind. [Poor guy, messing with the scarred man. He’s dead for sure now.] The scarred man huffed, “You must have a death wish!” He didn’t waste time with some random beggar and pointed at his target. Black fog came out of his finger and turned into a skull. It opened its jaw and went to swallow Chen Changan whole. The instant the sinister skull crossed the limit into Chen Changan’s Absolute Domain, it crumbled down to nothing. Chen Changan reacted, boiling mad. “The hell? Did you just try to kill me before I did? You think I’m the same pushover from before, that you can swat me like a fly?” The harsh three years of having the Eternal Body caused him to have a constant fear of death. Naturally, the bad sleep all these years had all worked to drive him over the edge. With complete confidence in the Absolute Domain, all fear for his life got washed away. The scarred man stood dumbstruck. He knew exactly what he was capable of and, by all accounts, that attack should’ve killed Chen Changan. It came as utter shock seeing it crumble before landing instead. [He’s clearly just some average person.] He saw nothing that looked as defending or dodging either. [Just what’s going on here?] Ling Bao’er was still out of it. She also took Chen Changan for a dead man when the scarred man attacked, But here he was, alive and well. The scarred man was called Li Xiao, an elder of the Evil Dragon Cave in Ghost Province wielding the powerful and terrifying force of a Golden Core cultivator. It went without saying that a mere finger ought to have struck Chen Changan dead. The suddenness of it all had Ling Bao’er and Li Xiao just stand there, out of it. Chen Changan cursed still, “Scarface, you don’t have what it takes to kill me. I’ll stay right here, so come. If you can kill me, I’ll be on my knees, singing.” Boom! Li Xiao’s spiritual power flared in a mighty explosion as a bloody curved blade appeared in his hand, his bloodthirst ignited. “I don’t care who you are, but since you want to die, I’ll oblige!” Li Xiao shot for Chen Changan, the bloody blade hacking at his head. Chen Changan was fearless, even smiling in face of supposed adversity, for Li Xiao was in his world now, the Absolute Domain. He wasn’t looking for trouble, but Li Xiao just up and tried to kill him. Chen Changan wasn’t about to let this slide, answering with the same coin. Inside the Absolute Domain, Li Xiao’s fate was in his palm. Li Xiao snickered, the bloody blade right above Chen Changan’s head. [The beggar’s blood is going to flow and his head will roll.] Chen Changan merely raised his right and went for the blade. [What’s he up to?] Ling Bao’er and Li Xiao were wondering the same thing. The bloody blade was a 3rd grade magic treasure of incredible sharpness. [The beggar is a dead man if he thinks he can just grab it.] Chen Changan, though, held the bloody blade between his thumb and middle finger. It defied all logic. It was unnatural, insane even. [Heavens above!] Chen Changan showed no sign of being a cultivator, still as average as the next guy. So how did he do it? Li Xiao’s eyes bugged out. Ling Bao’er was frozen stiff. She wrote Chen Chang’an off from the start, but the beggar didn’t just survive, easily catching Li Xiao’s blade. “You…” Li Xiao began. Chen Changan cut him off, sounding quite nice. “Keep to yourself in the next life instead of shouting ‘die’ every minute. Don’t you know kindness makes you prosper?” He pinched and the hard bloody blade actually snapped in two. He followed with a flick and the piece of blade between his fingers shot forth and straight through Li Xiao’s brow. <Host killed a 3rd layer Golden Core cultivator, earning 500 domain points.> Chen Changan squinted. [So not only ghosts, but also cultivators reap me domain points.] Adding up the previous kill, he found himself to have 510 points. A hundred expanded the range by one meter, so 510 would increase it by five meters. Chen Changan did just that on the spot. [My Absolute Domain is almost big enough to include the immortal temple.] Chen Changan laughed with joy. He was on top of the world. [I can get domain points by killing not just demons and monsters, but cultivators too.] The greater the cultivation, the bigger the harvest.