Buzz!

Within Lu Tao's soul sea, various terrifying forces inexplicably descended, appearing without warning.

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However, they had barely appeared and hadn't even had a chance to play their role when the statue of merit on Lu Tao's altar suddenly erupted with overwhelming golden light, enveloping Lu Tao's entire soul sea.

In the blink of an eye.

All the power of the curse vanished, turning into nothingness.

"Tsk, it seems the god-kings of the various races in the desolate region are really planning to capture me alive."

Lu Tao stared coldly at the dissipating curse power.

Although these cursed powers have not yet manifested, Lu Tao could vaguely sense their effects through his powerful divine soul.

The main purpose was to cause Lu Tao to lose control of his mind, resulting in a decline in his strength and physical weakness.

This weakness manifests in the physical body, internal energy, spirit, and domain.

That's right, they even take the realm into account when they curse.

Unfortunately, no matter how many schemes he devised, they were utterly powerless before the statue of the God of Merit.

Lu Tao sensed the situation in his soul sea briefly, then stopped paying attention and opened his eyes to look at where he was.

What you see is a pool.

This pool is different from the Ascension Pool I learned about from the memories of other gods and deities. It does not possess an extremely rich divine aura, but rather a pool full of thick resentment and death energy.

At this moment, however, these resentful and deathly auras seemed to be suppressed by the strong power of merit on Lu Tao's body. As they continued to dissolve, they also seemed to have a spirit, avoiding Lu Tao from a distance and unwilling to get close.

But they still didn't retreat directly, and surrounded Lu Tao.

"Fortunately, I didn't let my disciples ascend to heaven with me."

Lu Tao looked at the resentment and deathly aura three zhang away and his expression changed.

Although Lu Tao had not come into contact with these sinister auras, he could sense their terrifying power simply by feeling them.

Even his Immortal Sect disciples, without the merit statue, would likely die if shrouded in such resentment and death energy.

Lu Tao glanced at the Ascension Pool, then took the Merit Statue from his soul sea and placed it in mid-air, attempting to dispel all the gloomy aura in the entire Ascension Pool.

Buzz!

In an instant.

The statue of the deity shone brightly with golden light.

*Sizzle!*

Countless soft sounds immediately rang out in the Ascension Pool, and the gloomy aura was continuously purified under the power of merit.

Between breaths.

The gloomy aura within the entire Ascension Pool dissipated completely.

But even more resentment and deathly aura still linger outside the Ascension Pool.

Lu Tao glanced at the dwindling merit power on the statue of merit, did a quick mental calculation, and then paid little attention to it.

Next, Lu Tao stood in the Ascension Pool, comprehending his divine realm while closing his eyes to sense his domain.

The domain was a gift from heaven and earth, and it was still very faint. Lu Tao only vaguely discovered its existence after carefully sensing it.

Subconsciously, Lu Tao summoned his domain, which enveloped his body.

Buzz!

The next moment, an invisible domain spread out, reaching a radius of a hundred miles.

However, apart from the clearer sensing within the Ascension Pool's coverage area, the sensing is rather blurry in areas outside the Ascension Pool.

Furthermore, the resentment and death energy were constantly eroding Lu Tao's domain, making it feel like it was about to collapse.

This shows how terrifying these ominous auras are.

Left with no other choice, Lu Tao directly reduced the scope of his domain to cover only the Ascension Pool.

"Kendo Domain!"

Lu Tao sensed the direction of the domain with a slight touch.

This perfectly matches Lu Tao's talent—the way of the sword!

There are no other features.

There was no speed boost, nor any amplification from lightning, sword techniques, or formations.

Only the way of the sword!

It is clear that Lu Tao's talent is neither particularly strong nor exceptional.

Lu Tao carefully sensed his domain and found that, since the domain had just been formed, it did not greatly enhance his sword skills, only by about one time, and thus had a limited effect on improving his strength.

It is far less significant than the improvement when King Wu was promoted to God of War.

Therefore.

Lu Tao immediately began to apply his understanding of various sword techniques to his domain.

Lu Tao discovered that as time went by, his domain was constantly strengthening, and the enhancement and amplification were also increasing.

However, this improvement is small and very slow.

If one's spiritual power is not strong, it is probably impossible to distinguish them.

"It seems that it's unrealistic to expect to quickly improve one's skills."

Lu Tao frowned slightly.

Then, as if struck by a thought, Lu Tao subconsciously focused his attention on the system panel.

The next moment.

Lu Tao's eyes suddenly lit up.

Name: Lu Tao.

“Cultivation level: First level of Heavenly God”

"Cultivation techniques: Immortal Scripture (three chapters, perfected), Free and Easy Wandering (perfected), Heavenly Eye (perfected), God Slayer... (omitted)"

"Skills: Experience Pill (Perfect), Divine Transformation Pill (Perfect)... (omitted)"

"Creation Points: 22.52 million".

This is Lu Tao's original panel, and there is some additional content below the panel.

"Domain: Swordsmanship (Minor Success 0/10)".

"Source point: 0".

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"So, when the domain first appeared, it had already been introduced into the basics, right?"

Lu Tao stared at the panel, his expression shifting slightly. Then, as if struck by a thought, he murmured, "So, my earlier application of my understanding of swordsmanship to the domain for ten breaths actually had no effect?"

Lu Tao couldn't help but feel a little self-deprecating.

Lu Tao has a certain understanding of the field.

He had long known that a domain could also be seen as a martial art, with levels ranging from beginner to advanced, and so on to perfection.

However, domains are far more complex than cultivation techniques, making them difficult to distinguish.

The realms of different beings are not entirely the same.

Originally, Lu Tao's initial plan was to transfer his understanding of swordsmanship into his domain so that it could be rapidly improved.

But to my surprise, this idea failed to come to fruition.

Of course, it can't be said that it failed to be achieved; it's just that it will take some time to reach this goal.

It's certainly not as quick as adding points through the system.

The improved system functionality also greatly pleased Lu Tao.

He no longer needs to worry about the rapid advancement of his field.

Furthermore, since the domain is listed separately, just like cultivation techniques and martial arts skills, it must be able to add other domains besides swordsmanship.

This is what makes Lu Tao happiest.

Then.

Lu Tao stared at the words "Source Point" and fell into deep thought. "How do I obtain this Source Point?"

Creation Points are obtained through creating and upgrading.

Lu Tao believed that the source point must also be related to this.

Thinking this, Lu Tao directly upgraded a pair of chopsticks in the system space from first-tier divine artifact chopsticks to heavenly artifact chopsticks.

Source point +1.

Upon seeing this, Lu Tao couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.

As the chopsticks were upgraded to a divine artifact, Lu Tao also discovered that the chopsticks' experience changed again, just like when they were upgraded from a sixth-grade high-quality item to a fifth-grade low-quality item.

At this moment, Lu Tao didn't have time to study it; he needed to improve his strength first.

Next, Lu Tao upgraded a large pile of chopsticks into divine artifacts, obtained source points, and then added points to the Sword Domain.

"Domain: Swordsmanship (Perfect)".

In just a moment, the swordsmanship domain, which originally required an extremely long period of cultivation to reach perfection, was directly brought to perfection with the addition of points.

However, the consumption is also enormous.

It consumed 110 source points.

"Let's see how it goes!"

Lu Tao entered the small world and couldn't wait to release his domain.

With a buzzing sound.

The sword's domain encompassed all directions, reaching an unbelievable distance of tens of thousands of miles.

"Slay the gods!"

Lu Tao unleashed his divine power to slay the gods, simultaneously empowering it with his domain and sensing its might.

With just a slight sense, Lu Tao understood the terrifying power of the God-Slaying Demon and nodded in satisfaction, "It really is a tenfold increase!"

"Is this the way of Heaven to favor the most talented?"

Lu Tao was very happy.

Through Ao Xin's memories, Lu Tao learned that the more trials one endures, the greater the increase in one's domain will be.

This so-called test of heaven and earth is actually a heavenly tribulation.

Both Ao Xin and Lu Tao experienced 108 tribulations during their time as Martial King, Martial God, and Heavenly God.

This is the most perfect test of heaven and earth.

Therefore.

Their growth rates were all a perfect tenfold.

However, the increase in the domain power of celestial beings such as Black Cat, Jiaoyang, and White Deer is far less exaggerated than ten times.

This is the terrifying aspect of true marrow refinement.

This is not only reflected in cultivation level and energy, but more importantly, in a huge boost to overall strength.

After trying it out, Lu Tao put away the domain with satisfaction. Then, looking at the system panel, he thought to himself, "When I have time, I'll study how to add other domains."

Upon arriving in the God Realm, Lu Tao's primary task was naturally to increase his strength.

Domain is one aspect, and cultivation level is another.

Therefore.

Lu Tao focused his attention on the experience pills in the system space...