Chapter 176: Why did such a powerful king lose his dignity?

Li Xuanfeng stood in the air, surrounded by swirling mist, his aura vast and distant, ancient and mysterious, as if he were a divine demon born from Chaos at the dawn of creation.

All things in the world were born because of him, and all things in the world returned to their Origin because of him.

An inexplicable fear, unconquerable and unspeakable, permeated King Chihuo's Soul.

If a pseudo-Domain was a semi-real world, existing between reality and illusion,

then a fully formed Domain was a real world.

It was a new world independent of real space, usually transforming into a singularity and hiding in a Cultivator's Sea of Consciousness.

It was like containing a Sumeru in a mustard seed, or hiding the sun and moon in a pot.

With the Cultivator's Soul power, the Domain could be released.

King Chihuo's Divine Sense surged, attempting to retract his Blazing Fire Domain as he had before, but in his perception, everything turned to nothing, leaving no trace of the Blazing Fire Domain.

His face instantly turned deathly pale.

No matter how unacceptable, King Chihuo had to face the fact: his Domain had completely vanished!

It had become nourishment for Li Xuanfeng's Domain transformation!

"What exactly is your Origin?"

"How could you condense such a terrifying Domain?"

King Chihuo's voice trembled with terror.

He had never before seen such a tyrannical and terrifying rule that allowed one to refine another's Domain to strengthen one's own.

Different Domains were equivalent to different worlds.

When King Realm powerhouses fought and released their Domains, astonishing scenes of colliding worlds often occurred.

Either they were evenly matched, or one held a slight advantage.

Either one world collapsed, or both worlds annihilated simultaneously.

King Chihuo had never heard of a situation where one side swallowed and refined the other!

Even if some Domains possessed refining rules, it was only limited to refining items within that Domain.

After all, a Domain's rules were confined to that Domain!

To refine other Domains, one's rules must far surpass the opponent's.

That Li Xuanfeng could achieve this step only indicated that his Domain's "rank" was higher than the Blazing Fire Domain!

Li Xuanfeng looked down at the dispirited King Chihuo, saying nothing.

When a pseudo-Domain transformed into a true Domain, its power would undergo earth-shattering changes.

The saying in the Cultivation world, "Below the King Realm, all are ants," was largely related to the Domain.

Normally, even Li Xuanfeng would find it difficult to condense a true Domain at the Peak of the Life and Death Realm's ninth stage.

Only during the Breakthrough to the King Realm, undergoing an all-encompassing sublimation and transformation, could a Cultivator perfectly align with heaven and earth, maximally drawing upon spatial power to supplement their pseudo-Domain.

Thereby allowing the pseudo-Domain to transform into a true Domain!

Given Li Xuanfeng's Prodigy level, achieving this step in the Life and Death Realm would still take a very long time.

However, the Chaos Sword Domain possessed a perverse rule: to reverse-Cultivate all things back to their Origin.

All things in the world were born from Chaos, and naturally, they would return to Chaos.

Li Xuanfeng had discovered this point when he previously swallowed and refined Zhang Yan's pseudo-Domain.

It was just that at that time, he was only at the second stage of the Life and Death Realm, and the Chaos Sword Domain was not particularly strong.

It was only after the return of several Daughters of Destiny and Cultivating the Yin and Yang Profound Refining Art with Senior Sister, breaking through to the Peak of the Life and Death Realm's ninth stage, that the Chaos Sword Domain truly reached the limit of a pseudo-Domain.

To advance further, swallowing and refining other pseudo-Domains was no longer effective; only swallowing and refining true Domains would work.

So, the moment he saw King Chihuo after emerging from the King's Fall Land, Li Xuanfeng knew this person was there to give him experience.

Originally, in the Myriad Array Domain, he had intended to test it out.

However, the barrier was closed, leaving him little time, and King Myriad Array was a King Realm Late Stage powerhouse; the Myriad Array Domain he left behind was quite powerful.

Even with Li Xuanfeng's strength, swallowing and refining it would be quite difficult.

Instead, King Chihuo's Early Stage King Realm Domain was most suitable for him to refine!

Now that the Chaos Sword Domain had completed its transformation, it was the perfect opportunity to test its power on him.

Buzz!

The Chaos mist surged, and invisible rule power rapidly decomposed King Chihuo's body, spiritual power, and Soul, intending to refine everything about him into energy, returning it to heaven and earth.

"Don't kill me!"

"Li Xuanfeng, don't kill me!"

"Let's pretend Zhang Yan's matter never happened. I attacked you, and you swallowed my Domain; it's fair!"

"All grievances are hereby canceled, how about it?"

Feeling all his power uncontrollably dissipating, King Chihuo was terrified.

The thought of his consciousness turning into nothingness, dying beyond death, filled him with immense horror.

Li Xuanfeng's methods were truly frightening.

"A dignified King Realm powerhouse, why have you lost all your majesty?"

"Are you also afraid of death?"

Li Xuanfeng, like a Chaos Divine Demon, stood amidst the swirling mist, looking down at him indifferently.

"I'm afraid of death! I'm afraid of death!"

"Please spare my life!"

"As long as you let me go, all grievances will be forgotten!"

The dispirited King Chihuo hurriedly bowed and begged for mercy.

However, at the moment he bowed his head to the ground, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

Li Xuanfeng's Prodigy level terrified him, but the more he feared, the more he felt Li Xuanfeng deserved to die.

Such an enemy either must never be offended, or once offended, every possible means must be used to kill him as soon as possible; there was no third option.

King Chihuo was well aware of this.

A strange silence suddenly fell between the two.

King Chihuo did not receive Li Xuanfeng's reply, and the Domain rules continued to decompose his entire body's power.

"I was wrong! I deserve to die!"

"Please spare my pathetic life!"

"I swear from now on I will never be your enemy again! When I see you—no, when I see any Disciple of Hundred Swords Mountain, I will walk the other way!"

King Chihuo, terrified, prostrated himself on the ground, burying his head low, trembling as he moved closer to Li Xuanfeng, seemingly wanting to grab his ankles and beg to live.

There was no longer any trace of the majesty and dignity of a King Realm powerhouse.

Li Xuanfeng watched his actions indifferently, unmoved.

It had to be said that at this moment, King Chihuo indeed looked like someone trembling with fear of death.

"Please…"

Upon reaching Li Xuanfeng, King Chihuo looked up, his face full of pleading.

However, the next moment…

Whoosh!

A wisp of black flame suddenly shot out from his glabella. At such close range and such speed, even a King Realm powerhouse might not be able to react in time.

"Die!"

A fierce glint flashed in King Chihuo's eyes.

This wisp of black flame was a reward he received for a great功 in the Black Fire Sect.

It was also a portion of power from an Innate spiritual fire, but its power was immeasurably stronger than the wisp Zhang Yan used!

Even an Early Stage King Realm powerhouse could be incinerated into nothingness, and even their Domain could be burned through!

A Middle Stage King Realm powerhouse facing this wisp of flame risked falling if they were not careful.

King Chihuo had been enduring, not using it, precisely to wait for this perfect opportunity.

The black flame instantly flew before Li Xuanfeng, and the pleading on King Chihuo's face had already transformed into joy.

However, the joy had just appeared when it completely froze.

A female figure, clad in silver armor with long legs, appeared out of thin air before Li Xuanfeng.

Boom!

The terrifying flame instantly collided with the woman, enveloping her and burning fiercely.

The flame that could burn an Early Stage King Realm into nothingness could not harm this woman in the slightest; not even a strand of her hair changed.

The spiritual Puppet's form was originally transformed from the King-tier Artifact Refiner's spiritual Puppet War Disk; a King-tier Artifact Refiner would have to put in effort to refine it, so how could this wisp of black flame harm it?

"A King-tier Puppet?!"

King Chihuo's eyes suddenly widened.

"What is your relationship with the Heavenly Puppet Sect?"

King Chihuo looked at Li Xuanfeng with a face full of despair.

Li Xuanfeng did not answer, merely waved his hand casually, and the black flame on the spiritual Puppet was swallowed by the Chaos mist, returning to its Origin moments later.

Then, with a grasp towards King Chihuo, the Chaos mist devoured him.

"Ah!"

With an unwilling and desperate scream, King Chihuo's body and Soul transformed into energy, returning to heaven and earth.

Before Li Xuanfeng, who could use the System to avoid misfortune, King Chihuo's sneak attack could never succeed!

He also became the first fully-powered King Realm powerhouse Li Xuanfeng had killed!

With a thought, Li Xuanfeng retracted the Chaos Sword Domain, and the surrounding environment suddenly changed, returning to real space.

"King Chihuo has fallen!"

When they saw Li Xuanfeng appear alone in this sky, King Star Array and King Ice Wheel exchanged glances, both seeing deep shock in each other's eyes.