The rain outside thundered like a drumbeat from the heavens, and within the decaying Immortal Temple, the air was still and quiet—until the petite figure of a girl darted through the doors like a frightened bird.
She was barefoot, her purple dress soaked through from the storm. With golden-yellow hair and large, glistening eyes, she looked no older than thirteen or fourteen. Her name was Lin Bao'er, and at this moment, her chest heaved with panic as she ran into the temple.
Her steps slowed as she noticed the person lying beneath the stone statue.
"A beggar?" she blinked, surprised. "There's actually someone sleeping in a place like this?"
Cautiously, she walked toward him and stepped into Huan Changge's Invincible Domain without noticing.
Within the domain, Huan Changge stirred.
He didn't sense any hostility from the girl, only warmth.
With a dry throat and heavy eyelids, he opened his eyes and croaked, "Little girl… do you have food?"
"Huh? Did the beggar say something?" Lin Bao'er tilted her head curiously.
"Food… I want food," he whispered again, barely audible.
Lin Bao'er sighed and pulled out three steaming buns from her spiritual ring.
"Here, beggar. You can have these."
Without hesitation, Huan Changge snatched one and started eating voraciously, his eyes glowing with gratitude.
But before he could finish chewing, a terrifying spiritual pressure descended upon the temple.
Boom!
The scar-faced man from earlier entered, his expression fierce and his aura even fiercer. His spiritual power surged, causing the temple walls to tremble.
"Lin Bao'er, don't think you can escape. If you anger me, even if your father is the Sect Master of Nine Swords Sect, I'll slap you to death!" he growled.
Lin Bao'er's eyes lit with defiance. "Oh yeah? Then try it! Let's see if my daddy doesn't poke you to death with a single finger!"
The scar-faced man was clearly furious and stepped forward with murderous intent.
Huan Changge, meanwhile, paused mid-bite.
That man… he looked terrifying. Should he run?
But just as he was about to flee on instinct, he suddenly remembered—he had the Invincible Domain.
Why run?
He looked back at the scar-faced man, then squinted.
Wait… maybe this guy has some food on him?
Straightening up, Huan Changge yelled, "Hey, Scar-face! This temple is my turf. Who let you in without permission?"
He waved his half-eaten bun. "Most importantly, because of you, I couldn't enjoy my bun! If you don't compensate me with some food, then you're done for!"
Lin Bao'er stared at Huan Changge, dumbfounded.
'This beggar… is pretty bold, huh?'
Le Xiao, the scar-faced man, sneered. "Compensate you? You must be tired of living!"
With a flick of his finger, a jet of black mist flew toward Huan Changge, transforming into a ferocious skull with bared fangs.
It lunged—only to dissolve completely the moment it touched Huan Changge's Invincible Domain.
Gone. Like it never existed.
Le Xiao froze in place, utterly baffled.
'What the hell?!'
Lin Bao'er's eyes went wide. That was a Golden Core realm spell! How could it just vanish?
Huan Changge was livid. "You dare try to kill me?! You think I'm still the same coward from before?!"
He stood up fully, eyes blazing with fury.
"You've stepped into my domain… and you want to walk out alive?"
Le Xiao summoned a blood-red curved saber, his killing intent surging.
"Then die!"
He charged forward and slashed at Huan Changge's head with monstrous power!
But Huan Changge simply raised his right hand and—clink!—caught the saber between his fingers.
"What?!"
Even Lin Bao'er gasped aloud.
This was a Rank 3 spirit weapon, able to split mountains, yet it was being held back with two fingers!
"You…" Le Xiao choked in disbelief.
Huan Changge interrupted him, calmly advising, "In your next life, keep a low profile. Don't walk around yelling about killing people all day. It's bad karma."
Then, with a flick of his fingers—
Crack!
The blood-red saber shattered into fragments.
Pfft!
One of the fragments shot forward like a bullet and pierced through Le Xiao's forehead.
His body slumped to the ground with a dull thud.
[System Notification: Host has killed one cultivator at the third level of the Golden Core Realm. Domain Value +500.]
Huan Changge blinked, then grinned. "Oh? Killing cultivators works too?"
Counting the points from the ghosts earlier, he now had 510 domain value.
"Expand the domain by five meters," he ordered.
Buzz—
A ripple spread through the temple as his Invincible Domain expanded, nearly covering the entire Immortal Temple.
Huan Changge stretched his limbs, feeling energized.
"Three words: feeling damn great."
He glanced at Lin Bao'er, who stared at him like he was a monster.
Huan Changge smiled faintly.
Looks like the real fun… was just beginning.