"The third trial of the Asura God's Trial!"
"Task: Master the Deathgod Domain and discover new uses for it."
"Reward: Asura affinity increases by fifteen percent, and all Soul Bone age limits increase by ten thousand years!"
Lin Xiao, who was about to fleece the Asura God, was now facing a dilemma. His Deathgod Domain had undergone a mysterious chemical reaction with his Black Sun Purifying Fire, transforming into the Exile Domain.
Hmm, discovering new uses for the Exile Domain should count, right?
Lin Xiao didn't dwell on it too much.
He figured he'd find out if it counted by trying, and researching the Exile Domain was already part of his plan anyway. Fleecing the Asura God was just a bonus.
"Let me think, what do I need to pay attention to when familiarizing myself with and developing a domain?"
"First, I need to clarify the domain's positioning. Although the Exile Domain evolved from the Deathgod Domain, its essential power should be my own Black Sun Purifying Fire. This can be deduced from the Exile Domain's effects."
"My usual application is to cast the Exile Domain to reduce the killing intent of enemies within the domain, dull their perceptions, and even banish their souls into nothingness."
Lin Xiao pondered for a long time but couldn't come up with anything.
He could only broaden his thinking, considering how Tang San developed the Deathgod Domain in the original work, hoping to draw parallels and find inspiration.
"In the original work… Tang San's development direction was mainly the materialization of killing intent, evolving into Asura Hell, and then further into God of Slaughter Assault, which is concentrating killing intent into a single point to form a powerful explosive force. Later, he also developed the Asura Revolving Killing Array, which could resolve attacks in critical moments."
Although Tang San's development was somewhat rudimentary, his ideas were very clear.
It was all about applying killing intent in different situations.
So, what about his own Exile Domain?
Lin Xiao thought it over and over, concluding that he still needed to grasp the characteristics of the Black Sun Purifying Fire:
Soul specialization.
Banishment of consciousness, forgetting emotions—in essence, these were all effects of soul attacks.
This was Lin Xiao's unique method.
How could he abandon the fundamental for the trivial?
"I need to think outside the box. As a transmigrator, compared to the native Douluo people, my advantage is having experienced the information explosion. I can break free from mental limitations and let my imagination run wild."
In the distance, the five women were training diligently.
Sweat dripped, and a gentle breeze caressed them—what a delightful fragrant breeze!
Lin Xiao didn't experience an epic mental block.
Instead, he took out paper and pen from his Storage Soul Tool and focused on organizing his thoughts.
Soul attacks could broadly be divided into five types:
1. Mental impact: A typical example is Soul Impact, one of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Million Year Soul Bone skills, and Lin Xiao's pupil technique, "Great Sun Golden Eyes," obtained through his Martial Soul evolution.
2. Absorption and devourment: Typical examples include the Nether Feather Fire Crow's soul-devouring methods. Bibi Dong's Soul-Devouring Demonic Spider and Lin Xiao's Black Sun Purifying Fire also possess similar abilities.
3. Curses and contracts: Curses sound familiar, but Lin Xiao doesn't know them. However, Lin Xiao has skillfully applied soul contracts to the Nine Nether Flame Hell; Ah Yin and Zhu Zhuyun both have a say in this.
4. Manipulation and interference: Mental simulation and mental interference are included, and a further step would be to create mental illusions or even tamper with memories. There's also the well-known mental control, "I really want to control you," which became a popular meme.
5. Existence erasure: This point is currently questionable. Lin Xiao saw it in films from his previous life. It roughly means directly erasing the opponent's existence from the soul law level. It's too profound and probably the highest level of power, similar to Thanos snapping his fingers and halving the universe's population—completely out of place with the fantasy-floor-tile setting of Douluo.
Lin Xiao wrote all five points on the paper.
Suddenly, his thoughts became much clearer.
"First, regarding mental interference, I actually have some tricks up my sleeve."
Lin Xiao's expression was strange. This mental interference wasn't the mental interference from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Million Year Soul Bone. In his Million Year Sixth Soul Ring, there were still over a thousand souls stored, not yet digested.
He intentionally stored them so that he could unleash a powerful move when in a desperate situation, using the Million Year Soul Ring's strongest Soul Skill, Cinder Extinction Returning Soul Sacrifice, to devour all the souls in the Soul Ring and explosively enhance himself for a short period.
But upon closer thought, It seems there's another use for it?
Here, one must mention a well-known and widely recognized magical artifact.
—The Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
Directly using souls as a means of attack, with ten thousand souls biting and a hundred ghosts entangling!
Or, thousands of souls screaming in unison, causing the opponent's soul to vibrate and their mind to collapse;
Or, soul imprints for tracking, pursuing enemies thousands of miles away!
Lin Xiao's eyes suddenly brightened.
As long as his mind opened up, there were opportunities everywhere!
No matter how Tang San's Deathgod Domain evolved, it was merely an application of killing intent. But how could killing intent, something dependent on the soul, compare to the soul itself?
The two were not on the same level of power!
But Lin Xiao suddenly hesitated.
This method might go against the natural order of things…
No, Tang San massacred entire cities and nothing happened to him. They say there are gods three feet above your head, but anyone who knows the Douluo Continent understands what its gods are like.
But… morally, isn't this a bit indefensible?
A battle raged in Lin Xiao's mind.
On one hand, he thought, With a sharp weapon in hand, the urge to kill arises naturally.
On the other hand, he thought, A sword has two sides. Outwardly, it's for eliminating evil and promoting good; inwardly, it brings disaster to the common people.
Finally, he made a decision.
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner also depends on whose hands it's in. In his hands, it's turning from darkness to light; this is clearly the Human Emperor Banner!
Why are you slandering it by calling it the Ten Thousand Souls Banner?!
With that thought, Lin Xiao abruptly stood up.
He moved away from the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, heading towards a distant, empty valley.
"Huh? What's Lin Xiao doing?"
Ye Lingling, currently pushing her Soul Power to the limit to provide healing, suddenly noticed Lin Xiao walking away with his head down, deep in thought, and couldn't help but feel a little curious.
Ye Qingxian retorted in exasperation:
"Do you really think he has nothing to do? Focus, you silly girl!"
Ye Lingling was furious:
"I'm not silly! Mom, everyone says I take after you!"
Ye Qingxian sneered at her words.
The only proof that Ye Lingling was her biological daughter was their seventy percent similar appearance.
...
After all, it was an attack method similar to the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
Lin Xiao didn't know how big of a commotion it would cause.
But the commotion would likely be quite eerie and sinister. To prevent the girls from having nightmares, he deliberately crossed two mountains and arrived at an empty valley.
It was late winter, early spring.
There was still snow lingering in the mountain ravines, and the mountain temperature was low. Even with the bright sun high in the sky, he couldn't feel a trace of warmth.
The biting cold wind whistled through the valley, making a mournful sound.
Lin Xiao took a deep breath.
He wasn't sure if he could replicate a technique similar to the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and he felt a slight nervousness in his heart.
First, he activated his Exile Domain, and the sky instantly darkened, a gloomy pall covering the world.
Immediately after, seven Soul Rings rose behind Lin Xiao.
His sixth Soul Ring displayed a subdued, noble dark gold.
With a thought from Lin Xiao, Thousands of souls surged out like a ti
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