"What a fine Battlefield!" Zhou Huai couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh.

He impatiently summoned the attribute panel of his Clone, Xiang Yu, in his mind, looking directly at the bottom of the skill bar.

There, a brand-new skill icon glowing with a dark-gold light had impressively appeared.

Zhou Huai focused his gaze to check the detailed description of the Domain skill.

Domain Skill: Battlefield

Duration: 15 minutes.

Domain Effect: After activating the Domain, the host forcibly rewrites the surrounding space into an ancient Battlefield. Influenced by the extreme slaughtering aura within the Domain, the attack power of all enemy targets within range will be suppressed at the Domain level, directly reducing it by 20%! Simultaneously, all friendly units will be inspired by Battle Intent, increasing their attack power by 30%!

Special Effect: During the Domain's duration, a continuous stream of Chu Army War Soul phantoms will appear on the Battlefield, launching indiscriminate charges against the enemy. As long as the general lives, the Chu Army will not disperse! So long as Overlord Xiang Yu is not killed, the Chu Army War Souls will resurrect infinitely until the Domain duration ends.

General Bonus: While within the Battlefield Domain, the general, Overlord Xiang Yu, is blessed by the Luck of the Eight Thousand Children of Chu, forcibly increasing all attributes by 100%! All skill effects are increased by 50% until the Domain effect ends.

"These attributes... this mechanic..." Zhou Huai looked at the data on the light screen, a hard-to-conceal fervor flickering in his eyes.

Having obtained a Domain skill, Xiang Yu's overall combat power had increased by more than just a single level! Not only did he come with invincible Chu Army War Souls, but his total attributes had also received an exaggerated 100% boost.

This was only the effect of Xiang Yu releasing "Battlefield" as an independent Clone.

A crazy concept surfaced in Zhou Huai's mind, one that could even make the will of heaven tremble—if he fused Xiang Yu, who had comprehended a Domain, into his main body and then released "Battlefield" as a Transcendent himself, what kind of terrifying enhancement would the effect receive?

This was only the first step.

In the future, once each of his identities—Hou Yi, Gabriel, Moria, and even Arthur, who was bound to Xiao Hei—all possessed their own virtual personalities and comprehended their own unique Domains.

Then wouldn't he, Zhou Huai, be able to gather over a dozen world-destroying Domains within himself?

Once "All-Aspects Unity" was activated, and over a dozen Domains overlapped and fused, it would be an apocalyptic power that would even make Mr. Duan keep his distance!

Thinking of this, Zhou Huai no longer felt the slightest bit sleepy.

That night, the hall of the Eternal Night Guild was brightly lit.

Zhou Huai sat before the virtual light screen, his fingers turning into afterimages on the keyboard as he spent the night writing life experiences for the virtual personalities of his remaining Clones.

It wasn't until the sky outside gradually broke into dawn and the first ray of morning light pierced through the thick clouds that he finally let out a long breath of turbid air.

"Ding—Resume submission successful. Virtual personalities for Gandalf and Yasuo have been generated!"

Accompanied by the System's prompt, two streaks of light took shape before Zhou Huai.

On the left was the young mage Gandalf, clad in a star moon robe; on the right was the Thunder Sword Master Yasuo, with a long sword at his waist and unruly black hair.

As the virtual memories completely fused, the eyes of both individuals underwent a qualitative change at the same time.

"The wheel of fate has already begun to accelerate, young man..." Gandalf was the first to open his eyes. Upon that young and handsome face, there was actually a sense of twilight that seemed to have seen through the vicissitudes of eternity.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and habitually raised his hand, wanting to stroke his chin, but only felt smooth skin.

Gandalf froze for a moment, but without any embarrassment, he naturally placed his hands behind his back, his tone still mystical: "Listen, the sound of sighs from the gods of the old era comes from the abyss. Humans are always oblivious to unknown disasters."

Zhou Huai found it somewhat amusing.

This old fellow clearly had the appearance of a young man, but he spoke with such overbearing seniority—a total riddler. Even that little habit of stroking ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) a non-existent white beard had been perfectly replicated by the System.

On the other side, Yasuo's transformation was even more pure.

He didn't have as much nonsense as Gandalf, merely placing his hand slowly on the hilt of his black iron longsword.

"Crack—"

A flash of violent purple lightning flickered through his eyes. His originally unrestrained temperament completely settled, becoming as deep as an abyss, his presence reaching its peak.

Yasuo bowed his head slightly, the stray hairs on his forehead covering half his eyes. His voice was low and raspy: "Thunder has shattered the confusion of the past. Now, I only swing my sword to sever the rules. Wind and thunder meet in silence; this strike of mine—can you withstand it?"

"Not bad, quite the right flavor." Zhou Huai nodded in satisfaction.

He turned his head and looked at the tree demon Clone, Chun, who had been eating at the dining table all night.

At this moment, Chun was unceremoniously stuffing a piece of S-rank exotic beast meat, which emitted pure energy, into her mouth, her cheeks bulging.

"Are you full?" Zhou Huai stood up, stretching his sore neck, a sharp killing intent flashing in his eyes. "Isn't it about time we hit the road?"

Chun struggled to swallow the meat in her mouth, licked her lips with lingering desire, and reached out to touch her belly, which was still as flat as ever.

"It's alright, barely half full."

She rolled her eyes at Zhou Huai and muttered irritably, "Don't blame me for wasting time. This goddess's Origin is severely damaged right now. I need to eat more high-level energy; only once I'm full will I have the strength to help you fight at the front."

"Fine, as long as you don't drop the ball."

Zhou Huai smiled noncommittally, and with a thought...

"Roar—!!!"

A terrifying dragon roar that shattered the Void Realm exploded over East Sea City!

Demon Dragon Xiao Hei, who had already been bound at the pseudo-divine rank, had a body as massive as a mountain circling in mid-air. That terrifying sixty-meter-long physique radiated a supreme dragon might that made all living beings submit.

"Let's go."

Zhou Huai took a step forward, his figure instantly appearing on Xiao Hei's broad back.

Chun didn't hesitate either, turning into a streak of green light and landing steadily beside Zhou Huai.

"Target, Sakura Country. Full speed ahead!"

At Zhou Huai's command, Xiao Hei's sky-blotting black wings suddenly flapped!

"Boom!"

A sonic boom cloud exploded in mid-air as the pseudo-divine rank dragon's speed soared to the limit, turning into a bolt of black lightning that tore through the darkness before dawn, racing toward Sakura Country across the vast ocean.

Under Xiao Hei's full-speed acceleration regardless of consumption, only two hours had passed before the outline of the vast ocean receded.

Zhou Huai stood atop the dragon's head, the gale making his robes flutter loudly.

"We've arrived."

Zhou Huai looked down, and within his originally calm eyes, a surge of uncontrollable shock emerged.

How was this still a bustling modern metropolis?

At this moment, Tokyo City had completely turned into a silent purgatory of ice and snow!

Looking as far as the eye could see, the entire city was covered in deep blue ice and snow several meters thick. Towering skyscrapers had become massive icicles, and the crisscrossing streets had turned into glacial rifts.

Most tragic were the ice sculptures visible everywhere.

Countless residents of Tokyo City hadn't even had time to wake from their dreams, let alone escape, before they were instantly frozen by the terrifying Law of Extreme Cold.

Some maintained poses of panicked running, some clung tightly to each other, and some were even in the middle of driving... without exception, all had turned into translucent, lifeless ice sculptures.

This Law of Extreme Cold, which transcended mundane perception, had nearly destroyed all life!

Only the peripheral areas far from the center of the ruins—the Ise Grand Shrine—had barely managed to survive.