Fighting three masters alone, his demonic flames swept across the land.

Outside the Thunderstorm Sea, the Void Realm was deathly silent.

Three Domain Lords, three hundred elites; Killing Intent was like a literal tide, almost solidifying space. Opposite them was but a single, solitary figure in Black Robes.

Nightmare's appearance made Domain Lord, Domain Lord, and Domain Lord all startle. They had anticipated various possibilities—the opponent holding the Thunderstorm Sea passage to resist, or leading all his subordinates out for a final stand, or even... turning to flee. Yet they never expected this person would be so arrogant as to step out of the barrier alone to face their three-way allied forces!

Was it foolish arrogance? Or did he have something else to rely on?

Domain Lord's eyes were as sharp as knives, scanning Nightmare up and down, trying to see through his depth. The opponent's aura was deep and restrained, like a bottomless cold pool, making even his cultivation—which approached the Peak of a middle-level Dominator—feel somewhat unpredictable. But this instead stirred a stronger Killing Intent and... a trace of hard-to-detect greed. To be able to kill Thunder Command so quickly, this brat must have a heaven-shaking secret or exotic treasure!

"You do have some guts." Domain Lord's voice was icy, as he slowly raised his Golden Halberd, the tip pointing at Nightmare. "Unfortunately, this is the path to death. This seat will give you one last chance: kneel, offer everything, tell the secret of your rapid improvement, and perhaps..."

"Nonsense, are you finished?" Nightmare interrupted him indifferently. His gaze didn't even linger on Domain Lord for long, but instead swept over Domain Lord and Domain Lord, as if looking at three pieces of Materials waiting to be carved. "If you're finished, then come at me together. I'm in a hurry."

Arrogant!

Boundless arrogance!

The faces of the three Domain Lords instantly turned as dark as ink. As Domain Lords of their respective regions, when had they ever been treated with such contempt?! The three hundred elites behind them were even more uproarious, with angry curses and the sound of weapons being unsheathed unending.

"Courageous but ignorant!" Domain Lord said, his face like frost. He slammed his Ice Crystal Scepter down, and an extremely cold freezing Qi instantly spread, causing fine ice crystals to condense in the Void Realm. "Since you are bent on seeking death, this seat shall fulfill your wish! Brother Domain Lord, Sister Domain Lord, no need to talk rules with him. Let's join forces and kill him quickly!"

Domain Lord's beautiful eyes contained malice as she flipped her hand, and a Jade-Blue Flexible Sword appeared. The blade flowed with water light, with the faint sound of waves. "Just what I intended! This brat is fierce and stubborn; no need to hold back!"

Domain Lord stopped talking nonsense, Killing Intent flashing in his eyes: "Kill!"

With three orders, the three Domain Lords moved simultaneously!

"Golden Wind Strangulation Formation—Rise!" Domain Lord shouted, waving his Golden Halberd. Behind him, a hundred Golden Wind Guards roared in unison, their Origins connected, and a brilliant golden storm was instantly generated! Within the storm, countless phantoms of armored horses galloped and howled. Each wind blade was as refined as a divine weapon, carrying a sharp will to cut all things and shatter the Void Realm, sweeping toward Nightmare! This wasn't a simple energy attack; it contained the "sharpness" of the Law of Gold and the "swiftness" of the Law of Wind, complementing each other to multiply the power!

"Icebound Domain—Extreme Cold Eternal Freeze!" Domain Lord burst forth with piercing cold light from his scepter. An ice-blue Domain rapidly expanded; wherever it passed, the Void Realm froze, and time seemed to slow down! This wasn't simple low temperature, but the power of the Law pointing directly at the Origin of "freezing." Once shrouded by the Domain, movement, thought, and even Origin circulation would be significantly delayed and frozen! The Green Frost Guards behind him also activated their ice Origin to reinforce and expand the Domain.

"Surging Clear Water—Weak Water Sinking!" Domain Lord traced a mysterious path with her flexible sword. The Clear Water Guards behind her responded, and a vast jade-blue water light emerged out of thin air, turning into a towering wave that submerged toward Nightmare! This water light seemed soft, but was actually as heavy as ten thousand tons, containing a feminine power of erosion, dissolution, and drowning, specifically designed to break various Protective Auras and flames. Once caught in it, one would be like falling into a quagmire, unable to break free!

Golden Wind Strangulation, Icebound delay, Weak Water drowning!

The three Domain Lords clearly had a long-standing tacit understanding. Their first move combined their most adept Domains and combined Formations, complementing each other to form a nearly perfect ultimate kill situation! The golden storm was the main offensive, the Icebound Domain controlled the field and weakened the enemy, and the Clear Water wave eroded and trapped the foe. The power of the three hundred elite Cultivators provided them with massive energy support!

With such combined power, even if the middle-level Dominator Peak Thunder Command were resurrected, he would have to temporarily avoid the brunt or even die on the spot!

Facing this overwhelming, multi-attribute, yet perfectly coordinated terrifying attack, Nightmare finally moved.

He didn't retreat, didn't dodge, and didn't even show a hint of a solemn expression on his face.

He just slowly raised his hands, embracing the air in front of him as if embracing the Universe.

"Dao Reversal Ultimate Kill Domain—Fully Open!"

"Hongmeng Reverse Dao Demonic Star Flame—Extreme Sublimation!"

The low voice seemed to come from the mouth of an ancient demonic god.

Boom—!!!

Centered on Nightmare, a terrifying power that could not be described in words and surpassed simple darkness and destruction erupted!

It was no longer the relatively "conventional" Reverse Path Domain and Demonic Flame shown in previous battles. This time, Nightmare held nothing back, pouring in all the power settled after devouring the Origins of the two Domain Lords, Black Rock and Violet Lightning, the insights from the initial resonance of the three keys of dao reversal, and his deeper understanding of Hongmeng rules after stepping into the middle-level Dominator rank!

In an instant, a deep, chaotic, dark-gold Domain that seemed capable of containing and reversing all Laws expanded wildly from Nightmare! The edge of the Domain was no longer a clear boundary but was constantly twisting and devouring the surrounding light and energy, like a miniature cosmic black hole taking shape!

Inside the Domain, what burned was no longer pure black Demonic Flame. It was the Chaos Demonic Flame—fusing the heaviness of rock, the sharpness of gold, the swiftness of wind, the violence of thunder, the extreme cold of ice, the length of water... all kinds of devoured Origin characteristics, yet completely governed and sublimated by the Reverse Dao Power! The flame was dark gold, containing a seven-colored flowing radiance, burning silently, yet emitting an ultimate aura that returned all things to ruins and threw all Laws into Chaos!

The dark-gold Chaos Domain collided violently with the Golden Wind Strangulation Formation, the Icebound Domain, and the Clear Water wave!

There was no earth-shaking explosion.

Only a kind of "annihilation" and "devouring" that made the Divine Soul tremble!

Chiii—!

The brilliant golden storm rushed into the dark-gold Domain. Those wind blades capable of cutting stars, however, the moment they touched the Chaos Demonic Flame, they quickly dissolved and collapsed like snow under the sun. The Golden Wind Origin within was even more brutally torn, devoured, and transformed by the Chaos Demonic Flame, becoming nourishment for the Domain's expansion!

The extreme cold power of the Icebound Domain tried to freeze the Domain, but was horrified to find that the Chaos Demonic Flame seemed not to have the concept of "temperature," or rather, it was a chaotic temperature singularity itself! Not only could the extreme cold not freeze it, it was instead inversely eroded and assimilated by it. The ice-blue edge of the Domain was quickly stained with a layer of dark gold, then shattered piece by piece like fragile glass!

The surging Weak Water wave slapped against the Domain. Its characteristic of drowning all things seemed so laughable before the essence of the Chaos Demonic Flame, which "devours all and throws all Laws into Chaos." The giant wave was easily evaporated and decomposed by the Demonic Flame. The soft power and erosive force of water within were like a clay ox entering the sea, unable to cause the slightest ripple, and were instead absorbed by the Demonic Flame, making it burn even deeper and more unpredictably!

"Impossible!!" Domain Lord, Domain Lord, and Domain Lord all screamed in extreme horror simultaneously.

The combined ultimate kill they were famous for, the combined Formation supported by three hundred elites, was actually so vulnerable before this strange dark-gold Domain and Chaos Demonic Flame! Not only was it easily blocked, it was being inversely devoured and disintegrated!

This had completely exceeded their understanding of power! What kind of flame was this? What kind of Domain was this?! How could it so perfectly counter or even crush their three completely different Origin Laws?!

However, Nightmare would not give them time to think.

At the very moment the three attacks were blocked and devoured by the Domain's Demonic Flame, Nightmare's figure had already disappeared from the spot.

It wasn't that his speed was extreme, but rather as if he had merged into his own chaotic Domain, becoming one with the ubiquitous Demonic Flame.

In the next instant, like a ghost, he appeared out of thin air in front of Domain Lord, who was doing his best to maintain the Golden Wind Strangulation Formation and whose mind was shaking violently due to the Formation's backlash!

The distance between the two was less than three feet! Domain Lord could even clearly see the cold indifference in Nightmare's eyes, as if looking down at an ant.

"Golden wind? Sharpness?" Nightmare spoke, his voice flat, yet carrying a sense of pronouncement. "Before me, it's nothing but scrap metal."

Before his voice fell, Nightmare's right fist had already punched out silently.

This punch had no flourishes, and didn't even bring the slightest sound of wind. On the fist's surface, the Chaos Demonic Flame was highly restrained, forming a Dark-Gold Fist Aura as thin as a cicada's wing yet seemingly containing the weight of the entire Universe.

Domain Lord's soul almost left his body. He simply had no time to think about how the opponent had passed through his own attacks and Domain to appear before him; the deadly sense of crisis made every hair on his body stand on end! He let out a mad roar, pouring his entire Origin into the Golden Halberd in his hand. The halberd's body burst with golden light as piercing as the sun, turning into a bolt of golden lightning that seemed to split heaven and earth, fiercely cleaving toward Nightmare's fist! This was the condensation of his lifelong cultivation, the Origin of his name 'Domain Lord'!

Fist and halberd collided violently!

The expected energy tide did not erupt.

There was only an extremely faint "ding" sound, like two pieces of the finest jade lightly striking each other.

Then, in the unbelievable gazes of everyone—

That high-quality Golden Halberd, which had accompanied Domain Lord through countless years of battle, starting from the blade edge in contact with the fist, shattered and disintegrated inch by inch like a biscuit crushed by invisible giant force! The shattering trend spread extremely fast, instantly sweeping the entire halberd body!

Domain Lord's hand holding the halberd shaft felt an indescribable, terrifying power that seemed capable of shattering a galaxy coming along the shaft! His tiger's mouth split open, his arm bones groaned under the unbearable weight, and his whole body was hit head-on like by a high-speed colliding star, spraying blood wildly as he was thrown backward!

However, the momentum of Nightmare's fist was not yet exhausted!

That Dark-Gold Fist Aura, after crushing the halberd, followed the flying Domain Lord like a maggot on a bone. In his horrified and desperate gaze, it slammed heavily onto his chest!

"No—!" Domain Lord only had time to let out a short roar.

Pfft!

The fist aura penetrated his body!

The Golden War Armor with astonishing defensive power on Domain Lord's body, along with his formidable protective Origin, was pierced through like paper before this punch that condensed Chaos Demonic Flame and the Law of Reverse Chaos! The punch's force erupted within his body, not only instantly destroying his five internal organs, Meridians, and bones, but also directly striking that brilliant Golden Wind Dominator Core in his Dantian!

The surface of the core was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks!

"Ugh... ah..." Domain Lord's eyes bulged, the light in them rapidly fading, filled with endless fear and resentment. He could feel his life and power flowing away rapidly as the core shattered.

Nightmare's palm was already pressed against his shattered chest.

"The first one."

The cold voice sounded like a death knell.

"Star Devouring Dao—Devour!"

A terrifying suction erupted! Domain Lord's battle-hardened and incredibly refined Golden Wind Origin, along with his not-yet-fully dissipated life force and Divine Soul, surged frantically into Nightmare's palm like a hundred rivers returning to the sea! His body shrivelled at a visible rate.

"Brother Domain Lord!!" Domain Lord and Domain Lord issued screams of shock and anger. They had just recovered from the shock of their joint attack being broken, only to see Domain Lord heavily injured and devoured in a single encounter! This simply overturned their understanding!

"Quickly save Brother Domain Lord!" Domain Lord shouted sharply, recklessly driving the Ice Crystal Scepter to release countless Ice Crystal Spears at Nightmare, attempting to besiege Wei to save Zhao. Domain Lord also swung her soft sword, slashing out layers of Weak Water Sword Qi.

However, it was too late.

Nightmare didn't even turn his head, merely waving his left sleeve backward.

A curtain of Chaos Demonic Flame unfolded, easily swallowing and annihilating the ice spears and sword Qi. Meanwhile, the devouring by his right hand was already complete.

Domain Lord, the Golden Wind Domain Lord, has fallen! He turned into fly ash and scattered.

Nightmare withdrew his palm, feeling the newly added sharp Golden Wind Origin within his body, his aura becoming increasingly profound. He looked up at the remaining Domain Lord and Domain Lord, his gaze like a predator eyeing new prey.

When swept by this gaze, Domain Lord and Domain Lord felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, their entire bodies turning cold! Domain Lord's strength was similar to theirs, yet he was so easily killed and devoured by the opponent. Then they... Fear, like the most lethal poison, instantly eroded their Battle Intent.

"Flee separately!" Domain Lord was the first to react, roaring hoarsely. No longer possessing any Domain Lord's grace, he turned into a streak of ice-blue light and fled frantically toward the distant sky! Allies and dignity were not worth mentioning in the face of life and death!

Domain Lord also paled in shock, immediately turning into azure water light and fleeing in another direction!

"Want to leave now?" A cruel arc curled at the corner of Nightmare's mouth. "Too late."

He extended both hands simultaneously and made a grasping motion toward the directions they were fleeing.

"Reverse Path—Spacetime Forbidden!"

Buzz!

An invisible yet overbearing Law power descended! It was not a simple spatial blockade, but a double reversal involving the flow of time and the structure of space!

Domain Lord and Domain Lord discovered to their horror that even though they were flying with all their might, their speed had become incredibly slow, as if they had fallen into an extremely viscous spacetime swamp! Even more terrifying, the circulation of the Origin within their bodies had also become sluggish and slow, like rusted gears!

"No! What Divine Ability is this?!" the two cried out in terror.

Meanwhile, Nightmare's figure had already appeared before Domain Lord as if teleporting.

"Freezing? I'll let you experience what true... freezing is."

Nightmare held his fingers like a sword, a point of Chaos Demonic Flame condensing at the fingertip as he lightly tapped Domain Lord's brow. Within that Demonic Flame, there actually contained a sense of "Absolute Zero" and "Reverse Chaos Freezing" that was purer and more overbearing than Domain Lord's Annihilation Domain!

Domain Lord wanted to resist, but his movements were as slow as a snail, and he could only watch helplessly as the fingertip approached.

Poof.

After a soft sound, Domain Lord's entire body, along with his terrified expression, was instantly covered by a layer of strange dark-golden ice crystals. Subsequently, the ice crystals, along with the body and Divine Soul inside, silently turned into ice powder and dissipated into nothingness. His Origin had already been plundered clean by the Demonic Flame the moment they made contact.

The Qingshuang Domain Lord, Domain Lord, has fallen!

Nightmare did not stop, his figure flashing again, already blocking the path of the terrified Domain Lord.

"Weak water? Taste the flavor of being burned dry."

He opened his five fingers and pressed toward Domain Lord from a distance.

A giant hand composed entirely of Chaos Demonic Flame appeared out of thin air, grabbing Domain Lord along with the water light defense around her!

"Sizzle—!!!"

Like a red-hot iron plunged into water, a piercing sound rang out. The azure water light violently evaporated, boiled, and dissipated within the Demonic Flame hand! Domain Lord let out a shrill scream, struggling frantically, but to no avail. That Demonic Flame not only burned her Physical Body and defense but also directly scorched her Divine Soul and Origin core!

In just two breaths, the shrill scream came to an abrupt end.

The Demonic Flame hand dispersed, and the space within was empty. Domain Lord, the Bishui Domain Lord, her Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, her Origin entirely returned to Nightmare.

From the moment Nightmare struck to the successive falls of the three great Domain Lords, the entire process took only a dozen or so breaths!

Fast! Ruthless! Absolute!

In the distance, the three hundred elite Cultivators who had come with the three great Domain Lords had already been completely terrified by the scene that occurred in a flash, like a god or demon crushing ants! They watched helplessly as their own invincible Domain Lords were easily killed and devoured like clay chickens and pottery dogs, and the conviction and Battle Intent in their hearts instantly collapsed!

"The Domain Lords... are all dead?!"

"Run! Run quickly!"

"Demon! He is a true Demon God!"

Terrified screams and desperate cries rang out together. The three hundred elites instantly fell into disarray, fleeing frantically in all directions like headless flies, only wishing their parents had given them two more legs.

"Nidao Guards!" Nightmare's cold voice reached the Thunderstorm Sea passage platform.

"Here!" Stone Firm, Sand Shadow, and the others, who had long been shocked by their master's invincible Divine Might and were boiling with blood and Killing Intent, roared in unison.

"Clear them out! Leave none!"

"Kill—!!!"

Twenty-three Nidao Guards elites, like tigers released from their cages, led by Stone Firm and Sand Shadow, formed a battle Formation and boldly charged into the collapsing and fleeing allied forces! Their cultivation had already improved, and their weapons were enhanced by Nightmare's Demonic Flame. Their Battle Intent was at its Peak. Facing these routed soldiers who had their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering and only cared about escaping, they were like cutting melons and vegetables!

Nightmare stood in the air, coldly watching this one-sided slaughter. He slowly closed his eyes, digesting the Origins of the three great Domain Lords he had just devoured. The sharpness of gold, the extreme cold of ice, and the lingering nature of water—three Origins with different attributes were rapidly refined and fused by the Reverse Dao Power, turning into nourishment for his own growth. His aura rose and transformed in the silence, becoming increasingly unfathomable.

When the last allied Cultivator was killed in the distance by a Demonic Flame ray, the Void Realm returned to "tranquility," with only a faint smell of blood and energy remnants telling of the brief but decisive slaughter that had just occurred.

Nightmare opened his eyes, and in the depths of his pupils, the dark-golden reverse markings seemed to become a bit clearer. He slowly raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the endless Void Realm, looking toward the directions of the Golden Wind, Azure Frost, and Green Water Domains, and also toward the more distant primary Universe Domains that had cast terrified gazes after sensing the earth-shaking energy fluctuations here.

He took a deep breath, and then, a cold, majestic Divine Thought carrying an unquestionable ruling will, like a cosmic storm, centered on him and grandly spread in all directions, toward all neighboring primary Universe Domains!

"The three Domain Lords of Golden Wind, Azure Frost, and Green Water invaded my borders, desiring to seize my authority. They have been executed on the spot, their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!"

"From this day forth, the five Domains of Black Rock, Violet Lightning, Golden Wind, Azure Frost, and Green Water are all under my, Nightmare's, rule!"

"Those who follow me can enjoy the convenience of the passage and be rewarded according to their merits."

"Those who defy me, the three Domain Lords are your warning!"

"Those who dare to be my enemy, though they be far, they shall be executed, their Domains destroyed and their people killed!"

The Divine Thought rolled, like a decree of the Heavenly Dao, imprinted deep within the Divine Soul of every Cultivator who sensed it. Overbearing, iron-blooded, and unquestionable!

Countless Domain Lords and experts observing this battle, whether openly or secretly, were all deeply shaken, their bodies drenched in cold sweat. Fighting three great Domain Lords alone, killing them all with a wave of his hand, and slaughtering three hundred elites! What kind of terrifying strength was this?! What kind of decisive and ruthless hero was this?!

For a time, the surrounding area was dead silent. All covetousness, all resentment, and all hostility were deeply suppressed before this absolute power and iron-blooded methods.

Nightmare withdrew his Divine Thought and no longer paid attention to the outside world's reaction. He turned and looked toward the deep promotion passage vortex in the depths of the Thunderstorm Sea.

Five Domains were now in his grasp, and the surrounding areas were submissive.

The obstacles to the Middle Universe Domain had been cleared.

It was time to go and see what kind of scenery that higher-level Hongmeng Universe truly had.

His figure flickered, and he returned to the passage platform. Stone Firm and the others were cleaning the battlefield and collecting spoils of war, everyone's face filled with excitement and reverence.

"Integrate the resources of the five Domains and stabilize the rule. Execute the daily management of the passage according to the established rules," Nightmare instructed briefly. "I will go into seclusion for several days. The day I emerge will be the time to march into the Middle Universe Domain."

"We follow your orders, My Lord!" Everyone bowed and accepted the command, their voices filled with endless awe and expectation.

Nightmare said no more and stepped into the quiet room specially prepared for him near the passage. Having successively devoured the Origins of five great Domain Lords (Yan Kui, Thunder Command, Domain Lord, Domain Lord, and Domain Lord), he needed a thorough settling and digestion to push his power to a new Peak and meet the deeper challenges of the Hongmeng Universe in his most perfect state.

The quiet room door closed.

Outside, a new order was rapidly established in blood and iron. And Nightmare's legend had only just begun. The border areas of the Hongmeng Universe had already been replaced with the name of a new Dominator. And his gaze and footsteps would never stop here.

The Middle Universe Domain, and even that mysterious High Universe Domain, were his true battlefields.

The path of slaughter is endless. And Nightmare will step over the bones and Origins of countless experts, moving forward, until... he ascends that supreme throne.