8: Great Dao Domain

Li Haotian was unaware of Huang Bocheng's little scheme. After eating his fill, he took his Disciple toward the Sect Hall.

Disciples who enter the Inner Sect must swear an oath to the Sect, vowing never to betray it, and in return, they receive a generous reward.

Although Su Yao had just joined, she immediately became the charge of a Chief, essentially making her a Personal Disciple of a Chief, and she naturally deserved the treatment of an Inner Sect Disciple.

Only after formally swearing the oath and becoming an Inner Sect Disciple are they qualified to learn those excellent Cultivation Techniques and Mind-Cultivation Techniques.

If Li Haotian wanted to pass on a Mind-Cultivation Technique to Su Yao, he had to follow the established procedure.

Soon, the two arrived inside the main hall. It was extremely quiet, and row upon row of spirit tablets were placed on the bookshelves—these were all the Life Tablets of the Inner Sect Disciples.

After receiving the Life Tablet and dripping one's blood into it, it recognizes its Revered Master. The Life Tablet and its Revered Master have an extremely close connection; if the Revered Master dies, the Life Tablet will shatter.

Furthermore, the scenes witnessed by the Revered Master before death are preserved within the Life Tablet. If someone is assassinated, the Heavenly Profound Sect will absolutely not allow the killer to escape justice.

In other words, once you become an Inner Sect Disciple, you are permanently bound to the Sect: if the Sect runs into trouble, you must help; you can never betray the Sect; and if something happens to you, the Sect will absolutely back you up.

Su Yao stepped forward and dripped her blood into the Life Tablet she received. Soon, the Life Tablet slowly flew up and settled onto the shelf.

The Elder responsible for guarding this place stroked his beard and nodded, then turned around, intending to leave.

"My Disciple has already sworn allegiance and made the Life Tablet recognize her with a drop of blood. Where is the Inner Sect Disciple Identity Token?"

Only after possessing the Identity Token is his Disciple qualified to learn these Cultivation Techniques.

"Heh heh, Chief Li, I'm truly sorry, but we cannot give her the Inner Sect Disciple Identity Token right now. Your little Disciple's strength is too weak. Even as your Personal Disciple, we cannot set this precedent."

"She can nominally become an Inner Sect Disciple, but she absolutely cannot possess equal privileges, or else the entire Sect will fall into chaos."

This Elder was clearly making things difficult for the pair. Many people were waiting to see Li Haotian suffer a setback.

Why should he enjoy the treatment of a Chief when his strength isn't even as great as an Outer Sect Elder? It was precisely because of this that vast numbers of people were jealous and hateful.

Li Haotian's expression was dark as water. He immediately pulled his Disciple and left. The Elder thought the other party was retreating due to difficulty, but he never expected them to go directly to the Sect Master's Residence.

As a Chief, he could meet the Sect Master at any time.

"Disciple, cry!"

Li Haotian nudged Su Yao.

Su Yao paused for a moment, but quickly began wailing loudly. The Sect Master slowly pushed the door open and walked out, looking at the sobbing Su Yao with a puzzled expression.

"Your Disciple reached Foundation Establishment in just one night?"

Immortal Master Xuan Qing spoke in disbelief. How could the little girl who had incomplete Foundation and a flawed Physique yesterday have reached Foundation Establishment today?

"Ahem, Sect Master, you already said in front of so many people yesterday that this Disciple belongs to me. You can't possibly try to steal her now, can you?"

Li Haotian hit Immortal Master Xuan Qing where it hurt. Immortal Master Xuan Qing genuinely wanted to ask for the Disciple, but now the words caught in his throat, and he had to swallow them back in frustration.

"Speak, why did you bring your Disciple here to cry?"

Seeing his little scheme exposed, Immortal Master Xuan Qing was too embarrassed to ask for the Disciple, so he could only ask the reason, hoping to send them away quickly.

"Sect Master, is my Chief status still valid?"

Li Haotian switched from defense to offense.

"Of course, your current status is certainly valid."

Immortal Master Xuan Qing nodded noncommittally, not understanding why the other party would ask such a question.

"My Disciple is also considered a Personal Disciple of our Sect, right?"

"No problem."

Li Haotian immediately smiled.

"Just now, I brought my Disciple to the Sect Hall to swear the oath. After the oath was complete, that Elder refused to give her the Inner Sect Disciple token."

He went directly to the Sect Master to report the matter. After all, he didn't hold actual power, and even if he begged and pleaded, that Elder probably wouldn't give him Face, so he simply went straight to the Sect Master.

This was already part of his own rights, so why shouldn't he use it?

Immortal Master Xuan Qing immediately tossed out an Inner Sect Disciple token, which Li Haotian promptly shoved into Su Yao's hand.

"Thank you, Sect Master. We'll be heading back now. Oh, right, I don't think that Elder did it intentionally."

Immortal Master Xuan Qing watched his retreating figure with a sense of helplessness, but the next moment, his eyes abruptly changed.

His cultivation Realm was clearly only Foundation Establishment yesterday, so how did he enter Entering Profundity today?

Just now, he was too busy focusing on his Disciple and hadn't noticed Li Haotian's change. Immortal Master Xuan Qing's gaze deepened. Li Haotian had once been a brilliant Prodigy. If his Spiritual Root and Dantian could be repaired, his future would surely soar.

"Aah! Aah!"

Li Haotian, who was Cultivating late at night, suddenly heard a scream. He had passed the Mind-Cultivation Technique to Su Yao during the day, and she had only been Cultivating for a few hours. Why was she suddenly shouting?

Li Haotian pushed the door open and saw flames everywhere.

Su Yao was too absorbed in her Cultivation. The surrounding temperature rose higher and higher, and she actually set the Immortal Cave on fire.

"Whoosh!"

Li Haotian gently blew a breath of Qi, and the raging flames instantly extinguished, leaving behind only scorched furniture.

"Revered Master... I didn't mean to."

Su Yao was covered in dust and ash, scratching her head sheepishly. She hadn't realized her Physique was so powerful that merely Cultivating could change the surrounding environment.

She had been too engrossed just now and only realized what happened when the entire Immortal Cave was almost burned down.

[Ding! Detected Disciple Su Yao's control over the Divine Phoenix Exquisite Body has increased by 1%. Reward: Host Extreme Fire Dao Domain.]

Li Haotian was about to say something, but after the System spoke, he was instantly overjoyed. He hurriedly moved his Disciple to a new Immortal Cave, telling her to continue Cultivating and Revered Master her Physique as quickly as possible.

The Dao Domain is something that only high-level experts can Revered Master. One must at least reach the Celestial Realm to grasp a Dao Domain, and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Chiefs possess this level of strength.

Although he lacked the corresponding Spiritual Qi reserves, he possessed the same means to subdue enemies.

This thing is equivalent to a Dimensional Reduction Strike, just like an ancient person holding a saber wanting to fight you, while you casually pull out a Desert Eagle.

As long as the opponent has not reached the Celestial Realm, they will be as humble as an ant within the Dao Domain.

There is only one deity within the Domain, and that is the Domain's Revered Master!

[Ding! The Host has obtained the first Dao Domain. The System's Detection Shielding Function is activated.]

Li Haotian was slightly displeased: "Seriously, man, I finally got this powerful ability. If you don't let me show off, when someone inadvertently tries to detect me and finds I have a Domain, wouldn't they be scared senseless? If you shield it, how am I supposed to show off?"

"Ding! If the Host wants to be captured and dissected for research, this System has no objection. After all, you are the first person in history to possess a Dao Domain while only in the Entering Profundity stage."

Li Haotian immediately fell silent.

"Uh, I admit I was speaking a little too loudly just now."