Chapter 113: The Rules of the Mental Realm

The Shadow Dragon was severed into two halves, and a massive slash mark appeared behind Divine Ice. At the very moment the Shadow Dragon died, the snow ceased falling in the far northern lands, and the temperature began to rise—some scorching regions experienced a significant surge in heat.

All soul masters and soul beasts aligned with the Yin attribute on this planet felt their soul power sharply diminish. This was the planet forcibly siphoning Yin soul power to compensate for the changes brought about by the Shadow Dragon’s death. This state would persist until the birth of the next Shadow Dragon.

Upon the Shadow Dragon’s demise, a silver soul ring manifested on its corpse. (Within Xiao Hei's system, silver soul rings denote two things: one, inheritance; two, the pinnacle of longevity. The Shadow Dragon’s silver ring symbolized inheritance.)

Mu Yang did not rush to absorb the soul ring. Instead, he searched through the Shadow Dragon’s remains and discovered an additional soul bone—a dragon claw. However, this extra soul bone did not integrate into his body but instead concealed itself within the void, more precisely, it was the dragon’s fifth claw.

Having secured the fifth claw, Mu Yang began absorbing the Shadow Dragon’s soul ring. As with the first time he absorbed a soul ring, the vast difference in age caused his body to swell like a balloon from the overwhelming energy, eventually bursting and then repairing itself. But this time, since the soul ring was not a divine-bestowed one, a soul shockwave occurred. After overcoming the heavenly tribulation, the Shadow Dragon in its prime form appeared within Mu Yang’s spiritual domain.

Now lacking a physical form, the Shadow Dragon could only survive by killing Mu Yang’s spiritual self and taking over his body. Just as the Shadow Dragon prepared to annihilate Mu Yang’s entire spiritual space, chains suddenly ensnared it in an instant. In the sky, a vacant-eyed Mu Yang appeared.

The Shadow Dragon struggled to break free from the chains. Every time it shattered one, more chains would bind it anew. The vacant-eyed Mu Yang approached the Shadow Dragon and slowly raised his hand. As his palm descended in a seemingly gentle strike, the Shadow Dragon felt an overwhelming deathly sensation—far stronger than Mu Yang’s previous slash.

At the moment the palm was about to touch the Shadow Dragon, Shadow Mu Yang seized Mu Yang and hurled him aside, then grabbed the Shadow Dragon and vanished from Mu Yang’s sight in an instant.

“No, there shouldn’t be any dragons within the host’s spiritual domain. You came from outside,” Shadow Mu Yang frowned.

The Shadow Dragon nodded. The fact that Shadow Mu Yang could rescue it from Mu Yang’s grasp so swiftly—even though it fled immediately, indicating it could not defeat Mu Yang—showed that Shadow Mu Yang was still far stronger than itself.

“Forget it...” Shadow Mu Yang said, then sternly addressed the Shadow Dragon, “I don’t want to know your relationship with the host, but now that you’ve entered the host’s spiritual domain, you must abide by its rules. Otherwise, you either die or become living nourishment.”

The Shadow Dragon hurriedly nodded at Shadow Mu Yang’s words.

“I don’t like being looked down upon. Shrink first.”

Hearing this, the Shadow Dragon slowly transformed into human form.

“Listen carefully to the rules. First, no combat is allowed here. Any fighting will summon the host. Second, no attacking the host. Within this domain, the host is invincible. Third, no resistance to the host’s commands—even the thought of it is forbidden. Fourth, no use of any abilities here, or death is certain...”