The shield was red in color and it surrounded the entire Celestial Mountains. Around six thousand cultivators were struck inside the shield. Thousands were already dead and the remaining from ten thousand were outside the shield. The ones outside the shield were thanking The Creator for making them sensible. They were waiting outside the mountains so that they could steal from the people who acquired treasures. Being outside the Mountains means more safety even though the chances of successfully acquiring treasures were low. Only after seeing the shield they realized how smart their decession to wait outside the mountains was...

Meanwhile the various representatives who were waiting outside had look of panic on their face.  Their job was to collect data on which types of treasures were obtained by the people. They usually waited outside and the cultivators had their dimensional storage bags checked by them. People weren't afraid of them due to The Pact between the Kingdoms. 

The representatives immediately transmitted the data of strange events to their superiors using transmission jade. Meanwhile they tried to find a way to break the shield as they had a responsibility to stop a wide scale slaughter. 

Inside the Castle. The twenty or so cultivators were trembling and soon found themselves on their knees.

"Domain!" cried the middle aged man who was from the royal family of Sakura Kingdom. 

"No! There is no way we would be so helpless even if it was a Domain. Even Spirit Divinity cultivators can't create such a powerful pressure." cried the female from Elenor family. 

Domain was one of the most powerful abilities of cultivators. It could be only used when the cultivator reach Spirit Soul stage. Inside a Domain, the power of caster was powerfully exerted on those within the Domain. The Domain could be of different types based on the enlightenment gained by the cultivator. It could be of elemental type or blood or even void.

"Then what the heck it is? I can't even use teleportation scroll or any of my weapons!"

"It's a Dimensional Domain!" said an old man who had red zigzag lines on his face. He was the Patriach of  "Heaven's Way".

"Im-Impossible!"

"Yeah. We would have realized if it was Dimensional Domain! We wouldn't be stupid enough to actually enter a Dimensional Domain!" cried Mary Elenor. 

Dimensional Domain was totally different from the normal Domain. Dimensional Domain was like a personal space of the caster where the rules of caster were absolute. In Domain the people can still fight and even defeat the caster but such was not the case in Dimensional Domain. 

But it was an ability no cultivator really focused on even after reaching Spirit Divinity stage because it had a major disadvantage: You have to cast the Dimensional Domain first and the opponents have to enter it willingly!

No matter how strong you are at the end you won't be able to use any power in the Dimensional Domain without the permission of caster! Who in their right minds would enter the Dimensional Domain and be at mercy of the caster? So this ability was called useless and no one really trained in it.

"Sigh~ Believe it or not but it is really Dimensional Domain. I read it in the records of my sect that this ability can be blended with the nature and hence overcome the weakness this ability has. Normally you have to enter this space with your own will but if you blend it with nature then you won't notice the change in space."

"That's..." 

"Blending this ability with nature isn't so simple. It require centuries to do so and not to mention you have to continuously put energy in it. Even Immortals can't emitt energy for centuries! So I thought it was impossible for practical use but now..."

After hearing the words from the Patriach of Heaven's Way, the little hope they had left was killed. 

"Umm...Excuse Me. Please say your prayers as I am about to start." said the naked young man who was responsible for the entire situation. The surrounding air turned into cloth particles and surrounded the youth. Soon he had a grey rob on him.

He didn't knew how to ask them to die so he tried to make light of situation. He felt guilty but he placed his own survival first.

"Sir. Please let us go." pleaded Mary Elenor.

"If you kill me then you would make entire Sakura Kingdom your enemy! Let me go of this instant!" shouted the middle aged man from the royal family. 

"Shut up! Are you a fool?! You think your royal influence works here?! Do you think it matters to Death if your father is a king?!" cried the Patriach of Heaven's Way.

"S-Sir Immortal, please forgive the rude words of this man. We were wrong to trespass into your tomb..."

The youth looked at them. He felt pity for them but still his determination didn't wavered. 

"I am not killing you for trespassing. Your lives would give me a chance to survive." he replied. 

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"What?!"

"Ah. Nothing."

"If you are going to kill us at least give a reason. You owe us that much." said the Patriach of Heaven's Way. He has already accepted his fate but still he wished to hear the reason. He has already lived for thousand years so he wasn't much afraid of death. What he was afraid of was not knowing how or why he died.

The youth looked at the old man. He gave a soft sigh and answered his question.

"Well, it was me who brought you here. I am sure you used to come in the mountains surrounding the Castle to acquire magical weapons every century. The magical treasures were thrown away every century as a bait so that when I wake up from my slumber I can live freely.

"You don't have to be sad. Anyone who has taken a treasure from the mountains, no matter how long ago, would die with you so you won't be lonely in the yellow springs." 

The Patriach didn't dare believe the words of youth. How could he kill the people who has already taken the treasures as most of them were nowhere near the Celestial Mountains. Surely he couldn't have made the entire Planet his host for Dimensional Domain? 

The youth understood what the old man was thinking. He answered his unasked question.

"The magical treasures you took from here have pieces of my soul in it. I used the power of this crystal to do so... I am sure most of the treasures are already binded to the blood and soul of those who acquired them.  That means those pieces of my soul can easily do their work...no one would have noticed it as the crystal did most of the work. My pieces of soul would suck their life essence and bring it to me. Before you ask why...well, it's obvious. With the help of my treasures they would have gained a great amount of power. Now their life and blood essence would be more powerful compared to past." 

The twenty or so cultivators looked at the youth as if he was the Devil King. How could anyone be so cruel? 

"You... You don't deserve to be called a human.  You are nothing but an evil monster!" shouted the female from Elenor family. 

The youth was rather offended by her words and for the first time he was angry.

"Sigh~  Good or evil is just a matter of perspective. You kill magical beasts for their cores and yet you call me evil. Haha. You slaughter the children of magical beasts in front of their parents and then you even bind them as servants! The magical beasts are forced to serve those who killed their children or parents! Tell me isn't that evil as well? Or do you think magical beasts have no right to live or exist as family?! If I don't deserve to be called a human than what about the rest of humanity?! You eat animals as food but surely those animals also have life, right?" 

The twenty or so cultivators nearly coughed mouthful of blood after hearing the illogical words of the youth. How could he compare their lives with those of magical beasts?!

"Enough.  Evangelina, start the process." 

As soon as the youth said the words a tremor ran through the bodies of those within the shield. Strange marks appeared on the ground whether it was on the ground of the Celestial Mountains or the corridors of Castle. Soon those marks started absorbing the life and blood essence from the cultivators. Their bodies withered and soon their souls left for the yellow springs of underworld. 

Similar situations occured throughout the Planet Saffron. The magical treasures the cultivators acquired started going berserk. They absorbing the life and blood essence from their owners. After acquiring the essence the treasures were shattered and from within came a red beam of light. It was the pieces of soul of the youth! Thousands of pieces of souls started dashing towards the Celestial Mountains. The shield didn't stopped them and soon they entered the crystal. The crystal started the work of digesting the energy. 

Soon there was no sign of life in the mountains except for the youth and the female from Elenor family. 

The youth started walking towards her but sadly she has no power to run. She didn't understood the reason for why she was spared but she knew it couldn't have been for anything good. Soon the youth was near her. He kneeled on the ground and placed both his hands on her skull. A red light emitted from the crystal which entered the body of the female. She screamed as she felt her mind being stabbed by countless pins. She died without realizing that her memories were taken by the youth. 

The youth stood up and looked at the withered corposes. He was both happy and sad.

"Sigh ~ I'm sure that most of the people who were here had life beads. They would have been shattered and thus alerting their families of their death. I have to escape before the friends and relatives of those who I killed come here. They wouldn't dare to enter the mountains even if I release the shield as they would have learned the lesson after knowing the fate of those inside."

He moved towards the exit and was soon outside the castle. The sky was red because of the shield but stil the sunlight penetrated the shield and enlightened the mountains. 

He enjoyed his first beam of sunlight after ten thousand years.