Li Yao swung her sword, cutting through another massive flaming hand and quickly stepping backward to maintain distance. She thought to herself in frustration that she couldn't use the Second Heaven domain at all.
In fact, she couldn't even sense it at all. What's happening?
Was the elder's domain somehow interfering with her own domain, making it completely inaccessible?
The empress thought to herself that this somewhat made sense from a theoretical perspective. After all, Li Yao's domain was still incomplete so it might indeed be susceptible to suppression by a more established domain from a higher realm cultivator.
"Do you know how the Second Heaven domain actually works?" Xiang Yu asked.
"Of course I do, it's..." Li Yao began confidently before pausing for a long moment as realization dawned on her. That's right, she didn't even understand how the domain functioned.
[I see, so that's it,] the empress spoke with a knowing smile.
