Wait a minute, where is my master?

From today, the Demon Lord's Divine Soul will forever be missing a piece.

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After the Taoist summoned the "Body Purification Skill," his arm slowly rose, poised to press down on the bedraggled "Purple Spirit Elephant Clan demon cultivator" before him.

However, the next moment.

Jin Xu only saw a stream of bluish material mixed with strands of black aura burst from the top of the opponent's skull.

Simultaneously, the demon cultivator's body that he had bound with chains of Golden spiritual power slumped to the ground like mud.

"Ha, your cultivation and methods are indeed exceptional, but I am now indivisible from the Origin of the Demon Realm. You came and only restrained my physical shell that I had temporarily stored; that was rather overconfident of you," he said.

The original Divine Soul Fragment of the Demon Lord had intended to converse with Jin Xu a bit longer to extract some valuable information.

However, upon sensing that immensely dreaded cleanse light, he had no choice but to decisively abandon the body.

Of course, his actions at this time were not merely the villain's verbosity.

The larger intention, in fact, was to buy time for himself to access the authority of the Demon Realm's Origin.

"As this Small World has become increasingly prosperous, manipulating the authority of the world's Origin has become ever more arduous. Thankfully, It has no consciousness of Its own.

"Three breaths, just give me three breaths, and I will be able to successfully hide myself within everything in the Demon Realm alongside this Origin. Then, even if this Taoist..."

The Divine Soul Fragment, struggling with a groggy mind, floated midair and furiously roared inwardly.

Upon hearing that meaningless threat from the other, Jin Xu slightly raised an eyebrow with a somewhat inexplicable tone.

"I've been running around various places just to find you, and now that I've finally gotten close, how could I possibly be overconfident?"

"By the way, this stalling of yours couldn't possibly be an attempt to manipulate the authority of the Demon Realm's Origin and hide between heaven and earth, could it?"

As he spoke, the left palm holding the "Body Purification Skill" remained still, while his right hand, kept behind his back, lightly clenched.

Hearing this, the Divine Soul Fragment hanging midair was immediately filled with tremendous shock.

Without caring whether he could escape the Taoist's sudden attack, he first tightly locked onto the mysterious cleanse light with his Spiritual Sense. Then, while on high alert, he desperately sped up the process of manipulating the world Origin's authority.

However, after the intensely nerve-wracking three breaths had passed.

The Divine Soul Fragment was pleasantly surprised to discover that, although the young Taoist had seen through his intentions, he had made no move.

And at this moment, he had already successfully manipulated the authority of the Demon Realm's Origin, ready to hide himself between heaven and earth at any time!

"Hahaha, whatever you say now is too late," he transmitted through laughter, ridiculing, and without further waste of words, he immediately activated the Origin's authority and vanished into thin air midair.

Seeing this, the young Taoist on the ground revealed a playful smile.

He had prepared for a whole month before setting off for the small world.

Although the content of the training then didn't specifically cover the scenario of "encountering filth in the world's Origin."

But the plot of "the world's Origin is within reach, yet manipulates authority to hide within this realm," was something he had practiced over a dozen times with Chi Dao and a special guest in the drill—the rules of Heavenly Dao from the Nine Provinces Realm!

"I wonder what expression the Demon Lord will have when he sees me again.

"Oh wait, he now looks like a lump of spoiled slime, probably can't even make a face," muttered Jin Xu to himself, his figure flashed, instantly arriving at the spot where the Divine Soul Fragment had been floating.

A moment later.

The blue-black material that had disappeared into nothingness reappeared in its place.

"You you you!!! You did what..."

The Divine Soul Fragment's will, already at its limit, under the impact of these intense emotions of great joy and great sorrow, passed out directly after transmitting only six words.

"Hiss~ I imagined you'd come back angry, astonished, cursing fiercely, or completely composed. But I never expected you to faint from anger upon your return..."

Taoist Jin Xu looked at the floating Nine Provinces Realm Origin before him, mercilessly made a comment, while also mumbling in his heart.

"Such a mighty Demon Lord, yet his mentality seems rather average."

And as Jin Xu commented, the floating Nine Provinces Origin in mid-air began to undergo subtle changes after the Demon Lord's Divine Soul Fragment had fallen asleep.

The black matter on its surface gradually receded downward, and the green color, visible to the naked eye, was now more vivid than before.

The little Taoist observed this scene with great interest for a moment.

Then, he stretched out his palm and gently enveloped it with Golden spiritual power, bringing it back into his hand, and spoke to himself somewhat perplexedly.

"The Demon Lord has passed out; at this moment, it seems the Nine Provinces Origin's autonomous consciousness has taken the lead?"

Jin Xu looked at the increasingly vivid green material in his palm, which was beginning to emit a semblance of vitality, and something occurred to him.

He even greeted it.

"Hello?"

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After a few breaths of time, a breeze passed through the mid-air, and the green material did not respond at all to the friendly exchange from the little Taoist.

"Cough..."

Jin Xu looked around somewhat embarrassedly, and seeing that no one had noticed his foolish scene, he let his guard down a little.

"Well, I might as well purify that dirty thing first."

Saying this, he unleashed the long-held Body Purification Skill and slapped it onto the green material.

"Boom!"

"Buzz!"

"Whoosh!"

"Splash!"

All at once, the Demon Realm was filled with strange phenomena.

Within the realm, the sun and moon reversed, briefly darkening.

In various places, there were severe winds, skies covered with dark clouds, and even areas where great waves surged.

I'm not sure if it was an illusion.

The little Taoist just felt that this world seemed to tremble faintly for a moment.

When that trembling sensation disappeared, he looked down at the Nine Provinces Realm Origin in his hand again, and found that the vaguely emerging black beneath the green had completely dissipated.

This large lump of green material had become as radiant as jade, and it also began emitting dense bursts of life force.

"Hmm, it seems to be purified now."

Seeing the good condition of the Nine Provinces Realm Origin, Jin Xu, through his Golden spiritual power, held it in his palm.

With his other hand, he reached into his chest pocket for the Origin box, planning to put it in and take it back to the Nine Provinces Realm to report.

However, as he opened the box and was about to toss the lump of green material inside, he was surprised to find that the Nine Provinces Realm Origin clung stubbornly to the hand he had used for the Body Purification Skill, refusing to come off.

"Hmm? Didn't it have no consciousness just now?

"Why is it lively now?"