Wait a minute, where is my master?

Chi Dao heard the words, and an inexplicable color surfaced on his face involuntarily.

He didn't know if it was an illusion.

He had always felt that Taoist Jin Xu's way of speaking had grown increasingly similar to those of his two demon pets he kept by his side these days.

"Ahem, the Origin of the Demon Realm naturally shares the same roots with the Heavenly Dao's rules of the Nine Provinces, so it should not be a case of indigestion..."

The Ancestor of the Immortal Palace coughed dryly, responding.

"Then what is this?"

As Jin Xu asked, he activated his Spiritual Eyes.

He noticed that the Origin of the Demon Realm, which the pale golden orb had expelled, after moving randomly in the air for a while, had started to orbit the pale golden orb like a satellite.

At the same time, though there were subtle differences in the aura between the two, they had established some profound and mysterious connection with each other.

"This old man has never come across such an occurrence in the books, ahem... Let's wait for the Heavenly Dao's rules to stabilize before we directly inquire about it."

As he spoke, Chi Dao tactically stroked his beard.

Ever since meeting the young Taoist, he had felt that his various experiences in the Cultivation World were becoming less and less applicable.

...

...

Within the Demon Realm.

Atop the central arena on the peak of West Pole Peak.

The top demon cultivators of various clans were waiting for Xue Po's arrival while gathering in small groups, communicating through voice transmission and discussing what the recent revelation from the world's Origin might mean.

However, as they spoke,

suddenly, the fluctuation of a realm breakthrough spread across the arena.

"Isn't that one of the youngsters from the Shadow Spider Clan? Are they unable to suppress their realm and breaking through right here on the arena?"

The Clan Leader of the Purple Spirit Elephant Clan and a few old friends stood together, glanced in the direction from which the breakthrough fluctuation came, and remarked nonchalantly.

"Perhaps..."

The elder from the Glazed Glass Pangolin Clan beside him was just about to respond when suddenly, his voice halted.

In an instant, on this central arena, several more breakthrough fluctuations began to pervade.

"What's going on?"

"Why are so many little ones in the Nascent Soul Realm breaking through all of a sudden?"

The demon cultivators, not knowing what was happening, released their Spiritual Sense, probing around them.

Yet before they could make sense of the situation, demon cultivators above the Nascent Soul Realm, at the Void Refinement Realm, began breaching their minor realms as well.

"Who has Xue Po's Communication Token? Get in touch with him quickly."

Some quick thinkers immediately linked the breakthroughs of so many demon cultivators present with the earlier occurrence, shouting out loud.

At the same time, seeing that the order of the cultivators' breakthroughs progressed from low to high, others quickly transmitted messages in all directions.

"Those in the Divinity Transformation Realm, especially those at the peak of the Void Refinement Realm about to ascend to Divinity Transformation, leave this arena at once. Otherwise, if we end up with a mass occurrence of small Heavenly Tribulations, that would be troublesome!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the demon cultivators on the arena changed, and they all used their techniques to leap upwards.

Flying away in all directions.

Yet within that brief moment,

top-level demon cultivators of the Void Refinement Realm on the arena had already started breaking through their realm.

"Be careful!"

"Quickly disperse!"

"Do not, by any means, get involved in their Heavenly Tribulation."

Cries, roars, and chirps erupted from the martial arts arena, throwing the gathered demon cultivators into chaos.

But just moments later, they realized that the demon cultivator advancing from the Void Refinement Realm to the Divinity Transformation Realm hadn't triggered even a minor Heavenly Tribulation. Moreover, among this collective advancement event, there began to be demon cultivators in the Divinity Transformation Realm breaking through their minor realms.

Of course, there were those with ruthless temperaments among the demon cultivators, who wished to disrupt the breakthrough process even at the cost of injury. However, after attempting to do so, they found it utterly impossible and resigned themselves to sitting down and advancing honestly.

"Old Elephant, what's happening here?"

"I'm not sure, but I have a feeling... oh no, I think I'm about to breakthrough as well."

The Purple Spirit Elephant Clan Leader was originally floating in midair, protecting his clansmen.

Yet as he spoke, he closed his eyes and abruptly descended toward a patch of rocks below.

At this moment on West Pole Peak.

Cries of shock and exclamations of both joy and fear were incessant.

Just as the demon cultivators from various clans, filled with trepidation, had no choice but to passively undergo their breakthroughs,

the High Priest of the Snow Wolf Clan and Mr. Bai appeared at the location, simultaneously.

Among them, the elder with an aged face, holding a wooden staff, spoke up loudly.

"Fellow Daoists, there is no need for panic. This is the blessing of the Demon Realm's assimilation back into the Nine Provinces. Settle down and breakthrough peacefully. No Heavenly Tribulation below the ascension will occur this time."

This sentence was repeated three times by him.

The resonant voice echoed throughout West Pole Peak, lingering among the mountains for a long while.

Listening to these words, the originally noisy and uneasy demon cultivators felt somewhat more at ease.

And some clan leaders, who still had the capacity to pay attention to their surroundings amidst their breakthroughs, upon noticing that the demon cultivator who advanced from Void Refinement to Divinity Transformation indeed didn't trigger a minor Heavenly Tribulation,

fully believed the words of the Snow Wolf Clan's Old Priest and began to rapidly advance through their realms while reassuring their clansmen through communication.

"Uncle Zhong, are you sure that this phenomenon of breakthroughs among the various clans is due to this reason? We can't afford to be wrong..."

After the Old Priest shouted, Mr. Bai, still somewhat uneasy, asked the High Priest of the Snow Wolf Clan for confirmation once again.

"Clan Leader, rest assured. I am born with a unique constitution. Although I was born into the Snow Wolf Clan, I am particularly suited to follow the path of divination. I am extremely sensitive to the cosmic changes of the Demon Realm.

"Moreover, a thousand years ago during the great war between immortals and demons, when He State was shattered and split into small worlds, I personally witnessed many powerful cultivators from various clans fall in their realms due to celestial changes.

"Now that the Demon Realm is being assimilated back into the Nine Provinces, it is natural for everyone's cultivation to have some enhancements," the High Priest of the Snow Wolf Clan said, his tone tinged with a hint of reminiscence as he held onto his wooden staff.

Seeing his certainty, Mr. Bai no longer questioned and immediately sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes to start his breakthrough.

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...

In Shangjing City of the Nine Provinces.

Inside a small courtyard.

Chi Dao and Jin Xu had put in a great deal of effort,

just to get a clarification from the rules of the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Provinces Realm, which at most uttered three words at a time, on why it had swallowed and then expelled the green substance representing the Origin of the Demon Realm.

The implied message was,

that contact with the Demon Realm had been established. Before the arrival of the cosmic tides, the Origin of the Demon Realm would certainly return to within the Nine Provinces Realm.

And why was the Demon Realm's Origin expelled?

Because, although it originated as a split from the Heavenly Dao rules of the Nine Provinces, over a thousand years, it had developed its own faint will.

If the two were to fully amalgamate, that would involve a question of dominance.

Thus, the pale golden orb decisively expelled it.

While this action sidestepped the issue of dominance, the Heavenly Dao rules of the Nine Provinces Realm nevertheless absorbed part of the other's authority. This led to establishing a certain connection between the two.

As a result, a scene resembling that of a primary star and its satellite formed.