Wait a minute, where is my master?

In the courtyard.

The Nine Provinces Realm's Heavenly Dao rules, accompanied by its own little follower, stopped before the young Taoist.

Waves of fluctuations, no more than three words each, kept spreading towards it.

After seven or eight breaths.

Jin Xu's eyes filled with surprise as he spoke.

"You're giving me the opportunity to find an unclaimed world for It?"

On the pale golden orb, a flickering light suddenly stilled, and the origin of the Demon Realm that had been spinning came to a halt, then seemed to be grasped by an invisible giant hand and started to sway up and down.

The junior Taoist watched this action with a slight startle, but after a moment, he realized that the movement seemed to mimic a nod...

"Alright, if there's a chance, I will indeed find an unclaimed world for It."

Jin Xu promptly agreed.

To his right, Senior Chi, who hadn't received the Heavenly Dao's recent fluctuation, couldn't help but ask telepathically out of curiosity.

"Jin Taoist, what did the Heavenly Dao just tell you?"

"It's nothing much. It said that since the origin of the Demon Realm has developed its own consciousness, it would be best to find it an unclaimed world to settle in.

"Otherwise, as time passes, it could have some unforeseen impacts on the Heavenly Dao rules of the Nine Provinces Realm."

Hearing this, the Ancestor of the Immortal Palace nodded subtly.

With his curiosity satisfied, he stroked his long beard and went on to speak.

"Jin Taoist, now that the matter concerning the Demon Realm's origin is settled, please wait a moment longer.

"After I've collected this magic platform, you can accompany me to the Kunlun Immortal Palace to take a look at the sealed Demon Lord."

Originally, Senior Chi had been considering whether to suggest to the young Taoist to bring back the origins of the small worlds first, before investigating the situation with the Demon Lord in the sect.

But the thought occurred to him that the Taoist seemed to have a method to obliterate the Demon Lord, and even if returning with an origin of a small world faced some setbacks, it didn't take even a whole day's time.

Thinking about it that way, the order of these matters didn't seem so critical after all.

"Senior Chi, go ahead with your duties, I'll wait for you at the training ground," said Jin Xu, bowing slightly and, with a casual move, he stashed the restless Bronze Gate into his storage bracelet and stepped towards the outside of the courtyard.

Along the way, he pondered whether to take the Little Purple Spirit Elephant with him or not.

"If I tell her there's a chance to punish once again the one who slaughtered her tribe and parents, I wonder if she can let go of some of the hatred in her heart.

"But… bringing up the past so soon, I hope it wouldn't cause any new trauma to the little elephant, who just started to show a spark of life in her eyes."

Jin Xu felt torn over the two thoughts that surfaced in his mind.

He raised a hand to pinch his brow, speaking to himself with a helpless expression.

"Never mind, I'll ask Little White for advice later and decide after discussing it."

Soon.

The young Taoist walked along the long corridor of the residence, from the courtyard in front of the study, to the outside of the training ground.

At this moment, the layers of dark clouds in the sky above Shangjing City dispersed.

The beam of white light that had shot up into the sky from the house also faded away along with it.

"It seems Senior Chi has already tidied up the magic platform."

Jin Xu turned to glance back toward the sky over the study's courtyard, flicked his Taoist robe, and prepared to walk into the training ground.

However, as he took a step forward.

Ripples suddenly appeared in the space in front of him.

Then, the pale golden orb followed by its small follower appeared before him.

"Heavenly Dao rules?"

Jin Xu, with a look of surprise, uttered.

Then he instinctively looked up at the sky and said,

"Is there something else that hasn't been instructed?"

One should know, when the magic platform is dismantled, the Heavenly Dao rules of the Nine Provinces Realm usually dissipate along with it. What is happening today?

"I want it too."

The young Taoist was puzzled when suddenly a wave of fluctuations spread out, and three slightly feeble words appeared in his mind.

"Hmm?"

Jin Xu's brows furrowed instantly at the sound of these three words.

Right after, the pale golden orb rapidly conveyed two more pieces of information to him.

"Origin... Skill."

"I... want."

Once he understood the reason for the other party's presence here, the young Taoist sighed helplessly.

"What, is it like cats getting addicted to catnip? Are all the Original Heavenly Rules of your world collectively getting hooked on my 'Body Purification Skill'?

Jin Xu knew that when he executed his magic, it would carry a slight side effect.

Yet during his travels across the Nine Provinces in these months, he had used the 'Body Purification Skill' quite a few times, but he had never encountered anyone so addicted to it.

"Please... perform it."

The pale golden orb showed no reaction to the helpless expression on the young Taoist's face nor to the words he spoke.

It simply reiterated its desire to experience the 'Body Purification Skill.'

"..."

Faced with this situation, Jin Xu fell silent for a short while.

He remembered vividly the reaction of the Demon Realm's Origin when it was hit by the 'Body Purification Skill.'

The whole world trembled three times!

If he were to cast it on the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Provinces Realm...

Hiss...

Unthinkable, unthinkable.

"Ahem, well..."

Jin Xu gave a tactical cough, preparing to refuse.

However, before he could speak, the pale golden orb disappeared on the spot with its little entourage.

"Jin Taoist, why aren't you entering? Eh... Strange, why is there a presence of Heavenly Dao here?"

Having cleared up the martial arts field and quickly used the Escape Technique to come over, Senior Chi appeared beside the young Taoist, looking around with a puzzled expression.

"Ah... haha, I noticed the clouds and the pillar of light disappear, so I thought you would be arriving soon, Senior Chi.

"So I decided to wait here for a while.

"Let's go in."

Jin Xu laughed it off and sidestepped the question.

Then he slightly stepped aside, raising his hand in a welcoming gesture.

"We are not strangers, there's no need for such courtesy, young Taoist."

The Ancestor of the Immortal Palace responded with a smile, still wanting to puzzle out why the Heavenly Dao seemed present here.

However, seeing that the other party had no intention of going first, Jin Xu swiftly raised his arm, hooked it around Senior Chi's neck, and started walking towards the martial arts field.

"The magical stage is withdrawn, the Heavenly Dao dissipated, why would Its presence be here? Senior Chi, you must have been overworking these past days. Let's go, we should hurry to the martial arts field, pick up Little White and the others, and head to the Kunlun Immortal Palace."

So the two of them, arm in arm, entered the martial arts field together.

And inside the field.

When Jin Xu and his group returned, the Old Dean who had been there to meet them was no longer present.

Instead, Mr. Mei and Mr. Zhu from the Three Friends of Winter were still lingering in the area.

One was casually chatting with Yu Yaoer, while another was wandering around the Little Purple Spirit Elephant.

"Young Taoist, you're back?"

"Greetings to Senior Chi."

When the crowd saw the young Taoist and his party arriving,

they all stopped what they were doing and began to greet them.

Only Little White still sat cross-legged on the ground, with her eyes tightly closed.