Wait a minute, where is my master?

A faint silver light rose from the young Taoist's eyes.

He looked up towards the figure in chains with a disheveled appearance.

After a moment,

a trace of astonishment flashed in Jin Xu's eyes, and he wondered within.

"The Undying Tao Principle, could it be this thing?"

...

At this moment, in midair,

the Demon Lord, having regained some strength due to the undying nature, twisted his neck disdainfully and spoke to the Ancestor of the Immortal Palace below in a tone tinged with mockery.

"Heh, I thought you had some new tricks up your sleeve.

"Who would have thought that after a thousand years, Elder Chi, you're still using the same old methods."

Clearly, the reactivation of the undying properties had once again filled the somewhat uneasy heart of the Demon Lord with confidence.

On the ground,

the Ancestor of the Immortal Palace who was mocked as old-fashioned pondered for a moment, about to retort, but before he could speak, he heard the calm words of Jin Xu, the young Taoist, by his side.

"You are so confident because you are relying on this thing, right?"

As the words fell,

the young Taoist took out a scroll from his storage bracelet.

It was, unmistakably, the one found earlier in the purple gold box within the Mountain and Sea Realm.

The Ancestor of the Immortal Palace, not understanding the implication, turned to look at Jin Xu, then heard the young Taoist say.

"Or to be more specific, it should be this rune."

As Jin Xu spoke, he directly used golden spiritual power to trace out the first rune, brimming with endless vitality, from the scroll in midair.

In an instant, a rich sense of vitality permeated the space.

As the rune appeared,

Little White cried out in surprise while looking at Little Yu beside her.

It turned out that the wooden hairpin used to tie up Yu Yaoer's hair had now sprouted tender green branches.

Jin Xu noticed this phenomenon out of the corner of his eye, his fingers tracing the rune came together, and he gently flicked forward.

The peculiar rune that radiated endless vitality instantly shattered, and following that, a flood of vibrations filled with endless annihilation spread from the countless fragments.

"Gathering brings life, dispersing brings destruction. So this so-called Undying Tao Principle is not entirely indestructible."

Jin Xu stared at the clump of fragments and spoke in an indescribable tone. Then, after the tender green branches sprouting from the hairpin on Yu Yaoer's head completely withered, he withdrew the golden spiritual power used to trace the rune back into his possession.

In fact, the young Taoist had already glimpsed a corner of this rune from the shards of the Demon Lord's Divine Soul Fragment back in the Demon Realm.

It's just that at that time, the fragment of the rune was too shattered and it exuded an aura of endless annihilation, which is why Jin Xu hadn't thought in that direction.

"That being said, why is it that although you were clearly sealed here, you appeared in the Demon Realm as well? Never mind, it's not important. In the end, no matter what, you are bound to die."

Jin Xu fiddled with the scroll in his hand, looked at it with interest for a moment, and then calmly said to the Demon Lord above who was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Similarly, the shocked expression on the face of the Ancestor of the Immortal Palace beside him was not much different from that of the Demon Lord above.

Ignoring the two of them in utter shock,

Jin Xu turned back and instructed the little fellow who had transformed from a Purple Spirit Elephant to a 'golden' Spirit Elephant,

"In a moment, I will send you up there, and I will give you a sphere wrapped in golden spiritual power. Remember to wrap your trunk around that sphere and smash it onto the head of this villain, got it?"

In fact, the young Taoist had considered that, in any case, as long as Little Zi killed the Demon Lord, it would be considered personal revenge.

So... it was not impossible for him to simply learn "Shakyamuni Throwing Elephant."

However, after considering it over and over, Jin Xu felt his purpose for this journey was to help the other release their hatred and dispel the shadows in their heart, not to deepen them.

Therefore, this extremely "two girls" thought, after flashing through his mind, was decisively abandoned by him.

Standing in place, for the sake of avenging her parents, Little Purple Spirit Elephant patiently allowed the sight of the golden spiritual power completely enveloping her, which made her want to vomit whenever she saw it.

After listening to Jin Xu's words, she first nodded her small head solemnly.

Then, she let out a low 'ang~' sound.

"Temple master, Little Purple Spirit says she remembered. However, she also expresses doubt, wondering whether the cultivator who looks like a wild man above is really the evildoer who killed her parents?

"She is afraid of avenging the wrong person."

Little Purple Spirit Elephant, barely at the Foundation Establishment Realm, simply couldn't recognize whether the entity that had possessed her father and the person currently pierced by countless chains had any similarities at all.

Jin Xu, while feeding fire and Golden Thunderbolt into the sphere of spiritual power, paused at hearing Little White's translation.

He sighed softly, first marveling at how a single 'ang~' could convey so much meaning.

Then, he thought to himself that this little creature was indeed kind-hearted.

"Rest assured, this person is indeed the one who committed atrocities in your tribe's land. However... sigh, forget it, I'll give you proof and you'll understand."

As Shiqi also patted Little Purple Spirit, ensuring her the person had not been mistaken,

The Taoist's figure flashed.

Directly appearing in mid-air above the stone path.

Standing atop a shiny silver chain, he quietly glanced down at the Demon Lord who was just coming to his senses, then gently reached down with his hand towards him.

"Where did you get that silk from, why do you also have this Undying Tao Principle, what... what are you doing!!!"

The extremely startled Demon Lord, upon regaining his senses and seeing the Taoist so close, couldn't help but ask out loud in quick succession.

Yet the next moment.

He only felt that the hand the Taoist had placed on top of his head was somehow hooking onto the tiny bit of Undying Tao Principle that he had finally managed to cultivate within himself, the very principle he relied on for his existence.

Immediately afterward.

The Undying Tao Principle that had been rooted within him for thousands of years was yanked right out by the Taoist!!!

"Scoundrel! Stop!

"What have you done to me... who are you!? Elder Chi, who is this Taoist you've brought!

"Give me back my Undying Tao Principle!"

The Demon Lord was now acting like a madman, roaring and struggling continuously.

The shiny silver chains that the Ancestor of the Immortal Palace had previously immobilized were now trembling slightly from his violent movements.

However, neither Jin Xu nor Elder Chi responded to his frenzied reaction.

The latter did not know what to say at the moment.

Whereas the former, after appearing on the ground with the strand of Undying Tao Principle wrapped in golden spiritual power,

Seriously said to Little Purple Spirit Elephant.

"You see, once this thing is shattered, doesn't it release the same annihilation aura that the bad people emitted back then?"

As soon as the words ended,

The Taoist's fingers came together and flicked lightly, shattering the rune that represented the meaning of indestructibility into countless fragments.

At the same time, a familiar and terrifying aura of annihilation that Little Purple Spirit remembered well began to spread from it.