Wait a minute, where is my master?

Still the same location.

Still the same technique.

The citizens of Shangjing City, just one day later, once again saw the sky filled with dark clouds, lightning flashing, thunder roaring, and a beam of light shooting into the sky from the direction of the imperial uncle's mansion.

The Nine Provinces Realm's Heavenly Dao rules, with their little entourage, silently appeared again in the courtyard.

"What's the matter?"

A strange fluctuation permeated the air, and two emotionless words emerged in the mind of the Ancestor of the Immortal Palace.

And the pale gold sphere itself, with its entourage, circled around Jin Xu in a manner that was not clearly understood.

"Well... The Origin rules of the Spirit Realm have been retrieved by the young Taoist, but there is something unusual with this item, and I need you to clarify."

Chidi looked at the young Taoist, who seemed to be more welcomed by the rules of the Nine Provinces Realm's Heavenly Dao, and his face showed a helpless expression.

Then, he picked up the Origin case from the side and recounted what he had just learned to the pale-gold light cluster.

After listening to Chidi's account, the movement of the Nine Provinces Realm's Heavenly Dao rules circling Jin Xu paused, and after letting him finish, It disappeared on the spot and reappeared out of thin air in front of the Origin case, extending several pale-gold tentacles into the case.

A moment later...

"Can't open it."

The somewhat aggrieved three words sounded in the minds of Jin Xu and Chidi, and the two exchanged glances.

The young Taoist stepped forward and said.

"This Origin of the Spirit Realm is unusually active; if I remove its bindings, I can't be sure of what It will do.

"Also, regarding its unusually active and strange behavior, you..."

Before he finished speaking.

Strange fluctuations emanated from the pale-gold light sphere.

"No harm."

"Absorb... then know."

Hearing this response, Jin Xu thought to himself how straightforward and crude it was.

Still, to avoid any mishaps, he completely enveloped the courtyard with Spiritual Power before releasing the Origin of the Spirit Realm from the Origin case.

"Done."

With the rise of those two words, the binding of the Spirit Realm's Origin in the Origin case disappeared without a trace.

And the blue-brown substance, as anticipated by the young Taoist, shot out in a random direction like a headless fly the moment its bindings were released.

However, it hadn't even flown a moment's time.

The pale-gold light sphere decisively hurled the surrounding greenish substance, hitting the Origin of the Spirit Realm squarely.

Afterward, the blue-brown substance froze in mid-air as if immobilized; after a few moments had passed, It surprisingly changed direction, voluntarily flying towards the pale-gold light sphere, the incarnation of the Nine Provinces Realm's Heavenly Dao rules, following the consciousness of the Origin of the Demon Realm.

One incense stick of time later.

Strange fluctuations began to permeate from the pale-gold light sphere.

"Have results... now."

This time, It didn't seem to suffer from "indigestion," spitting out another follower for itself.

This caused Jin Xu, who had been suspecting that the Nine Provinces Realm's Heavenly Dao rules might turn into a "mobile Solar System model," to feel a bit disappointed deep inside.

"Please elucidate."

The young Taoist shook his head, casting aside the clutter of thoughts, and then bowed respectfully to the pale-gold light sphere.

Seeming to be aware of its own poor verbal expression abilities and the inefficiency,

the Nine Provinces' Heavenly Dao rules hesitated for a moment and then opted for a live demonstration.

He saw thin mist spray from the pale golden light, enveloping the courtyard. Then, the pale golden mist continually swirled and transformed, revealing extremely intense and grand battle scenes before the little Taoist's eyes.

"This is the scene of our battle with the Demon Lord a thousand years ago."

The Ancestor of the Immortal Palace, upon seeing this scene, spoke with a hint of reminiscence in his voice.

Jin Xu nodded. In the scene before him, he saw the Demon Lord, who had long since been reduced to ashes, standing off against Chi Dao and members of the Four Great Immortal Sects. Even in a corner of the scene, he caught a glimpse of his master, whom he hadn't seen in several months.

However, the fighting scene only lasted a few breaths before the pale golden mist began to spin rapidly. Correspondingly, the battle scene on top seemed to be fast-forwarded.

It was only when the scene within the mist suddenly darkened, and then the perspective pulled up high, that the devastation on the land and the ever-expanding spatial rifts became evident.

Only then did the pace of the scene slow down slightly.

"This was when the space near Ling State couldn't bear the power of our battle, shattered, and got peeled away from the Nine Provinces Realm," explained Chi Dao timely, narrating like a competent 'tour guide.'

The little Taoist nodded slightly but said nothing.

Clearly, such a scene did not explain why the Origin of the Spirit Realm was so active.

And again, the scene demonstrated on the mist turned into darkness when countless spatial rifts expanded beyond repair. This time, the darkness lasted much longer than before.

Just as Jin Xu was internally muttering, wondering if the Heavenly Dao rules of the Nine Provinces Realm were 'broken,' light finally reappeared above the mist.

This time, the scene demonstrated in the pale golden mist was divided into several square blocks, each corresponding to a scene from Ling State.

In these scenes, some surviving living creatures were seen trying to save themselves.

There were also less fortunate ones who died on the spot due to the might of the shattered space.

Of course, there were a few lucky creatures that managed to survive the destructive might of the collapsing space.

But before they could take two steps, they were unfortunately met with traps set by either the Demon Sect or the Righteous Path.

And died on the spot.

"..."

Even though the scenes took place a millennium ago, Jin Xu still felt a bit discomforted upon seeing them.

Chi Dao also fell into a frown and silence.

At this moment, the pale golden orb once again pressed the fast-forward button, accelerating the scenes on the mist by a thousandfold.

On the screen.

Most of the remaining cultivators of the Spirit Realm had finished saving themselves.

And after gathering, they began to attempt to clear the remnants of prohibition magic from the former battlefield, hoping to forge a place where they could live in peace.

However, just when everything seemed to be thriving, and there were signs of improvement in this broken world,

countless square frames in the scene

suddenly began to show an outbreak of numerous spatial rifts as if a plague were spreading.

At first, no one emerged from these rifts, but primitive weapons such as arrows, spears, and grappling hooks flew out.

They struck unsuspecting cultivators with tricky angles.

And whatever exotic substances these weapons were made of, or whichever strange prohibitions they were imbued with, the cultivators of the Spirit Realm who were hit

would fall into a brief stupor!

Then, from those rifts where the weapons had flown out, items like lassos would emerge, snatching away the cultivators who stood dazed in place.

Of course, not all the many cultivators who survived in the Spirit Realm were ordinary.

When some became aware of the bizarre sneak attacks occurring across the realm,

it wasn't long before standouts emerged.