"I'm thinking too far ahead."

Shen Yi shook his head. Without formations laid in advance, the Thousand-Legged Demon Emperor alone would be more than enough to give him trouble.

Let alone that White Swan Demon Emperor, whom even the Gold-Winged Nine-Striped Tiger regarded with such wariness.

He could only take it one step at a time.

With that in mind, Shen Yi looked around, and once he'd confirmed the Gold-Winged Demon Emperor had truly gone, the threads at his fingertips turned azure. Communing with spiritual qi through the Age-Tree root, he laid down an exquisite little presence-concealing formation.

The Xu family's goods really were rather useful.

Preparations made, Shen Yi looked at the panel and swiftly exchanged for a Demon Origin.

In the next instant, the newly slain Nether-Gloom Spider Emperor gradually began to take shape.

【Great Demon Emperor (Remnant): Nether-Gloom Spider Emperor】

Looking at its ruined form, its eyes couldn't even be called dull-witted — there was simply no consciousness there at all.

Shen Yi sighed, and rather than pinching pennies, exchanged for two Origins at once and fed them over without ceremony.

【Remaining Demon Lifespan: 33,000 years】

Under such generous treatment, the word "Remnant" on the panel slowly vanished.

"Nether-Gloom greets my lord."

The Nether-Gloom Spider Emperor looked at Shen Yi in fear. Its wits restored, it naturally recalled the events of thirty thousand years ago. "My lord is brilliant! To have cut down Nether-Gloom by force — truly a wisdom unmatched in all the ages!"

"..."

Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and looked at it calmly.

So the very first thing out of your mouth is sarcasm, is it?

As if sensing the shift in its master's expression, the Nether-Gloom Spider Emperor, though baffled, hurried to pledge its loyalty. "Nether-Gloom is grateful for my lord's great kindness. Whatever your instructions, I would not refuse though I died ten thousand deaths."

Shen Yi withdrew his gaze, and did not rush to set it deriving straight away.

After all, forcing the derivation of a Return-to-Void method at early-stage Spirit-Transformation — one need hardly think to know how dangerous that…