Hearing this, Jinian's expression immediately turned strange.
"You took it? Didn't you say..."
"I said I wanted it, not that I was going to absorb it." Lin Qiye cut off her train of thought. "Its properties may be somewhat chaotic, but it is still the Life Origin... It might prove immensely useful someday."
Jinian blinked curiously. "What immense use?"
"You'll find out when the time comes."
Jinian: (〝▼皿▼)
"Didn't your mother teach you that you deserve a beating for stopping halfway through a sentence?" Jinian stomped her foot in frustration. "Who leaves people hanging like that? If you don't tell me, I won't be able to sleep tonight!"
"...What does you not being able to sleep have to do with me?"
Completely unfazed by Jinian's threatening glare, Lin Qiye casually waved a hand. A wisp of darkness coiled around the pink ball of light and swallowed it whole. The instant the darkness completely sealed it away, the aura of desire it had continuously emitted vanished without a trace.
The Dark Origin could perfectly block the Life Origin's aura from leaking out. Even if Lin Qiye carried it on his person, it would not affect anyone around him.
After dealing with the Life Origin, the group walked straight out of the cave. Divine Lust Heaven had now completely sunk beneath the sea, leaving only a few fragments of buildings floating on the boundless ocean.
"Oh, right. Do you want to bring Utopia back to Great Xia with me?" Lin Qiye turned to Jinian.
Jinian raised an eyebrow. "What? You want to absorb our Shang Xie Association too?"
"...You're overthinking it." Lin Qiye pointed beneath the sea. "Before long, this fog will likely become a battlefield between Great Xia and the Cthulhu Mythos. No matter how capable you are, you are only