"It's all right, Ling'er. Focus on purifying and absorbing it. With my strength, I don't need you to divide your attention to help me for now."
Inside the spatial passage.
After Xiao Tian Ce said this, Ling'er thought it over and agreed. Even if she had wanted to refuse, she could no longer do so. Extracting the Emperor's Origin from Diwu Qing Hou's body had already exhausted much of her mental energy.
If it had been unrefined Emperor's Origin, she could have commanded it as easily as moving her own arm and absorbed it effortlessly. Just like the portion she had easily absorbed after Xiao Tian Ce broke the seal laid by the Tuoshe Emperor Flame.
Although she could still reclaim Emperor's Origin that had been refined, its essence had actually changed after its owner advanced to Dou Di.
Only by stripping away the impurities the Dou Di had infused into it could it return to its most primitive state.
"Little Mister, be careful in everything you do," Ling'er reminded him before concentrating on purifying the Emperor's Origin.
"Don't worry. Leave everything to me."
Xiao Tian Ce replied, then prepared to use his soul power to probe how far Xiao Xuan and the others were behind him. Had he not reacted quickly, he would probably have been injured.
"Hiss!"
He sucked in a cold breath, inwardly astonished. This spatial passage could actually damage his soul power.
What a terrifying spatial passage. I can't even use soul power to scout. This is going to be troublesome, Xiao Tian Ce thought.
His soul power had already reached the great perfection of the Emperor Realm. He was only a step away from raising it to an even stronger realm.
Yet the moment he released it, the spatial passage ground it away. It was