Weaving Souls and Weaving Spirits

Don't underestimate a ninth-grade Determining Destiny Realm cultivator. They may be at the very bottom of the cultivation path,

but once they succeeded in cultivation, it would directly bring about a tremendous elevation in the essence of their life!

At this moment, Jing Qian was enjoying the rewards brought by his breakthrough in cultivation.

The boundless primordial qi unique to this world surged violently in from the outside, pouring into his body.

His shell, which had nearly been burned into a dried corpse by the destiny fire, not only rapidly recovered from its injuries under the infusion of primordial qi, but was also strengthened at astonishing speed with the qi's augmentation!

Jing Qian had already been nourished by the primordial qi nurtured from his Destiny Essence. His body had grown to three chi, and he had been innately quite robust.

Now, he was advancing even further after reaching the top of the pole!

Although he was clearly still a child just over a year old, he rapidly developed until he looked nearly four chi tall, resembling a five- or six-year-old child.

The greatest change, however, was in his divine sense and thoughts.

Once a ninth-grade Determining Destiny cultivator completed the first stage, their sea of consciousness opened on its own, and divine sense was born naturally.

This was also one of the major hallmark changes of entering the Dao!

Jing Qian carefully sensed his own Niwan Palace and found that this sea of consciousness was so clear that he could perceive it at a glance, almost as if he could reach out and touch it.

It measured one cun and two fen across—this was where the divine essence was stored!

Within the sea of consciousness, the Sumeru Destiny Pattern had transformed to the size of a mustard seed. It was suppressed at the very bottom, firmly guarding the stability of his sea of consciousness.

At some unknown point, his White Fang Destiny Essence had also descended to the very center of his sea of consciousness.

From this Destiny Essence, a strange Magic Power was born and slowly began to grow.

Beginning from the sea of consciousness between his brows, this Magic Power flowed downward, passing through his internal organs and circulating through his limbs and body before returning to the sea of consciousness.

After completing this cycle, the Magic Power had clearly increased a little.

He believed that after just a few more days of accumulation, a second White Fang Destiny Essence would naturally condense.

More importantly, after completing this cycle, the Magic Power had completely fallen under his control.

Jing Qian felt comfortable from head to toe, his emotions surging and his Divine Will complete!

His entire person had become completely different from before!

At the top of his sea of consciousness was a spatial node that only Jing Qian himself could perceive.

This was the entrance to his Destiny Stele Space!

Jing Qian's divine sense leaped forward, entering the space for the first time as a ninth-grade cultivator.

The entire Destiny Stele Space had undergone a dramatic transformation!

The cramped, narrow space that had originally been only the size of a single room had expanded to more than three times its former size.

The Safe Zone had likewise tripled in area!

Looking again at his Destiny Stele, the information on it had also changed drastically!

Host: Jing Qian

Lifespan: 1/144 years

Destiny Essence: 1.35 (White Fang)

Destiny Pattern: Sumeru (Golden Root)

After completing his breakthrough, he had not only obtained a golden Sumeru Destiny Pattern, but had also directly gained an entire sixty years of life.

Jing Qian finally possessed, to a certain extent, the qualifications to control his own destiny!

He returned his divine sense to reality and opened his eyes. Then he spoke:

"Azure Pearl, I did it!"

With danger looming, his strength had finally undergone a qualitative transformation. He did not dare say he could help much, but at the very least, he would no longer fall to the point of becoming someone else's burden!

Seeing that Jing Qian had truly completed his entry into the Dao, a trace of consolation even appeared in the eight compound eyes of Azure Pearl.

This demonic spider truly possessed abundant spirituality, almost like a living human.

Jing Qian stood up and fiercely stretched his completely renewed body, effortlessly settling into a solid boxing stance.

Although he was only as tall as an elementary-school student now, his physical strength alone had already far surpassed that of his previous life!

Just as he was about to speak again, Azure Pearl beneath his feet suddenly moved.

It spun out another bundle of web silk, dragged over the brocade quilt Jing Qian had just taken off and tossed aside, and carefully draped it over him.

The tiny Brocade Pouch that Jing Su Shi had stuffed into his swaddling clothes was also firmly tied around his right arm by Azure Pearl's web silk.

Jing Qian was somewhat baffled and could not help asking:

"Azure Pearl, what are you doing?"

But the demonic spider neither responded nor stopped. Instead, it busied itself even faster!

First, it separated half of the coconut wood from the raft beneath its feet and made a new raft.

Then it untied the Iron Skewer and copper hammer that had originally been fastened to its legs and tied them onto the new raft.

Immediately afterward, ignoring Jing Qian's reaction, it actually pressed him to the ground and bound him alongside the Iron Skewer.

What the demonic spider did next shocked Jing Qian even more!

He saw it control its web silk and forcibly pry out one of its eight emerald-like compound eyes!

Azure blood gushed from the wound.

Although Azure Pearl was already a fully accomplished Azure Wing demon ghost,

this compound eye was one of the cores of its cultivation and was extraordinarily important to it.

Losing one compound eye caused its entire body to tremble violently, and its injuries worsened further.

"Azure Pearl, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Jing Qian tried to struggle, but he had only just entered the Dao, and his strength was still far too weak. He could not break free from the great demon's web-silk bindings at all.

He could only watch helplessly as Azure Pearl forcibly stuffed that compound eye into his mouth.

The compound eye looked like jade, yet it melted the instant it entered his mouth, disappearing from Jing Qian's oral cavity in the blink of an eye.

He felt a cool Magic Power begin to circulate up and down his body. In the end, it all gathered at his scalp and poured into the follicles of his hair.

Then Jing Qian's thick black hair began to fall out strand by strand until it left him completely bald.

Just then, a brand-new Destiny Pattern quietly condensed within Jing Qian's sea of consciousness:

Weaving Souls and Weaving Spirits

Rank: Azure Wing

Thousands of strands entwine and bind; weaving souls and tangling spirits, ghosts and gods are shaken.

Jing Qian, who had only just entered the Dao, had actually condensed a second Destiny Pattern, once again welcoming a leap in cultivation!

If this had happened to an ordinary Rogue Cultivator, being able to gather enough resources and refine a second Destiny Pattern within three years of entering the Dao would already have been considered an extraordinary stroke of good fortune.

He sank into the changes in his sea of consciousness and stopped struggling, allowing the other party to do as it pleased.

After Azure Pearl finished all this, it connected even the web silk restraining the five hundred ocean fish to the new raft, then released its hold over the raft.

With more than half its load cast off, the new raft shot forward at tremendous speed while the fish-powered propulsion did not weaken in the slightest!

Meanwhile, Azure Pearl, having lost its source of propulsion, was left far behind.

Lying on the raft, Jing Qian could clearly sense his separation from Azure Pearl, but he could not change it.

At that moment, a crisp and melodious female voice reached his ears:

"Little Qian, with a great enemy before us, you and I certainly won't be able to escape together. I'll hold back whoever is coming for a while. You go on ahead."

"You managed to enter the Dao in time, so you must be a person with a destined affinity. You should be able to escape alive. That way, I can at least say I have not failed Sister Su's trust."

"I probably won't go looking for you. Don't you go thinking about me."

"Sister Su was killed by the people across from us. No matter how this battle ends, I have no reason to live on alone."

"And one more thing—Azure Pearl isn't what you should call me!"

"Going by your family's seniority, you ought to call me Grandma Azure!"

This demonic spider understood everything and remembered everything!

When a bone-piercing chill from the horizon entered its divine sense, it had already cast life and death completely aside.