Blood Moving

As the men talked, the Medicine Cauldron, which had been still until then, began to tremble under the Black Phoenix Wood Flame, giving off a low rumble.

Even with its lid sealed perfectly tight, an astonishing medicinal fragrance seeped out and spread through the entire courtyard.

They could vaguely make out treasure light blazing within the Medicine Cauldron, accompanied by the roars of a Primordial Remnant and Shi Yi's furious cries. Clearly, a fierce battle was inevitable.

The true blood of a living Primordial Remnant held terrifyingly potent divine power. To devour that vast quantity of divine essence, Shi Yi first had to subdue it. If he failed, the divine power would backlash against him, leaving him gravely injured at best and threatening his life at worst.

The ancestors were not worried. The young child sitting cross-legged inside the cauldron was no ordinary being. He possessed two supreme innate gifts, Double Pupils and the Supreme Bone. At four years old, he could lift a bronze cauldron weighing ten thousand jin, and he could master intricate, profound Treasure Techniques after seeing them only a few times. Suppressing the divine essence would surely be no trouble for him.

Indeed, events unfolded just as they had expected.

Inside the Medicine Cauldron, Shi Yi sat cross-legged. Every strand of his black hair rose into the air, crystal-clear and suffused with astonishing divine power. Sacred treasure light wreathed his entire body, while symbols surged within his unfathomably deep eyes. He looked like a Heavenly God descended into the world.

Opposite him, an enormous Primordial Remnant bird beat its wings and cried out. Utterly domineering, it stirred up a raging tide of divine power, attempting to suppress Shi Yi instead.

Boom!

Shi Yi struck, unleashing all manner of Treasure Techniques with a wave of his hand. A holy full moon slowly rose, showering endless sacred light below. A giant wolf bathed in that light, its eyes turning blood-red as it threw back its head and howled.

This was Sky Wolf Howls at the Moon, derived from a Sky Wolf Treasure Bone, an advanced Treasure Technique ranked just below those of Primordial Remnants.

The Sky Wolf's appearance somehow provoked the giant bird. Its wings beat faster, turning into sharp chaos blades as it swooped toward him at an unbelievable speed.

The outcome was decided in an instant. The giant bird cleaved both the Sky Wolf and the full moon in half. With a whimper, they disintegrated on the spot, dissolving into countless symbols that scattered and vanished.

Shi Yi remained expressionless as he unleashed White Rhino Charge. An astonishingly massive rhinoceros charged wildly at the giant bird, attempting to smash it apart with its horn.

Yet this Treasure Technique was equally helpless against the giant bird. Its indestructible wings tore the rhinoceros apart.

After that, Shi Yi tried several more Treasure Techniques in succession. Without exception, the divine bird defeated them all.

Throughout the entire process, Shi Yi's expression remained as calm as still water, without the slightest trace of panic, as though everything lay within his grasp.

Although the repeated assaults of his Treasure Techniques failed to destroy the divine bird, they steadily weakened it. After several rounds, it was no longer as powerful as it had been at the start.

Shi Yi's eyes shone brightly. Before his Double Pupils, the divine bird held no secrets. Its structure and the runic power within its body were all exposed before his eyes.

Boom!

With a vicious look in its eyes, the divine bird spread its rigid wings and dove at Shi Yi.

Just as it was about to reach him and inflict a terrible wound, a dark divine gleam appeared in Shi Yi's right pupil. A jet-black beam abruptly shot out. Instantly, the Medicine Cauldron shuddered violently, and an explosive report rang out inside, as though the cauldron would burst in the next moment.

The dark light blazed. Like netherfire from hell, the black beam carried an aura of destruction within its fierce brilliance. Moving at the utmost speed, it struck the left side of the divine bird's chest directly.

At that moment, the divine bird let out a miserable shriek. The left side of its chest turned pitch-black, spilling great quantities of divine essence. Its once-powerful aura immediately grew feeble.

Then the blackened area rapidly expanded as the aura of destruction erupted. The giant bird could no longer hold together and collapsed, turning back into an ocean of divine power that scattered throughout the Medicine Cauldron.

To Shi Yi, its weakness had shone as brightly as a star in the darkness. He could find it with ease, and all he needed to do was deliver a fatal strike to destroy it.

Having suppressed the turmoil inside the Medicine Cauldron, Shi Yi could now devour the divine essence in peace.

This time, at such a crucial moment in his Blood Moving Realm cultivation, he did not intend to give half the essence within the cauldron to the Supreme Bone.

His Double Pupils unleashed their power. The forces of life and destruction flowed from his left and right eyes respectively, enveloping and sealing the Supreme Bone.

Once every preparation was complete, Shi Yi began cultivating in the Blood Moving Realm for the first time in his life.

Solemn and majestic, he sat motionless, bathing in an ocean formed from gathered divine essence. His flesh glowed as he sank into a wondrous state, completely isolated from the outside world. With his full attention focused, he refined the divine light surrounding his body.

Shi Yi's Double Pupils remained open. Within them, chains of order intertwined and danced, swiftly forming symbols of the Great Dao. These fell from his pupils and merged with the divine light before being refined into his flesh, blending into radiant light and becoming Divine Radiance.

It was a lengthy process. All the blood in his body had to undergo refinement before the transformation could be complete.

Eventually, every drop of blood within Shi Yi became a rune, an eternal divine furnace, drawing in and releasing divine essence, emitting boundless light, and nourishing his flesh.

At that moment, his pores opened, and comfort suffused his entire body. Every drop of blood was a strand of divinity, breathing divine radiance in and out. Within all the blood vessels in his body, it seemed as though god after god sat cross-legged, their entire bodies pouring forth brilliant divine light. They were packed so densely that it seemed countless deities were reciting scriptures and chanting. The sight was astonishing.

Throughout this process, Shi Yi continued to perfect himself. His Double Pupils shone as he examined his own body from within, removing every flaw in pursuit of absolute perfection.

Hum!

The patterns on the Medicine Cauldron seemed to come alive: flowers, birds, insects, fish, mountains, rivers, and the earth, all profoundly mysterious.

As the most powerful Medicine Cauldron belonging to a King Marquis-level power, it was naturally no ordinary object.

Wondrous manifestations arose inside the Medicine Cauldron as well. A mysterious power spread out, helping Shi Yi refine the medicinal liquid and divine substances.

"Yi has already subdued the divine power inside. Now is the time to turn up the heat and reduce the liquid.

"Hurry, stoke the fire! The Black Phoenix Wood Flame will greatly benefit Yi's Blood Moving Realm cultivation," an elder said urgently.

The ancestor responsible for adding firewood immediately acted, increasing the heat. In an instant, the black flames beneath the Medicine Cauldron swelled severalfold.

The flames raged with a howling roar. Vaguely, a black phoenix seemed to spread its wings and soar within them.

Sitting cross-legged inside the Medicine Cauldron, Shi Yi experienced the benefits of the Black Phoenix Wood Flame. Black Phoenix Wood symbolized rebirth through nirvana, and the black flames kindled from it could fill a cultivator's blood with vitality and resilience.

Although he had subdued the giant bird formed from divine power, the divine essence contained in an adult Primordial Remnant's true blood remained domineering.