Worth it

Shi Yi opened his eyes, shattering the void with his gaze alone. This was the terrifying eye technique known as Heaven-Opening Double Pupils.

However, Shi Yi was still only in the Blood Moving Realm, so the power of Heaven-Opening Double Pupils was limited.

As he continued to evolve, this eye technique would grow ever more powerful, eventually becoming every opponent's nightmare.

By now, Shi Yi had developed his Double Pupils to a terrifying degree.

At merely the Blood Moving Realm, he had already unlocked a fearsome secret art like Heaven-Opening Double Pupils.

More than that, deep within both his eyes, new symbols and new Order Divine Chains were already interweaving, dispersing the mist. A new ability was on the verge of emerging.

Shi Yi had a feeling that the next secret art he unlocked would be Yin-Yang Qi.

For those with Double Pupils, the left eye held vitality, while the right held destruction. These abilities had shown their first signs from the very beginning. During the battle at the Martial King Manor, "Shi Yi" had suffered grave injuries and used his left eye's power to create vitality, knitting his broken bones together and restoring displaced bones to their proper positions.

Its effects simply had not been all that powerful.

But if he cultivated Yin-Yang Qi within his eyes, his powers of vitality and destruction would improve enormously, undergoing a qualitative leap.

Shi Yi looked forward to that with great anticipation.

His gains from this baptism had truly been immense. Not only had he accumulated deep reserves and a firm foundation in the Dao, laying the groundwork for his future rise and explosive growth in cultivation, but he had also taken great strides through the Blood Moving Realm, evolving to an extraordinarily profound level. His two innate gifts-the Double Pupils and the Supreme Bone-had grown far more powerful as well, unlocking terrifying secret arts.

Within the Supreme Bone, symbols lay densely packed, and the sound of scriptures rang without end. A secret art of astonishing power was about to take shape.

Without the drop of divine blood, the Sacred Medicine, the other supplementary medicines, and the help of the Ten Thousand Beasts Furnace, there was no telling how long the Supreme Bone would have needed to mature and produce a complete secret art.

Of course, for this secret art to truly emerge, he would still need the right opportunity.

As a transmigrator, Shi Yi already knew what secret art the Supreme Bone was nurturing: Heavenly Tribulation Light.

In the original story, Shi Yi had wanted to use this secret art to defeat its original owner and deliver the final blow. Instead, Shi Hao had countered him, bringing all his efforts to ruin. He had suffered a bitter defeat without even managing to unleash the supreme profundity of his Double Pupils.

In this life, Shi Yi naturally would not make the same mistake again.

He had kept the Supreme Bone isolated all along, never allowing the supreme blood within it to circulate throughout his body.

As for the secret art nurtured within the bone-Heavenly Tribulation Light-he planned to wait until it took shape, then analyze it with his Double Pupils and use it as a Treasure Technique. Though he could not use it to contend with Shi Hao, it would be quite effective against other people.

"Humm!"

Sacred radiance spread outward. Like a young heavenly god descending into the world, Shi Yi slowly landed.

Shi Yi's gaze now blazed with light, and an indescribable pressure awed everything around him. To the two Venerables and Shi Ziteng, this pressure might have been negligible, but to creatures in the same Blood Moving Realm, it was boundlessly terrifying.

If a being could leave others struggling to breathe with his gaze alone, then his very presence would inevitably place tremendous psychological pressure on his enemies.

The two Venerables and Shi Ziteng could already imagine the shock and oppression Shi Yi would inflict on his opponents in battle. It would simply leave them unable to breathe.

"Yi, you... truly are remarkable. If we were in the Blood Moving Realm region of the Void God Realm right now, I'm afraid even the three of us together would be no match for you," Old Golden Spider said with a sigh of admiration.

After undergoing his baptism at age five, Shi Yi still had a long way to go before reaching his goal. Yet he could already sweep through the Blood Moving Realm region of the Void God Realm. No one could stand against him, not even pure-blooded creatures at the same level.

The two spiders and the man had no doubt about that.

"Everything I've achieved today is thanks to the devoted nurturing of you two patriarchs. Otherwise, I could never have come this far.

"When I succeed on the Great Dao someday, I will surely repay your immense kindness." Shi Yi cupped his hands toward the two giant spiders, his steady voice still carrying a trace of childishness.

Hearing this, Old Golden Spider and Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider felt deeply gratified. At once, they felt they had placed their stakes on the right person.

If Shi Yi had not known to repay kindness, then no matter how gifted he was or how powerful he became in the future, he would be of no use to them. They would receive nothing in return.

Fortunately, Shi Yi was not that sort of person.

"Haha, good, good, good! With those words from you, Yi, we can rest easy. From this day forward, Demon Spirit Lake will be your greatest support. We will surely help you reach the pinnacle of the Desolate Region." Old Golden Spider laughed heartily, delighted.

Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider was also grinning from ear to ear. For Shi Yi's baptism at age five, he had personally left his mountain and traveled throughout the Primordial Divine Mountains in search of medicine.

Seeing him seek medicine so earnestly, the Venerable Realm experts in those Primordial Divine Mountains had thought that Demon Spirit Lake had produced some peerless genius seen only once in ten thousand years, and all of them had asked about it. When he told them it was for a human child, those Venerables had laughed and shaken their heads, believing it was not worth the effort.

Now, it seemed that everything he had done had been worthwhile.

Watching this scene, Shi Ziteng also wore a gratified expression. His own son was so outstanding that he, as the boy's father, felt proud as well, sharing in his glory.

At that moment, Old Golden Spider's eyes shone as he examined Shi Yi's body. Though delighted, he had not forgotten the outrageous goal Shi Yi had proposed earlier. Now that the baptism at age five was over and Shi Yi's cultivation had advanced considerably, just how far had his physical strength risen?

He had certainly surpassed eighty thousand jin. After all, both main ingredients in the potent medicinal mixture used for his baptism were heaven-defying treasures, difficult to find in the lower realm.

"Yi, how is your physical cultivation coming along? This furnace of extraordinary medicine should have been enough to push your pure physical strength above eighty thousand jin," Old Golden Spider asked curiously.

Shi Yi nodded. His jet-black hair gleamed, stirring without wind. Though his arms were slender, they held terrifying strength.

"Patriarch, do you have anything heavy?"

That was what he asked.

"Of course. This spear was forged from divine iron and weighs roughly eighty-five thousand jin. Very few Blood Moving Realm creatures can lift it with physical strength alone. Even powerful pure-blooded creatures cannot wield it freely, even if they manage to lift it."

As Old Golden Spider spoke, he tossed an ancient-looking spear onto the ground. It radiated a chilling aura and bore traces of blood.

Shi Yi nodded. Without another word, he stepped forward, crouched before the divine iron spear, gripped its shaft with both hands, and exerted his strength.

Under the astonished gazes of the two spiders and the man, Shi Yi raised the eighty-five-thousand-jin divine iron spear high overhead. The entire process was swift and did not seem particularly strenuous.

This meant Shi Yi's pure physical strength far exceeded what they had imagined.

"What incredible physical strength."

Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider praised him.

It was his first time seeing such a formidable human child.