At birth, Shi Yi had already worn the dazzling, eye-catching halos of an "Ancient Era Sage" and a "Heaven-Born Deity."
But his fame had been confined to the Stone Kingdom.
Across the entire Desolate Region, he was not quite so heaven-defying. After all, pure-blooded creatures were universally acknowledged as the beings at the pyramid's peak. Humans were innately frail, and approaching pure-blooded creatures in strength was far too difficult.
Never mind pure-blooded creatures-even against the descendants of primordial remnants, human prodigies had little to show for themselves.
But now, things were different.
With a single battle, Shi Yi had established his might, decisively defeating the legend they revered and shaking the entire younger generation of the Primordial Divine Mountain. His invincible bearing was on full display. Wherever his cold, imperious gaze swept, no one dared challenge him; they all looked away or bowed their heads.
Strength was always the best answer to every problem.
When the boy and spider first arrived, many among the Primordial Divine Mountain's younger generation had been dissatisfied, and numerous voices had denounced Shi Yi. Yet after he subdued the True Hou, crippled the Pixiu, and defeated Jin Yunteng in their one-strike contest, those voices all vanished. The entire Blood Pool fell silent, without a sound.
Even the furious Jin Yunxiao quieted down, realizing how terrifying Shi Yi was.
The defeated Jin Yunteng stood with his hands behind his back, his piercing eyes like two golden lamps, golden flames blazing within them.
He looked straight at Shi Yi. On the surface, he appeared perfectly calm, but deep inside, rivers churned and seas overturned, refusing to settle for a long time.
Since first making his name, he had never suffered a defeat. Whoever he encountered at the same level, he crushed them with overwhelming force, like snapping rotten wood.
He had never imagined that today, before all the pure-blooded younglings of the Primordial Divine Mountain, he would taste the bitter fruit of his first defeat. That taste was torment to him, something he would never forget.
Was he willing to accept it? Of course not. The Golden-Winged Roc clan was born proud and untamable.
Still, Jin Yunteng retained his reason; defeat had not clouded his judgment. He knew that whether he fought this bearer of double pupils in a single exchange or a prolonged battle to the death, the outcome would be the same. Without a way to counter those double pupils, even growing three heads and six arms would be futile.
Shi Yi stood in the best position, then calmly sat cross-legged. Seeing this, Little Golden Spider also sat down and assumed a cultivation posture.
Then Shi Yi took out his Qilin Remnant Stone, letting it float in the air before urging the pure-blooded younglings behind him to hurry.
By then, the pure-blooded younglings of the Primordial Divine Mountain had finished redistributing their positions.
The Jin Yunteng brothers moved one place back from the best position, and everyone else shifted back in turn.
As for the gravely wounded True Hou youngling and the two Pixiu, they were all squeezed into the very rear, left to eat only the cold scraps everyone else left behind.
Hearing Shi Yi urge them on, none of the pure-blooded younglings dared delay. They immediately took out their Qilin Remnant Stones and opened their hands, allowing the stones to float upward.
Hum!
The Qilin Remnant Stones glowed faintly. As though drawn by some force, they flew above Shi Yi's head, gathering there and joining together into a complete Qilin Stone.
On the Qilin Stone, the image of a Qilin was lifelike, radiating a hazy purple glow, sacred and brilliant.
Shi Yi reached out and guided it from a distance, sending the Qilin Stone flying ahead of him.
A bare stone wall stood there. On the surface, nothing about it seemed unusual, save for a single recess, as though a piece had been forcibly gouged out.
A closer look revealed that this recess matched the Qilin Stone under Shi Yi's control perfectly.
Under Shi Yi's direction, the Qilin Stone flew over and fitted into the recess without the slightest gap.
In an instant, the bare stone wall changed. Sacred purple light spread from it, forming a purple mist.
The Qilin Mark on the stone seemed to come alive, as though it were about to step out of the wall.
At this sight, all the pure-blooded younglings present grew excited. It meant the blood pool baptism was about to begin.
Shi Yi mobilized all the divine radiance in his blood, transforming it into mighty furnaces as he prepared to receive the baptism.
Throughout the ages, blood pool baptisms had always been a contest of refinement speed and the depth of one's foundations.
However great one's ability, that was how many resources one could obtain.
Beside Shi Yi, Little Golden Spider swallowed. Mysterious symbols of the Great Dao covered every golden spider leg, waiting only for the stone wall ahead to open its gates and release the blood.
Crack!
After a crisp snap, the outline of a doorway appeared on the smooth stone wall, growing clear from its initial blur.
Then the doorway opened, revealing a pitch-black passage.
Whoosh!
Purple mist burst forth, and a vast river of Qilin blood surged from the depths of the passage toward the channel where Shi Yi sat cross-legged.
The purple river of blood roared, radiating an ocean of divine splendor. Its vital essence was incredibly rich, instantly flooding this stretch of heaven and earth.
Seen from afar, it resembled little Purple Qilin racing along, releasing astonishing divine power.
An opportunity!
Shi Yi sensed that this was the great opportunity he needed to break through his shackles and storm into the blood moving extreme realm.
Purple Qilin blood was far more precious than the blood of primordial remnants or pure-blooded creatures. Of course, the purple Qilin blood here had been diluted countless times, specially prepared for beings in the blood moving realm.
Seated cross-legged in the best position, Shi Yi and Little Golden Spider were the first to enjoy the purple Qilin blood.
An immense force struck them head-on. Purple mist steamed, divine power erupted, and divine essence filled the air.
The boy and spider had long since prepared themselves. Amid the great river of purple blood, they remained firm as bedrock, towering and unmoving.
Then they mobilized the divine radiance in their blood, sparing no effort to refine the divine power and vast quantities of vital essence around them.
The greatest disturbance came from Shi Yi. Without hesitation, he opened the seal over his Supreme Bone and let it devour freely. At the same time, he frantically refined the essence surrounding him to replenish himself.
His double pupils shone brilliantly. Countless Order Divine Chains and rules of the Great Dao glittered within them. Like two unfathomably deep black holes, they swallowed great mouthfuls of the divine power contained in the purple Qilin blood.
As his two innate gifts and the divine radiance in his blood gulped like a whale and drank like an ox, his cultivation, which had not improved for a long time, began advancing again. His physical strength also increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He alone devoured more than half the divine power and vital essence in the river of purple Qilin blood. By comparison, Little Golden Spider fell far short, taking in less than a tenth of what he did.
After Shi Yi intercepted it, the once-turbulent river of blood instantly became gentle, diminished by more than half in every respect.
This terrifying sight left the pure-blooded creatures waiting eagerly behind him dumbstruck.
The Golden-Winged Roc brothers, who were closest, felt it most keenly. To them, Shi Yi was a humanoid Taotie, practically about to devour the river of blood down to its last drop.
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