Chapter Summaries

Shi Yi asked Demon Spirit Lake to help him push his body beyond ordinary limits, and its two Venerables agreed to prepare an extravagant baptism for him. The Old Golden Spider chose to use the clan’s diminished Heavenly God Blood and Sacred Medicine, while the Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider left to obtain the remaining ingredients.

• Shi Yi asked the Old Golden Spider and Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider to support his attempt to reach one hundred and eight thousand jin with a single arm, and they agreed to help him pursue his own path.
• The Old Golden Spider decided to use Demon Spirit Lake’s Heavenly God Blood and Sacred Medicine for Shi Yi’s baptism, and the Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider accepted the plan.
• The two Venerables listed the supplementary medicines needed for the baptism, including ingredients Demon Spirit Lake would have to trade for or request from other Primordial Divine Mountains.
• The Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider set out to obtain the missing medicines while the Old Golden Spider gathered the principal ingredients.
• The Old Golden Spider retrieved a sealed ancient jar and plucked part of Demon Spirit Lake’s Silver Lotus Sacred Medicine into a jade vessel.

Shi Yi argued that the human body could hold boundless potential and pursued rapid cultivation while preparing for his five-year-old baptism at Demon Spirit Lake. After the Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider gathered the necessary medicines, Shi Yi and Shi Ziteng went to the Medicine Refining Hall as the baptism was about to begin.

• Shi Ziteng warned Shi Yi that matching a pureblood creature's strength was unrealistic, but Shi Yi argued that the human form was naturally close to the Dao and had untapped potential.
• The Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider returned to Demon Spirit Lake with every ingredient needed for Shi Yi's baptism after trading with great clans and pureblood creatures.
• Shi Yi spent half a month studying Demon Spirit Lake's Bone Scriptures and runes, greatly improving his understanding and blood energy.
• The old Golden Spider summoned Shi Ziteng to bring Shi Yi to the Medicine Refining Hall so the medicine could be prepared.
• Shi Ziteng and Shi Yi arrived at the cleared Medicine Refining Hall, where a strong medicinal fragrance mingled with the stench of blood.

Shi Yi began a baptism in Demon Spirit Lake’s Ten Thousand Beasts Furnace, where Old Golden Spider and Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider used rare treasures to prepare a foundation powerful enough for his innate gifts. The ritual reached its next stage when Old Golden Spider opened a jar of blood whose energy filled the chamber.

• Shi Ziteng led Shi Yi into the secluded chamber, where Old Golden Spider and Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider prepared for the baptism.
• Old Golden Spider warned that a drop of Heavenly God Blood would make the baptism dangerously powerful, and Shi Yi said he would rely on his double pupils and Supreme Bone.
• The two Venerables filled the Ten Thousand Beasts Furnace with rare herbs, materials, and special blood, then lit it with golden flames.
• Old Golden Spider added Demon Spirit Lake’s Sacred Medicine, activating the furnace and its lingering blood energy from countless past baptisms.
• Old Golden Spider opened a sealed clay jar, releasing a surge of blood energy that filled the chamber.

Old Golden Spider and Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider used Demon Spirit Lake’s Heavenly God Blood, Sacred Medicine, and other treasures to begin Shi Yi’s baptism in the Myriad Beasts Cauldron. Inside the sealed furnace, Shi Yi cultivated and unleashed his Supreme Bone and Double Pupils, but even their combined power struggled to contain the overwhelming divine essence.

• The Heavenly God Blood released a terrifying pressure that made Shi Ziteng kneel and nearly forced Shi Yi to the ground.
• Old Golden Spider and Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider placed the Heavenly God Blood into the Medicine Furnace, awakening it with immense energy.
• Shi Yi entered the furnace, and the two Venerables sealed it with Order Divine Chains while Shi Ziteng thanked them for their support.
• As the blood energy threatened to make him burst, Shi Yi began cultivating in the Blood Moving Realm and drew on the ancient texts he had studied.
• Shi Yi lifted the restrictions on his Supreme Bone and let both it and his Double Pupils devour the divine essence, but he still struggled to withstand its flow.

Shi Yi completed a month-long baptism in the Ten Thousand Beasts Furnace, absorbing Heavenly God blood and precious medicines that transformed his cultivation, Double Pupils, and Supreme Bone. He emerged with physical strength beyond eighty thousand jin and split space with his gaze, astonishing the witnesses.

• Shi Yi endured the furnace’s divine essence as it strengthened his body, Double Pupils, Supreme Bone, and Blood Moving Realm cultivation.
• After a month, the furnace’s golden medicine was exhausted, and Old Golden Spider, Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider, and Shi Ziteng prepared to open it.
• The furnace lid opened, and Shi Yi rose amid a terrifying surge of power that shocked the three observers.
• Shi Yi’s physical strength surpassed eighty thousand jin, while his Double Pupils and Supreme Bone radiated immense power.
• Shi Yi opened his eyes and split a patch of space with his gaze, prompting Old Golden Spider to recite Demon Spirit Lake’s saying about Double Pupils.

After his baptism, Shi Yi’s Double Pupils and Supreme Bone gained power, and he demonstrated strength beyond the elders’ expectations. He left the chapter able to lift an eighty-five-thousand-jin spear with ease.

• Shi Yi’s baptism strengthened his Double Pupils and Supreme Bone, and he anticipated unlocking Yin-Yang Qi and Heavenly Tribulation Light.
• Shi Yi thanked Old Golden Spider and Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider for nurturing him and promised to repay their kindness.
• Old Golden Spider pledged Demon Spirit Lake’s support to help Shi Yi reach the pinnacle of the Desolate Region.
• Old Golden Spider tested Shi Yi’s physical strength by giving him an eighty-five-thousand-jin divine iron spear.
• Shi Yi lifted the spear overhead with little effort, astonishing Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider and the others.

Shi Yi lifted the hundred-thousand-jin Azure Demon Halberd, astonishing the two Demon Spirit Lake venerables and Shi Ziteng, but remained determined to surpass pureblood creatures. Old Golden Spider told him that he could represent Demon Spirit Lake at the blood pool baptism in ten months, an opportunity said to have ties to Qilin.

• Shi Yi lifted a ninety-thousand-jin Divine Cauldron with ease, then raised the hundred-thousand-jin Azure Demon Halberd with both hands.
• Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider and Shi Ziteng were stunned by Shi Yi's strength, while Old Golden Spider recognized the halberd as the limit of his current ability.
• Shi Yi said that a hundred thousand jin was far from his limit and resolved to keep pursuing greater physical strength.
• Old Golden Spider revealed that Shi Yi would represent Demon Spirit Lake at the blood pool baptism in ten months alongside a pureblood youngster.
• Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider explained that the baptism took place in a blood pool discovered in ruins connected to Qilin, where the Primordial Divine Mountains sent outstanding blood-moving-realm descendants every ten years.

Shi Yi secured a place in Demon Spirit Lake’s blood pool baptism and received resources, treasure techniques, and ancient texts to prepare for it. After studying primordial runes and bone text for half a month, his understanding reached new heights.

• The Old Golden Spider granted Shi Yi a place in the Qilin Secret Realm and blood pool baptism, telling him to prove his strength if the clan objected.
• Shi Yi and the two Venerables agreed that he would train both his Dao arts and physical body during the ten months before the baptism.
• The Old Golden Spider and the Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider gave Shi Yi cultivation resources, treasure techniques, and ancient texts on primordial runes and bone text.
• Shi Ziteng gave Shi Yi several Bone Scriptures he had found in a cave abode and explained that he could not pass on the Rain Clan’s techniques because of a poison oath.
• Shi Yi spent half a month studying the ancient texts, deepening his understanding of runes and bone text through the power of his double pupils.

Shi Yi completed another transformation through comprehending runes and bone text, then studied several treasure techniques and Bone Scriptures to prepare for the Blood Pool Baptism. He left the hall to begin tempering his body, unaware that Demon Spirit Lake was arguing over his place in the baptism.

• Shi Yi spent a month cultivating, strengthening his flesh as his blood-borne divine radiance refined the essence of heaven and earth.
• Shi Yi studied and mastered the Golden Spider and Golden-Winged Roc treasure techniques given to him by Demon Spirit Lake's venerables.
• Shi Yi read Shi Ziteng's Bone Scriptures and learned the Dao Weapon Deification Technique, Sleeve-World, and the Heavenly Scorpion Treasure Technique.
• Shi Yi examined the incomplete Golden Crow Precious Technique and saw that his double pupils might help restore parts of it.
• Shi Yi left the great hall to begin physical cultivation, with nine months remaining until the Blood Pool Baptism.
• Demon Spirit Lake's members argued over Shi Yi cutting in line and taking a place in the Blood Pool Baptism.

Shi Yi intimidated the young spiders at the body-tempering grounds with his double pupils, then stunned them with his immense physical strength. The spiders’ hostility gave way to awe as he began training.

• Shi Yi realized spiders were watching him on behalf of the Pure-Blooded Creature whose place he had taken, but he ignored them and went to the body-tempering area.
• Shi Yi confronted the hostile young spiders with his double pupils, leaving many trembling or collapsed and the rest too awed to disrespect him.
• Shi Yi began body-tempering after taking Precious Medicine and medicinal pills, while the young spiders watched.
• Shi Yi lifted a sixty-thousand-jin cauldron in each hand, astonishing the spiders and proving his strength surpassed what they expected even of Pure-Blooded Creatures.

Shi Yi continued tempering his body in Demon Spirit Lake until the little Golden Spider confronted him over the blood pool baptism place he had taken. Shi Yi defeated the pure-blooded creature with one hand, leaving the young spiders stunned.

• Shi Yi reached a physical strength of a hundred and twenty thousand jin as the young spiders watched and began training harder themselves.
• The little Golden Spider confronted Shi Yi, demanding to see the power of his double pupils and hoping to win back its baptism place.
• Shi Yi used Heaven-Opening Double Pupils to intercept the little Golden Spider's hidden strand attack.
• The little Golden Spider charged at Shi Yi with its full strength, but Shi Yi engulfed it with Sleeve-World and beat it down with one hand.
• The young spiders watched Shi Yi subdue the little Golden Spider and realized it had been powerless against him.

Shi Yi defeated the little Golden Spider and continued training at Demon Spirit Lake, steadily increasing his physical strength. Nine months later, as he approached his sixth birthday, he stood beneath the center of a crushing waterfall and let it batter his unprotected body.

• Shi Yi tossed the little Golden Spider aside, and the young spiders discussed his strength and compared him with Jin Yunteng and Jin Yunxiao.
• Shi Yi resumed body tempering, drawing on the potential stored in his flesh and steadily advancing toward the Blood Moving Realm’s limits.
• After seeing Shi Yi’s training, the little Golden Spider gave up challenging him and left without a chance to enter the Qilin Secret Realm.
• Over nine months, Shi Yi progressed from lifting a sixty-thousand-jin cauldron in each hand to an eighty-thousand-jin cauldron, and the other pure-blooded creature accepted its inferiority.
• As he neared six years old, Shi Yi walked into the center of a powerful waterfall and let its force strike his body without using runes or divine radiance.

Shi Yi completed his Blood Moving Realm tempering and prepared for the Blood Pool Baptism, which he traveled to with a Golden Spider elder and a hatchling. On arrival, he sensed the ancient qilin might embodied by the mountains and revealed his vision to the elder.

• Shi Yi endured the waterfall until his blood energy condensed and entered his body, letting him master the Blood Moving Realm's true essence and withstand its force.
• Shi Yi tested his strength, rested through the night, and awoke refreshed when Old Golden Spider summoned him for the Blood Pool Baptism.
• Shi Yi met an Array Formation Realm Golden Spider and a Golden Spider hatchling, then traveled with them across distant lands.
• Shi Yi saw the mountains take the shape of a mighty qilin and froze under the ancient presence.
• Shi Yi told the elder that he had briefly seen a qilin among the mountains, and the elder looked at Shi Yi's eyes in surprise.

Shi Yi traveled with the Array Formation Golden Spider and the little Golden Spider to the Qilin Ruins, where they planned to compete for strong positions in the Blood Pool baptism. At the gathering of Primordial Divine Mountain forces, other clans challenged Demon Spirit Lake for bringing a human, but the Array Formation Golden Spider defended Shi Yi’s place.

• The Array Formation Golden Spider explained the Qilin Ruins and the Blood Pool baptism, then asked Shi Yi to protect the little Golden Spider during the struggle for positions.
• Shi Yi and the two spiders crossed dangerous, ancient mountains filled with Ancient Beasts and medicinal herbs, approaching the mist-shrouded ruins.
• They reached a gathering where representatives of other Primordial Divine Mountains noticed Shi Yi and questioned why Demon Spirit Lake had brought a human to claim a slot.
• The Array Formation Golden Spider insisted Demon Spirit Lake could allocate its two slots as it chose and told the objectors to take their complaint to the lake’s ancestors.

Shi Yi’s double-pupil identity was revealed to the gathered Primordial Divine Mountains, and the other factions accepted his place in the blood pool baptism. As the younglings prepared to enter the Qilin Secret Realm, Shi Yi anticipated a contest with Jin Yunteng and warned the Little Golden Spider to stay behind him.

• The Formation-Array Golden Spider confirmed that Shi Yi came from Martial King Manor, revealing his double pupils to the assembled experts.
• The Pixiu adult recognized Shi Yi’s identity and instructed its two younglings, while the other factions dropped their objections to his participation.
• More factions arrived, and Shi Yi identified Jin Yunteng as his strongest rival and sensed hostility from the Pixiu younglings.
• Jin Yunteng tried to win over Yun Xi and offered her a share of the best blood pool position, but she ignored him.
• Shi Yi told the Little Golden Spider to follow him in the secret realm and avoid fighting, and it agreed.
• The pure-blooded adults gave their younglings Bloodstones to guide them through the mist toward the blood pool, and Shi Yi examined the qilin-like markings on his stone.

Shi Yi used his Double Pupils to discover a safe route through the Qilin Secret Realm that diverged from the path to the Qilin Blood Pool. He led the little Golden Spider along it and, after hearing approaching footsteps, warned it to prepare for danger.

• Shi Yi followed the stone fragment’s crimson guide through the mist toward the Qilin Blood Pool with the little Golden Spider.
• Shi Yi used his Double Pupils to examine the realm’s dangerous patterns and found no safe route beyond the one marked by the fragment.
• Near the Blood Pool, Shi Yi left the marked route after discovering another safe path, and ordered the little Golden Spider to follow his footsteps.
• Shi Yi and the little Golden Spider traveled several li along the hidden path and heard faint footsteps approaching.
• Shi Yi told the little Golden Spider to circulate the Divine Radiance in its blood and raise its defenses, and it obeyed.

Shi Yi and Little Golden Spider survived the Purple Qilin’s seven steps, and Shi Yi deciphered the Qilin Step and several fragments of the Qilin Precious Technique. They reached the Blood Pool, where the waiting younglings turned their attention toward them.

• The Purple Qilin’s seven steps injured Shi Yi, who shielded Little Golden Spider from the attack.
• Shi Yi studied the seven footprints and boulders, acquiring the complete Qilin Step and fragments including the Qilin Plate and Qilin Seal.
• Shi Yi and Little Golden Spider returned to the safe route and continued toward the Qilin Blood Pool.
• The pure-blooded younglings waiting at the pool worried that Demon Spirit Lake’s key fragment might be lost before the baptism.
• Shi Yi and Little Golden Spider emerged from the mist, and the gathered younglings fell silent and watched them.

Shi Yi arrived at the dried-up Blood Pool with Little Golden Spider and used his Double Pupils to intimidate the pure-blooded younglings who challenged his late arrival. He headed for the best baptism positions, where a pure-blooded creature confronted him with blood energy that Shi Yi shattered with a glance.

• Shi Yi and Little Golden Spider emerged from the mist as the assembled pure-blooded younglings watched them arrive late.
• A pure-blooded youngling criticized Shi Yi, and Shi Yi wounded it with the secret art Heaven-Opening Double Pupils.
• Shi Yi cowed most of the gathered younglings with his Double Pupils, including one creature that had met his gaze defiantly.
• Shi Yi led Little Golden Spider toward the depths of the Blood Pool to claim a better baptism position.
• A pure-blooded youngling rose and attacked Shi Yi with blood energy, but Shi Yi shattered it with his gaze.

Shi Yi pushed deeper into the Blood Pool after swiftly defeating a True Hou youngling and then attacking the hostile Pixiu brothers. The Pixiu escaped his Sleeve-World technique bloodied and badly injured, while Shi Yi remained on course toward Jin Yunteng’s best spot.

• Shi Yi clamped the True Hou youngling’s jaws shut, then struck its abdomen and left it collapsed and convulsing.
• The Pure-Blooded Younglings stopped challenging Shi Yi as he advanced, and Jin Yunteng realized Shi Yi might be coming for his throne.
• Shi Yi turned on the two hostile Pixiu brothers and trapped them inside his Sleeve-World technique.
• Shi Yi battered the Pixiu with Treasure Techniques, and they broke free from his sleeves bloodied and gasping for breath.

Shi Yi defeated the two Pixiu cubs and forced them away from the best position at the Blood Pool. He then challenged Jin Yunteng and Jin Yunxiao to move aside, leaving Jin Yunxiao furious.

• The Pixiu cubs healed their wounds and considered retreating, but Shi Yi attacked them with the Golden-Winged Roc Treasure Technique.
• Shi Yi wounded both Pixiu cubs and overwhelmed them with his strength, runes, and Double Pupils.
• Shi Yi threw the half-dead Pixiu cubs to the far end of the Blood Pool, stunning the gathered pure-blooded creatures.
• Jin Yunxiao rebuked Shi Yi, while Jin Yunteng apologized for his younger brother's manners.
• Shi Yi told Jin Yunteng and Jin Yunxiao to move aside, making Jin Yunxiao furious.