The reason the octopus spirit had escaped that summons was naturally the Mirage Qi Pearl in its belly.
The Mirage Clam was an ancient spirit beast whose bloodline ranked as highly as the Dragon Clan's, giving the octopus spirit a measure of resistance to the bloodline summons.
Coupled with its genuinely swift retreat, this had allowed it to narrowly avoid being forcibly summoned away.
The blood tide had come and gone so quickly because the Bloodline Summons process had ended.
The blood scattered through the seawater had been reclaimed by that powerful being.
That was why this blood tide had receded at a completely different speed from the genuine blood tides of the past.
And when he recalled how the Heavenly Mechanism had been utterly chaotic when he tried divining the blood tide, yielding no response whatsoever, it all fit together.
It was not hard to conclude that the being behind this bloodline summons likely possessed cultivation far beyond Cui Jiuyang's.
Having worked through these questions, Cui Jiuyang stood quietly in the seawater, his gaze resting on the octopus spirit before him.
Though simple-minded, the octopus spirit still had an instinct for reading expressions. Seeing Cui Jiuyang's gaze, it immediately dropped to its knees.
It did not know what Cui Jiuyang intended to say, but his next words would clearly decide its fate.
For a minor demon like it, never certain it would live to see tomorrow, kneeling on command carried no psychological burden.
It only hoped this exalted immortal would show mercy and let it go like a fart.
Cui Jiuyang took out the Five Warlords Register and opened it before the octopus spirit. Light faintly flowed across its pages. "I have a treasure here called the Five Warlords Register.
"If you acknowledge me as your master, I will