The ashes from the self-immolation of Chiyou's battle banner fell into the East Sea, coagulating into nine bronze cauldrons. Within the boiling witch-blood inside the cauldrons floated the remains of three hundred boys and girls, each with a Chaos Lotus Seed embedded in their chest. The Chiyou battle-mark on Yang Jian's right cheek suddenly bulged, and the silver blood flowing from his Heavenly Eye was dyed a mysterious yellow, the blood droplets instantly condensing into Nine Li tribal totem poles upon hitting the ground. Nezha's Fire-Tip Spear pierced the ear of a cauldron; where the bloody water splashed from within, the roots of a Black Lotus pierced the blade of the Xuanyuan Sword, and dense packs of Wu Clan curse-worms crawled out from the dark patterns along the sword's spine.
"This is a blood-sacrifice resurrection art!" The Xiaotian Hound bit and tore at the totem pole, its canine teeth brushing against the characters "Eternal Prosperity for Nine Li" carved into the surface of the pillar, whereupon a hundred demonic pupils suddenly opened at the top of the pillar. Every single pupil reflected an ancient scene: when Chiyou's war-soul was dismembered, his heart transformed into three hundred lotus seeds that hid themselves within the bloodline of the Yellow Emperor's tribe. Sun Wukong struck the bronze cauldron heavily with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and the Mending Heaven Stone memories within the staff flashed—when Gonggong knocked down Mount Buzhou, this exact same witch…
Chapter 53