One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

"Are you really alright? But your eyes..."

"Eyes? I already know what's going on. It's just a phenomenon resulting from the evolution of the body. Just like how immortal demons awaken their innate divine abilities after cultivating to a certain level, we humans can do it too. It's just that our bloodline level isn't high enough. Now that my bloodline has advanced, my blood has turned crimson gold. Naturally, I've reached the level where I can awaken an innate divine ability. This double pupil is the innate divine ability I've awakened, or you could call it a natural divine ability."

When Sun Yao awakened his double pupils, he had already understood the reason for all that he would experience through the One Thought Heaven and Earth Measurement. Just as he said, both demons and humans are capable of awakening innate divine abilities. However, compared to demons, the conditions for humans to awaken innate divine abilities are extremely harsh. Either their talent and bloodline are strong enough, or it is arranged by fate.

The most famous of the first type is Yang Jian. Some say that his third eye was bestowed by Yuanshi Tianzun, while others say it was a treasure brought down from the heavens by his mother. However, Sun Yao believes that the most accurate guess is that his powerful bloodline caused him to awaken a natural supernatural ability.

As for the second type of destiny, the most famous example is Cangjie. Cangjie was born with double pupils and later performed the meritorious act of creating characters for the human race. He was a great sage of the human race, second only to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and was one of the greatest contributors to the rapid development of the human race.

Sun Yao's situation likely falls into the first category, where his powerful bloodline led to physical evolution. Examples like his, where someone awakens an innate supernatural power, are rare. Only those who naturally awaken such powers can immediately understand how to use and what their effects are.

Although he had just acquired these double pupils, they already possessed three abilities. The first was the ability to shoot out two beams of divine light from his eyes, one white and one black, representing yin and yang. His eyes could simultaneously emit either black or white light, or both, each achieving different effects.

Dark light represents destruction, while white light signifies healing. As for the divine light interwoven with black and white, it represents the ultimate destruction, a power of attrition. After all, those who have read online novels are likely familiar with the phrase "Yin-Yang Millstone." The Yin-Yang divine light, composed of one yin and one yang, can naturally attrite all things, much like the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle of the Golden-Winged Roc.

The Golden-Winged Roc, oblivious to its own worth, refined its innate divine light into a Yin-Yang dual-energy bottle. Had it fully developed it like its elder brother Kong Xuan, its Yin-Yang divine light might not have been weaker than Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light, and could even have been considerably stronger.

The second ability is to see through illusions. With this ability, all kinds of formations, runes, and illusions will be exposed before Sun Yao. Illusions, in particular, will likely be useless against him from now on.

The third ability is the power inherent in his eyes: the ultimate analytical ability to perceive all kinds of movements. Any movement appears incredibly slow to Sun Yao, and he can execute certain kung fu techniques and spells after just one glance, much like the Sharingan in Naruto.

So, this time the change in your eyes isn't a bad thing for you?

"Of course it's not a bad thing, it can even be called a great thing. Originally, I wanted to go and see what was under Heavenly Lake, but my uncle told me that there was a fire dragon that had lived for nearly a thousand years. I was originally a little wary of it, after all, it was a dragon, and I didn't know if my methods could break through its defenses. But now it's different. With these eyes, everything in the world is before my eyes, and I truly have the confidence to explore the bottom of Heavenly Lake." As Sun Yao spoke, he looked towards the mountains, where Heavenly Lake was located.

"Alright, I'm tired after all this commotion. Let's rest. We can talk about everything tomorrow. Tomorrow I plan to go to the bottom of Tianchi Lake and investigate that fire dragon."

After Sun Yao finished speaking, he picked up Yue Qiluo and placed her on the kang (a heated brick bed), then embraced her and fell asleep fully clothed. Yue Qiluo was startled by Sun Yao's sudden change, but she didn't seem to mind, so she let him hold her as they fell asleep.

The next morning, Sun Yao woke up from a deep sleep very early. He had tossed and turned for quite a while the night before, which had put him into a deep sleep. For a long time, he had been using meditation to replace sleep, and last night was the only time in almost a year that he had truly had a good night's sleep.

Looking at Yue Qiluo, who was still fast asleep in his arms, Sun Yao gently placed her head on the pillow beside him and then pulled his arm away.

"Sleep peacefully, I'll be right back." Sun Yao gently kissed Yue Qiluo's forehead, and after making sure he didn't wake her, he quietly left.

Early in the morning, Sun Yao approached Liao Hu Zi, who happened to be leading the younger disciples of the Chu Ma family in their morning exercises. Sun Yao went directly to him.

"Uncle, I want to go down to Tianchi."

"What! Go down to the Heavenly Pool?! Don't even think about it, absolutely impossible. I've already told you, there's a thousand-year-old fire dragon at the bottom of that Heavenly Pool. Do you think I'd lie to you? That place is far too dangerous. That dragon's lifespan is almost over, and it's more frenzied than ever before. Even the guardians of the Heavenly Pool are afraid to go there, let alone go down to the bottom!" Liao Huzi immediately expressed his disapproval upon hearing Sun Yao's idea. He knew that this young man was a prized disciple of the Dragon Tiger Mountain, the Three Ones Sect, and the Fire Virtue Sect. If something really happened to him, those three sects would come knocking on his door, and he'd be in for a world of trouble.

"You can rest assured about that, Uncle Shi. Yesterday, I used the 500-year-old ginseng that Uncle Shi gave me to refine a pill. My strength is now vastly different from before. Not to mention anything else, I can easily pass the two tests left by Uncle Shi. Why don't you test my strength, Uncle Shi? Consider it my first test."

"test?"

“That’s right, didn’t Uncle say that disciples of the Chuma family must undergo two trials to descend to the Heavenly Pool? The first is to defeat you, and the second is to defeat the willow fairies guarding the Heavenly Pool. Although I can’t be considered a disciple of the Chuma family, I did help Uncle, didn’t I? Please let me try. If I can’t pass both trials, I will give up. If I do pass, please let me investigate the true nature of this fire dragon. It may very well be the last dragon left in the world. The main thing is that it would be such a pity not to see it with my own eyes.”