Illusory Realm

Xiao Jin's soul appeared in a strange space.

The entire space was filled with an ambiguous pink hue. With every breath, he could feel a scorching heat.

That heat came from his body. It gradually spread from his lower abdomen, slowly flowing through his limbs and bones.

Even worse, just two meters away from Xiao Jin was a perfect body that could be called a work of art.

It was Medusa's body.

Medusa no longer had her original Snake-Person appearance. Not only had her upper body retained its former beauty, but her lower body had also developed two long, shapely legs.

Her fair skin reflected a lustrous sheen, appearing even more alluring against the ambiguous pink.

The ten toes on her two tender, jade-like feet trembled slightly, each movement seeming to send Xiao Jin a silent invitation.

At that moment, Medusa opened her eyes.

As the two of them looked at each other, neither said a word, yet both understood the other's intentions.

Medusa: "Get the hell away from me!"

Xiao Jin: "Don't come any closer!"

They truly were perfectly attuned, their souls in complete harmony.

Unfortunately, in the next second, the two of them, having understood each other's intentions, embraced.

Needless to say, this was the work of the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill.

In the original story, a senior in the Pill Tower once refined a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill. He later became the Pill Tower Old Ancestor.

He was a powerful Six-Star Dou Saint, proving that a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill already possessed the strength of a Dou Saint.

A Ninth-Grade Profound Pill was already so powerful. Just how formidable would the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill above it be?

The Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill now gave Xiao Jin an excellent answer to that question.

Xiao Jin was utterly baffled. He had clearly used Ninth-Grade Medicinal Pills before, so why had none of them caused such trouble?

Xun'er, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian had all taken Ninth-Grade Golden Pills. These were the strongest pills beneath Emperor Grade Pills, yet everything had gone smoothly.

Why had the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill managed to deal him such a vicious blow this time?

In truth, Xiao Jin simply did not understand his Storage Ring, much less how much those Heavenly Flames inside it had worried over him.

The source of the Woe Poison Body was indeed powerful, but it was unsuitable for Xiao Jin, who had only just broken through to Dou Ling at the time.

And who said those little things in the Storage Ring had not meddled? They had merely been waiting for a suitable opportunity.

Xun'er's Dou Emperor Bloodline was indeed powerful. However, first, Xun'er could not lose her virginity before awakening her bloodline. Second, even if her unawakened bloodline were completely extracted, it would not help Xiao Jin very much.

Those Heavenly Flames were clever. How could they do something that drained the pond to catch the fish?

As for Ya Fei... she had no special bloodline at all, so she was not worth the Storage Ring meddling for.

By a combination of chance and coincidence, Xiao Jin was finally tricked by the Storage Ring for the first time while helping Medusa complete her evolution.

A layer of pink had already stained Medusa's eyes. It was the color of desire.

Her soul had been completely controlled by the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill. Although she could still maintain the last sliver of reason, she had utterly lost control of her body.

All she could do was watch helplessly as her boneless, delicate body struck various alluring poses on Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin closed his eyes, struggling to keep his soul under control.

Inside the Storage Ring, a certain Little Sapling began desperately absorbing the escaping Heaven-Swallowing Python Bloodline.

You did this "willingly," Medusa. Absorbing it won't affect your foundation!

Things should have continued peacefully, but Xiao Jin had not only underestimated Medusa's allure—he had also overestimated his own self-control.

A man's body reacted instinctively, beyond the control of reason.

Under Medusa's all-out seduction, Xiao Jin still shamefully reacted.

His scorching body temperature made Medusa moan involuntarily. Her already soft body seemed boneless now, clinging tightly to Xiao Jin.

For someone as proud as Medusa, losing her chastity was undoubtedly an extremely humiliating matter.

Even if it was only a loss of chastity in the realm of souls, she still could not accept it.

Fortunately, things finally stopped there.

Before the situation became completely irreversible, Xiao Jin's soul body suddenly appeared beside him.

The instant the soul solidified into reality, one hand seized Xiao Jin by the neck while the other grabbed Medusa by the shoulder. With a single exertion, it forcibly separated the two.

Immediately after pulling them apart, the soul body kept its hand around Xiao Jin's neck and rapidly dragged him away from Medusa.

As the distance between them widened, the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill's pull abruptly vanished, and Xiao Jin fell out of that pink-filled illusory realm.

He opened his eyes and gasped for breath.

Before him were the familiar karst cave and the purple brocade robe on the ground.

Beside him stood a transparent, illusory body condensed from soul power.

The body wore the same clothes as him and had the same habits.

The soul body extended its index finger and pointed at Xiao Jin's main body in warning before slowly dissipating.

"Damn, I almost lost my chastity!" Xiao Jin looked toward the direction of Medusa's soul, still shaken, and instinctively put a little more distance between them.

It was not that Xiao Jin was pretending, nor did he think Medusa was unworthy of him.

Rather, he understood Medusa's personality very well. If they inexplicably ended up together like this, once Medusa regained consciousness, what he would gain would not be an ally, but an enemy.

After all, things were different from the original story now. Xiao Jin had provided the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill himself.

Any mishap during the evolution could very well make Medusa suspect that Xiao Jin had tampered with it.

If something truly irreversible had happened, wouldn't Medusa think that Xiao Jin had resorted to such methods to obtain her?

With Medusa's personality, she might truly have become an enemy bent on fighting him to the death.

He had come to the Snake-Person Race to seek comrades, not to make enemies for himself.

As Xiao Jin moved farther away, Medusa's soul also left that illusory space.

At first, she truly believed that everything had been Xiao Jin's doing, with the goal of obtaining her body.

But contrary to her expectations, Xiao Jin had actually broken out of that space by force at the final moment.

Medusa was overbearing, but she was not a fool, nor was she unreasonable.

She now clearly understood that everything that had happened was purely an accident.

Yet precisely because of this accident—and because of Xiao Jin's choice—she instead felt displeased from the bottom of her heart.

As the saying went, women were strange creatures.

If Xiao Jin had truly done something to her, she definitely would not have been willing.

But since Xiao Jin had done nothing to her, she was even more unwilling.

My pure, immaculate body went so far as to seduce you, yet you actually managed to stop yourself?

Could it be that my charm isn't enough?

Because she was distracted for that moment, Xiao Jin immediately sensed the tremor in her soul.

"Medusa, calm your mind! Everything just now was an accident. Don't let it affect your evolution!"

Medusa's delicate body trembled, and she quickly composed herself.

At the same time, a chorus of wails erupted inside the Storage Ring.

"So close! We were so close!"

"Damn it! Is the master made of wood?"

"Little Bodhi, how are you feeling now?"

The Little Sapling swayed its body slightly, conveying an emotion that was instead quite relaxed.

Although it had not absorbed much of the Heaven-Swallowing Python's origin, it was still a rare nourishment for it in its current state.

Besides, you're all too young.

If the master has had one opportunity, could he possibly not have another?

Based on my tens of thousands of years of experience, that woman has definitely left with a deep impression of the master.

The Heaven-Swallowing Python's origin?

I'm determined to obtain it!

And furthermore...

Just as the Little Sapling was secretly gloating, a purple little snake pattern faintly appeared on its trunk, which had grown more than one round thicker than before.

The soul of the Purple Nether Flame Snake had already been absorbed by more than half.

The remaining portion was completely sufficient for Medusa to awaken the Heaven-Swallowing Python Bloodline.

Moreover, it would not affect Medusa's soul in the slightest. There was absolutely no chance of two souls existing within a single body.