Poisonous Swamp Takes Fire, Poison Body Begins to Form! (2-in-1 Chapter)

With the border affairs of the Jia Ma Empire settled, the Snake-Person Empire began the intensive process of establishing itself on the ceded lands.

Although Medusa temporarily held the position of Empress, she knew well that her foundations were not yet stable, and that the matter of Lin Chen was of far greater importance.

She entrusted the specific administrative duties to the clan elders, choosing instead to remain by Lin Chen's side.

Lin Chen did not linger in the Holy City of Jia Ma; his objective was clear—the Chu Yun Empire and the Nether Poison Fire!

This time, he brought only Medusa and Zi Yan with him.

Hai Bodong needed to remain in command of the Mite'er Family and assist Jia Xingtian in handling the aftermath of the war.

As for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, Lin Chen had strictly ordered them to stay within the Mite'er Family to cultivate in peace and await his return.

Especially for Xiao Yi Xian, the Nether Poison Fire would be the key to her completely mastering the Woe Poison Body, so she had to be fully prepared.

The trio did not conceal their tracks, tearing through space directly.

They traveled toward the Chu Yun Empire at the fastest possible speed.

The Chu Yun Empire was famous for its poisons, and most of the sects within its borders specialized in their use.

The social climate was even more fierce and ruthless than that of the Jia Ma Empire.

Its imperial power was relatively weak, relying more on maintaining a balance between the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect and other major sects to sustain its rule.

When the unmasked, terrifying auras of Lin Chen and his companions descended directly over the imperial capital of the Chu Yun Empire, the entire city was instantly plunged into immense panic!

"Dou Ancestor experts! And there is an even more terrifying aura!"

"It's them! That scourge from the Jia Ma Empire!"

"What is he doing in our Chu Yun Empire? Is he here to wipe us all out?"

The imperial guards stood as if facing a great enemy, yet not a single one dared to ascend into the sky to intercept them.

Even the allied forces of the three empires and the ancestor of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect had met their doom; for these guards to go up would be no different than a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Lin Chen's gaze was indifferent as his soul power swept across the entire imperial capital like a tidal wave.

He instantly locked onto the most luxurious palace deep within the imperial grounds.

Leading Medusa and Zi Yan, he stepped into the Golden Throne Hall as if walking into his own backyard.

The Emperor of the Chu Yun Empire, a middle-aged man with a pale complexion and heavy bags under his eyes, whose cultivation was merely at the Dou King level, was currently discussing with several ministers how to deal with the mess of ceding land and paying reparations.

Suddenly seeing three figures appear out of thin air, he was so frightened that he slid right off his dragon throne.

"Who... who are you?! How dare you trespass into the Imperial Palace!"

The Emperor shouted with a show of bravado, though his voice trembled.

The Dou King-level imperial guards beside him nervously drew their weapons, yet they lacked the courage to even take a single step forward.

Medusa merely glanced at them coldly, releasing a faint pressure belonging to a Dou Venerate.

The entire hall felt as if it had been frozen; everyone dared not even breathe, and those with weaker cultivation collapsed directly to the ground.

Lin Chen could not be bothered with small talk and got straight to the point: "Where is the Nether Poison Fire?"

Upon hearing this, the Emperor's face turned as white as paper, and cold sweat poured down his back.

The Nether Poison Fire was a supreme treasure that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect had long coveted, and it was one of the few hopes the Chu Yun Empire had for a comeback.

How could he easily reveal its location?

"We... We do not know what you are talking about..."

The Emperor attempted to prevaricate.

Lin Chen's eyes turned cold. He did not move, but Zi Yan, standing beside him, grew impatient.

She clenched her small fist and swung it through the air toward a dragon-carved golden pillar nearby that would have required several men to encircle.

"BOOM!!!"

With a thunderous roar, the incredibly sturdy golden pillar was instantly pulverized by an invisible, immense force, turning into a sky full of golden dust!

The entire hall shook violently!

"If you don't speak, the next punch will hit your head!"

Zi Yan stood with her hands on her hips, her large, dark eyes glaring at the Emperor, her tone innocent yet carrying a bone-chilling threat.

The Emperor and his ministers were scared out of their wits; the strength of this little girl was simply too terrifying!

"I'll talk! I'll talk!"

The Emperor completely collapsed, sprawling on the ground as he stammered.

"The Nether Poison Fire... according to the investigations of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, it is likely located in the deepest part of the 'Nether Poison Swamp' in the northwest of the empire!"

"That place is filled with poisonous miasma, and for a thousand miles around, all life is extinguished. Even the people of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect dare not easily venture into the core area..."

"As for the specific location, We... We truly do not know!"

"Nether Poison Swamp..."

Lin Chen noted the name, his soul power sweeping over the emperor once more to confirm he was not lying.

"If the information is incorrect, you will bear the consequences yourself."

Lin Chen tossed out these icy words, his figure flashing.

He then vanished from the great hall alongside Medusa and Zi Yan.

They left behind the shaken members of the Chu Yun Empire royal family, who stared at one another in dismay.

Their hearts were filled with humiliation and fear.

In the northwest of the Chu Yun Empire lay the Nether Poison Swamp.

Before they had even drawn near, a nauseating, foul-smelling miasma rushed to meet them.

Looking out, one saw a boundless stretch of marshland where the mud took on an eerie, ink-green hue.

It bubbled incessantly, and as the bubbles burst, they released clouds of colorful poisonous mist.

The sky above the swamp was perpetually shrouded in gray-green toxic clouds, making it difficult for sunlight to penetrate.

This rendered the entire region gloomy and terrifying.

The remains of various poisonous insects and ferocious beasts were visible everywhere on the ground, and the air was permeated with an aura of deathly silence.

This place was a forbidden zone for life.

"Wah, the smell here is so awful!"

Zi Yan pinched her little nose, waving her hand in disgust.

Even with the formidable constitution of her Ancient Dragon Bear lineage, she felt uncomfortable in the face of such extreme toxic miasma.

Medusa also frowned slightly, a faint seven-colored radiance shimmering around her body to isolate the miasma.

Although her Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline did not fear a hundred poisons, the toxic gas here was far too dense and impure.

Only Lin Chen remained composed.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire within his body pulsed faintly, radiating an aura of purification.

All the miasma that approached him was quietly purified as if melting like snow, unable to get anywhere near him.

"Stay close to me."

Lin Chen spoke, then stepped into the poison swamp first.

Wherever he passed, the toxic mud beneath his feet seemed to be parted by an invisible force, and the miasma retreated automatically.

This formed a safe path.

The three of them ventured deeper, and the further they went toward the central region, the thicker the miasma became.

Poisonous monsters formed from pure toxic gas even began to appear, lunging at them with roars.

But before they could get close, they were incinerated into nothingness by a casual slash of Lin Chen's Karma Fire sword qi.

Finally, in the deepest part of the poison swamp, they witnessed a strange sight.

It was a massive, bowl-shaped basin.

At the center of the basin, there was no mud, but a pool of water as black as ink and as viscous as oil!

The lake water was deathly still, without a single ripple, yet it radiated an extreme poison that made one's soul tremble!

And in the center of the pool, a flame was suspended!

This flame presented an eerie, ghostly green color, its form flickering and unstable.

At times it jumped like a will-o'-the-wisp, at others it flicked like a venomous snake's tongue.

The space around the flame was slightly distorted by its corrosive toxicity.

The air was filled with a bone-deep sense of chill and deathly silence.

It was none other than the twentieth-ranked flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking—the Nether Poison Fire!

Unlike the violent heat of ordinary Heavenly Flames, this Nether Poison Fire radiated an extreme, sinister, and corrosive power!

Furthermore, just as Lin Chen had expected, this Heavenly Flame had existed here for who knows how many years and had already birthed a rudimentary intelligence!

Sensing the arrival of Lin Chen and his companions, the ghostly green flame jumped violently, emitting strong waves of hostility and warning!

"It truly has developed intelligence."

Lin Chen's eyes brightened; a Heavenly Flame with intelligence was of higher value, but also much more difficult to subdue.

The Nether Poison Fire seemed to have detected the aura of the Red Lotus Karma Fire on Lin Chen.

It was a power of purification that made it instinctively feel fear, and it launched an attack first!

"Whoosh!"

The toxic water of the entire Ink Pool seemed to come alive, surging into the sky and transforming into countless hideous, giant pythons of poison.

They lunged at Lin Chen from all directions!

At the same time, that dark green flame suddenly expanded, splitting into countless tiny rays of poisonous fire.

They surged forward like a torrential rain!

Each ray contained a terrifying toxicity capable of poisoning a Dou Emperor to death!

"Watch out!"

Medusa let out a soft cry, and a brilliant seven-colored radiance erupted, forming a light screen to block the front.

It fended off most of the giant poisonous water pythons and fire rays, but the screen hissed as it was corroded.

Zi Yan, however, let out an excited shout and charged straight out.

She swung her small fists, shattering the leaking attacks one by one; those highly toxic energies seemed to have little effect on her.

Lin Chen did not let the two women interfere too much; he took a step forward, facing the main body of the Nether Poison Fire directly.

"If you had remained dormant for another few thousand years, perhaps you might have given me some trouble."

"But now that your intelligence has only just emerged, how much of your power can you truly unleash?"

He formed seals with his hands, and the Red Lotus Karma Fire erupted from his body once again.

But this time, the Karma Fire did not appear violent; instead, it transformed into a massive, slowly rotating blood-colored lotus throne.

It moved to envelop the Nether Poison Fire.

The Karma Fire lotus throne emitted a sacred light of purification.

Wherever it passed, those poisonous water pythons and fire rays dissolved and disintegrated as if they had encountered their nemesis.

The power of purification was the absolute bane of this Nether Poison Fire!

The Nether Poison Fire let out a sharp hiss, its dark green flames twisting frantically in an attempt to resist.

It mobilized the toxic energy of the entire Ink Pool, even drawing upon the yin-poisonous aura from the earth's veins.

It transformed into a massive, dark green ghastly face, opening its maw to bite at the Karma Fire lotus throne!

"Futile resistance."

Lin Chen's eyes turned cold, and his Spirit Realm soul power surged forth, reinforcing the Karma Fire lotus throne.

At the same time, he pressed his fingers together like a sword, and a Void-Splitting Sword Qi infused with the power of the Karma Fire struck first despite being launched later.

It slashed directly into the center of the ghastly face's brow!

"Sshhh!"

The ghastly face let out a shrill wail and instantly collapsed!

The Karma Fire lotus throne pressed down, completely enveloping the main body of the Nether Poison Fire!

"Sshh-sshh-sshh!"

Violent sounds of purification rang out as the origin of the Nether Poison Fire was frantically refined by the Karma Fire.

The violent consciousness and impurities within it were rapidly stripped away.

The dark green flame darted left and right within the lotus throne, but it could not break through the blockade of the Karma Fire at all.

Instead, it became increasingly pure, its color gradually shifting from dark green to a deeper, more translucent emerald.

The process of subduing it was even smoother than imagined.

The absolute suppression of attributes left the Nether Poison Fire with almost no power to resist.

About half an hour later, the Karma Fire lotus throne slowly dissipated.

In its place remained only a fist-sized flame origin, dark green and as pure as top-grade jade, burning quietly.

It was the thoroughly purified Nether Poison Fire!

Lin Chen opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing the flame seed into his body.

"Boom!"

The pure and majestic poison-fire energy instantly exploded within him!

However, this energy had already been purified by the Karma Fire, stripped of its violence and corrosiveness.

All that remained was the most fundamental fire attribute and a fragment of a strange poison law.

The Blood Scripture operated frantically, guiding this energy to merge into the Red Lotus and temper his meridians and physical body.

His aura began to climb once more!

One-star Dou Emperor peak... two-star Dou Emperor... three-star Dou Emperor... four-star Dou Emperor...

In the end, his cultivation stabilized at the level of a five-star Dou Emperor!

Furthermore, his foundation was incredibly solid, and his understanding of fire and poison attributes had deepened by another layer.

Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes, a dark green flame flickering in his pupils before vanishing.

He did not fully absorb the Nether Poison Fire, but instead suppressed and sealed the majority of its origin power deep within his body.

"It is time to return."

Holy City of the Jia Ma Empire, inside a secret chamber of the Mite'er Family.

Xiao Yi Xian sat cross-legged, her complexion slightly pale.

The power of the Woe Poison Body within her seemed restless and uneasy.

Qing Lin watched her from the side, looking nervous.

Just then, the door to the secret chamber was pushed open, and the figure of Lin Chen appeared.

"Lin Chen!"

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

Lin Chen nodded and walked over to stand before Xiao Yi Xian.

Without any unnecessary explanation, he reached out a finger and pressed it against the center of her brow.

The next moment, a pure, gentle, yet dark green energy containing the ultimate mysteries of poison.

Flowed from Lin Chen's fingertip and slowly transferred into Xiao Yi Xian's body!

This was a portion of the Nether Poison Fire essence that had been purified and suppressed by Lin Chen!

"Ah!"

Xiao Yi Xian's delicate body shuddered violently, and she let out a suppressed groan of pain.

This foreign poison energy created a fierce resonance and conflict with the Woe Poison Body inside her!

Her skin instantly flickered between light and dark, turning deathly pale one moment and a strange green the next.

A poison mist, far more terrifying than before, began to spread uncontrollably.

Even the air was being corroded, emitting a sizzling sound.

"Hold onto your focus! Guide it, merge with it! This is your chance to completely master the poison body!"

Lin Chen's deep voice rang out in Xiao Yi Xian's mind like a tolling bell.

At the same time, a gentle force of Red Lotus Karma Fire protected her heart and major meridians.

This prevented her from being backlashed by the out-of-control poison power.

Xiao Yi Xian bit her silver teeth together, cold sweat pouring down her forehead, but she held absolute trust in Lin Chen.

She desperately circulated the poison-control technique Lin Chen had taught her.

She guided the essence of the Nether Poison Fire, forcing it into a difficult fusion with the origin of her own Woe Poison Body.

It was an extremely painful and dangerous process, like dancing on the edge of a blade.

The poison gas constantly eroded her, only to be neutralized by the power of the Karma Fire.

Xiao Yi Xian's body became a battlefield for two extreme forces.

Time passed bit by bit.

Xiao Yi Xian's expression shifted from painful struggle to gradual calm.

In the end, a solemn, radiant luster even appeared on her face.

The originally wild and unruly poison Dou Qi within her.

Under the guidance and suppression of the Nether Poison Fire essence, it began to grow docile and orderly.

Like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, it gathered at her Dantian, slowly condensing into a nascent form of poison fire essence that emitted a dark green glow!

The poison mist surrounding her also began to retract, no longer spreading wantonly.

Instead, it formed a faint, dark green halo that protected her body.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yi Xian slowly opened her eyes.

What kind of eyes were they? They remained clear and bright.

But deep within her pupils, it was as if two miniature Nether vortexes were contained, deep and mysterious.

The aura on her body had leaped from her previous Dou Master level to the peak of Dou Ling!

And it was incredibly stable!

She had successfully integrated the essence of the Nether Poison Fire into her own body.

Not only had she mastered the poison fire and gained complete control over the Woe Poison Body.

But she had also turned a misfortune into a blessing, with her strength skyrocketing!

"Lin Chen... I... I succeeded!"

Xiao Yi Xian felt the poison Dou Qi within her, which now moved as easily as her own limbs.

Gone was the fear that it might spiral out of control at any moment, and she was moved to tears.

Lin Chen reached out to steady her and said indifferently, "Very good."

"The Woe Poison Body has now become an asset; if you practice diligently in the future, your prospects will be limitless."

Looking at Xiao Yi Xian's brand-new temperament and formidable strength.

Beside her, Qing Lin's eyes were filled with a glow of envy and genuine happiness for her.

Lin Chen's gaze swept over the two women, a plan already forming in his mind.

Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Body had just taken shape, and Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils also required further development.

It was time to head to the Central Plains!