Battle Through the Heavens: I Can Solidify All Talents

This was not something Xiao Qing had demanded; it was simply the rule of the alchemy world. Queen Medusa understood this perfectly and did not object.

When Queen Medusa accepted the jade bottles containing the pills from Xiao Qing's hand,

even with Queen Medusa's cool temperament, a flicker of delight could not help but pass through her eyes.

Queen Medusa could clearly sense the powerful medicinal strength contained within these pills.

With these pills, the Snake-People Tribe could cultivate several Dou Wangs in a short time, and perhaps even allow the existing Dou Emperor elders to advance further!

For the Snake-People Tribe, which had always been at a disadvantage, this was of extraordinary significance.

How could she not be delighted?

Yet amid her joy, there was also a trace of regret.

Unfortunately, though the clan's stores were abundant, they lacked several core main ingredients needed to refine the Break Sect Pill.

That was a heaven-defying pill capable of increasing the chances of a Peak Dou Emperor breaking through to Dou Zong!

If she had possessed such a pill before, Queen Medusa might not have desperately pursued that illusory path of evolving through Heavenly Flames.

With the alchemy skills Xiao Qing had displayed, refining such a pill would be no difficult task.

"Mr. Xiao, we can begin."

Queen Medusa looked at Xiao Qing. Compared to more than a month ago, her voice held less coldness and more indescribable complexity.

There was even a faint trace of respect that was difficult to notice.

Over the past month, Xiao Qing had quietly changed the relationship between them through his tangible actions.

More than a month ago, Queen Medusa had regarded Xiao Qing as an enemy who had coerced her people. Her heart had been filled with fury, and she had wished to cut him down with her blade.

Who could have imagined that in just a few dozen days, he would not only render her incapable of resisting through absolute strength,

but also bring hope to the entire Snake-People Tribe with his superb alchemy skills.

The value of those pills had long far exceeded the price Queen Medusa had promised to pay by serving him for ten years.

What complicated Queen Medusa's feelings even more was the cold, domineering strength Xiao Qing had displayed when he defeated her.

It stood in sharp contrast to the detached calmness he showed while refining pills and in their everyday conversations.

These complex impressions intertwined, making it impossible for Queen Medusa to maintain the pure hostility she had initially felt toward Xiao Qing.

If Queen Medusa knew that this young man before her, who appeared mature and steady and possessed monstrous strength and alchemy skills,

was actually only a little over twelve years old, one wondered what this queen who had ruled the great desert for years would think.

A moment later, the two arrived one after the other at a hidden oasis deep within the Holy City, a place designated as forbidden ground.

Ancient trees towered overhead here, and lush greenery flourished everywhere, completely unlike the endless yellow sands outside.

At the center of the oasis lay a vast, clear lake.

The lake water shimmered beneath the moonlight and emitted a faint chill. It was clearly no ordinary water source.

At the center of the lake stood a solitary little island, covered in rocks and with no path connecting it to the shore.

"Next, I will use Heavenly Flames to help you complete your evolution."

Xiao Qing stood by the lake and looked toward the central island, his tone exceptionally solemn.

"The essence of evolution is using fire to temper yourself, refining your bloodline and soul. The pain involved is hundreds or thousands of times worse than being scorched by ordinary flames!"

"Even if I guide you from the side and suppress the violent nature of the Heavenly Flames, that pain is not something an ordinary person can endure!"

"One misstep, and both body and soul will be destroyed. You must be mentally prepared."

Queen Medusa followed Xiao Qing's gaze. There was not the slightest fear on her peerless face, only incomparable determination.

Queen Medusa parted her red lips, her clear voice echoing through the tranquil oasis. "Years of preparation, countless hardships, even agreeing to the Ten-Year Pact with you—all of it was for this day!"

"For my people, to break the bloodline shackles that have plagued me for years, even if there are mountains of blades and seas of fire ahead, even if my soul is scattered, I will never retreat half a step!"

Queen Medusa knew clearly that having a powerful expert like Xiao Qing—who possessed three types of Heavenly Flames and terrifyingly powerful soul strength—protecting her was already an ideal condition she had never dared imagine before.

At the very least, if an uncontrollable accident truly occurred during the evolution, Xiao Qing had the ability to forcibly halt the process and preserve Queen Medusa's life. This undoubtedly greatly reduced the risk.

Xiao Qing nodded and said no more. With a turn of his palm, three crystalline pills the size of longan fruits appeared in his hand.

The surfaces of the pills shimmered with flowing light and emitted entirely different auras.

Some were icy cold, some gentle and warm, some bursting with vitality. Their enticing pill fragrance immediately spread, and even the surrounding energy seemed to grow more active.

Xiao Qing handed the pills to Queen Medusa and explained,

"Over the past month, aside from refining those pills that would increase the Snake-People Tribe's strength, I also took the time to use the medicinal ingredients in the treasury to refine these pills specifically for withstanding the scorching of Heavenly Flames and assisting bloodline evolution."

"They may be able to help you at a critical moment."

Xiao Qing explained them one by one, introducing the uses and effects of the pills in detail.

"This is the Ice Pulse Pill, a sixth-tier pill. After taking it, a layer of extremely cold protective membrane will form around your body's main meridians, greatly easing the impact and burning of Heavenly Flames on them."

"This is the Heart Protecting Pill, at the peak of the fifth tier. It can firmly protect your heart meridians and Soul Origin, ensuring that your core remains unharmed."

"The last one is a peak sixth-tier Life Creation Pill." Xiao Qing pointed to the pill with the densest aura of life, his tone grave.

"This pill contains a trace of life-giving creation. Not only can it instantly repair damaged meridians and flesh, but at the most critical stage of your evolution, when you need to destroy before rebuilding, it can provide a dense surge of Power of Life to help you complete your final transformation!"

Listening to Xiao Qing's introduction, Queen Medusa could not help but freeze. Looking at the three shimmering pills in her palm, her heart was instantly filled with complicated emotions.

The Ice Pulse Pill and Heart Protecting Pill were already rare treasures, while the peak sixth-tier Life Creation Pill was worth almost no less than an Emperor Ultimate Pill!

With these pills assisting her, how could Queen Medusa's chances of a successful evolution have increased by only thirty percent?

This favor was simply too heavy.

Only a month ago, they had been fighting to the death, and she herself had even been forced to sign a humiliating treaty.

Yet in the blink of an eye, he had not only refined a large number of desperately needed pills for her people,

but was now sparing no effort to safeguard Queen Medusa's evolution. The price he had paid had long exceeded the scope of a mere "transaction."

Queen Medusa owed Xiao Qing more and more.

This debt was likely far beyond what ten years of service could repay.

In the future, perhaps she could only mobilize the strength of the entire tribe and do her utmost to search for high-tier medicinal ingredients for Xiao Qing.

Or perhaps, in other ways, she could compensate him for this profound goodwill as much as possible.

Forcibly suppressing the turbulent emotions in her heart, Queen Medusa knew that now was not the time for sentimentality.

Queen Medusa moved, and a streak of purple light flashed as she appeared on the little island at the center of the lake.

There was a naturally formed depression on the island. What filled it was not ordinary spring water, but milky-white Ice Spirit Cold Spring that emitted bone-piercing cold!

Queen Medusa stepped into the cold spring without hesitation. The extreme cold made her shiver slightly.

Sitting cross-legged at the center of the spring, Queen Medusa swallowed the three pills in turn, but did not refine them immediately.

Instead, she carefully wrapped them in pure Dou Qi and stored them near her dantian.

The medicinal power of these three pills needed to be detonated one after another during the evolution, at its most dangerous moments, in order to achieve their greatest effect.

With her preparations complete, Queen Medusa's gaze suddenly turned sharp, and a powerful aura erupted from within her body.

Queen Medusa formed an ancient and complex hand seal with both hands as surging purple Dou Qi roiled around her!

"Roar!"

Accompanied by a hiss that sounded both like a snake and a dragon, Queen Medusa's body began to twist and expand within dazzling purple light!

In the blink of an eye, the originally peerless queen had vanished. In her place was a gigantic purple python over a dozen zhang long!

The giant python was covered in crystalline purple scales that reflected a dreamlike luster beneath the moonlight.

Its body was long and powerful, its lines smooth, faintly carrying a wild yet elegant beauty.

On its triangular snake head, a pair of cold purple snake eyes gazed down at Xiao Qing on the shore. Its enormous forked tongue flickered slightly, conveying the signal that it could begin.

Xiao Qing had long known the secret of the Snake-People Tribe's queens.

Every queen was born in a special way. They were not born from the womb, but hatched from snake eggs containing ancient energy.

After birth, they would use a secret clan technique to fuse the soul of a powerful serpent-type magical beast into themselves as a "Companion Soul."

This soul would gradually merge with the queen as she grew in age and strength, until there was no distinction between them.

Queen Medusa's original Companion Soul had been a Tier 6 Magical Beast, the Purple Nether Flame Snake.

The key was that within the Purple Nether Flame Snake's body, there was actually an incredibly faint trace belonging to an ancient exotic beast—

the bloodline of the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python!

Even more rarely, among the queens of every generation, a very small number of exceptionally gifted individuals were born with a trace of Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline within their bodies!

The current Queen Medusa was precisely one such one-in-ten-thousand lucky individual!

The trace she possessed from birth, combined with the trace brought by the Purple Nether Flame Snake Companion Soul, produced a wondrous resonance!

This made the Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline hidden within Queen Medusa far richer and more vibrant than that of any previous queen!

This was also the greatest source of confidence that allowed Queen Medusa to dare take the risk of using the violent power of Heavenly Flames to complete her evolution!

What Queen Medusa needed to do was use Heavenly Flames as a hammer and herself as the embryo.

Then she would thoroughly temper, purify, and fuse the soul of the Purple Nether Flame Snake that accompanied her, along with the two traces of Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline concealed within her body!

She would break the shackles of her bloodline, achieve the ultimate leap in the level of life, and transform into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python—a being comparable to a Dou Zong and possessing boundless potential!

At this moment, the purple giant python coiled within the Ice Spirit Cold Spring. In its cold snake eyes burned flames of resolve and an ultimate thirst for power.

The path of evolution offered nine deaths for every chance of life, but now all preparations were complete!

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Xiao Qing took a deep breath, his gaze becoming focused.

Xiao Qing formed a complex hand seal before his chest, and a wisp of two-colored flame, streaked with crimson-gold and green, danced out from his fingertips.

It rapidly grew, unfolding in the deepening twilight like a slowly blooming green lotus inlaid with crimson-gold patterns.

Brilliant arcs of light danced around the flame's edges, casting the surroundings in a hazy interplay of light and shadow.

Xiao Qing's decision to use the Green Lotus Core Flame as the main force and the [Law of Fire] as support to aid Queen Medusa's evolution had been carefully considered.

Unlike the Bone Chilling Flame's extreme coldness and aura of deathly stillness, the Green Lotus Core Flame was different!

The Green Lotus Core Flame was born deep within the earth. Though equally violent, its core contained a trace of the life force nurtured by the land.

For bloodline evolution, which required seeking rebirth amid destruction, this vitality was crucial and could slightly raise the chance of success.

Furthermore, using the [Law of Fire] to ignite this trace of vitality and help Queen Medusa complete her evolution might bring unexpected gains.

"Are you ready?"

Xiao Qing looked toward the Purple Nether Flame Snake on the island in the middle of the lake.

The Purple Nether Flame Snake that Queen Medusa had transformed into raised its head, and a trace of resolution flashed through its cold snake eyes.

Dou Qi circulated rapidly within her body, while the pills she had prepared long ago began to emit gentle medicinal power.

Seeing this, Xiao Qing no longer hesitated. With a thought, the green flame in his palm suddenly expanded, transforming into a blazing sea of green fire streaked with crimson-gold!

It swept toward the Purple Nether Flame Snake coiled upon the island in the center of the lake, carrying a terrifyingly intense heat.

The Purple Nether Flame Snake that Queen Medusa had transformed into reflected the approaching green radiance in its cold snake eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately activated the pills wrapped in Dou Qi within her body.

The medicinal power of the Ice Pulse Pill and Heart Protecting Pill dissolved first. A cooling sensation flowed through all her major meridians, while her heart was firmly protected by a warm, resilient force.

Then Queen Medusa let out a resolute hiss. Rather than retreating, her enormous snake body suddenly sprang forward, charging fearlessly into the sea of green fire!

"Boom!"

The green flames instantly swallowed the Purple Nether Flame Snake whole, and the scorching heat distorted even the air.

Almost at the same moment, a heaven-shaking roar filled with ultimate agony erupted from within the flames, making the surface of the entire lake ripple.

The green flames seemed to possess life, like countless tiny fire snakes crazily burrowing into the gaps between her scales.

They scorched her flesh, tempered her bones, and even acted directly upon the depths of her soul!

This was pain that burned to the bone and seared the heart.

And at this incomparably crucial moment, the medicinal power of the Ice Pulse Pill and Heart Protecting Pill erupted completely.