Battle Through the Heavens: I Can Solidify All Talents

The surface of the Purple Nether Flame Snake, wrapped in azure flames, rapidly condensed into a layer of crystalline ice and frost, continuously offsetting and slowing the erosion of the Heavenly Flame.

The pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring beneath the Purple Nether Flame Snake also seemed to be stirred, its milky-white icy aura rising in wisps and merging into the flames, doing everything it could to neutralize that destructive power.

At the Purple Nether Flame Snake's heart, the power of the Heart Protecting Pill transformed into a gentle yet resilient glow, firmly guarding the core of its life and soul. No matter how violently the flames raged outside, that core remained unextinguished.

Evolution had officially begun!

On the shore, Xiao Qing furrowed his brows and stared intently at the scene within the flames.

Xiao Qing continuously adjusted his hand seals, carefully guiding the Green Lotus Core Flame with his own [Law of Fire].

He had to ensure the flames were powerful enough to temper her bloodline while preventing them from completely losing control and burning Queen Medusa to ashes.

Watching the massive snake silhouette writhe painfully within the sea of flames, hissing without pause, Xiao Qing could not help but tense up. He silently worried for her.

Time slowly passed amid the torment. No one knew how long had gone by when the sky quietly began to change.

The originally bright moonlight was obscured by layers upon layers of dark clouds gathering from nowhere.

Silver serpents danced through the clouds as lightning flickered. Dull thunder rolled closer from afar, and an awe-inspiring heavenly pressure slowly descended.

At the sight, Xiao Qing's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed somewhat, and he let out a quiet breath.

The appearance of this heavenly phenomenon meant that Queen Medusa had successfully endured the most dangerous stage of the Heavenly Flame body-tempering and bloodline purification process!

This Tribulation Lightning was the test sent down by heaven and earth after evolution was complete. Queen Medusa could only withstand it herself.

If she passed, she would undergo a "transformation into a dragon" and evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python!

If she failed, all her efforts would be wasted, and she might even perish beneath the Tribulation Lightning.

Moreover, after being tempered by the Heavenly Tribulation, Queen Medusa's bloodline would become even purer, and her potential would grow even greater.

"Rumble—!"

A blinding bolt of lightning tore through the darkened sky. Accompanied by a deafening crash, thick Thunder descended like a whip of heavenly punishment, lashing viciously toward the island at the center of the lake!

At that moment, a massive black shadow shot into the sky from the gradually dying azure flames!

It was the Purple Nether Flame Snake transformed from Queen Medusa, though its condition was now utterly miserable.

Large patches of its once-glossy purple scales had been scorched black and fallen away. Horrific burn marks covered its body, and white bone was even exposed in many places.

Yet its snake eyes burned with unyielding resolve as it fearlessly faced that destructive Thunder!

The power of the Heavenly Tribulation instantly surged into the Purple Nether Flame Snake's body, its violent energy wildly ravaging its vitality.

At the same time, it further tempered the Purple Nether Flame Snake's newly formed bloodline in an overbearing manner.

One bolt, two bolts, three bolts...

The Thunder struck down one after another. Every blow made the scorched giant python release a pained hiss, its body trembling violently as though it might collapse at any moment.

Yet the Purple Nether Flame Snake stubbornly remained suspended in the air, forcibly enduring the might of heaven and earth.

After the eighth tribulation bolt fell, the scorched giant python's aura had weakened to the extreme, like a candle flickering in the wind.

The dark clouds in the sky churned fiercely as the ninth, final, and most powerful tribulation bolt gathered strength.

However, perhaps due to the limitations of the world's energy in this region, that ninth tribulation bolt ultimately failed to fully form.

The rolling dark clouds actually began to slowly disperse, and the suffocating heavenly pressure weakened with them.

Although there was no ninth Heavenly Tribulation, the damage from eight consecutive tribulation bolts was still exceedingly severe.

The giant python's life force rapidly drained away, and signs of cracking began to appear across its charred shell. It was on the verge of being unable to hold on.

At that moment of near death, an emerald-green radiance brimming with boundless vitality suddenly erupted from the deepest part of the Purple Nether Flame Snake's body!

It was the medicinal power of the Life Creation Pill!

That dense Power of Life flowed through the Purple Nether Flame Snake's battered body like sweet rain after a long drought.

It repaired severed meridians, nourished its withered flesh and blood, and forcibly reignited and strengthened that thread of life that was about to go out.

Emerald vitality intertwined with charred deathly aura, forming a strange balance.

Immediately afterward, fine cracks began to appear across the surface of its charred shell. At first there were only a few, but they swiftly spread throughout its entire body.

The next instant, dazzling multicolored light burst fiercely from those cracks!

At first there were only a few rays of light, but they rapidly spread across the Purple Nether Flame Snake's entire body.

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple... More and more colors appeared, growing brighter and brighter.

Eight-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python! A mutation occurred!

In the end, they formed eight brilliant colors that reflected one another, dyeing the entire gloomy sky with breathtaking splendor!

An ancient, noble, and incomparably tyrannical pressure erupted from the cracked black shell like a ferocious beast that had slumbered for countless ages awakening!

The evolution had succeeded!

Only then did Xiao Qing slowly loosen his tightly clenched fists. His palms were slightly damp, clearly showing that he had been far less calm than he appeared.

"Crack... Bang!"

The charred shell covering its body completely shattered and dispersed as ash across the sky.

A massive python flowing with eight dazzling colors soared into the heavens and gracefully coiled among the clouds!

Every scale on the Purple Nether Flame Snake seemed to be forged from multicolored divine metal, shining brilliantly and radiating intoxicating light and pressure.

"Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python?! No! That's not right! Eight colors! This is the legendary Eight-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python!"

Old Yao's shocked voice suddenly rang out from the Bone Flame Ring, his tone filled with disbelief.

"The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python is already an overlord among ancient magical beasts, capable of rivaling a Dou Saint upon reaching adulthood!"

"This Eight-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python has potential far beyond that of the Seven-Colored one. Even among Dou Saints, it is surely no weakling. It is enough to make many veteran Dou Saints wary!"

The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python possessed the potential to become a Dou Saint!

As for this Eight-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, as long as it grew smoothly, it was almost destined to become a peak existence at the Dou Saint level in the future!

Hearing this, a faint smile curled onto Xiao Qing's lips.

Not only that, Xiao Qing knew that above the eight colors was the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, which existed only in ancient legends and possessed the bearing of a Dou Emperor...

The Eight-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python circled through the sky several times, seemingly familiarizing itself with this newly reborn and powerful body. Then it turned into a dazzling streak of multicolored light, dived down, and landed beside Xiao Qing.

The light faded, revealing an incomparably beautiful figure.

Queen Medusa wore a multicolored gown seemingly woven from rosy clouds, draped with a thin gauzy outer robe. Her figure was graceful, and her beauty peerless.

After evolving, Queen Medusa's appearance seemed even more flawless, beautiful enough to topple kingdoms and cities!

Her already seductive and enchanting aura now carried a sacred radiance born from the nobility of her bloodline, adding several degrees of divine majesty!

These two completely opposing traits fused perfectly within her, creating a unique charm so breathtaking that it could make all things lose their color.

Seduction and sanctity coexisted; allure and majesty stood together.

Queen Medusa raised her now deeper and more captivating purple eyes toward Xiao Qing. Her eyes could not conceal her joy at succeeding, nor the deeper gratitude that nearly overflowed from them.

Countless words churned in her heart, but they ultimately became one soft sentence containing all her complicated emotions:

"Xiao Qing... thank you!"

Queen Medusa knew better than anyone that without Xiao Qing's precise control of the Heavenly Flame, as well as those three life-saving pills at the crucial moment,

she absolutely would not have survived the horrifying burning of the Heavenly Flame and the bombardment of the Heavenly Tribulation, much less completed this unprecedented evolution.

At that moment, Queen Medusa had not only ascended in cultivation and stepped into the Dou Zong realm she had always dreamed of reaching.

Her bloodline had also transformed into the Eight-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python with limitless potential. Her strength was more than ten times greater than before her evolution!

"No need to thank me. This is merely one part of our agreement."

Looking at that perfect, almost unreal face from so close, Xiao Qing's heart could not help but stir slightly.

She really was quite alluring...

Across both his lives, Queen Medusa was indeed the most captivating woman Xiao Qing had ever seen. Her beauty was dazzling, making it difficult to look away.

"Our agreement...?"

Queen Medusa was slightly stunned. A trace of complicated, indescribable emotion crossed her beautiful face. Her red lips moved, but she did not know how to respond for the moment.

The atmosphere immediately became somewhat subtle and silent.

At that moment, an extremely faint yet incomparably clear palpitation and warning suddenly arose from the depths of Xiao Qing's soul!

What is this?

This was not a baseless alarm!

A powerful sense of foreboding instantly enveloped Xiao Qing's heart, as though something extremely terrible was about to happen.

After Xiao Qing's soul fused with that mysterious Golden Book, he would occasionally experience this mysterious and indistinct premonition of danger.

"Not good! Leave this place now!"

Xiao Qing's expression abruptly changed. Without time to explain further, he shouted urgently!

Almost instinctively, he reached out and grabbed Queen Medusa's jade-like wrist. The Dou Qi within his body circulated madly as he prepared to forcefully flee with his movement technique!

When her wrist was grasped, Queen Medusa first trembled instinctively, sensing the strength and urgency in Xiao Qing's palm.

Before Queen Medusa could think through that sudden contact,

an indescribable, terrifying power seemingly originating from heaven and earth itself suddenly descended and firmly locked onto her!

Only then did Queen Medusa belatedly realize that the source of danger was not Xiao Qing, but the seemingly calm sky above!

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

No matter how they urged their power or how their bodies flickered, everything was futile before that vast power locking onto Queen Medusa.

It was as though the entire space had become a thick swamp, trapping them firmly where they stood.

The next moment, the void above their heads was silently torn open like fragile glass, revealing a tiny black rift.

The spatial rift was filled with unsettling emptiness and chaos!

An irresistible suction force erupted from within, instantly swallowing both Xiao Qing and Queen Medusa!

Their figures vanished from the island at the center of the lake in an instant, as though they had been erased.

Silence returned to the surroundings. Only the scorched black ground burned by the Heavenly Flame, the dried-up Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and the faint lingering aura of Tribulation Lightning in the air

proved what a breathtaking transformation and accident had just taken place here.

At the same time, deep beneath the Snake-People Tribe's Holy City...

This was a secret place sealed by countless ancient runes and buried in dust for who knew how many ages.

Perhaps because of the special bloodline fluctuations triggered when Queen Medusa successfully evolved into an Eight-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, some subtle resonance was produced.

An extremely dim rune, nearly impossible to detect, flickered quietly once before disappearing again.

It seemed... some long-forgotten secret had been stirred by this.

No one knew how long they had drifted through darkness and chaos...

As though he had endured a long and twisted nightmare, Xiao Qing's consciousness finally broke free from its muddleheaded state and abruptly awakened!

Xiao Qing instantly opened his eyes. The Dou Qi within him circulated instinctively as he vigilantly surveyed his surroundings.

The sight before him made Xiao Qing's heart sink.

This was a world of absolute deathly silence.

The sky was a stifling lead-gray, with neither sun nor moon in sight.

There were no clouds either, only a faint and uniform gray light of unknown origin barely illuminating the boundless barren land below.

The ground was a cracked grayish-brown, resembling the color of skin ravaged by terminal illness.

Bottomless fissures crisscrossed everywhere. There was no vegetation in sight, only bizarre, heavily weathered boulders standing sporadically like tombstones.

The air was filled with a mixture of ancient, decayed, and deeply destructive aura. Even breathing it into his lungs brought a heavy, suffocating sensation.

Battlefield of the Dou Saint Pocket World; the strange white-haired elder!

As far as the eye could see, this space was so vast that its boundaries were nowhere in sight, yet shocking traces of battle remained everywhere!

Giant pits resembling the handprints of giants, mountains cleanly sliced apart by invisible blades, vast stretches of ground burned into glass by extreme heat...