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Seeing the words "comparable to mid-tier Heaven Rank," Mo Yun could not help but feel excited.

Sure enough, the most unique cultivation methods were the most badass. The laws of fantasy never failed.

"This King will not exist for much longer. Do you plan to cultivate now?" the Black Mist Teng Snake asked.

Looking at the Black Mist Teng Snake before him, Mo Yun noticed that the black mist around it had indeed grown fainter than before. He said, "Then let's begin!"

The moment he finished speaking, the Black Mist Teng Snake suddenly shot upward before plunging straight into Mo Yun's body.

Mo Yun could sense another will controlling his body from within.

"Do not be alarmed. This King will temporarily take control of your body. Observe carefully! The first step of my race's cultivation method was modeled after the Ancient Sky Snake clan and is called Devouring!"

As soon as it finished speaking, Mo Yun's entire body suddenly shuddered. Black mist bathed his body, while the faint phantom of a snake appeared behind him. It felt as though every pore on his body had been opened. At the same time, his mouth slowly opened and his lower abdomen gradually contracted. In an instant, a powerful suction force emerged, carrying the vague momentum of swallowing heaven, earth, and all things.

Under that suction force, all the Dou Qi between heaven and earth gathered together, forming a Dou Qi vortex above Mo Yun before flooding into his body through his mouth.

Others might not have sensed this disturbance, but in Medusa Palace and the Bamboo Forest outside the city...

Medusa Queen and the Four Great Elders all noticed it. A trace of astonishment appeared in their diamond-shaped snake pupils.

Inside the palace, Medusa Queen, seated cross-legged upon her throne, directly asked Hua She Er at her side, "What cultivation method did you take that boy Mo Yun to choose?"

Hua She Er, who stood respectfully nearby, was suddenly questioned by Medusa. Without thinking much of it, she replied directly, "He chose that Teng Snake... I warned him, but he insisted, so there was nothing I could do!"

Hua She Er then recounted, in full detail, the entire process of Mo Yun choosing his cultivation method and Dou Techniques to Medusa Queen.

After hearing it, Medusa Queen remained silent for a long while before softly saying, "Then it seems he chose a cultivation method that suits him..."

"Huh? That Teng Snake one?" Knowing that Her Majesty the Queen never joked, Hua She Er was deeply puzzled.

"Wasn't he looking specifically for a unique cultivation method? I fear that when he chose the Teng Snake Cultivation Method, he had already discovered something unusual about it," Medusa murmured. She then slowly closed her eyes.

Meanwhile, Mo Yun, who was cultivating in his residence, naturally had no time to concern himself with the reactions of the Snake-People Tribe's experts.

After he finished Devouring, the immense amount of Dou Qi caused his entire body to swell. He turned directly into an incomparably bloated fat man, and even his skin was stretched so taut that it looked as though it might split apart at any moment.

"Because my race's physical bodies are not as powerful as those of the Ancient Sky Snake, excessive impurities will accumulate within the body. Over time, they will create hidden dangers for cultivation. Thus, one must gradually filter out the impurities within the absorbed Dou Qi through exhalation!"

As the Ancient Teng Snake finished speaking, that will controlled Mo Yun's body and began the second step: exhalation.

His body leaned slightly forward, his mouth opening only through a tiny slit, while every pore across his body began to expel air.

"Phew~"

The entire process lasted roughly half a shichen. As Mo Yun expelled the final wisp of turbid air, he completed the second step of the cultivation method, exhalation.

His originally bloated body had shrunk slightly, though it was still far from its normal state.

At this moment, the Ancient Teng Snake's voice sounded in Mo Yun's mind once more. "The third step of the cultivation method, refinement, is to refine all the immense Dou Qi you swallowed into Dou Qi that belongs to you!"

Mo Yun carefully experienced the process. At the same time, his entire body entered an extremely rhythmic writhing state. His chest rose and fell, and with every motion, a portion of the Dou Qi absorbed into his body was consumed and transformed into Mo Yun's own Dou Qi, flowing into his lower abdomen.

The Dou Qi continuously gathered. Within Mo Yun's inner vision, it gradually formed a vortex. As more Dou Qi was digested and injected into it, the vortex condensed into liquid. The liquid Dou Qi increased without stop, eventually becoming extremely viscous, with faint signs of crystallization.

Dou Qi crystallization, transforming from liquid into solid—this was the mark of a Great Dou Shi!

Yet the Dou Qi Mo Yun had absorbed and refined at this point was only a small portion of what he had Devoured. If he absorbed all of it, would he not have a chance to condense a Dou Qi crystal and enter the ranks of Great Dou Shi in one stroke?

Amid Mo Yun's anticipation, the Ancient Teng Snake's will controlled his body through refinement again and again. This refinement lasted for ten whole days. As the Dou Qi within his body was digested, Mo Yun's bloated body gradually shrank and returned toward its normal state. The Dou Qi in his lower abdomen also gradually hardened, eventually forming a diamond-shaped crystal.

As the diamond-shaped crystal gradually completed itself, all the Dou Qi within Mo Yun's body was refined, and his physique returned to normal.

"After the third step, refinement, there remains one final step—the most uniquely blessed step of this cultivation method: snake shedding!"

"Snake shedding? Don't tell me I have to shed my skin like a snake?"

The Ancient Teng Snake transmitted, "Under normal circumstances, cultivation only involves the first three steps. The fourth step occurs during the cultivator's advancement. Every advancement requires shedding old restraints in order to gain a new physical body!"

"The Dou Qi in your body has already crystallized. You are currently between the peak of 9-Star Dou Shi and Great Dou Shi. Once you undergo the final step of snake shedding, you will truly enter the ranks of Great Dou Shi!"

Afterward, Mo Yun felt his entire body become strange. A tingling sensation swept through him, and after that tingling, his body felt as though it were trapped within something, instinctively wanting to break free.

Then, an astonishing scene unfolded!

A thin crack appeared atop his head. As a streak of white light shot out, that crack gradually tore open, and Mo Yun's body darted out from within it—completely naked!

The black mist also separated from his body and gathered once more into the Black Mist Teng Snake. However, it had faded severely, as though it would dissipate at any moment.

Freed from the Ancient Teng Snake's control and back in command of his body, Mo Yun immediately grabbed a robe and draped it over himself. The next second, he ran to the mirror and touched his bald head, then touched the brows above his emerald-green eyes. Not a single hair remained!

Although his appearance had been utterly ruined, after examining himself, Mo Yun had to admit that his skin was much fairer after shedding. The impurities expelled from his pores during exhalation had also come off with his old skin. His body was now cleaner than after a bath, and it was far more flexible too. A peerless waist had been born.

The Black Mist Teng Snake spoke first. "Your physical body is exceptionally strong, almost comparable to the body of a magical beast of the same rank!"

"Will every future cultivation session have to be this troublesome?" Mo Yun asked, rubbing his bare eyebrows.

"That depends on how much Dou Qi you swallow. The more you swallow, the longer it takes to digest and absorb. The less you swallow, the shorter the cultivation process naturally becomes. Snake shedding only occurs when you advance! Since this was your first time cultivating, This King was curious about your limits, so I had you Devour a little more Dou Qi. I did not expect your appetite to be so great that you could swallow an amount of Dou Qi comparable to that of a Great Dou Shi!"