Medusa

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Medusa (美杜莎)
Alias(es)	Queen Medusa; Her Majesty
Species/Race	Snake-Person; evolved into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Snake-People Tribe; its Sacred City
Occupation/Role	Queen and supreme ruler of the Snake-People Tribe
Status	Alive
First Appearance	133

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Peak Dou Emperor	133	Already the Snake-People Tribe’s supreme expert; she prepares a high-risk breakthrough because reaching Dou Zong would allow her people to expand beyond the Tagor Desert. 133
Dou Zong	144–145, 171	Completes a body-destroying evolution ritual using the Bone Chilling Flame, survives Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and is reborn in connection with a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Her restored human form possesses Dou Zong strength, though her control is initially unstable. 144 145 171

Background

Medusa ruled the Snake-People Tribe from the Sacred City as a Peak Dou Emperor. Her ambition to reach Dou Zong was tied to freeing her people from confinement in the Tagor Desert, whose conditions did not suit their cold bloodline. To achieve this, she secretly obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame and prepared the tribe’s inherited evolution ritual. 133 134

Xiao Yan entered Snake-People territory after learning that Medusa possessed the Heavenly Flame. She initially tested him with a lethal-looking attack, then listened when he demonstrated soul-based defenses and offered a safer alternative: his Bone Chilling Flame, whose colder nature was more compatible with her than the intensely yang Green Lotus Core Flame. Medusa accepted his proposal, named him an honored guest, and placed Yue Mei and Hua She’er at his disposal. 134 135

After Xiao Yan treated her injuries and refined supporting pills, Medusa gave him the token needed to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame. She chose to evolve with the Bone Chilling Flame instead, while also permitting him to study the Snake-People Tribe’s secret evolution arts. 137

During the evolution, Medusa assumed her massive purple serpent form and allowed the Bone Chilling Flame to burn away her body. She endured the destruction of her flesh and soul for hours, eventually opening her mind so Xiao Yan could suppress her perception of pain and help her gather the energy needed for rebirth. 143 144

Her apparent death triggered a Lightning Tribulation of Nine Profound Golden Lightning. From the ashes emerged a tiny Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, an unprecedented form bearing seven standard colors plus black and white. The newborn python displayed independent, childlike behavior, while Medusa’s consciousness remained dormant or suppressed within the same body. 145 146

When Medusa temporarily regained control, she and Xiao Yan negotiated a new agreement. He would protect and nourish the python body; in return, she would aid him when necessary and protect him for one year should she gain complete control. 171

Appearance

Medusa’s human form combines queenly poise with an overtly bewitching presence. She is first seen in an elegant purple brocade robe, with long black hair, pale violet snake pupils, and a visible purple serpent tail. After evolving, her human form possesses legs rather than a tail. 133 171

• Pale violet, snake-like pupils. 133
• Long raven-black hair reaching her slender waist. 133 143
• Purple brocade clothing associated with her royal bearing. 133
• Original true form: a massive purple serpent over a dozen zhang long, with a slender but powerful body. 143
• Evolved form: a small Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with multicolored scales, pale violet eyes, and a distinctive fragrance. 145
• Her evolved python body carries nine colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, black, and white. 145

Personality

Medusa is proud, cold, and intensely conscious of power. Her first response to Xiao Yan’s request for an audience is to assert that “the weak have no right to negotiate with the strong,” and she frequently tests others through threats, deception, and carefully measured concessions. 133 134

As a ruler, she is calculating rather than impulsive. She recognizes Xiao Yan’s usefulness, makes him an honored guest despite his humanity, and later negotiates practical terms for her shared body’s protection rather than forcing a fight she cannot safely win. 135 171

Her pursuit of strength is uncompromising. She knowingly undergoes an evolution that destroys her body piece by piece and refuses Xiao Yan’s suggestion to stop, ordering him simply to continue. 143

Beneath her severity, Medusa displays loyalty and protectiveness toward those she accepts as her responsibility. She fights Yun Shan to protect Xiao Yan, remains in human form to prevent the immature python from harming him while he is unconscious, and offers to teach Qing Lin Snake-People cultivation arts. 196 209

Abilities & Skills

Dou Zong Cultivation

Following her evolution, Medusa possesses Dou Zong-level strength and can contend with other newly advanced Dou Zong experts. Her unstable soul and limited familiarity with her evolved body initially prevent her from fully using that power. 171 203

• Uses seven-colored energy of higher quality than ordinary wind-attributed Dou Qi. 203
• Can kill multiple Dou Wang elders with overwhelming ease after her breakthrough. 207
• Her physical constitution allows her to survive injuries that would ordinarily be fatal. 203
• Yun Shan’s superior experience, techniques, and control initially give him an advantage despite her higher-quality energy. 203

Snake-Person True Form

Medusa can transform into a massive purple serpent, the Snake-People Tribe’s ultimate combat form. Snake-People cultivate alongside serpentine magical-beast souls, eventually fusing with them and calling upon that power in battle. 143

• Her true form possesses the pressure of a peak sixth-tier magical beast. 143
• The form dramatically enhances her physical power and endurance. 143 203
• She used this form as the vessel for her evolution ritual. 143

Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Physique

Medusa’s evolution created a body shared with the consciousness of a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. The creature is an anomalous evolution beyond the legendary Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. 145 146

• The python’s speed is produced through raw physical strength rather than detectable Dou Qi. 145
• It instinctively fears Heavenly Flames but is attracted to Companion Amethyst Source and other spiritual resources. 145 146
• Medusa can temporarily reclaim human form, but cannot initially suppress the python’s consciousness for long. 171
• The struggle between the two souls restricts her strength and can force her back into her small snake form. 171 203

Snake-People Secret Evolution Art

Medusa’s inherited art burns away the body with a Heavenly Flame, converts physical energy into soul power, and forms a new body after the practitioner crosses into Dou Zong. 135

• Requires the origin energy of a Heavenly Flame, not merely controlled outer fire. 135
• Carries an extremely high failure rate because the flame can dissipate much of the body’s energy. 135
• Medusa completed the ritual with Xiao Yan’s controlled Bone Chilling Flame and soul assistance. 143 144

Perception and Energy Projection

Medusa possesses powerful senses befitting a Dou Zong and can project an energy body to deceive or intimidate opponents. 142 210

• Projected an energy-body likeness of herself to deter Han Gu’s invading group. 142
• Her projection was exposed by Yun Yun, causing the attempted bluff to fail. 142
• Can perceive events within several miles when her senses are spread out. 210
• Communicated telepathically with Xiao Yan while residing in the python body. 178

Seven-Colored Snake Sword

Medusa wields a Seven-Colored Snake Sword in human-form combat. 203

• Used it against Yun Shan during their Dou Zong battle. 203
• Her swordsmanship alone was insufficient against Yun Shan’s greater technical experience. 203

Items

• Green Lotus Core Flame token — A token Medusa gave Xiao Yan to bypass the barrier surrounding the flame’s storage site east of Holy City. 137 138
• Seven-Colored Snake Sword — Her weapon during the battle with Yun Shan. 203
• Companion Amethyst Source — A favored nourishment for the juvenile python body; its use helps keep the creature docile and content. 146 171

Relationships

• Xiao Yan — Began as a wary transaction partner when he offered to support her evolution in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame. Their relationship developed into mutual protection, political cooperation, and a formal agreement for Medusa to assist him when needed. 135 171 196 206
• Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python — The independent newborn consciousness sharing Medusa’s evolved body. Their internal struggle limits Medusa’s control and creates uncertainty over the body’s identity. 145 146 171
• Yue Mei — One of Medusa’s Eight Great Commanders and chief of the Enchanted Snake Tribe. Yue Mei helps bring Xiao Yan before Medusa and remains devoted to her queen’s survival. 132 133 140
• Hua She’er — Captain of Medusa’s personal guard. She serves as a cautious protector of the queen and Sacred City, arranging defenses during Medusa’s evolution. 133 140 141
• Qing Lin — A young girl of mixed Snake-Person and human heritage. Medusa offers to personally teach her the Snake-People Tribe’s secret cultivation arts. 209
• Hai Bodong — A former enemy whom Medusa sealed for decades. She agrees to spare him at Xiao Yan’s request after the seal is removed. 160 196
• Medusa’s younger sister — Deceased. Her views on coexistence between humans and magical beasts resembled Xiao Yan’s, and her death was connected to an ice-user whom Xiao Yan identifies as Hai Bodong. 137
• Yun Shan — A rival Dou Zong who nearly kills Medusa by exploiting her unstable state. Medusa later kills him from behind when Xiao Yan conceals her aura. 203 206

Story Role / Major Arcs

Snake-People Sacred City

Medusa’s planned evolution draws Xiao Yan into the Snake-People Tribe’s territory. She tests his strength, accepts his proposal to replace the Green Lotus Core Flame with the Bone Chilling Flame, and grants him privileged access to the Sacred City and its resources. 133 135 137

Evolution and Rebirth

Medusa undertakes the tribe’s forbidden evolution art while human invaders threaten the Sacred City. Her body is burned away, her apparent death triggers Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and she is reborn through the unprecedented Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. 142 145

Shared-Body Agreement

While Medusa’s consciousness is unstable, Xiao Yan raises and protects the juvenile python. Once she wakes, the two avoid open conflict by agreeing that Xiao Yan will care for the body and Medusa will provide assistance and protection. 146 171

Battle Against Yun Shan and the Soul Hall

Medusa emerges to protect Xiao Yan from Yun Shan and a Soul Hall Protector, refusing offers to abandon him. Although Yun Shan severely wounds her, Xiao Yan returns in time to save her; afterward, Medusa kills Yun Shan and helps eliminate the remaining Misty Cloud Sect elders. 196 203 206 207

Snake-People Homeland

Medusa asks Xiao Yan to secure a territory where the Snake-People Tribe can live without continued conflict with the Jia Ma Empire. Xiao Yan agrees on the condition that the tribe avoids senseless slaughter, and Ya Fei later begins preparing a practical proposal. 206 215

Notable Quotes

“But you do not seem to understand: the weak have no right to negotiate with the strong!” 133

“Continue!” 143

“I hope you can agree to set aside a region for the Snake-People Tribe.” 206