Snake-People Tribe
Battle Through the Heavens: Winds Rise in Wutan
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Snake-People Tribe (蛇人一族) |
| Species/Race | Snake-people; descendants of serpentine Magical Beasts who have evolved toward humanity 171 |
| Leader | Queen Medusa, later known as Cailin 49 171 |
| Affiliation | Allied with Lin Qing’s faction, the Green Emperor Pavilion 171 191 |
| Status | Active; relocated to new territory in the Magic Beast Mountains 179 191 |
| First Appearance | Mentioned through Qing Lin’s Snake-People ancestry 41 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| One-Star Dou Ancestor | 60 | One of the four elders reaches this realm after using a Sect-Breaking Pill. |
| Nine-Star Dou King | 60 | Hua She’er advances from Peak Seven-Star Dou King. |
| Dou Ancestor | 97 | Medusa reaches this realm after her Heavenly Flame evolution. |
| Additional high-level breakthroughs | 171 | By Cailin’s return, the tribe has a Dou Ancestor and a Dou Emperor who have broken through, in addition to its returning queen. |
History
The Snake-People Tribe migrated from the Central Plains, retaining medicinal formulas and other treasures from its earlier history. Its decline accelerated after a wielder of the Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes controlled an evolved Queen Medusa and dealt the tribe a devastating blow. Survivors fled their former homeland, and surrounding kingdoms eventually drove the tribe into the desert 61 99.
From its Holy City in the Tagor Desert, the tribe faced pressure from the Jia Ma Empire and neighboring powers with Dou Ancestor-level strength. Medusa sought to overcome her bloodline limits through a dangerous Heavenly Flame evolution, hoping to gain the strength to protect her people and lead them out of the desert 49 53 60.
Lin Qing supplied the Green Lotus Core Flame and refined pills for Medusa and the tribe in exchange for her four years of service, medicinal materials, and two Seventh-Grade pill formulas. Medusa’s evolution succeeded, but her soul initially fell dormant while the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python’s soul controlled their shared body. The elders allowed Lin Qing to take her away under their agreement after he promised to seek a solution and help the tribe find suitable land 49 61 62 66 67.
After the two souls gained separate bodies, Cailin returned with her younger sister Caidie. The elders supported Cailin’s decision to ally with Lin Qing’s faction and relocate the tribe to the Magic Beast Mountains. The relocation was completed as the Green Emperor Pavilion expanded into the Jia Ma Empire 171 179 191.
Organization and Strength
| Group | Role and documented strength |
|---|---|
| Queen Medusa / Cailin | Ruler of the tribe; later a Dou Ancestor and Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python 49 97 171. |
| Four Elders | Senior authorities bound by tribal rules to remain in their bamboo forest except during an existential crisis. The Great Elder later reaches Dou Ancestor 60 171. |
| Grand Commander | A High-Rank Dou Emperor when Lin Qing first describes the tribe’s hidden strength 49. |
| Eight major tribes | Guard approaches to the Holy City; their leaders are Dou Kings. The Meishe Tribe is led by Yue Mei 53. |
| Medusa Snake Guards | Elite Holy City guards; Lin Qing observes a Seven-Star Dou King and more than ten Dou Lings among them 53. |
Before Medusa’s evolution, Lin Qing detects five Dou Emperors in the Holy City, including four at the peak of the realm, as well as numerous Dou Kings and Dou Lings. He judges the tribe’s high-level strength slightly greater than the Jia Ma Empire’s, but insufficient to conquer and hold it against intervention from neighboring empires 53.
Heritage and Resources
- Medusa evolution methods — The tribe preserves secret methods for nurturing Medusa. Its intermediate method requires a Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill; it lacks the resources and Seventh-Grade alchemist needed for the advanced method 61.
- Medusa Baptism — A sacred rite required after a successful evolution before the queen enters marital relations; the Great Elder says it also benefits her cultivation 67.
- Treasury — An underground collection guarded by a Tier 5 purple python. It contains weapons, armor, cultivation techniques, medicinal herbs, and pill formulas, though the elders cannot readily afford large-scale high-grade pill refinement 61.
- Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes — A rare constitution arising from human and Snake-People ancestry. Because it can control serpentine beings, the tribe’s ancestral rule is to take in a wielder or destroy them if that is impossible 41 99.
Relationships
- Cailin / Queen Medusa — The tribe’s ruler, whose evolution and later return shape its plans for survival and resettlement 53 64 171.
- Caidie — Cailin’s younger sister, given an independent body after their soul problem is resolved; both are Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Pythons 171.
- Lin Qing — Alchemist and ally who supplies pills and a Heavenly Flame, then promises territory and longer-term protection. The tribe joins his faction after Cailin’s return 54 62 67 171.
- Qing Lin — A descendant of human and Snake-People ancestry whose Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes evoke the tribe’s historical fear of being controlled 41 99.
- Jia Ma Empire — A neighboring power and former territorial rival; the tribe later relocates within the empire’s Magic Beast Mountains 53 153 179 191.