Medusa

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Medusa (美杜莎)
Alias(es)	Queen Medusa; “pet snake” (Xiao Qing’s nickname) 47 126
Species/Race	Snake-Person with a Purple You Flame Serpent bloodline; evolves into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python 102 127
Gender	Female 47
Affiliation	Snake-People Tribe; Xiao Qing’s traveling group 47 104
Occupation/Role	Queen of the Snake-People Tribe; later Xiao Qing’s companion and protector 47 137
Cultivation	Two-Star Dou Zong following evolution; no later exact rank is stated in the provided chapters 127
Status	Alive; accompanying Xiao Qing and guarding his alchemical work 179
First Appearance	Chapter 47, “Underground Magma” 47

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Peak Dou Huang / Dou Emperor	99	Her established cultivation before evolution. She identifies Xiao Qing’s Six-Star Dou Huang cultivation and Zi Yan’s sixth-tier magical-beast nature.
Two-Star Dou Zong; Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python	127	Evolves through the Life Spirit Flame with support from a Sixth Grade Recovery Pill and Xiao Qing’s life force. Survives lightning tribulation and gains a human form with legs.
Complete fusion with her evolved body	136 137	The Spirit-Merging Pill resolves the unstable two-soul condition, granting unobstructed control over her body and full use of her strength. Her cultivation talent improves; no new numerical rank is specified.

Background / History

Queen of the Snake-People Tribe

Medusa rules from the Snake-People Holy City in the Tagor Desert, where she has lived for a hundred years. Her people regard her with profound respect, while her reputation frightens experts throughout the Jia Ma Empire. She seeks a Heavenly Flame not only for personal advancement, but to help her tribe escape its harsh desert homeland 47 104.

A hereditary red crystal sphere alerts her to a nearby Heavenly Flame. She initially hesitates to investigate because provoking an existing owner could endanger the tribe. When she reaches the Green Lotus Core Flame’s location, Xiao Qing has already taken it 47 48.

War with the Jia Ma Empire

Medusa assumes that the Dou Wang responsible for taking the flame was sent by the Jia Ma Empire. She leads an invasion of its border to demand the flame’s return; the imperial family’s denial escalates the dispute into a war with heavy casualties on both sides 48 88.

She defeats Jia Xing Tian, forcing him to surrender several border cities and swear that the empire never possessed the flame. Once convinced, she withdraws rather than risk intervention from the empire’s other factions. Jia Xing Tian’s injuries are severe enough that Hai Bo Dong believes his prospects of reaching Dou Zong may be ruined 88.

Defeat and Conditional Submission

Xiao Qing later invades the Holy City specifically to obtain Medusa for her ancient python bloodline. Confident that her higher cultivation guarantees victory, she confronts him, but his attacks overwhelm her sword Qi and Dou Qi defenses. During the battle, he reveals that he was the Dou Wang who took the Green Lotus Core Flame, then knocks her unconscious and captures her 95 99 100.

The Four Great Elders attempt to rescue her and are also defeated. In Xiao Qing’s secret realm, Medusa recognizes that resistance is futile. She agrees to submit on the condition that he release the elders and never attack the Snake-People Tribe again 101 102.

Xiao Qing gives her a pill containing a wisp of the Life Spirit Flame. It can kill her if she acts against him, but can also supply life force during her evolution. After he heals the elders, Medusa explains the agreement while concealing the secret realm and Life-and-Death Seal. She then leaves the Holy City with his group 103 104.

The elders privately reinterpret her situation as an opportunity: they hope she can win Xiao Qing’s affection and use his strength and alchemical resources to restore the tribe’s former prosperity 104.

Travels and Growing Trust

Medusa accompanies the group through neighboring empires, initially warning that the tribe’s longstanding grudges may attract trouble. She witnesses Xiao Qing defeat Yan Luotian and Xie Bi Yan, gaining a clearer understanding of his abilities 108 109 110 119 120.

Her response to the Demon Poison Mark exposes a change in her feelings. When Xiao Qing appears to be injured, she rushes to him and restrains Xie Bi Yan in anger. The elder’s suggestion that Xiao Qing is her lover embarrasses her 121.

By the time her evolution approaches, her original intention to betray Xiao Qing has disappeared. She has also become protective of Qing Lin and no longer views the girl primarily as a threat to her freedom 126.

Evolution and Soul Conflict

Xiao Qing takes Medusa into the secret realm to conceal the celestial disturbance her evolution might produce. She assumes an enormous purple snake form and enters the Life Spirit Flame, enduring repeated destruction and regeneration until her body becomes a small, charred remnant 126 127.

The flame previously placed inside her releases a final surge of life force, enabling her rebirth as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Medusa retains control long enough to withstand the lightning tribulation and return to human form, but a newborn python soul has also emerged within her body 127.

The two souls subsequently struggle for control. Because their lives are linked, harming the newborn soul would also harm Medusa. She withdraws to recuperate, allowing the innocent Little Seven-Colored Snake to control their shared body while Xiao Qing prepares a remedy 128.

Xiao Qing eventually refines a Spirit-Merging Pill. After taking it, Medusa gains complete control over her evolved body, ending the obstructive two-soul condition. She offers to repay him with the constant protection of a Dou Zong expert; by this point, he regards her as a companion rather than a pet 136 137.

Jia Nan Academy and Later Support

Medusa accompanies Xiao Qing toward Jia Nan Academy. Su Qian personally welcomes her and considers her valuable enough to offer a Second Elder position, though the provided passage does not confirm such an appointment 140 145.

During the Black-Corner Region confrontation, she chooses to observe unless enemies threaten the Inner Academy’s weaker students. Later, she gathers medicinal ingredients with Zi Yan, guards Xiao Qing during refinement, and helps clear away magical beasts attracted by pill fragrance 150 171 174 179.

Appearance

• Original form: A beautiful, curvaceous woman with long black hair reaching her waist, an elegant purple brocade robe, and a purple snake tail beneath it 47 99.
• Before evolution: Can transform into an enormous snake covered in purple scales 127.
• Evolved human form: Retains her cold, alluring features, but her former snake tail becomes a pair of long legs 127.
• Evolved snake form: A Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with pale violet eyes; its small form appears harmless and innocent when the newborn soul is controlling it 127 128.
• Dou Qi wings: Uses purple wings before reaching Dou Zong 100.

Personality

Medusa is proud, cold, and fiercely protective of her authority. She answers insults with killing intent and initially dismisses Xiao Qing’s group because of their lower cultivation. Her confidence becomes a serious misjudgment when she assumes that realm differences alone determine the outcome of their battle 99 100 102.

Her responsibility toward the Snake-People Tribe can outweigh her pride. She considers the risks of pursuing a Heavenly Flame, ends the border war once further fighting becomes disadvantageous, and accepts a humiliating agreement to preserve the elders and protect her people 47 88 102.

Among Xiao Qing’s companions, her guarded demeanor gradually softens. She cares for Qing Lin, comforts Zi Yan over her uncertain parentage, and becomes gentle and trusting toward Xiao Qing. Her embarrassment when teased and brief jealousy over Zi Yan’s closeness to him suggest affection, without establishing a formal romantic relationship 126 137 172 178.

Abilities & Skills

Purple Dou Qi and Sword Qi

Medusa manipulates purple Dou Qi for combat, defense, and restraint 100 104 121.

• Condenses a purple longsword and releases snake-shaped sword Qi 100.
• Creates protective barriers and purple Dou Qi wings 100 105.
• Wraps others in Dou Qi to transport or restrain them, including the injured elders and Xie Bi Yan 104 121.
• Her defenses and sword attacks cannot withstand Xiao Qing’s enhanced palm and fist strikes 100.

Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Bloodline

Her Purple You Flame Serpent bloodline contains traces of the ancient Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, making evolution possible 102.

• Successful evolution grants a stronger body, improved cultivation talent, and human legs 127 137.
• Her evolved bloodline can stand on equal footing with the Heaven Demon Phoenix bloodline and surpasses that of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan 172.
• Heavenly Flame evolution depends on suitable bloodline potential and considerable luck; it is not a universally available method 172.
• Xiao Qing considers her a future Dou Saint prospect if she eventually obtains suitable treasures. This is his expectation, not an attained realm 95.

Transformation and Flight

Medusa shifts between snake and humanoid forms 127 128 136.

• Before evolution, flies using Dou Qi wings 100.
• After reaching Dou Zong, stands and moves through empty air without relying on those wings 127.
• During the unresolved soul conflict, control of the body alternates between Medusa and the newborn python soul 128.

Knowledge and Leadership

Medusa knows the Snake-People Tribe’s environmental records and political vulnerabilities 102 105.

• Assesses opponents’ cultivation and recognizes unusual magical-beast bloodlines 99.
• Negotiates for the elders’ release and the tribe’s continued safety 102.
• Withholds sensitive information about Xiao Qing’s seal and secret realm when briefing the elders 104.
• Her knowledge has limits: the tribe’s records do not reveal the Furywind Dragon Flame hidden in the Hurricane Zone 105 107.

Vulnerabilities

• Initially fears eventual enslavement by Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, which can control snake-type beings 107.
• Experiences an instinctive urge to submit under Xiao Qing’s dragon bloodline pressure 120.
• Before soul fusion, injuring the newborn python soul would cause backlash to Medusa, while its resistance interferes with her cultivation and actions 128.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Red crystal sphere — Hereditary treasure used to detect a nearby Heavenly Flame 47 48.
• Storage Ring — Holds items including the Recovery Pill used during evolution 127.
• Life Spirit Flame pill — Xiao Qing’s means of controlling her life and death; its stored flame later becomes the life force that helps complete her evolution 103 127.
• Sixth Grade Recovery Pill — Temporarily restores her injuries while the Heavenly Flame burns her body 126 127.
• Spirit-Merging Pill — Resolves the instability between her soul and evolved body 136 137.
• Heaven Demon Phoenix Blood Essence — Receives half of the four remaining drops from Xiao Qing as a tonic for her magical-beast physique 174.
• Sect Origin Pill — A seventh-rank pill capable of raising a Dou Zong by one or two stars. Xiao Qing gives it to her and recommends waiting until High-Rank Dou Zong for maximum benefit; consumption is not documented 178.

Relationships

• Xiao Qing — Initially her enemy and captor. Their coerced master-and-pet arrangement develops into trust, affection, and companionship; she offers to protect him after he completes her evolution 100 102 126 137.
• Qing Lin — Initially feared because of her snake-controlling pupils. After learning about her past and kindness, Medusa becomes particularly caring toward her 107 126.
• Zi Yan — Early suspicion and teasing give way to attachment. Medusa comforts her over her unknown family circumstances and tolerates her lingering wariness 104 128 172.
• Xiao Yi Xian — Traveling companion who encourages Medusa before her evolution 105 126.
• Four Great Elders — Fellow leaders of the Snake-People Tribe. Despite disagreements, they attempt to rescue her; she secures their release, and they later encourage her association with Xiao Qing for the tribe’s benefit 101 102 104.
• Jia Xing Tian — Military adversary whom she defeats during the border war, leaving him seriously injured 88.
• Su Qian — Welcomes her to Jia Nan Academy and considers offering her the Second Elder position 145.
• Little Seven-Colored Snake — Newborn python soul sharing her evolved body. Their struggle for control is resolved through the Spirit-Merging Pill 128 136 137.

Notable Quotes

“This queen can agree to you, but you must first release the four elders and promise not to make a move against the Snake-People Tribe again!” 102

“Would the constant protection of a Dou Zong expert be enough repayment?” 137

“You still have us. What biological parents would abandon their child? Perhaps there are other circumstances behind it.” 172