A month passed in the blink of an eye.
After subduing the Heavenly Flames in the Tagor Desert and breaking through to Dou Zong, Chen Xuan returned to Jia Ma Holy City to consolidate his cultivation in seclusion. His strength reached the late stage of Three-Star Dou Zong outright.
Such was the terrifying power of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's bloodline!
Chen Xuan even thought he would soon break through to Four-Star Dou Zong, reaching the ranks of a Mid-Rank Dou Zong.
Even in the entire Black-Corner Region, that level of strength would place him among the very best.
In the Black-Corner Region, it seemed only Earth Demon Old Ghost of Demon Flame Valley surpassed him, having reached Seven-Star Dou Zong. Chen Xuan paid no heed whatsoever to the other one-, two-, three-, or four-star Dou Zong.
During this time, Hai Bodong also arrived at the Snake-People Holy City.
Over the past month, Hai Bodong gained a profound understanding of the Snake-People Tribe's strength. He had never imagined that, aside from the Eight Leaders with Dou Wang level strength, the tribe also had four Dou Emperor level elders.
Every one of these elders possessed considerable strength. Even the weakest was now a Three Stars Dou Emperor, not the slightest bit inferior to him in his current state.
The strongest among them, Great Elder Snake Ji, had even reached Eight-Star Dou Emperor. Even Hai Bodong at his peak would have been no match for her.
One Dou Zong, four Dou Emperors, eight Dou Emperors, and Pill King Gu He-with all these powerhouses together, they could already sweep aside every expert in the Jia Ma Empire.
The Jia Ma Imperial Family? The Misty Cloud Sect? Neither even deserved to be mentioned in the same breath as the Snake-People Tribe.
"The Snake-People Tribe's