A Small Goal

As a transmigrator, Chen Xuan would surely have broken down if he had faced such a situation himself.

Yet Queen Medusa had withstood that mental pressure and still fought desperately to improve her strength and protect the entire Snake-People Tribe.

"People only see Her Majesty's outward glory and formidable strength. They never understand the bitterness behind them."

Watching the images slowly fade, Chen Xuan let out a soft sigh.

Almost every true expert had endured hardship.

The road to success inevitably meant hacking through thorns and brambles!

"Strength. Everything requires formidable strength!"

A moment later, Chen Xuan's expression grew solemn.

If Queen Medusa had possessed sufficient strength back then, she would never have needed to obey such cruel rules.

She could have challenged those cruel rules. Then both Medusa and Die could have survived, and the Snake-People Tribe would have gained another Dou Emperor.

To challenge the rules, one had to possess formidable strength. Otherwise, those who made the rules would simply crush them.

Ultimately, everything that had happened back then came down to a lack of strength!

The strong ruled over everything, while the weak could only bow before them.

That was this cruel world!

I need to grow stronger too. I can't belittle myself.

Chen Xuan thought to himself.

Although Chen Xuan possessed a system and some knowledge of this world, that was not enough.

His current strength was merely at the Dou Emperor level. He might count as a top expert in the Jia Ma Empire, but outside it, he was hardly worth mentioning.

Even setting aside the Central Plains Continent, where Dou Emperors were as common as dogs, the Northwest Continent alone held countless experts, including no small number of Dou Zun experts-let alone the Eight Ancient Clans whose influence spanned the entire continent.

Chen Xuan's current strength was nowhere near enough.

If a top expert appeared one day, insufficient strength would mean certain death.

Perhaps this world was far too cruel, yet that very cruelty made it beautiful!

In that instant, realization dawned on Chen Xuan.

Until then, he had yet to break free from a transmigrator's mindset. Deep down, he had believed that knowing the plot would let him sail smoothly through everything.

Little had he realized that in a world where strength reigned supreme, even knowing the plot was hollow and powerless without strength.

Only now did Chen Xuan finally understand that knowing the plot and possessing a system were nothing extraordinary.

Only by becoming truly powerful could he shatter the shackles of the rules imposed by this world's strong and become a truly transcendent existence.

Whatever one wished to do, sufficient power was essential.

The strong were respected wherever they went.

And in this world, gaining power meant possessing formidable Dou Qi.

To gain power beyond ordinary beings, one naturally needed certain advantages: a powerful faction, top-tier Dou Qi cultivation methods, top-tier Dou Techniques, special bloodlines, and so on.

For instance, the Eight Ancient Clans possessed powerful dou di bloodlines, giving them unimaginably high starting points. Dou Emperors and Dou Zongs in their twenties were everywhere among them. Those with exceptionally potent bloodlines could even reach Dou Zun or Dou Sheng by thirty.

Such heights were beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Chen Xuan was not particularly worried about his bloodline. He now shared one body with Queen Medusa. In a sense, he was Queen Medusa, and Queen Medusa was him.

Queen Medusa also possessed a powerful bloodline. Once it evolved again, it would become the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline, with the potential to reach Dou Sheng.

The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline could undergo further elevation and become that of a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Even across the entire Dou Qi Continent, that was a truly top-tier bloodline, not inferior to a dou di bloodline in the slightest.

Thus, Chen Xuan was not too concerned about bloodline power.

As for cultivation methods and Dou Techniques, he already possessed the Heaven-tier Dou Technique, the Heavenly Dao Halberd Technique, obtained through the system's check-in function.

Combined with the Heaven-tier Sky-Piercing Halberd, the Heavenly Dao Halberd Technique could unleash terrifying power.

That was enough for him at his current stage.

The only thing that needed strengthening now was the Snake-People Tribe as a whole.

The Snake-People Tribe lived deep within the Tagor Desert. Because of their location and race, development was extraordinarily difficult.

This had also troubled Queen Medusa for many years.

To expand outward, they would have to deal with the Jia Ma Empire, whose strength far exceeded anything the Snake-People Tribe could match.

Although the Jia Ma Empire might not seem particularly strong at first glance, it was a nation of the Human Race. Its vast population naturally produced countless experts.

All they needed to do was send top experts to pin down Medusa and the others, and they could slaughter the remaining snake-people one by one.

Yet refusing to expand toward the Jia Ma Empire was also a dead end.

The Tagor Desert, where the Snake-People Tribe lived, was desolate and sparsely supplied with resources, nowhere near enough to support the tribe's growth.

That was the reality Medusa faced!

They could not win if they pushed outward, and they lacked resources if they developed inward.

As a transmigrator, however, Chen Xuan was not particularly worried about this situation.

The Jia Ma Empire's strength was only average. If not for the Misty Cloud Sect holding the fort, Chen Xuan truly would not have feared it.

But Chen Xuan had no intention of attacking the Jia Ma Empire. From his all-seeing perspective, it was merely a barren land, inferior even to several neighboring empires.

Its strongest expert was only Yun Shan, who had yet to break through to Dou Zong.

In Chen Xuan's view, the Snake-People Tribe neither needed to expand toward the Jia Ma Empire nor cling to this desert filled with nothing but sand. There was only one way forward.

Relocate!

That was right-the entire tribe would relocate.

Only by leaving this barren place could the Snake-People Tribe acquire the resources to grow stronger and develop.

Where would they move?!

After some thought, Chen Xuan felt that one place was particularly suitable: the paradise of experts, the Black-Corner Region.

The Black-Corner Region was a lawless territory beyond anyone's jurisdiction, where fish and dragons mingled. It abounded in pills, cultivation methods, martial techniques, and resources. Even Jia Nan Academy was located there.

Naturally, the abundance of resources was also why Jia Nan Academy had been established there.

Most importantly, the Black-Corner Region was a land of chaos.

The Snake-People Tribe would undoubtedly be able to grow tremendously there.

That was the conclusion Chen Xuan had reached from his perspective as a transmigrator.

Besides, the Black-Corner Region concealed an earth-shattering secret. Just because he could not reach it now did not mean he would never be able to!

Indeed, Chen Xuan wanted to relocate to the Black-Corner Region for more than just the Snake-People Tribe's development.

He had set himself a small goal: unify the Black-Corner Region.

Using the Black-Corner Region as a springboard, he could certainly advance into the entire Northwest Continent, and even make his way into the Central Plains, where experts gathered in droves. That was Chen Xuan's ultimate destination.

Of course, this was only Chen Xuan's preliminary idea. Everything was still in the planning stages.

But the Snake-People Tribe's relocation was imperative. They had no better path.