Snake Ji

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Centuries before Medusa’s reign, the death of a Snake-People queen from old age left the tribe vulnerable to invasion. Snake Ji stepped forward at Peak Dou Wang and killed a human Four-Star Dou Emperor using the Ten Thousand Snakes Secret Art. The victory made her a legend and led to her becoming the next queen. Under her leadership, the tribe recovered and grew stronger, though it never reached the prosperity she had envisioned 8 9.

As Great Elder and former queen, Snake Ji retained considerable authority and the affection of the tribe. The elders’ influence prevented Medusa from exercising complete control even with the Eight Leaders’ support. Snake Ji and the other elders also insisted on the succession rule requiring one of Medusa and Die to die; Die deliberately sacrificed herself at Medusa’s hands 8 9.

Snake Ji did not know about the reform-driven civil war that had devastated the tribe four hundred years earlier. Ji Xuan, Black Mountain, and Gu Luo had destroyed its records and forbidden discussion. Their eventual account explained their resistance to new reforms and earned her respect for the burdens they had carried 17.

Appearance

• Elderly features: Described with an aged face and aged eyes; she refers to herself as an “old woman” 8 9 13.
• Green Dou Qi: Her energy appears green or dark green and frequently takes serpentine forms 8 19 32.
• Dou Qi Wings: Manifests wings for flight during combat and travel 8 9.

Personality

Snake Ji places the tribe’s survival above personal considerations. Before fighting Chen Xuan, she warns that an internal battle could frighten the population and invite invasion. Her earlier enforcement of harsh succession laws likewise arose from a desire to strengthen the tribe, although Chen Xuan condemns those methods as outdated 8 9.

She is proud of her accomplishments but capable of accepting defeat and reconsidering her beliefs. After Chen Xuan spares her, his promise to transform the tribe rekindles her former ambition. She becomes an enthusiastic reform supporter, though her initial proposal to conquer the Jia Ma Empire shows her willingness to pursue prosperity through military expansion 9 13 14.

Abilities & Skills

Ten Thousand Snakes Secret Art

A self-created secret art that draws snake-like energy threads into her body to greatly increase her strength 8.

• Temporary enhancement: Raises her from Peak Six-Star to Nine-Star Dou Emperor during her battle with Chen Xuan 8.
• Fighting above her realm: Enabled her historical victory over a Four-Star Dou Emperor while she was only Peak Dou Wang 8.
• Established combat record: Previously fought Jia Xingtian to a draw when he was a Nine-Star Dou Emperor and she was a Six-Star Dou Emperor 11.
• Limit: Does not constitute a permanent breakthrough; her strength returns to Six-Star during her defeat 8.

Serpent Shadow Tribulation

An Earth-Tier Low-Grade Dou Technique that forms an enormous energy serpent for a direct attack 8 15.

• Creates a serpent dozens of meters long whose energy disturbs surrounding space 8.
• Serves as one of her lifesaving techniques and one of the tribe’s prized combat arts 15.
• Is overwhelmed by Chen Xuan’s Azure Dragon Break during their duel 8.

Strength Sealing

Snake Ji can suppress another cultivator’s power with a snake-shaped energy seal 32.

• A small green energy snake bites Gu He’s arm and leaves a snake-shaped rune 32.
• Reduces Gu He from Dou Wang to Da Dou Shi, preventing him from manifesting Dou Qi Wings 32.
• Uses the seal as a precaution during transport; Chen Xuan later restores Gu He’s strength 32.

Tracking and Dou Qi Manipulation

Her heightened Snake-People senses allow her to detect lingering traces across the Tagor Desert 31.

• Tracks Gu He and detects the faint presence he leaves after escaping his hiding place 31.
• Tracking limit: Gu He’s Concealment Pill temporarily hides him from her search 31.
• Forms a dark green energy snake over ten meters long to seize and transport the sealed Gu He 32.
• Flight limit: At Six-Star Dou Emperor, she cannot match Peak Dou Emperor Jia Xingtian’s speed 19.

Equipment / Items

• Emperor’s Extreme Pill — Receives one from Chen Xuan’s distribution of Gu He’s pills. The peak sixth-grade pill can raise a Dou Emperor’s cultivation by one or potentially two stars; Snake Ji’s precise resulting level is not stated 34 35.

Relationships

• Queen Medusa — Successor and former political opponent. Snake Ji’s authority obstructs Medusa’s control until their apparent reconciliation; afterward, she advises the queen on reform and relocation 8 9 13 14.
• Chen Xuan — Defeats and spares her while inhabiting Medusa’s body. Snake Ji submits to him as “Your Majesty,” believing she is pledging herself to Medusa 9.
• Die — Snake Ji acknowledges responsibility for the elders’ insistence on the lethal succession rule that led to Die’s sacrifice 9.
• Ji Xuan, Black Mountain, and Gu Luo — Fellow Great Elders. She identifies them as the chief obstacle to reform, then learns the historical reasons for their opposition 13 17.
• Jia Xingtian — Human rival whom she previously fought to a draw. Attempts to pursue him after he infiltrates the Holy City, but obeys Chen Xuan’s order to return and guard the tribe 11 19.
• Gu He — Captures and seals him for delivery to the queen. Later accepts his appointment as an honored guest of the tribe 31 32 33.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Defeat and Submission

• Exchanges hundreds of blows with Chen Xuan above the Holy City before moving the battle into the Tagor Desert 8.
• Loses despite her secret-art enhancement. Chen Xuan disperses the spatial storm threatening her rather than allowing it to kill her 8.
• Kneels in allegiance after he recognizes her past service and promises to replace the tribe’s outdated rules 9.

Tribal Reform and Relocation

• Advocates changing both the tribe’s internal system and its barren living environment 13.
• Initially proposes conquering the Jia Ma Empire for resources, then supports Medusa’s alternative of relocating to the Black-Corner Region 14.
• Publicly pledges to fight for the queen and the tribe during the Sacred Hall reform meeting 16.

Gu He’s Recruitment

• Joins Ji Xuan, Yue Mei, and Mo Bass in pursuing Gu He; refuses his offer of valuable pills in exchange for release 31.
• Seals his cultivation and delivers him to the Sacred Hall, enabling Chen Xuan to negotiate his recruitment 32.
• Recognizes a Burning Qi Pill among Gu He’s offerings, helping expose the combat danger posed by his pill collection 33.

Notable Quotes

“Don’t you know this will terrify the entire Snake-People Tribe and might even invite outsiders to invade?!” 8

“Snake Ji pays her respects to Your Majesty.” 9

“Some of our rigid, outdated internal systems need to change.” 13