Invade, Receive Rewards

After he left, Cao Ying immediately leaned close to Cai Lin, lowering her voice to curiously ask about the details of last night.

Hearing this, Cai Lin's cheeks flushed slightly, but seeing Cao Ying, who was trying hard to act mature yet couldn't hide her girlish appearance, she found it somewhat amusing.

This esteemed Legal Wife, who had previously maintained a dignified air when bestowing the name, was now revealing her true nature—she was still quite young after all.

She also responded in a low voice, and as the two whispered to each other, the atmosphere became more harmonious than before.

However, they forgot there was someone else beside them. Dan Chen's small face was bright red as she listened to the words occasionally drifting over.

Although the Dan Family protected her well, she still knew this relatively necessary knowledge.

A moment later, Qing Lin, who had finished training the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, also came over to chat with the three women.

Just then, a figure swiftly flew over from a distance, their Dou Qi wings flapping—it was Yue Mei.

Her expression was anxious. After landing, she immediately reported: “Your Majesty the Queen! The forces of the Myriad Scorpion Gate from the Izumo Empire are approaching the Sacred City. The leader... is walking through the air!”

The softness instantly faded from Cai Lin's face. A cold light flashed in her purple eyes, and the majesty belonging to a Queen enveloped her body once more.

“Gather the Four Great Elders and the Ten Great Commanders! Prepare for battle immediately!”

Seeing her solemn expression, Cao Ying couldn't help but ask, “What is the origin of this Myriad Scorpion Gate?”

Cai Lin's voice was icy and her speaking speed extremely fast: “The Myriad Scorpion Gate's Old Ancestor, Xie Bi Yan, is an old-guard powerhouse of the Izumo Empire.

Back when I first entered the Dou Huang stage, he wanted to capture and kill me to refine my clan's bloodline.

If he hadn't been worried about the other empires, he would have acted long ago.”

“He was also a Dou Huang back then, but it seems he has now broken through to Dou Zong.

His arrival this time must be because he learned of my breakthrough and intends to eliminate future trouble while my foundation is unstable.”

Cao Ying frowned. Peak Three Star Dou Zong sounded significantly stronger than Cai Lin, who had just broken through.

“Do we need to call Husband out?”

Cai Lin pondered briefly, then shook her head decisively: “No need. Husband is in seclusion right now, and it must be for an important matter.

A mere Xie Bi Yan, I can handle him.

If even he requires Husband to personally intervene, then I, this concubine, would be too useless.”

“Furthermore, he couldn't deal with me back then. Now that I have broken through to Dou Zong, along with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and the dowry Husband gave... gave me!”

Cai Lin felt the power within her body, as well as the numerous methods in her mind that she felt were even more terrifying than Heaven Rank Dou Skills.

If she still couldn't defeat that Xie Bi Yan fellow with all this, then she would be unworthy of the name 'Medusa'.

“The outcome of this battle is still hard to say!”

Seeing her determined expression, Cao Ying nodded despite the worry in her eyes: “Alright, then you deal with him first. If anything goes wrong, notify Husband immediately.”

Cai Lin nodded, and with a movement of her body, she transformed into a streak of light and shot toward the city wall.

Only a solemn, murderous voice remained: “Sister, rest assured, the Snake-People Tribes Sacred City is not a place for his Myriad Scorpion Gate to run wild!”

Cai Lin led the crowd and flew to the city wall, standing sternly at the front of the formation.

High in the sky, a dense mass of Izumo Empire powerhouses, led by Xie Bi Yan, exuded suffocating pressure, looking down upon the entire Serpent People Holy City.

Xie Bi Yan's muddy gaze locked onto Cai Lin, sensing the undisguised Dou Zong aura emanating from her.

His shriveled lips moved slightly, and his voice was hoarse: “Medusa, you actually became a Dou Zong.

It seems you completely disregard the Four Great Empires.”

The Four Great Empires would absolutely not tolerate the rise of a Snake-People Clan possessing a Dou Zong.

Cai Lin's red lips curled up: “When did I ever regard you highly?

I didn't expect, old thing, that you'd be so tough.

You actually broke through too. You're slightly stronger than that shrinking turtle Yun Shan of the Cloud Mist Sect.”

Xie Bi Yan did not get angry, his tone remaining flat, “I'll give you a chance.

Submit to this old man, and offer up the Strange Flame that allowed you to evolve. The Izumo Empire can protect the Snake-People Clan from being slaughtered by other nations.

Otherwise, today, this old man will personally raze your Sacred City!”

...At the same time.

Shen Wen arrived at the Quiet Room, dismissed the maidservants, and sat down cross-legged.

“Receive the Azure Heaven Hegemon Body.”

The next moment.

The violent Purple Tyrant Blood Origin instantly surged into his limbs and bones!

Because the greatest enhancement of the Azure Heaven Hegemon Body is the physique, the intensity of the physical body reinforcement was far more violent than when Cai Lin merged with the Innate Dao Body.

“Ugh!” Shen Wen groaned, veins bulging on his skin, and faint purple light continuously intertwined around his entire body.

And the next moment.

The Heavenly Dragon Qi, which originated from the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, was instantly stimulated by this foreign overlord and began circulating wildly.

Stimulated by the Azure Heaven Hegemon Body, it was continuously digested. The Azure Dragon Skin Membrane beneath the surface fluctuated violently, and the illusory shadow of Azure Dragon scales appeared.

But it was quickly dyed with noble purple.

Transforming into substantial Dragon Scales interwoven with purple and azure.

A moment later.

His entire palm was covered in purple-azure Dragon Scales, exuding a brutal and tyrannical aura.

Shen Wen looked at his palm. “Does this count as entering the Azure Dragon Scale stage? But these Dragon Scales...”

Shen Wen clenched his right hand tightly; the space within his palm subtly fluctuated. “Fleshly Body Dou Zong? Or perhaps Single-Hand Dou Zong?”

A Dou Zong requires Dou Qi to affect space, yet he could now affect space purely with his physical body.

Isn't that Fleshly Body Dou Zong?

“Receive the Past Amitabha Sutra!”

The next moment.

A vast torrent of information rushed into his mind.

A Golden Buddha appeared in his mind. The golden Buddha sat upright, eyes slightly closed, cross-legged in the lotus position, hands forming a mudra, radiating a peaceful demeanor.

The sun, moon, and stars encircled the Golden Buddha, bestowing all their radiance upon it.

Looking at this Buddha image, he felt as if this Buddha was his own past life, the origin of countless generations.

Upon closer inspection, a sense of past time, of eternal stillness, resonated in his heart.

Under the illumination of this Buddha's Light, Shen Wen felt his soul continuously growing denser, ancient and unchanging, eternally free.

Even without meditating on the Buddha, Shen Wen felt his soul slowly increasing.

“If this continues, I'm afraid I'll break through to the Heavenly Realm Soul soon. When that happens, I'll see if that Old Fellow can still be so arrogant!”

The 'Old Fellow' Shen Wen referred to was naturally his Master, Old Monster Lin.

And the Heavenly Realm Soul is also one of the prerequisites for becoming a Ninth-Grade Alchemist.

His consciousness once again received the True Dragon Precious Art.

A tyrannical True Dragon churned and evolved in his mind. Endless profound mysteries continuously emerged from the True Dragon and settled in Shen Wen's heart.

‘True Dragon Sky Tear...’

‘True Dragon Physique...’

And the next moment.

Shen Wen discovered that the Heavenly Dragon Qi within his body seemed to be depleting at a speed more terrifying than when he merged with the Heavenly Tyrant Blood.

At the same time.

Under the interference of the True Dragon Precious Art, the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art seemed to be changing to a degree that was different from the original Azure Dragon Transformation Art, yet stronger and more terrifying... Shen Wen was completely immersed in the combination of the two, failing to notice that the purple-azure Dragon Scales on his arm were constantly thickening, and mysterious patterns were appearing on them.

Moreover.

The Dragon Scales, which were originally only on his palms, were continuously climbing upward: wrist, forearm...