Chapter 55: Golden Finger, let me see your limit!

Inside the Snake-People Tribe's quiet room, the Green Lotus Core Flame surged and raced within the medicinal cauldron before Qin Sheng, unrestrainedly emitting intense heat.

A moment later, a powerful burst of energy erupted, strong enough to shatter mountains and rocks, but it was intercepted and neutralized by Qin Sheng.

The cauldron opened, and a rounded medicinal pill floated out, releasing a fragrant aroma. Just breathing it in seemed to cause one's Dou Qi to increase slightly.

"Another Imperial Extreme Pill refined," Qin Sheng nodded in satisfaction.

The Imperial Extreme Pill was a Tier 6 pill. After consumption, a Dou Huang expert would have a 100% chance to break through one star, with a certain probability of increasing by two stars.

A Dou Huang could only consume one in their lifetime.

This was considered extremely difficult to refine even among Tier 6 pills; in the past, Qin Sheng had attempted it, but his success rate was incredibly low.

However, now that his soul power had surged and he possessed a Heavenly Flame, his alchemy skills had advanced by leaps and bounds.

Using the Snake-People Tribe's medicinal ingredients to practice, everything came naturally.

"With three sets of ingredients, I refined two Imperial Extreme Pills. I'll give one to the Snake-People Tribe and keep one for myself."

Qin Sheng happily stored the pill in his storage ring.

"Master Qin, Her Majesty the Queen requests your presence," a female voice rang out from outside the quiet room.

Qin Sheng opened the door and nodded to the female snake-person outside.

"Commander Hua, lead the way."

Hua She'er, a Dou Wang, was the commander of the Queen's guard.

It was now night. The two arrived behind the Queen's sleeping palace, where Medusa stood, wearing a purple, opaque gauze dress.

"One Imperial Extreme Pill." Qin Sheng tossed the jade bottle over.

Medusa inspected it briefly and handed the pill to Hua She'er, signaling her to withdraw.

"Thank you. Your alchemy skills are profound; you truly live up to the title of Pill Emperor."

Over the past month, Qin Sheng had refined many of the materials accumulated by the Snake-People Tribe into pills, bringing significant gains to the tribe. Consequently, his reputation as a human here had shifted, and he had begun to receive respect.

Of course, Qin Sheng's own gains were naturally even greater.

"We are simply taking what we each need," Qin Sheng looked at Medusa and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Mhm."

Medusa looked up at the moon. "There is no need to wait any longer. Let us begin tonight."

"If my evolution fails, the Snake-People Tribe will still fulfill our agreement and search for the Wind-Fury Dragon Flame for you."

"That was always part of the deal."

Medusa glanced at Qin Sheng. "Come."

Qin Sheng released the Green Lotus Core Flame. The flames surged, instantly enveloping Medusa.

The gauze dress on her body was incinerated, revealing the pure, white, and incredibly curvaceous body beneath.

At this moment, Medusa could no longer care about her exposure; she felt an excruciating pain.

Most Heavenly Flames were substances of extreme Yang and strength from heaven and earth, standing in direct opposition to the Yin and cold bloodline of the Snake-People.

Being burned by a Heavenly Flame was more brutal than any form of torture.

Under the burning of the Heavenly Flame, Medusa reverted to her original form—a massive purple serpent.

She struggled and wailed in the air as the scales and flesh on her body began to wither, her vitality fading.

The commotion here was massive, startling the other Snake-People, but they all knew what their Queen was doing and did not come to disturb her.

Qin Sheng watched silently as Medusa was burned. He appeared to be doing nothing, but he was subtly guiding the Heavenly Flame to stimulate the bloodline within her body.

An ordinary person could never achieve such a feat, but Qin Sheng was different; he possessed the foundations of multiple worlds.

*In the original plot, she could succeed through sheer brute force. Now that I am helping, there is no reason for you to fail,* Qin Sheng thought to himself.

He truly hoped Medusa's evolution would succeed. If he could have a Dou Zong to help him search for Heavenly Flames, his efficiency would undoubtedly increase.

Besides, if he actually burned their Queen to death on the Snake-People Tribe's territory, it would be quite troublesome...

Time passed, and Medusa became motionless from the heat, but Qin Sheng remained calm.

"It's coming," he whispered.

Sure enough, in the next second, the energy of heaven and earth went into turmoil. Dark clouds gathered in the sky, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

A bolt of silver lightning suddenly struck down, lashing Medusa's corpse.

This was not a Heavenly Tribulation, but a phenomenon of heaven and earth caused by the massive internal energy conflict within Medusa after her evolution, which had failed to harmonize.

After a burst of lightning, the dark clouds dissipated, and a terrifyingly deep aura swept across the entire Snake-People Royal City, centered on this location.

A seven-colored divine light shot into the sky, accompanied by a piercing cry that echoed through the heavens.

Qin Sheng could see a small snake within the divine light.

"Purplish pupils, a seven-colored body, a fragrant scent, and power that reaches the heavens... it really is the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python."

Qin Sheng felt a sense of admiration. This single evolution was a leap to the heavens.

Medusa's previous bloodline had made even reaching the Dou Zong level a massive bottleneck, but the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline was sufficient to support her march into the Dou Sheng realm!

Even in the Great Thousand World, such a bloodline would be extraordinary.

*Whoosh!*

With a whistling wind, the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python rushed toward Qin Sheng, only to stop abruptly as it approached.

Its innocent, large eyes stared at him, filled with confusion and ignorance.

Qin Sheng smiled and patted the snake's head, saying, "Let the other one come out first."

After Medusa's evolution, she possessed dual souls in one body; it was not strange that both sides would fight for dominance over the body.

Because every Medusa possessed a companion snake soul, which was one of the foundations of their strength, the two evolved together.

Seven-colored light shimmered, and the small snake before him began to transform, turning into human form.

A more cold and elegant Queen Medusa appeared. This time, she had no snake tail and wore a gauze dress manifested from Dou Qi to cover her body.

Her purple eyes stared at Qin Sheng with a somewhat predatory gaze.

"See? I told you, to advance to Dou Zong, all you need is legs."

Qin Sheng withdrew his hand with a calm expression and said, "What, now that your evolution is successful, are you going to burn the bridge after crossing it?"

"Am I the kind of person who would break a promise?"

"That's good," Qin Sheng smiled.

"Alright, I have done what I needed to do. Next, it depends on your performance. I hope to receive good news from you soon."

Medusa nodded and then asked, "Do you have a way to deal with my current situation?"

"She is one with you. She is like your sister, and also like your child."

Qin Sheng continued, "What you need to do is to accept her, rather than rejecting her or trying to eliminate her."

"But she greatly affects my ability to act," Medusa said. "Master Qin, you wouldn't want to fail in finding the Heavenly Flame, would you?"

"..."

She certainly knew how to use his own words against him.

A streak of light flashed across the sky as Qin Sheng left the Tagor Desert.

He had helped Queen Medusa stabilize her state, allowing her and the other soul to take turns dominating the body.

As for taking advantage of this opportunity to kidnap the little Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python?

That held no meaning for Qin Sheng.

What he needed was the Wind-Fury Dragon Flame, not a pet by his side.

***

Cloud Mist Sect.

Qin Sheng met with Sect Leader Yun and asked with concern, "Did you bring the people back?"

"Yes. Little Fairy Doctor, the Snake-People hybrid girl, and Hai Bodong. They are all currently at the Cloud Mist Sect."

Yun Yun was puzzled. "You are willing to help him refine Tier 6 pills just for the map in Hai Bodong's possession?"

"I won't be at a loss," Qin Sheng said with certainty.

That map was the key to subduing the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame.

Qin Sheng went to see the three people he had requested. He offered encouragement to Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin, but his interaction with Hai Bodong was a pure transaction.

After handling these trivial matters, Qin Sheng entered a secret room.

"I wonder if my idea will work..."

Qin Sheng's Dou Qi vanished into thin air, borrowed by him for the Heaven-Covering World; during this period, he could not recover his Dou Qi.

Then, he began to dissipate his cultivation. His realm began to drop: Dou Huang, Dou Wang, Dou Ling... all the way down to the peak of the Dou Zhi Qi stage.

The unprecedented sense of weakness made Qin Sheng very uncomfortable. Once he condensed a Dou Qi vortex and broke through to the Dou Zhe stage again, he immediately began practicing the Flame Mantra.

Afterward, the Dou Qi that had initially vanished suddenly returned. This was the Dou Qi Qin Sheng had cultivated through his previous techniques, which theoretically should have been incompatible with the Flame Mantra and would have dissipated spontaneously.

However, when many of Qin Sheng's powers borrowed from one another, the Infinite Land was able to perfectly transform them into power that suited the borrower's own circumstances.

Based on this, Qin Sheng conceived the idea of using the Infinite Land to exploit a "bug."

*Infinite Land, let me see your limit!*

At this moment, Qin Sheng successfully accommodated and refined this Dou Qi that originally belonged to him.

His cultivation as a one-star Dou Zhe began to soar like a rocket.

Dou Zhe, Dou Shi...

The dissipation of cultivation was unavoidable, and the back-and-forth of Dou Qi could not restore Qin Sheng to his original realm, but it mitigated his losses to the greatest extent possible.

If Yao Chen saw his current situation, he would surely be dumbfounded.

*You can play it like this? That's just not fair!*