Battle Through the Heavens: Marry Cao Ying, Reward is Devouring Ancestral Symbol

People from the Heavenly Serpent PalaceShen Wen and the others returned fully loaded, arriving back at the Serpent People Holy City.

This strike not only completely wiped out the main force of the Myriad Scorpion Gate but also plundered more than half of the treasuries of the Izumo Empire’s imperial family and its subordinate Sects.

The mountain-like piles of resources were quickly inventoried and stored.

The Snake-People Clan’s foundation instantly skyrocketed.

The entire Sacred City was filled with an invigorating atmosphere.

However, in Shen Wen’s sleeping quarters, the atmosphere was somewhat subtle.

For several consecutive days.

Shen Wen, Cao Ying, and Cai Lin barely stepped out, focusing on ”tilling the fields.”

Cai Lin was particularly proactive; she was concerned about the future of the Snake-People Clan and urgently hoped to conceive Shen Wen’s child soon, to give birth to an heir with a powerful Bloodline for the tribe.

But after a few days, Cai Lin inspected her inner self and found there was still no movement.

She leaned against Shen Wen’s shoulder somewhat frustratedly, her stunning face filled with anxiety.

Shen Wen held her, feeling her slightly cool skin, and murmured, ”There’s no need to be impatient.

Perhaps it has to do with our current Physiques.

I possess a special Bloodline, and you have evolved into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and also have an Innate Dao Physique; the higher the level of life, the more difficult it becomes to conceive offspring.”

Shen Wen also felt it wouldn’t be so fast; after all, if one were born, it would likely be an Innate Tyrant Body Dao Embryo.

Not to mention that because of the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and the True Dragon Precious Art, among others, his Physique had been further enhanced.

With so many factors overlapping, it was normal for it to be difficult for Cai Lin and the others to get pregnant.

Lying on the other side, Cao Ying’s enchanting eyes blinked as she chimed in, ”In that case, wouldn’t it be even more difficult to continue your Bloodline, husband?”

Her tone was teasing, but a flash of worry passed deep within her eyes.

If that were truly the case, her previous plan to take in many concubines for Shen Wen to spread his lineage would likely face many difficulties in implementation.

Cai Lin sighed softly and whispered, ”I’m just worried about the tribe...”

As the Queen, the responsibility of the Legacy was almost etched into her marrow.

Shen Wen patted the back of her hand and comforted her, ”Just let nature take its course.

Moreover, with me here, the Snake-People Clan’s future will only get better; there’s no need to rush.”

After a few days of indulgence, Shen Wen took some time to open his furnace and refine the promised Huangji Pill for Hai Bodong.

With his current Alchemy skills, refining a Huangji Pill was not difficult, and the success rate was extremely high.

A single batch produced three pills, moving Hai Bodong to tears of gratitude and causing his loyalty to soar.

Shen Wen also kept some for himself.

After all, Huangji Pills were a hard currency during the Dou Huang and Dou Zong stages, and the medicinal ingredients were precious.

Had it not been for emptying the Izumo Empire’s treasury this time, he wouldn’t have opened the furnace so easily.

When Cao Ying also composed herself and prepared to break through to the Seventh-Rank Alchemist Realm,

she chose the ”instant qi pill,” a relatively simple seventh-grade pill, as a practice run.

Inside the Alchemy room, Cao Ying was fully focused; the heaven burning cauldron floated, and the Green Lotus Core Flame danced joyfully under her exquisite control.

Powerful Spirit Realm Soul power enveloped the area, clearly capturing every single change in the medicinal ingredients.

Dan Chen was observing from the side.

Her eyes were full of envy and a desire to learn.

Qing Lin also sat obediently not far away, feeling the heart-palpitating Soul fluctuations and the scorching temperature.

Just as the pill was about to form, drawing in the energy of heaven and earth and causing Pill Lightning to gather in the sky,

several powerful auras approached from afar outside the Sacred City, heading straight there without any concealment!

The leader was an old woman in yellow robes, treading on the void with a profound aura; she was impressively a Dou Zong!

Behind her followed a green-haired woman in green clothes and a giant black snake.

This group was precisely Elder Huang Ling’s party, who had rushed from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion after receiving information from the Emperor of Chu Yun.

They had just arrived near the Sacred City.

Huang Ling keenly sensed an unusually majestic energy condensing within the city; in the sky, dark clouds gathered and silver snakes of lightning danced wildly.

”Pill Lightning?”

Elder Huang Ling’s brow twitched, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes. ”In this remote Serpent People Holy City, there’s actually a Seventh-Rank Alchemist refining pills?”

Lü Man and Bai Ya behind her also showed shocked expressions.

A Seventh-Rank Alchemist, even in their Heavenly Serpent Mansion, was a being of exalted status; how could one appear here?

And by the looks of it, they seem to have a deep relationship with the Snake-People Clan?

Elder Huang Ling’s gaze narrowed slightly, and the slight contempt she had felt due to the Emperor of Chu Yun’s report instantly lessened significantly.

She said in a deep voice, ”It seems the Snake-People Clan is indeed not simple. Let’s wait and see for now, and see if they can successfully weather this Pill Lightning.”

Meanwhile, inside the Alchemy room, Cao Ying

had her entire mind immersed in the seventh-grade pill about to be born within the cauldron.

Her jade-like hands formed a seal as she gave a low shout:

”Congeal!”

The instant qi pill was successfully condensed.

The energy of heaven and earth gathered above the Sacred City into heavy Pill Lightning; silver snakes scurried about, emitting muffled roars.

Outside the Sacred City,

Huang Ling trod on the void, staring at the churning thunderclouds, and said deeply, ”seventh-grade pill Lightning... it seems that behind this Snake-People Clan,

there really is an Alchemist backing them.

To be able to cause such a commotion, it’s not impossible for them to have wiped out the Myriad Scorpion Gate.”

Lü Man behind her frowned slightly, and after sensing for a moment, spoke: ”Elder, the power of this Pill Lightning is ordinary; I’m afraid they are only refining the lowest-tier of seventh-grade pills.

Does such a Seventh-Rank Alchemist truly have the ability to gather a force sufficient to wipe out the Myriad Scorpion Gate’s allied army?”

Before the words had finished, the two people and one snake saw a figure soar into the sky from the Sacred City, not dodging at all but heading straight for the roaring, thick thunderbolts!

What made their pupils contract even more was that, facing the Pill Lightning capable of severely wounding a low-level Dou Zong,

the person did not perform any Dou Techniques to resist but instead suddenly opened his mouth.

A violent suction erupted, and the destructive thunder was actually swallowed into his stomach like a whale drinking water!

Lightning jumped and flickered on his body, making crackling sounds, but it failed to injure him in the slightest.

On the contrary, his aura became increasingly heavy and profound under the nourishment of the thunder.

The composure on Huang Ling’s face vanished completely, replaced by an unprecedented solemnity.

She stared fixedly at the slowly descending figure in the air, her voice filled with unbelievable shock: ”A Dou Huang?! Is this person... the Lord Shen the Emperor of Chu Yun mentioned?

A Dou Huang can actually swallow Pill Lightning alive?!”

Lü Man and Bai Ya behind her were also full of horror; such unheard-of methods completely overturned their understanding.

They had originally thought they were just coming to deal with an outsider who had crossed the line, but they hadn’t expected to run into such an unfathomable character.

In the air,

Shen Wen slowly exhaled a breath tinged with electric sparks, feeling the pure thunder power within his body that had been refined by the devouring ancestral talisman.

He cast his gaze outside the Sacred City and spoke loudly, his voice clearly spreading in all directions:

”Friends outside, after watching for so long, don’t you plan to come in and sit for a while?”

Huang Ling trod on the void, her gaze sweeping over Shen Wen, her voice carrying a sense of distance: ”This old woman is Huang Ling of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

The Mansion Master heard of the great changes in the Izumo Empire and specially sent me to investigate.

Your Excellency is not from the Northwest, yet as soon as you arrived, you stirred up a bloodbath and slaughtered more than half of the vital forces of our Northwest Sects.

Is it perhaps because you think our Northwest is remote that we can be easily bullied?”

”The various forces of our Northwest also have some old ties with the Central Plains.”

Shen Wen’s expression remained unchanged as he responded calmly, ”Xie Bi Yan took the initiative to attack; he was seeking his own death.

Since the Snake-People Clan has already submitted to me, touching them is touching me. Their deaths were well-deserved.”

Huang Ling’s brow furrowed slightly; she hadn’t expected Shen Wen to be so firm, and she said in a heavy voice, ”Even so, this is ultimately an internal matter of our Northwest Continent. Are Your Excellency’s methods not a bit too cruel?”