Battle Through the Heavens: Beauties Abound Starting with Yunlan and Her Disciples

76: Section 76As Medicine Lady’s voice fell, the small island in the center of the lake fell into a brief silence.

Xiao Yan looked at Yun Xiancheng, her eyes filled with worry, but even more so, a sense of trust and determination.

Yun Xiancheng smiled, a smile carrying his usual confidence and... a hint of resolution to pay any price for his ”conquest target.”

He lowered his head, kissed Xiao Yan’s lips again, and said softly, ”Don’t worry, for our future... ’family,’ what does this bit of pain matter?” He raised his head, his voice resolute. ”Master, do as you said! I will not shrink from my responsibility!”

His consciousness was blurred, as if floating in an endless sea of scorching lava.

Every inch of skin, every meridian, and every wisp of soul was enduring an unspeakable tearing and burning.

Queen Medusa felt like a small boat about to be swallowed by a violent storm, struggling bitterly in the ocean of raging energy, yet drawing closer and closer to a total capsizing.

Is this... the taste of failure?

Countless days and nights of bitter cultivation, countless times hovering on the edge of life and death... For the future of the Snake-People Clan, to break the shackles of her bloodline, to lead her people toward a more glorious tomorrow. She had sacrificed too much. As a Peak Dou Huang, she had long stood at the pinnacle of this continent, revered and worshipped by thousands of her tribesmen.

But only she knew the loneliness of being at the top, and... that despair originating from the depths of her bloodline that she could not break through.

Heavenly Flame was her last hope and her greatest gamble. But now it seemed... in the end, was she still destined to fall here? She was so unwilling.

Truly... so very unwilling.

Just as Medusa’s consciousness was about to be completely swallowed by the boundless darkness and pain, falling into eternal silence, suddenly!

A strange suction force, brimming with vitality, abruptly appeared in her perception!

It was as if an invisible vortex was quietly forming at the edge of the violent energy ocean within her body, beginning to actively and greedily pull at...

those most out-of-control and tyrannical flame energies!

This suction wasn’t extremely powerful, but it was incredibly precise, like opening a small flood discharge channel amidst stormy waves, allowing her body and soul, which were on the verge of collapse, to suddenly feel a trace of insignificant relief!

Immediately after that violent energy was sucked away, a completely different yet kindred energy, like a trickling stream, quietly flowed back as feedback.

This energy was also the pure power of a Heavenly Flame, but it had shed all its violent and destructive aura, becoming... gentle, pure, and full of vitality!

This gentle energy, like rain after a long drought, quickly merged into her nearly exhausted meridians, nourishing her damaged soul. It helped her re-gather her will to resist bit by bit, fighting against the still surging violent sea of fire within her body!

What... is going on?! Who is it?!

Who is helping me?!

Medusa’s blurred consciousness, like a candle flickering in the wind, stubbornly flared up for a moment.

She struggled to focus her last bit of mental strength, following the trajectory of that strange energy flow to search for the source. Then, she ”saw” it.

Or rather, she ”perceived” it.

At the blurred boundary where the energies converged, she perceived a familiar yet somewhat strange aura.

It was... the aura of a young human male! It was him?!

That human boy who had appeared in the Sacred City not long ago, accompanied by the Master of the Amethyst Winged Lion, and who seemed quite interested in her in his speech?! A storm of shock rose in Medusa’s heart!

She knew of this young human’s existence and had heard some things about him from Yue Mei. She knew he was mysterious, had some tricks up his sleeve, and seemed to have a deep relationship with the Master of the Amethyst Winged Lion.

But she never expected!

This human boy, whose cultivation appeared to be only at the Great Dou Master realm, could actually... actually intervene in an energy confrontation of this level between her and the Heavenly Flame?!

And... he seemed to be using some inconceivable method to bear the violent energy that should have completely destroyed her, then converting it into... gentle power that could help her?!

How... how is this possible?!

He... how exactly did he do it?!

Immense shock and disbelief battered Medusa’s fragile consciousness. But what followed was not wariness or suspicion.

Instead, it was... a strange and unfamiliar feeling she had never experienced before.

Amidst that boundless pain and despair, in the icy darkness bordering death, this sudden aid from an unexpected person was like... seeing a ray of warm sunlight piercing through the darkness at the bottom of a ten-thousand-fathom abyss.

A trace of... never-before-felt... unusual sweetness actually quietly... sprouted and bloomed within her queenly heart, which had been frozen for so long, leaving only pride and responsibility.

This young human...

is actually... enduring such pain... just to save her?

Medusa’s consciousness blurred again, but this time, it was no longer pure darkness and despair.

Within that chaos, there seemed to be... an extra touch of unspeakable brightness, and a heartbeat that made her soul tremble.

153 Xiao Xiao?

Ultimately, Queen Medusa’s evolution came to an end in a strange manner. To say she failed wouldn’t be entirely accurate.

Because after endless pain and struggle, with the help of that external gentle energy, she eventually relied on her own powerful will and her obsession with the future of the Snake-People Clan to successfully guide the violent Green Lotus Core Flame to complete the final tempering and purification of her bloodline!

The ancient bloodline shackles were broken, and a nobler, more powerful force awakened within her. She evolved into an existence legendary enough to rival divine beasts like the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix—the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python! However, to say she succeeded also carried a sense of tragic intensity.

The process of a Heavenly Flame refining a bloodline was, after all, too domineering and too dangerous.

Even with the help of Yun Xiancheng and Xiao Yan at any cost, and even though she finally succeeded in purifying her bloodline, her soul had also suffered near-catastrophic damage in this confrontation with destructive energy.

Her soul source was nearly incinerated, her consciousness scattered, leaving only the last tiny flicker of true spirit, like a candle in the wind, swaying and precarious, finally unable to bear the burden...

and falling into an endless slumber.

On the island in the center of the lake, the violent energy that had been surging and almost swallowing the entire island receded rapidly like a tide.

In its place was a seven-colored glow, soft and brilliant, enveloping the entire island. When the glow dissipated, the peerless and majestic Queen Medusa was nowhere to be seen.

Only a... small snake remained, its entire body flowing with a seven-colored aura, barely the size of a palm, looking exceptionally exquisite and cute.

This was the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python hatchling that, after a successful evolution, had its soul fall into a slumber and its source energy exhausted, forcing it to revert to an infant form.

The little snake seemed to have lost all its power and consciousness, relying only on a trace of instinct and the residual attachment deep in its soul for the aura that had helped it earlier.

Its body involuntarily and lightly floated toward the young man by the lake, who was currently also weak in aura and pale in face. It landed gently on Yun Xiancheng, its small head subconsciously rubbing against his chest.

It was as if only by leaning against this youth, who had given it the last trace of warmth and heartbeat, could it feel a slight sense of security. Its hazy consciousness seemed to really like... the feeling on Yun Xiancheng’s body.

And at this moment, Yun Xiancheng’s state was not much better than the sleeping Medusa’s.

Directly bearing and transferring that violent Heavenly Flame energy caused a load and damage to him that far exceeded imagination.

He felt as if every meridian in his body was being torn and burned by fire, every inch of flesh was wailing, and a sharp, needle-like pain came from the depths of his soul, making his consciousness blurry.

But he did not fall.

When that flowing, brilliant little snake, as exquisite as a work of art, landed gently on him with a near-instinctive attachment, a sense of unspeakable satisfaction instantly dispelled the immense physical pain.

He felt... Queen Medusa’s... defenseless attachment to him, originating from the depths of her soul.

Although his body was enduring great pain, mentally, he felt immense enjoyment. ”Heh...”

Yun Xiancheng laughed weakly, reaching out a trembling finger to gently stroke the little snake’s cool yet smooth scales.

He lowered his head, looking at the little fellow who seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, and promised in a low, firm voice that only the two of them could hear:

”Sleep peacefully, I will make you wake up again.” ”Wait for me.”

As if it had heard his promise, the seven-colored little snake moved slightly, seemingly letting out an almost inaudible chirp of satisfaction.

Medusa’s soul pressed against Yun Xiancheng, and Medusa seemed to say: ”Take care of the Snake-People Clan...”

Then she became completely quiet, curled up in his arms, and fell into a peaceful slumber.

However, just as Yun Xiancheng thought everything had settled and was preparing to first regulate his own injuries, another change occurred!

The sleeping seven-colored little snake in his arms suddenly trembled slightly.

Immediately after, a brand new consciousness fluctuation, although weak but full of pure life aura... actually quietly birthed from that small body!

Yun Xiancheng’s expression changed abruptly!

At the same time, in his mind, the long-absent system notification sounded with a hint of oddity! [Special lifeform birth detected! Analyzing... Analysis complete!]

[Due to the host’s intervention in Queen Medusa’s evolution process, her soul source, while on the verge of scattering, produced an extremely weak resonance and fusion with the soul auras of the host and Xiao Yan.]

[Under the effect of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s bloodline power, this fused soul fragment unexpectedly nurtured a brand new, independent soul consciousness.]

[Tracing the soul aura source... this newborn soul has a deep soul bond with host Yun Xiancheng and Xiao Yan... Identity determined as...] [Xiao Xiao.]

Huh?! Xiao Xiao?!

Yun Xiancheng was stunned, completely not expecting Xiao Xiao to be created at this time.

What... what’s the situation?! He just wanted to save Medusa,

and accidentally ended up with a ”daughter”?!

The future Eldest Princess of the Endless Fire Territory?! The poor kid that nobody wanted in the anime!?

Just as Yun Xiancheng was shocked beyond measure, the seven-colored little snake in his arms also seemed to feel something.

Her newly opened large eyes, as pure and innocent as obsidian, blinked curiously, first looking at Yun Xiancheng who was holding her, then turning her head to look at the equally bewildered Xiao Yan nearby.

Although her consciousness was still very hazy, like a newborn baby, a sense of closeness originating from the depths of her soul made her subconsciously extend her small head...

and gently rub against Yun Xiancheng’s and Xiao Yan’s cheeks respectively.

She seemed... to very, very much like the aura on their bodies.

”This...” Xiao Yan looked at this little snake that showed obvious closeness to her, then at Yun Xiancheng’s strange expression, unable to react for a moment.

”Cough, cough.”

Yun Xiancheng forcibly suppressed the shock and sense of absurdity in his heart. Looking at this ”Xiao Xiao” who showed total attachment to both him and Xiao Yan, a strange feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.

Although the process was a bit ridiculous... this didn’t seem like a bad thing?

Gaining a little treasure with extraordinary talent and infinite potential for free, and theoretically... Thinking of this, a slightly strange smile appeared on Yun Xiancheng’s face.

Didn’t expect to take in Xiao Xiao like this, what a gain. He reached out and gently teased the little snake’s chin.

The little fellow seemed to like this interaction very much, letting out a pleasant ”hissing” sound. Her small body nimbly wound around his arm, occasionally poking her head out to rub against Xiao Yan’s finger nearby.

For a moment, a rather warm and harmonious scene of a ”family of three” playing appeared on this island in the center of the lake. After playing for a while, perhaps because she was just born and her soul was still very weak, the little snake Xiao Xiao soon felt tired.

She gave a small yawn, then familiarly and swiftly slipped into Yun Xiancheng’s collar, found a comfortable position, curled up, and fell into a deep sleep again.

Leaving Yun Xiancheng and Xiao Yan staring at each other with expressions that hovered between laughter and tears.

”I’m going to absorb the Heavenly Flame.”

Xiao Yan looked at the Green Lotus Core Flame nearby and said slowly. Medicine Lady’s eyes lit up.

”twin dragon whisker grass and tiger soul profound crystal? They’re needed for the medicinal pill Xiancheng wants to refine... Medusa’s garden collection is quite rich. As a future sister, I’ll collect some interest in advance.”

154 The Future of the Snake-People

”Your Majesty... she... how is she?”

When Yun Xiancheng’s figure reappeared from the lake island permeated with seven-colored glow, Hua She Er, who had been waiting anxiously outside the bedchamber, immediately stepped forward. Her voice carried an undisguisable nervousness as she asked urgently.

”Her Majesty’s situation... is a bit complicated.”

Yun Xiancheng said, his gaze inadvertently sweeping over Yun Yun and Purple Wing, who were standing nearby chatting. He noticed that of the two Dou Wang protectors Gu He had brought... only one seemed to have died?

She actually let Gu He and one Dou Wang go? Master’s heart is still too soft after all. Too gentle.

Perhaps... she cherishes talent and was unwilling to drive a Sixth-Rank Alchemist to total destruction.

After all, a Sixth-Rank Alchemist is a figure of considerable weight, whether in this Northwest Continent or even in the Central Plains.

However... Yun Xiancheng curled his lip inwardly. Is a Sixth-Rank Alchemist that great? He was carrying a former Alchemy Grandmaster—Medicine Lady—with him!

Forget it, Master doesn’t know about Medicine Lady’s existence. It’s understandable that she’d be soft-hearted once. Let this matter be over.

Withdrawing his thoughts, he looked at the concerned Hua She Er and the several Snake-People Clan Chiefs who had rushed over upon hearing the news, and spoke slowly: ”You could say... it was half a success, but also... half a failure.”

As he spoke, he gently pulled open his collar, revealing the brilliant seven-colored little snake curled up on his chest, fast asleep. ”This...”