A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

"Xian'er, come in with me to help me refine pills. Please, Queen, keep watch and don't let anyone disturb me." Yunhua led Xian'er into the pill refining room, closed the door, and activated the restrictions on the pill refining room.

The room was a huge platform surrounded by storage rings containing medicinal herbs. Yunhua took out the herbs used to refine the Azure Lotus Transformation Pill and put all the other herbs into his storage ring.

"Xian'er, this is a magic weapon for you. It can increase your strength to the Dou Huang level. Refine it first to protect yourself." Yun Hua took out a top-grade magic weapon, a skirt armor, and a top-grade magic weapon-level spear and handed them to Xian'er.

"Thank you, Brother Yun. Now I can help you." Xian'er took the magic weapon and began refining it right there.

Yunhua took out the alchemy furnace and immediately began refining pills. As the furnace heated up, Yunhua began processing the medicinal materials. This process was extremely tedious, but fortunately, Yunhua's skills were superb, and he quickly processed the medicinal materials into medicinal liquid.

Afterwards, Yunhua directly put eleven green lotus seeds into the alchemy furnace. Several days passed, and the green lotus seeds, which were immune to flames, were also refined by Yunhua.

Only by constantly adding other medicinal liquids according to their properties and continuously using alchemy techniques could Yunhua fuse the medicinal properties into one.

More than ten days passed, and with the addition of the last medicinal liquid, a huge mass of medicinal liquid appeared in the alchemy furnace, its blue light shimmering and runes flashing continuously. This pill incorporated a small part of the path of transformation that Yun Hua had comprehended during his transformation in the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

However, it is also extremely amazing, with wonderful effects such as transformation, body reshaping, bloodline evolution, and physical sublimation.

Afterward, Yunhua divided the medicinal liquid into thirty-six portions, each the size of a longan. Then, she used the pill-condensing technique to solidify the medicinal properties of the pill, making it look simple and unadorned, but in reality, extremely refined.

Just as Yunhua used the pill-collecting technique, thirty-six pills shot into the sky, trying to escape, while dark clouds rolled in, and pill lightning was about to fall.

Medusa, who was guarding outside, was also very anxious. Even if she tried to block the heavenly tribulation lightning, she would be injured. She was hesitating when...

Yunhua directly stretched out his hand, which transformed into a giant hand, and grabbed all thirty-six pills. He then placed four pills into each jade bottle, and Yunhua took all nine jade bottles into his hand.

Facing the tribulation lightning in the sky, Yunhua directly blasted the mountaintop away with a palm strike, soaring into the sky. Facing the incoming tribulation lightning, he directly unleashed chaotic tribulation light, shattering the tribulation lightning and tribulation clouds into nothingness.

"Hmph, are you trying to bring down a calamity on your father here? You're courting death." Yun Hua, a professional at dealing with heavenly tribulations, mocked.

Chapter Eighty: Metamorphosis

After dispelling the heavenly tribulation, Yunhua arrived on the ground. Due to the urgency of the situation, he hadn't had time to retrieve his alchemy furnace.

Yunhua put away the alchemy furnace and led Xian'er, who had already refined the magic weapon, out of the alchemy room, where they saw Queen Medusa standing at the door.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yun, I couldn't stop the Heavenly Tribulation." Medusa was also somewhat shocked to see Yun Hua's move to attempt to stop the Heavenly Tribulation.

"It's alright. Qinglin? Bring her over. We'll exchange her for her." Yunhua said calmly.

"Mr. Yun, please wait a moment. Let's go to the council hall first. I've already arranged for someone to pick up Qing Lin," Medusa invited.

"Okay, but don't cause any trouble this time," Yunhua said bluntly.

“Of course not, I’m also looking forward to completing the transaction as soon as possible.” The two said after sitting down in the council hall.

After Yunhua sat down, she waited and waited, but the person who was supposed to bring Qinglin did not come. Medusa and Yunhua's expressions grew increasingly grim.

Not long after, Yue Mei came alone with some bad news, which greatly angered Yun Hua and Medusa.

It turns out that Medusa arranged for Qinglin to stay in a tribe in the ancestral land in order to ensure Qinglin's safety and to prevent Yunhua from discovering and taking him away.

As a result, when Green Barbarian from the Heavenly Serpent Palace went to the ancestral land to discuss some transactions with the elders, he discovered Azure Dragon, who possessed the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil.

The Heavenly Serpent Mansion is a mid-level power in the Central Plains. Its sect leader is a Dou Zong master who inherited the ancient Heavenly Serpent lineage. He has been searching for the owner of the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, who possesses the Heavenly Serpent Eye, so that he can carry forward the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

They knew that the descendants of humans and snake people were prone to having the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Eyes, so they had elders stationed among the snake people for many years.

This time, Green Barbarian was lucky and ran into Medusa's personal guards who brought Qinglin to the ancestral land. They immediately tried to take Qinglin away. Although the guards tried their best to stop them, they still couldn't stop Green Barbarian, who was a Dou Huang.

Qinglin was also taken to the Heavenly Serpent Palace, but the serpent elders of the ancestral land did not take it seriously and did not report to Medusa. It was not until Medusa sent Yue Mei to pick up Qinglin that they discovered that Qinglin was not in the ancestral land.

After some investigation, the truth about Qinglin being taken away by the Heavenly Serpent Palace was discovered, so they rushed to the capital to report to Medusa.

"Queen Medusa, Qinglin has been taken away by the Heavenly Serpent Palace. With the strength of your Serpent Clan, I'm afraid you can't bring him back. Therefore, I can only pay you two Azure Lotus Transformation Pills and a Strange Flame," Yunhua said without any politeness.

"Alright, I accept this result. However, once my evolution is complete, I will go with you to the Heavenly Serpent Palace to teach them a lesson, otherwise my hatred will not be quelled." Medusa was also furious. What she thought was a sure thing had been ruined by the Heavenly Serpent Palace. And those annoying elders in the ancestral land also needed to be thoroughly cleansed.

“Of course, but please find me a place to cultivate in seclusion.” Yunhua handed Medusa two Azure Lotus Transformation Pills and an Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire Pearl that he had condensed himself.

Immediately afterwards, Yunhua took Xian'er to the secluded cultivation room to prepare for breaking through to the fourth stage of the Golden Core realm, which is the Dou Zong cultivation level.

In the secluded cultivation room, Yunhua set up restrictions throughout the room, then took out a bottle of Azure Lotus Transformation Pills and handed it to Xian'er.

"Xian'er, take the pills first to break through, and I will protect you. After you have broken through, you can protect me."

"Why don't you break through first, Brother Yun? I'll protect you," Xian'er declined.

"Alright, don't refuse anymore. Only when you successfully break through and possess the two magic treasures will you have the invincible strength of a Dou Huang, and only then will you be qualified to protect me."

"Alright then, I'll break through soon." Xian'er immediately sat cross-legged on the twelfth-grade green lotus that Yunhua had taken out, preparing to break through.

Xian'er first adjusted herself to her peak condition, then took out a Green Lotus Transformation Pill and swallowed it. As the pill entered, Xian'er's battle qi overflowed and transformed into a cocoon of light. With the help of the energy provided by the lotus platform, she underwent transformation and breakthrough at the same time.

Some mysterious runes entered Xian'er's physical essence, aiming to elevate her physique into a type never before seen on the Dou Qi Continent. The transformed light feathers scattered, repairing the physical damage caused by Xian'er's ingestion of poison.

Her body radiated divine light, crystal clear, with jade bones and golden skin, like a fairy from Shegu Mountain. As the origin of her fairy body gradually increased, a new body constitution slowly formed. This constitution contained the origin of all poisons and was the human body manifestation of the Great Dao of Poison.

Born with the ability to control all poisons, and taking any poison will no longer result in the uncontrollable outbreak of poison power like the Calamity Poison Body. The origin of the Dou Qi Continent also benefits from this, obtaining a special physique law nurtured by the laws of the Shrouding the Heavens world. From then on, this law may also appear in the human body.

The origin of the world also increased as a result, and the world also gave back to Fairy, who grew, allowing her to break through to the limit of the second stage of the Golden Core. However, in order not to affect Fairy's growth, a part of the origin of the world was hidden in her body, becoming her foundation and resources for growth.

Xian'er opened her eyes, tore through the light cocoon, and leaped down from the lotus platform. Her entire being, both in appearance and temperament, had increased by a whole level. Her temperament was ethereal like a fairy, and her appearance was indifferent and transcendent, making her unforgettable.

"Brother Yun, Xian'er has successfully broken through. It's your turn now. Xian'er will protect you." Xian'er's charming smile softened her ethereal aura, making her seem like a fairy who had descended to the mortal world.

Yunhua was so engrossed in looking at her that she only came back to her senses after a moment: "Ahem! Xian'er, you are so beautiful right now that I was mesmerized. I'm sorry."

"You're so annoying, you're not that pretty at all." A hint of smugness flashed across Xian'er's face as she said, her cheeks slightly flushed.

"Alright, enough joking around. Xian'er is indeed very beautiful. I'm going to break through now." After saying that, Yunhua sat cross-legged on the lotus platform without waiting for Xian'er's reply.

Yunhua took out a Green Lotus Transformation Pill and swallowed it directly. It turned into a large amount of energy and law fragments, which scattered into strands of light, wrapping Yunhua into a spiral-shaped cocoon of light.

Numerous fragments of laws activated Yunhua's bloodline, causing the three tomoe in her pupils to connect and transform into a straight tomoe kaleidoscope. As time progressed, Yunhua's physique was also activated, and a massive amount of life energy surged out, causing countless flowers, plants, and trees to grow within a ten-kilometer radius of this area.

Keep in mind, this is a desert region. Some snake people bowed down, believing that a god had descended and turned this desolate city into an oasis, a miracle.

Yunhua's physique has been enhanced to an epic degree, with her vitality, cell activity, and density all reaching extremely high levels.

In terms of vitality, Yunhua's cells almost divide infinitely, which means that as long as Yunhua doesn't do anything reckless and her soul doesn't wither, the flame of life will not be extinguished. At the same time, it also allows Yunhua to control the power of the Yang attribute of life, making healing or using the Tree World Descent technique with ease.

In terms of cell activity, it greatly extends Yunhua's cell vitality, allowing him to recover even if his cells are damaged. The increased cell density makes Yunhua's physical qualities almost reach the level of a Dou Zun, enabling him to shatter the void with his physical body in the Dou Qi Continent.

When one's physique reaches the level of a Sage, the Mangekyou Sharingan directly becomes the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, with spatial control in the left eye and time deceleration in the right eye, making it extremely terrifying and difficult for even a Dou Zun to match.

Yun Hua's golden core has officially advanced to the fourth stage, which is the level of Dou Zong. However, Yun Hua's raw strength is such that he can fight even a nine-star Dou Zun.

Chapter 81 Medusa's Evolution

Yunhua completed his transformation and flew directly out of the Azure Lotus Platform. Now, Yunhua can roam freely even in the Central Plains. However, before he reaches the strength of a Dou Sheng, Yunhua plans to play it safe.

"Brother Yun, we've both broken through, are we going to rescue Qinglin?" Xian'er asked Yun Hua as he approached.

Yunhua absorbed the twelfth-grade green lotus into her body and said to Xian'er, "Medusa said she's going too, so let's wait a bit."

Meanwhile, Medusa in the secluded chamber was also undergoing a profound transformation. Fearing that one Azure Lotus Transformation Pill would not be enough to help her complete the evolution, she directly consumed two.

Therefore, Medusa's cocoon of light was extremely thick, directly transforming into a substantial eggshell. Beneath this large egg emitting white light was a crystal lotus platform that bound the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, and below the crystal lotus platform was a pool of icy cold spring.

Each time the cyan flames were about to escape the lotus throne's range, a faint white light shield would suddenly appear, then launch the strange fire projectiles back.

In the pool, whenever the strange fire comes into contact with the light shield, the icy spring water in the pool will decrease by a tiny, almost imperceptible amount. The crystal lotus seat is able to trap the blue lotus flame within it by relying on the power of the icy spring water.

Under the scorching heat of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, the cocoon of light formed by Medusa integrates the power of the strange fire into the transforming Medusa's body, aiming to burn away her complicated bloodline and allow the purest and strongest bloodline to take the lead.

This process was extremely painful. Although the Green Lotus Earth Core Flame was very gentle, it was still a strange flame, and it directly burned the flesh and blood. It could be said to be a form of extreme torture.

Within the cocoon of light, Medusa's symbiotic serpent soul guards her, ready to fly out and materialize at any moment. This serpent soul was created when the serpent people were born, using a secret technique to infuse the soul of a serpentine magical beast into their bodies, becoming their symbiotic serpent soul and their trump card.

It can take on her tribulation, and is the second form of the snake-people. Now, Medusa's snake body directly swallows a ball of strange fire, in order to transform herself.

The scales on the purple snake's body began to twist rapidly shortly after entering the strange fire, and were eventually charred black by the fire, falling helplessly off the snake's body.

After the snake scales fell off, bright red blood gushed out. However, the blood was instantly burned into nothingness by the terrifying temperature of the strange fire, leaving behind extremely glaring bloody marks on the purple snake's body.

The enormous snake's body was being scorched by the strange fire, but its size was constantly shrinking, as if it were being condensed into essence. Normally, even the most resolute beings would scream in agony from the pain of being burned by this strange fire.

However, because Medusa consumed two Azure Lotus Transformation Pills, she entered a state of complete absorption in the transformation, directly blocking out the pain, but this also made it difficult for her to wake up.

The enormous body of the purple snake had stopped rolling. Its body, which was originally covered with beautiful purple scales, was now charred black. Its body, which was more than ten feet long, had been burned down to only two or three feet. It was hard to imagine how many bones and blood had been burned away by the strange fire.

Finally, it seemed to have succeeded, because a bolt of lightning descended from the sky. Suddenly, a deafening roar of thunder came from within the dark clouds, and silver lightning bolts darted about wildly, like long silver snakes.

When some legendary ancient beasts were born or advanced in rank, the disharmony of their enormous internal energy would cause strange phenomena in the heavens and earth, serving as a test for the extraordinary beings that the world could not tolerate.

A tremendous roar resounded from the dark clouds, and in an instant, the world was brightened. A huge silver bolt of lightning shot down from the clouds, finally piercing through the secluded chamber and crashing into the ball of blue flames.

The thunder came quickly and went even faster. Yunhua felt that the sound of the thunder had not completely dissipated when the dark clouds in the sky began to recede rapidly. A moment later, the scorching sun once again enveloped the city.

Yunhua pursed his lips, somewhat complaining that the tribulation lightning of the Dou Qi Continent was too weak. You know, he was struck by lightning for a long time when he was in the Four Extremes Secret Realm.

This is clearly a manifestation of the fact that the origin of the Dou Qi Continent is inferior to that of the Shrouding the Heavens World, and it cannot bring down enough calamities, so that even if low-level cultivators proliferate, the energy concentration of the world will be reduced, preventing the world from accumulating energy to upgrade.

This also prevents those who have reached the limits of the world from making further breakthroughs, thus creating a negative cycle.

The snake's body, charred black by lightning and resembling a corpse, suddenly underwent a subtle change. Its charred skin slowly peeled off, the speed of peeling gradually increasing until, finally, something seemed about to burst out of its body.

"Bang!" The giant snake's corpse suddenly exploded, its black scales flying everywhere, and a section of the body turned into powder.

The instant the giant snake's corpse turned to dust, a vast and terrifying aura suddenly burst forth, rapidly enveloping the city at an alarming speed.

Black dust gradually fell down, and in a moment, a seven-colored light and shadow suddenly shot out from the mist. It was a small snake that was only a few centimeters long. Its body was covered with tiny seven-colored scales, and it had pale purple snake eyes. It had a faint eerie feeling, and a strange, fresh fragrance lingered around its body. Although it was only a snake, it exuded elegance and nobility.

Medusa's concept of evolution is essentially the evolution of the soul, breaking free from the original body and using the power of the soul to coalesce into a truly new body.

Queen Medusa's companion serpent soul is that giant purple serpent, the soul of a sixth-tier magical beast, the Purple Nether Flame Serpent. This Purple Nether Flame Serpent has the bloodline of an ancient beast flowing through its body.

Given enough opportunity, this Purple Flame Serpent can activate the faint bloodline within its body, thus evolving into the source of their bloodline. However, the probability is extremely low, almost to the point of being impossible.

This ancient beast, capable of challenging even a powerful warrior, is known as the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python. Its physical characteristics include a seven-colored body, slightly purple pupils, a fragrant aroma, and immense power.

Soon, it emitted a seven-colored light again, which then disappeared. Medusa, who had successfully evolved, appeared, and her strength had broken through to the Dou Zong level. She was quite lucky; a tribulation lightning bolt awakened her from her transformation.

In the sky, Yunhua finally saw Medusa emerge from seclusion. Compared to before, Medusa's purple snake tail had now turned into long, fair legs. Although she had lost some of her otherworldly beauty, she was now even more charming and alluring.

Medusa did not use the Dou Qi Wings of a Dou Huang, but stood barefoot in the void. Every move she made caused the void to tremble. This was a sign that Medusa had broken through to the Dou Zong level.

Yunhua also walked directly through the void, as if shrinking the earth to an inch, taking a few steps to cover thousands of meters. This was something that could only be done with a sufficient understanding of the power of space. Now, Yunhua's cultivation level also allowed him to use some of the power of the laws, and his strength had also greatly improved.

"Queen Medusa, congratulations on your successful evolution." Yunhua said congratulatoryly, looking at Medusa standing in the air in front of him.

"Queen, you've evolved! That's wonderful!" Yue Mei and the others, who arrived late, hurriedly congratulated Medusa.

"Yes, the Queen has also broken through to the Dou Zong level. Now, who in the Jia Ma Empire dares to resist my Snake-People clan?"

"I must thank Mr. Yun for the Azure Lotus Transformation Pill and the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have been able to evolve successfully without any danger. Don't worry, after ten days, once I have stabilized my cultivation and settled the affairs of the Snake-People, I will go to the Heavenly Snake Palace in the Central Continent with Mr. Yun," Medusa said with a smile.

“That’s fine, I need to go back to Stone Desert City anyway,” Yunhua said to Medusa.

“Mr. Yun, there’s no need to be in such a hurry. You can attend my celebration ceremony first before you leave,” Medusa said amicably.

Chapter 82 Returning to Desert City

The next day, after attending the celebration of the Perfect Madame, Yunhua took Xian'er and left the Snake People's royal city early in the morning, heading towards Stone Desert City. It seems that Xiao Ding and the other must have been very worried after so much time had passed.

Yun Hua flew at lightning speed, several times faster than a Dou Huang. What used to be a journey that took several days was covered in just one day.

Looking at the Stone Desert City shining brightly under the setting sun, Yunhua had a feeling that it was just yesterday. Yunhua slowly walked into the Stone Desert City from the ground, and the scene was exactly the same as before.

The mercenaries, who had just returned from the desert laden with spoils, were once again severely wounded. Each of them was injured, and the scene came alive in the blood-red sunset.

Upon arriving outside the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, the same burly man was still guarding the gate. However, he did not recognize Yun Hua and Xian'er this time. After a transformation, Yun Hua and Xian'er had undergone changes in appearance, physique, and temperament. Overall, the changes were quite significant.

Yunhua walked straight in and headed towards the location she sensed with her divine sense. At that moment, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were dealing with the affairs of the mercenary group.

Yunhua's footsteps outside the door startled Xiao Ding and his companion. When they looked up, they saw a person who looked remarkably like Yunhua and Xian'er standing outside the door.

No one informed them, because Yunhua had completely blocked the mercenaries' senses, and they had no idea that Yunhua was there.

"Big brother, second brother, long time no see. It seems you're doing well." Yunhua greeted the two first.

"You are...you are Xiaoyunzi and Xian'er. Where did you go that day? I sent people to search for you for a long time but we haven't found any news about you." Xiao Ding asked in surprise.

"I'll explain it to you slowly, asking you one question at a time," Yunhua said calmly, sitting down on a chair.

"That day I entered the magma and followed that two-headed fire spirit serpent. It took me a long time to find the strange fire. However, the aura of the strange fire was discovered by Medusa, the queen of the snake people. In order to force me to hand over the strange fire, she kidnapped Qinglin."

Therefore, for Qinglin's safety, I made a deal with her to help her refine an evolution pill and give her a strange flame, in exchange for her releasing Qinglin.

"As soon as the elixir was finished and we were about to redeem Qinglin, Qinglin was taken away by the people of the Heavenly Serpent Palace in Zhongzhou. So I came back first and will go to the Heavenly Serpent Palace in Zhongzhou in ten days to rescue Qinglin." Yunhua sipped his tea and told the two about his experiences during this time.

“So that’s how it is. I thought you went back to Wutan City first,” Xiao Li said.