East Japan Continent, Snake Race Forbidden Land, Snake Ancestor Temple.

The ancient and majestic temple of the Snake Ancestor Temple is surrounded by clear pool waters, full of water lilies, lush and bright. Upon a closer look, small snakes can be seen wandering in the pool.

Inside, the temple’s interior columns are composed of many massive black pillars, each carved with a coiling, lifelike giant python, extraordinarily majestic.

In the center of the temple, within the red blood pool, sat a graceful young girl with a light blue veil, her eyes downcast, her beauty incomparable, her feminine figure enticing.

Behind her head is carved a colossal snake head, with eyes like ghostly stars in the night sky, shining with a deep and mysterious light. Trickling red blood drips from the snake’s mouth into the pool, converging into the Snake Blood Pool, the most important place of inheritance for the Snake Race.

Incense burned in the temple, smoke curling, and seven elders of the Snake Race stood beneath the Snake Blood Pool, each distinctively beautiful, considered top beauties of the Female Immortals in the outside world. At this moment, they all devoutly bowed their heads to the young girl in the Snake Blood Pool, for today is the day the Snake Race’s Second Miss Ji Lingruo completes the snake ancestor baptism.

"Elder Liou, hasn’t the Second Miss been undergoing the baptism for twenty-four days already?" An elder in a serene plain dress asked the elder beside her.

"Elder Huo, you haven’t calculated wrong; it is indeed twenty-four days. Even the First Miss’s baptism only lasted twenty days."

Ms. Liou also sighed, not expecting this Second Miss, once regarded as a sacrifice, to return from Central Continent and rise to become the most talented person of the declining Snake Race.

The Snake Ancestor’s baptism is a process of purging and refining for snake demons, nourishing Primordial Qi, enabling them to transform into other forms. The longer the baptism takes, the higher the recognition from the snake ancestor for this offspring.

"The one who bestowed fortune upon the Second Miss is truly a great benefactor of our Snake Race," Elder Huo sighed, with other elders behind her nodding in agreement, thinking that with the First Miss and Second Miss, the revival of the Snake Race is promising.

Looking again at the Snake Blood Pool, Ji Lingruo’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and at the same time, the Snake Blood Pool up to her waist began to boil.

"It’s about to end!" Ms. Liou looked excitedly at the girl, transformed anew.

"Mm... ah... Mm..."

? 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Elder Huo frowned, known in the Snake Race for her surface-level amiability and underlying strictness. In this solemn setting of the Snake Ancestor Temple, hearing these amorous noises filled her with immense anger.

"Silence!"

The many female snake demons behind her were all as frightened as cicadas in late autumn, not daring to upset Elder Huo.

Yet the amorous sounds did not stop, continuing weakly.

"Mm..."

Elder Huo, angered to the point her chest heaved, causing waves of her bosom, she glared at everyone and angrily roared:

"The Snake Race has no men; I don’t care about the mischief you get up to in your caves privately, but this is the Snake Ancestor Temple! This solemn moment when the Second Miss is about to finish her baptism! You are elders, at least know the time and place to be in heat! Who is it? Stand out on your own!"

Elder Huo was fierce, but no one admitted their misconduct.

Elder Huo clenched her teeth in frustration, lamenting how pitiful and pathetic these snake demons had become, longing for men to such an extent.

Unable to bear the mosquito-like moans in her ears, she was about to unleash her rage when an elder behind her murmured:

"The Second Miss’s face... is so red."

Elder Huo raised an eyebrow, also noticing the expression change in Ji Lingruo.

Her dark brows were tightly knit, her face flushed, with slightly parted lips. It didn’t seem like she was receiving a baptism, more like she was... indulging herself...

"This... Elder Liou, what’s happening with the Second Miss? Is something wrong with the baptism?"

Never had Elder Huo seen someone display such an expression during a baptism, so she asked the most senior Ms. Liou.

Ms. Liou, too, was unsettled, quite certain with her experience that this wasn’t a reaction from the baptism.

What could it be...

Like a flash, a bold hypothesis emerged in Ms. Liou’s mind. She recalled the sudden changes experienced by the First Miss on the Divine Feather Ship, which were exactly the same as Ji Lingruo at this moment.

Could it be that the First Miss, who hates humans the most, succumbed too when she went to Zhongyuan Continent?! But who could conquer such a proud First Miss?

"You are young, that’s why you haven’t seen this before. This is the normal reaction from receiving the highest baptism from the snake ancestor. The effects of twenty-four days of baptism nourishment are too strong for the Second Miss to digest at once, that’s why it’s like this. You should retreat first. I will guide the Second Miss through it."

Ms. Liou deceitfully improvised. The link between the sisters was unknown to any other demon besides her, and she didn’t want to expose it, nor embarrass Ji Lingruo, which is why she dismissed them.

"I see." Elder Huo nodded.

Ji Lingruo was under the influence of the Blinding Skill set by Ms. Liou, making it invisible to others that she was no longer pure.

"Then we’ll take our leave now and celebrate for the Second Miss afterward."

"Mm."

Subsequently, a group of beautiful demon cultivators with different charms exited one after another, leaving behind a fragrant scent.

Ms. Liou quickly moved to Ji Lingruo’s side. The girl was nearly unable to support herself, and Ms. Liou hurriedly lifted her out of the Snake Blood Pool into her arms, only to find the girl’s body was already burning like fire.

Ji Lingruo’s eyes were dazed, feeling as though she had become like a medicine pot, with a thick pestle constantly stirring within.