Nubis is a Silver-Striped Golden Snake from the Cross Mountains in the Tian Yuan Continent. After meeting Jian Chen and becoming his ally, Nubis became an important figure within the Flame Mercenaries.
Along with many top powerhouses at the time, he ascended with Jian Chen into the Saints' World. He currently resides in the Tianyuan Clan.
Appearance[]
Silver-Striped Golden Snake[]
He became a small, golden snake several tens of thousand metres long. He was still a small snake because he was just too thin. He was tens of thousand metres long, but he was only as wide as a water tank. The width did not match up to the length at all.
From afar, he seemed like a long, golden thread hovering in the air. A golden and silver stripe ran down his back along his entire body. The golden stripe had become him. It did not stand out much at all, as if it had fused with his golden scales.
Only the silver stripe shone brightly. This was the symbol of Silver-Striped Golden Snakes.
Evolutionary Dragon Bloodline[]
A short stub grew from Nubis’ head. A profound pattern wrapped around it. Blue light seemed to flicker on it.
Silver-striped Golden Snakes did not possess horns. Clearly, Nubis had deviated from the appearance that Golden-striped Silver Snakes possessed. [1]
Cultivation[]
| Cultivation | Stages | Chapter |
| Sainthood | ||
| Saint Ruler | 3rd Heavenly Layer | 634 |
| 7th Heavenly Layer | 854 | |
| 9th Heavenly Layer | 894 | |
| Saint King | 2nd Heavenly Layer | 946 |
| 3rd Heavenly Layer | 1212 | |
| 5th Heavenly Layer | 1325 | |
| Great Perfection | 1383 | |
| Saint Emperor | 1st Heavenly Layer | 1407 |
| 6th Heavenly Layer | 1591 | |
| Origin Realm | ||
| Reciprocity | Early | 1778 |
| Godhood | ||
| Deity | Early | 1793 |
| Overgod | Early | 1976 |
| Godking | Peak | |
Background[]
Nubis was a beast of antiquity. He could evolve unlike humans. If he devoured the essence of his clansmen, of other Golden-Striped Silver Snakes, his own essence would become even more powerful and pure, even leading to unknown changes in the future. This was the path of carnage their clan had to go through; a road paved with blood from even the closest of kin.[2]
They did not have many clansmen at all, and using the description of mythical would be apt. As soon as they came across another clansmen, there would definitely be a slaughter. They would try to devour each others hidden essence in order to transform or evolve.[2]
Plot[]
Saint Emperor[]
He had learned long ago that there was an extremely powerful Golden-Striped Silver Snake hiding in the Beast God Continent, which was why he had always remained hidden on the outskirts of the Cross Mountains. He did not join the Gilligan clan within the mountains, primarily to avoid the threat on the Beast God Continent.
This was because he had only been a Class 7 Magical Beast before. He possessed a natural sense of dread and fear for the old snake he had only heard about on the Beast God Continent, extremely worried that the old snake would secretly make his way to the Tian Yuan Continent and deal with him. This was why Nubis had chosen to hide in the outskirts of the Cross Mountains. It was closest to Mercenary City, so he could flee into the city if the old snake really did come.
In a sense, the old snake on the Beast God Continent burdened his heart like an invisible mountain, maintaining a great psychological pressure. He even moved around carefully at all times, afraid that the news of him being a Golden-Striped Silver Snake would be learned by even more people.
Afterward, the old snake on the Beast God Continent snuck his way onto the Tian Yuan Continent when the Beast God Continent attacked and was slain by the grand elder of Mercenary City, who he obtained the corpse from.
After devouring the old snake’s hidden essence, he inherited a small portion of the snake’s memory. He had learned that there was actually an even more powerful old snake on the Beast God Continent, and the snake that had been killed by Tian Jian had always been controlled by the stronger, older snake who was at Great Perfection of Saint King for a long time.
Nubis’ heart sank once he had learned this. He feared the more powerful snake even more. He had also decided that the Beast God Continent was a region he would never set foot on in his life.
But, after breaking through Saint Emperor and a powerful one at that, he hunted the old snake and killed him, took his essence and evolved an elementary form of a greater transformation. A vague golden layer of light rotated on the surface of his arm. A special patterning covered his entire arm. In detail, the special pattern was actually similar to scales, but they were not very similar to snake scales. They had not consolidated right now, so they were very blurry, as if they had not grown properly yet.
Nubis' Evolution[]
After Jian Chen returned to the Tian Yuan Clan, Nubis decided to hunt down a silver-striped golden snake that was reported to have the strength at the Fifth Layer of Infinite Prime. Accompanied by Protector Xue, they went out to the Delight Plane. However, unbeknownst to him, everything was purposefully leaked by Tian Shang just to draw him over. As a subject of the Cloudsurge Empire, Tian Shang did not fear the Tian Yuan Clan, as long as Nubis came to the Delight Plane. Without any surprise, Nubis had fallen to his trap and was about to be refined. As he was about to die, Nubis' stubborn will will gradually turned into a mysterious power under the pressure of death. It awakened the potential hidden within his bloodline. Immediately, Nubis felt his body spring to life. A new power gushed out from his bloodline, filling every inch of his body.
At the same time, he suddenly began to shine brilliantly, illuminating the sky. He stood out from the red flames. He had already shed his burnt scales, growing a new set of glistening, golden scales. In particular, two sharp, meaty stubs appeared on his head. However, that was not enough to stop the old snake from devouring him. Luckily, Jian Chen arrived on time to save him from death and escape from the plane.[3]
After the experiencing several evolutions through devouring his own kin and an abrupt metamorphosis during the precipice of life and death, the path of evolution that Nubis currently walks is towards ancestral dragons. Although he’s nowhere close to being a part of the Dragon clan, his bloodline has already parted from the bloodline of the Golden-striped Silver Snakes.
Relationships[]
Jian Chen[]
Originally, he had only agreed to follow Jian Chen for ten years after being lured out of the Cross Mountains by a corpse of a clansmen, the relationship between the two of them had unknowingly undergone great changes after so many years. They were no longer bound by profit and had become close friends.[4]
The days he spent with Jian Chen were the most interesting times of his life. They had always been filled with hair-raising moments. Now that everything had slowed down, Nubis found it rather hard to adapt to his new life since he loved his lifestyle from before. After reaching the Saints' World, he was no longer strong enough to accompany Jian Chen and only became a leader in the clan.[5]
Trivia[]
- A Golden-Striped Silver Snake is considered a part of the royal family of snakes. They’re a rare breed even on the continent, and even in the historical past, they were said to be extremely strong in battle. Their venom is said to be extremely toxic — perhaps one of the top three most venomous. Dealing with one is no simple task, let alone trying to make it submit. Unless you find one in its childhood, it’ll be unwilling to submit to you thanks to its sentient nature.