From Serpent of Life and Death to Lord of Serpents

[No heroine] + [Partly behind the scenes] + [Status panel for easy reading] + [Two bodies, one soul: female Li (white hair, red eyes), male Mo]

In a resplendent hall filled with a sacred aura, countless devout believers knelt.

“Mysterious, exalted, great, and benevolent Lord of Serpents, you are the Mother Tree that nurtures life, the very embodiment of purity and nobility, and the end of life's journey.”

“Your devout believers pray here. May your grace, like a gentle rain, nourish our hearts and let the flowers of our lives bloom ever more brilliantly.”

In a towering, magnificent hall steeped in the aura of death, another group of devout believers knelt.

“Mysterious, exalted, great, and benevolent Lord of Serpents, you are the final destination of all things, the very embodiment of compassion and selflessness, and the end of death's journey.”

“Your devout believers pray here. May the departed rest in peace and find eternal comfort in the Lord's embrace. May there be no pain or illness in heaven, only everlasting joy.”

Yet Li Mo, the mysterious, exalted, great, and benevolent Lord of Serpents, was struggling to survive in an unknown forest.

“Hmm, what was that?” Li Mo raised his dark-scaled snake head and warily surveyed the surroundings.

“There's nothing here. Could I have imagined it?” A question mark slowly appeared above Li Mo's head.

“Never mind. I must have heard wrong.” Li Mo ignored the annoying voices coming from inside his mind and looked at his status panel.

Name: Li Mo

Species: Serpent of Life and Death

Balance: Life attribute 50/100, Death attribute 80/100

“I'm done for, I'm done for! Why has my Death attribute gone up again?” Li Mo cried in alarm.

“If my attributes become unbalanced, I'll drop dead!”