Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 233 Zi Yan

The phantoms of the Ancient Void Dragon and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix appeared and disappeared on Lin Ran's body. Combined with the terrifying power of the Holy Golden Meteor Heart Flame, Lin Ran's power at this moment was inferior even to that of Yao Chen, a half-saint.

The terrifying cultivation level of a peak Dou Zun caused both Yao Chen and Feng Xian's expressions to change drastically.

It should be noted that before going into seclusion, Lin Ran's cultivation level was only at the peak of the five-star Dou Zun. In just one year, Lin Ran's cultivation level has actually broken through to the peak of the first-stage Dou Zun.

This kind of thing is unprecedented and unparalleled even in the history of the Dou Qi Continent!

Most importantly, in Yao Chen and Feng Xian's perception, Lin Ran's aura was extremely solid, without the slightest hint of weakness. It didn't seem like the situation after a surge in battle qi, but rather like a breakthrough in realm after countless trials and tribulations.

"Sect Master, what exactly did you obtain from those ruins...?"

Feng Xian's face was full of disbelief; this was truly beyond his imagination.

Seemingly hearing Feng Xian's murmur, Lin Ran lazily stretched, and his skin immediately began to writhe. His bones, like a complex machine that had been activated, emitted a series of crisp sounds of bone friction and collision.

"call……"

Feeling the comfortable sensation spreading through his body, Lin Ran exhaled a breath of slightly hot air down his throat.

"A peak first-stage Dou Zun, that's within my expectations."

Lin Ran clenched his fist slightly, feeling the vast, ocean-like battle qi within his body. He couldn't help but be captivated. This power possessed an irresistible allure that drove people mad; countless people had given their entire lives for it.

However, only Lin Ran himself knew that this peak of Dou Zun was actually not the limit of his seclusion this time.

Even, this is just the beginning!

If someone could observe Lin Ran's physical body at this moment, they would find that, in Lin Ran's chest, besides the hot, beating heart, there is a purple-gold crystal floating beside the heart.

The crystal was purplish-gold in color, with the phantom images of an ancient dragon and a celestial phoenix swirling on its surface. The energy it contained was unimaginably high.

This was the very Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit that Lin Ran had consumed.

Yes.

This Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, which was considered a treasure to the Ancient Void Dragon and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, was not digested by Lin Ran at all. The reason he was able to break through from the peak of the Five-Star Dou Zun to the peak of the First-Rank Dou Zun was purely because of that Dou Sheng skeleton.

He absorbed less than one-tenth of the power of the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit!

"Although I possess the bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon, I am ultimately not the Ancient Void Dragon. To devour such a massive power of the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, I cannot do it alone."

"I originally planned to first create a dragon-phoenix body, and then nurture that girl Ziyan little by little with my essence blood. Now it seems that I have to directly absorb this power with her..."

Lin Ran murmured to himself, then turned his attention to Yao Chen and Feng Xian in front of him.

Seeing the weariness between the two, Lin Ran smiled and said, "It seems you encountered some trouble while I was in seclusion."

"Sect Master, you've finally woken up."

Feng Xian looked at Lin Ran with a resentful expression: "It's more than just troublesome. Those few magical beast families come to our door almost every two or three days. The old man and I are almost numb with exhaustion."

"The Nine Netherworld Python Clan Chief Yao Xiaotian, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan Elder Kunhuang, Eagle Phoenix, and Sect Master, those are all genuine Dou Sheng powerhouses." Yao Chen said with a wry smile, "We are under too much pressure."

"Hahaha, isn't this a perfect opportunity for you to come into contact with a Dou Sheng expert? Maybe if you sense the Dou Sheng aura more, Yao Chen, you can also break through to Dou Sheng."

"Thank you both for your hard work. I have now emerged from seclusion. If they come looking for me again, just tell them to come find me."

Lin Ran chuckled.

I never expected that a casual mention of it in the ancient ruins would lead to these two great magical beast families coming to me with such enthusiasm. It seems that what I left for the two magical beast families has had a good effect.

Seeing Lin Ran's shameless behavior, Yao Chen and Feng Xian were both filled with helplessness.

It's really something else to have a sect leader like this.

"By the way, Sect Master, quite a few things have happened in the Northwest Continent during your seclusion."

"The Northwest Continent?"

Lin Ran frowned slightly, his smile fading: "The Soul Palace?"

Yao Chen looked surprised: "Sect Master, how did you know?"

"You could have guessed it."

Lin Ran shook his head: "There are only so many powerful people in the Northwest Continent. It has been peaceful for countless years. How could anything suddenly happen? If something does happen, it must be someone stirring up trouble."

"On the entire continent, only those guys from the Soul Palace have such ability and ambition."

"What the sect leader says is absolutely right."

Yao Chen nodded with a sigh: "The reason for the chaos in the Northwest Continent this time is the Soul Palace!"

"While you were in seclusion, a sect in the Northwest Continent called the Lion Nether Sect suddenly launched a massive invasion. Wherever their powerful members went, no one could stand against them. In less than half a year, countless forces in the Northwest Continent fell under their control."

"Later, the Lion Nether Sect set its sights on the overlord of the Northwest Continent, the Heavenly Serpent Empire, also known as the Heavenly Serpent Palace..."

Yao Chen spoke eloquently, recounting how the Lion Nether Sect, with the help of the Soul Palace experts, grew stronger, devoured those powerful forces, set its sights on the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and was ultimately rescued by Green Robe.

Lin Ran's expression changed, and after hearing the news that the green-clad figure, along with the puppets, had defeated the Soul Palace's Eight Heavenly Venerables' Prison and dealt with the Lion Nether Sect, his expression became even more colorful.

"Not bad, Green Clothes."

In the original story, Medusa's Flame Alliance was besieged by the Lion Nether Sect and almost wiped out. If Xiao Yan hadn't arrived just in time, the entire Flame Alliance would have been destroyed.

Unexpectedly, in this life, Green Robe was directly captured by the Lion Nether Sect and even saved the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and Azure Scale, which really surprised Lin Ran.

It seems that the combined strength of the Holy Rain Sect has now completely surpassed that of the Flame Alliance!

"By the way, Sect Master, this is a report that Elder Green Robe just sent over some time ago. Please take a look."

As he spoke, Yao Chen took out a scroll from his storage ring.

Lin Ran took it out of curiosity and examined the information inside. The more he looked, the more surprised he became.

This scroll not only records the development of the Holy Rain Sect during this period, but also records Little Fairy Doctor's ascension to the throne in the Izumo Empire, the deep cooperation with Cai Lin's Snake-Man Empire and Yun Yun's Yunlan Empire, and the announcement of the establishment of a "Holy Federation" centered on the Holy Rain Sect.

Moreover, there was also news about Qinglin.

After helping the Heavenly Serpent Palace eliminate the threat from the Lion Nether Sect, Qing Lin, with the help of the Heavenly Serpent Palace and Green Robe, became the Palace Master of the Heavenly Serpent Palace and also ascended the throne as the Empress of the Heavenly Serpent Empire, and announced that she had joined the Holy Federation.

"An ancient celestial serpent? The cultivation seal of the Celestial Serpent Palace Master?"

Lin Ran frowned slightly.

He originally thought that Qinglin would miss such an opportunity, but unexpectedly, Qinglin not only obtained the soul of the ancient celestial serpent by chance, but also obtained the cultivation of the former lord of the celestial serpent mansion!

Lin Ran couldn't tell whether this opportunity was due to Qing Lin's exceptional luck or some unseen force at work...

"I wonder how Xiao Yan is doing now. It seems I need to find some time to synchronize that soul power."

Lin Ran narrowed his eyes, having made up his mind.

"By the way, Sect Master, the timing of your seclusion is quite coincidental. These two days happen to be the Pill Tower's Pill Gathering, and the Pill Tower has already sent an invitation."

Seemingly having thought of something, Yao Chen took out several more invitations from his storage ring, one of which was quite special and completely different from the others.

"Last time you mentioned you wanted to attend the Pill Gathering, I mentioned it to those three guys. Here's the invitation to the Pill Gathering, so you see...?"

"Forget it, I was just saying. It would be really unfair to send someone. Why don't you choose a younger member of the sect with good alchemy skills? By the way, I remember Han Feng has always wanted to go to the Alchemy Gathering, what do you think of him?"

Lin Ran shook his head.

If he were bored, he could go to the Pill Gathering to take a look, but he still has many things to deal with, so going to the Pill Gathering would be a waste of time.

The situation with Qing Lin, and the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit within his body, both require a great deal of time to process. Not to mention the Nine Netherworld Python and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, who are extremely envious of him.

"Han Feng?"

Upon hearing the name, Yao Chen paused slightly, his expression becoming somewhat unnatural, which piqued Lin Ran's curiosity.

What, did that filial son do something terrible again?

"Lately, for some reason, that kid hasn't been as interested in alchemy as before. Instead, he's become very interested in the essence blood of magical beasts, and has even started experimenting on himself..."

Yao Chen sighed and said, "He has the Sea Heart Flame, and the essence blood of those demonic beasts fused quite well with his body, and his cultivation level even improved a lot. So I found him a low-level cultivation technique that could be used to cultivate with the power of demonic beasts, and then I didn't interfere much. I told him to go to the Pill Gathering so that he wouldn't embarrass himself."

"Warcraft essence blood?"

Lin Ran was slightly taken aback. He remembered that Han Feng had asked him for a drop of his essence blood. Could it be related to this?

Shaking his head, Lin Ran didn't interfere further. Choosing which path to take was Han Feng's own business, as long as this filial son didn't betray him.

In reality, it's impossible for such a backstabbing to happen. Everyone in the Holy Sect is subtly influenced by the Holy Gold Meteor Heart Flame. For someone like Han Feng, who has been a member of the Holy Sect for a long time, his loyalty is beyond question.

Afterwards, Yao Chen and Feng Xian reported on the current situation of Xingyun Pavilion. Their words were full of resentment, and they had a lot to say about Lin Ran's hands-off management.

Fortunately, Lin Ran has a thick skin and is completely unaffected.

However, seemingly unable to live with himself, Lin Ran also wandered around the Starfall Pavilion for two days, giving pointers to a group of Starfall Pavilion disciples and making his presence known.

This situation only ended on the third day when two figures, one large and one small, voluntarily descended upon the Star Realm.

"Oh, big brother, Ziyan misses you so much!"

Inside a side hall of the Starfall Pavilion, upon seeing Lin Ran's figure, a little girl dressed in purple, with delicate features, rushed over and immediately clung to Lin Ran.

"You silly girl."

Lin Ran hugged Zi Yan and patted the little girl's bottom: "Why are you always like a child? Your cultivation level is increasing, but your temperament isn't."

"Doesn't my older brother like me like this?"

Zi Yan looked up, a hint of confusion in her eyes: "I remember you liked this style... Could it be that you prefer Cai Lin's style now? Then I'll transform..."

The next moment, a purple-gold light flashed across Zi Yan's body, and the little girl Zi Yan's appearance was transformed into a stunningly beautiful mature girl.

Her long, smooth purple hair cascaded down to her pert, shapely buttocks, and her mature, curvaceous body was even more alluring than Cai Lin's.

"Cough cough cough, change back quickly, I still prefer your previous appearance."

Such a charming and alluring appearance almost made Lin Ran unable to resist, and he quickly coughed.

Zi Yan chuckled: "Nonsense, you clearly like that body type the most. As expected, Sister Cai Lin was right, all you men are like that."

"I didn't do it, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Lin Ran immediately rejected her three-part denial and repeatedly asked Zi Yan to return to her original form. Only then did Zi Yan obey and revert to her original appearance.

Looking at the delicate, porcelain-doll-like child in her arms, just as adorable as before, Lin Ran felt a sense of relief.

After pinching the little girl's cheek, Lin Ran's attention turned to another person in the main hall who had come to the Starfall Pavilion with her and was extremely reserved.

He was a burly man with an aura that was roughly equivalent to a three-star Dou Zun, and his blood energy was quite robust.

"And this is...?"

"Oh, his name is Xiong Zhan, I call him Big Guy. He's the boss of the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountains in the Pill Tower area. He's the bodyguard I recruited when I sneaked out before!"

Zi Yan chuckled, "Big guy, haven't you met my older brother yet?!"

"Uh, big brother."

Xiong Zhan glanced at Lin Ran cautiously and spoke in a low voice, his eyes filled with both curiosity and fear towards Lin Ran.

In his perception, Lin Ran not only possessed extremely powerful cultivation, but also exuded a unique and oppressive aura!

The aura emanating from that person was so powerful that it was almost as strong as the one emanating from Zi Yan, which greatly alarmed Xiong Zhan.

Could it be that this human is also an ancient dragon from the Void?!

"This is my older brother. How can you call him 'older brother'? You should call him 'Big Brother'!"

Zi Yan gave a soft snort, and Xiong Zhan immediately shuddered, lowering his head and repeatedly saying, "Big Brother, Big Brother..."

"Alright, alright."

Lin Ran shook his head helplessly: "I called you here because I have important business to discuss. By the way, why don't I see Zhu Li?"

"hey-hey……"

Zi Yan gave an awkward but polite smile: "After receiving your message, I ran away without telling Old Man Zhu Li."

"Brother, you probably don't know, that old man is so annoying! Every day he forces me to drink some disgusting, awful stuff, and he won't let me go anywhere to play. I'm so bored!"

(End of this chapter)