Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

"Lin Dong, where are you going?"

It wasn't until I was almost at the gate that I heard a familiar voice beside me.

"Great Wilderness County." After glancing at Lin Ke'er, who had suddenly appeared beside him, and the elders of the Lin clan hanging far behind her, Lin Dong replied casually.

"Great Wilderness County?" Lin Ke'er was clearly taken aback. "There's still some time before the Creation Martial Monument opens, right? Are you going there now?"

"I'll cultivate for a while on the way," Lin Dong nodded, "and also take the opportunity to return to Yan City."

"Then I'll be with you..." Lin Ke'er said somewhat anxiously.

"No need. For Grandpa's wish, I will not leave the Lin Clan," Lin Dong interrupted Lin Ke'er before she could finish speaking. "You don't need to test me anymore. If you want to leave the Lin Clan, even if you all kneel in front of me, I will not hesitate."

After those cold words were spoken, Lin Ke'er glanced nervously at the elders behind her.

The elders behind Lin Ke'er, the ones who had ordered her to come over and "question" Lin Dong about where he was going, remained silent, as if they didn't understand what Lin Dong was saying.

"See you in the Great Wilderness County." Lin Dong didn't react to the elders who were pretending to be deaf and dumb. He smiled at Lin Ke'er and continued walking out of the Lin Clan.

"Great Wilderness County...see you there." Lin Ke'er raised her hand somewhat awkwardly and waved.

When they turned back, the elders had long since disappeared, and they could only see the disciples of the Lin clan who had once "attached" to Lin Langtian in a more distant place.

"I don't know what she's so smug about. All she did was curry favor with that guy!"

"Alright, that's enough. If he hears you, you'll be in big trouble!"

"Me, afraid of her? What a joke!"

"I'm talking about Lin Dong... Big Brother."

"Uh……"

The person who had been whispering and slandering Lin Ke'er in private was speechless for a moment. Lin Dong... He was also present when his older brother killed Lin Langtian in an instant. He even saw the warm blood spray onto him when Lin Langtian's severed head fell to the ground.

"...You probably didn't hear me, right?" He swallowed hard and chuckled dryly.

"Just pray you weren't heard," the person advising sighed, looking at Lin Ke'er walking towards them, and said somewhat absentmindedly, "Who would have thought? Lin Langtian, who has always been considered the most powerful genius in the Great Yan Dynasty... couldn't even withstand a single move."

"Has Lin Dong already become a Nirvana Realm expert?"

"I don't know, but even if it's not, it's close enough, right? I heard that even the clan leader isn't a match for Lin Dong!"

"Wait...no, how did you know?"

"I already told you, I only heard about it!"

*

Everything that happened these past few days felt like a dream to Lin Dong.

Having just left the Immortal Transformation Pool that had helped him reach the late stage of the Heavenly Origin Realm, Lin Dong felt a blur before his eyes. When everything became clear again, he had actually turned back into an infant. If someone hadn't happened to pass by, he might have died halfway through before he could fulfill his grandfather's dream.

After he "grew up" a bit, he found himself in a world completely different from the Tianxuan Continent. If it weren't for Xiao Diao still being by his side and emphasizing that the stone talisman had the ability to reverse time, he would have almost collapsed because of it.

Then, while cultivating step by step in that unfamiliar world, he met a very interesting person, someone with extremely strong talent in mental power. Although he eventually realized that the person was not a native of that unfamiliar world, or even from the Tianxuan Continent, it did not prevent Lin Dong from becoming friends with that person named Xiao Yan.

After living in that unfamiliar world for more than ten years, he "suddenly" returned to the Tianxuan Continent, and the time was still the same as when he had just left the Immortal Transformation Pool.

Everything would have proceeded normally, after all, Lin Dong discovered that his Yuan Power seemed strangely weak at that time. But then, Lin Langtian appeared before him for the first time, even ordering him to "return" the spiritual treasure he had found to that good-for-nothing from the Wang clan...

Since this has happened, there's nothing more to say. Although the Yuan Power hasn't recovered to its strongest level because it needs repair, the spiritual power of the Immortal Talisman Master level is absolutely genuine.

One second, or even less than one second.

In such an absurdly short time, Lin Langtian's head fell to the ground, and even the members of the Wang clan did not escape. Although Lin Dong felt that after witnessing this scene, the Qin family would not be foolish enough to tell the Wang clan about his affairs, in order to avoid round after round of trouble, Lin Dong made a special trip to the Wang family and used his martial power to make the Wang family choose to reconcile with him, a reconciliation that dared not say a word more.

After casually unleashing a powerful surge of Yuan energy to repel the City Lord of Yan City who had challenged him, Lin Dong's eyes showed a hint of dazedness.

"Hehe, I never expected that my Yan City could produce such a talented young man as Lin Dong," the City Lord Shi said with a smile after taking dozens of steps back and slowly landing on the city wall. "I think that among the younger generation of the Great Yan Dynasty, Lin Dong, you are already the strongest, aren't you?"

"...I guess so." I am the strongest in the Great Yan Dynasty, so I am also the strongest among the younger generation. No problem. After regaining his senses, Lin Dong answered casually.

"Hehe, losing to the strongest of the younger generation is a feat that can be proud of," City Lord Shi shook his head and sighed.

Lord Shi actually lost!

The residents of Yan City, who had not witnessed Lin Langtian and all the powerful members of the Wang clan who had arrived outside the ancient tomb, instantly erupted in excitement, speculating about the current realm of Lin Dong, who had defeated the Stone City Lord of the Shaping Realm.

"Lord Shi, until we meet again!"

After putting away the ancient halberd, Lin Dong leaped down from the high city wall. A fiery red shadow rushed over, carried Lin Dong up, and sped away into the distance like lightning, leaving only a sentence that slowly dissipated in the wind.

"What were you thinking about just now?" As soon as they left Yan City, Little Marten jumped out of the stone talisman and landed on Lin Dong's shoulder. "Were you regretting not making a move on that woman in the ancient tomb?" He smiled lewdly.

"What's there to regret?" Lin Dong glanced helplessly at the little ferret on his shoulder, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I just feel like this period of time has been like a dream, as if Xiao Yan is just a person who exists in my dream."

"Roar?" Little Flame, who was running at high speed, turned around in confusion after hearing Lin Dong's words.

"I wasn't talking about you, you silly tiger, let's keep going!" After jumping from Lin Dong's shoulder to Xiao Yan's head, Xiao Diao patted Xiao Yan's head and then said, "What are you talking about dreaming? Don't you still have the recipe for the Soul-Returning Pill that he gave you?"

"That's why it feels like a dream..." Lin Dong sighed. "With the recipe for the Soul-Returning Pill, even if I don't have the spiritual power of a Celestial Talisman Master right now, in a few years, the Lin family will become a powerful force like the Lin Clan, right?"

"Becoming that kind of power isn't that simple..." Little Mink muttered.

"What do you mean?" Lin Dong blinked, somewhat puzzled.

"I mean... wait, Silly Tiger, stop!" Little Mink, who was about to explain, suddenly noticed something, patted Little Flame's head, and said urgently.

"What's wrong?" Lin Dong frowned, and subconsciously, his mental energy swept through the surrounding forest.

"Up there!" Noticing Lin Dong's actions, the little sable rolled its eyes in annoyance and pointed at the sky with its little paw.

above?

Lin Dong was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the sky that had suddenly darkened. Among the layers of dark clouds, lightning snakes roamed freely, and if nothing unexpected happened, the lightning was about to strike.

"...Why does it feel like when Xiao Yan was refining pills in the Star Dou Great Forest?" Looking at the sky that suddenly darkened, Lin Dong thought of something and said with a smile, "That's how it was back then. Every now and then, the sky would just darken up, but each time there was no rain or lightning."

“It does look very similar,” Little Marten nodded. “However, he’s not from the Tianxuan Continent, so don’t overthink it. It’s just the right time for you to use the Thunder Talisman.”

"I think only I would do something like using a spirit talisman to summon lightning," Lin Dong said with a helpless smirk, then rolled off Xiao Yan. "Alright, Xiao Yan, go wait over there for a while. I need to cultivate for a bit."

Upon hearing Lin Dong's words, Xiao Yan, who had already reached the Yuan Dan realm, nodded his enormous tiger head and walked to the side.

"Alright, next..."

Once Xiao Yan and Xiao Diao were far enough away, Lin Dong took a deep breath, circulated his spiritual power, and a silver talisman, about the thickness of two fingers, landed in his hand.

'Speaking of which, this soul beast's characteristic also seems to be summoning lightning?'

While thinking about these random thoughts, he mobilized the power of the Thunder Talisman, summoning the thunder in the sky.

"Roar."

In the distance, Xiao Yan suddenly let out a soft shout.

"I'm not talking about you, but a person named Xiao Yan, Xiao as in 'desolate,' Xiao Yan." Little Marten naturally understood what Xiao Yan was talking about. After casually translating a sentence, she looked at Lin Dong, who had been standing in place for a while, and then suddenly put away the Thunder Talisman and walked towards them, with some curiosity.

"what happened?"

"I can't summon lightning," Lin Dong frowned as he answered Little Marten's question. "It really feels like the same situation Xiao Yan encountered when he was refining pills."

In Douluo Continent, Lin Dong would summon lightning to strike himself when it rained in the Star Dou Great Forest in order to cultivate the Great Sun Thunder Body. Once, when Xiao Yan summoned dark clouds for the first time while refining pills, Lin Dong thought it was going to rain again, so he wanted to summon lightning. However, he failed at that time, and the reason for the failure was the same as before—he could not summon the lightning in the sky, as if those lightning bolts had a fixed time to fall.

"The same as back then?"

Upon hearing this, Little Marten frowned, "When Xiao Yan was refining pills, wasn't he located right in the center of the dark clouds?"

“Yes, that’s why I was thinking of going over there to take a look,” Lin Dong pointed to the mountain peak not far away. “From there, we should be able to see roughly all the areas covered by these dark clouds, which will make it easier to find the exact center.”

"So you're sure Xiao Yan is coming to our side?" Little Mink complained.

"It just feels quite similar," Lin Dong smiled. "It would be great if it really were Xiao Yan."

"I strongly suspect that the reason you didn't kill him in the ancient tomb is because you prefer men."

"How many times do I have to tell you? I just don't like taking advantage of others in their vulnerable state!" Lin Dong rolled his eyes helplessly. "Besides, I have no interest in putting on a sex act in front of you!"

"What you said is exactly what I want to see," Little Marten curled her lip in disdain. "However, it's a real pity you didn't make a move. If you had acted back then, you might already be among those super sects."

"As a prisoner?" Lin Dong rolled his eyes in annoyance.

Chapter 231 Reunion of Friends

"It really is a Thunder Source Crystal Beast that feeds on lightning..."

On the mountain peak, Xiao Yan looked strangely at the giant beast at his feet, its body entirely silver, with lightning constantly flowing across its surface and its skin resembling special crystal armor.

More than a month has passed since Xiao Yan opened his eyes after he finished absorbing the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and evolved the Burning Technique to the middle level of the Earth Rank. During this month, Xiao Yan learned that the city he was in was called "Dayang County", the country he was in was called the Great Yan Dynasty, and the continent he was on was called the Tianxuan Continent.

After spending several weeks converting his peak Dou Qi into the "Yuan Power" energy cultivated on this continent, Xiao Yan naturally became a powerful cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Creation Realm and the strongest cultivator in Dayang County.

However, after reaching the Great Perfection of the Creation Realm, Xiao Yan discovered a minor problem—

He seemed unable to break through to the Nirvana Realm, which did not exist in the Great Yan Dynasty, through normal cultivation.

Initially, Xiao Yan planned to leave this country directly and seek opportunities for breakthroughs in surrounding countries. After all, according to the Liu family of Dayang County, to break through to the Nirvana Realm, one needs to absorb the so-called Nirvana Qi. There are only two ways to obtain Nirvana Qi: one is to draw it from the world, and the other is to refine something containing Nirvana Qi from external objects. The best substitute for this is the Nirvana Pill.

However, the awkward thing is that the former method is very inefficient. If the Creation Realm directly draws from the world, they may never be able to reach the Nirvana Realm in their entire lives. The latter method is very efficient, but only Nirvana Realm experts and above can condense Nirvana Pills.

When Xiao Yan first heard the news from the Liu family, he thought the Liu family head was joking. However, after asking other families and receiving the same answer, Xiao Yan couldn't tell whether it was true or false.

It was around that time that the head of the Di family of Dayang County, a family that was extremely at odds with the Liu family, approached him, saying that he knew of a place where there was a chance to break through from the Creation Realm to the Nirvana Realm.

Under Xiao Yan's mental scan, the Di family patriarch's desire to pledge allegiance to him and thereby dominate Dayang County was laid bare.

Xiao Yan had no interest in who would ultimately dominate Dayang County, so he readily agreed, provided that the information provided by the Di family could truly help him break through to the Nirvana Realm.

Then, the Di family told Xiao Yan about the Thunder Source Crystal Beast.

And now, the Thunder Source Crystal Beast that the Di family said had a chance of helping Xiao Yan break through to the Nirvana Realm is lying at Xiao Yan's feet.

"According to the legends of this continent, this Thunder Source Crystal Beast..." Looking at the giant beast beneath his feet, Xiao Yan's expression was somewhat strange, "It just broke through to the Creation Realm, right? Are those people from the Di family lying to me?"

Xiao Yan frowned. If this Thunder Source Crystal Beast were a demon beast at or above the Nirvana Realm, he would be willing to believe that it could help him break through to the Nirvana Realm. However, this Thunder Source Crystal Beast was only at the Creation Realm, and had even just broken through to the Creation Realm, and was in a weak state...

“You should consider this. In the Great Yan Dynasty, the Nirvana Realm is a legendary realm,” Yao Lao, who was standing next to Xiao Yan, sighed. “The news that came from Tiandu County some time ago that an ancient tomb of a Nirvana Realm expert had appeared in Yan City caused quite a stir. Absorbing the Thunder Source Crystal Beast’s Thunder Source can break through to the Nirvana Realm… It’s probably something the Di family saw in some ancient book. I don’t know if it’s true or not.”

“That’s true,” Xiao Yan said, pursing his lips. “However, I wish I had met this Thunder Source Crystal Beast sooner. Its talent for absorbing lightning… even now, I’m still a little tempted.”

Xiao Yan still remembers the excitement he felt when he first learned about spirit beast essences, how absorbing them allowed him to inherit the spirit beast's talents, and how he learned about the existence of lightning-eating crystal beasts that fed on lightning. After all, for Xiao Yan at that time, as long as he had the talent to absorb lightning, the lightning in the pills after refining high-grade pills would pose no threat whatsoever!

"I think the talent of the Ancient Void Dragon, which can manipulate space to a certain extent simply by fighting spirits and can break through some not-so-strong spatial barriers, is more suitable for you," Yao Lao directly contradicted.

"That's true. Without the talent to manipulate space, it's bound to be difficult when facing those high-level Dou Zong."