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

Xiao Yan nodded. Although he could manipulate spatial power to some extent with the help of the spiritual soul power, having the talent to manipulate space made things much easier.

Knowing that the Thunder Source Crystal Beast's thunder source was useless to him, Xiao Yan gave up the idea of ​​killing the Thunder Source Crystal Beast.

"You can understand what I'm saying, right?" Xiao Yan asked casually, looking down and staring directly into the Thunder Source Crystal Beast's enormous eyes.

Although its body was being trampled under Xiao Yan's feet, the Thunder Source Crystal Beast's mind remained clear. After hearing Xiao Yan's words, it hesitated for less than a second before nodding frantically.

"I will refine a batch of Transformation Pills in a moment," Xiao Yan continued after confirming that the Thunder Source Crystal Beast understood his meaning. "As a seventh-grade pill, pill lightning will fall when it takes shape. As long as you can absorb a portion of the pill lightning, that Transformation Pill will be yours."

The Thunder Source Crystal Beast stared wide-eyed at Xiao Yan without moving.

Seeing its reaction, Xiao Yan immediately realized that it hadn't understood at all. He slapped his forehead in exasperation and reorganized his thoughts—

"In a moment, lightning will strike. If you can absorb some of it, I will reward you!"

Now, the Thunder Source Crystal Beast finally understood what Xiao Yan was saying. Its huge head kept nodding, and the soil on the mountain peak covered its entire head as it kept nodding.

"...Why does it feel like a dog?"

Seeing the Thunder Source Crystal Beast's behavior, Elder Yao hesitated for a moment before commenting.

“It really does resemble a dog,” Xiao Yan sighed. “Anyway, let’s see if it can devour the pill lightning of a seventh-grade pill!”

Logically speaking, a mid-stage Spirit Realm cultivator's soul power should be sufficient to refine Rank 8 pills. In fact, Xiao Yan had even collected a considerable amount of medicinal materials for refining Rank 8 pills. However, since Xiao Yan's most powerful combat form primarily relies on his spiritual power, and spiritual power is most vulnerable to pill lightning, while Rank 7 pills can withstand pill lightning directly or even shatter it, the pill lightning of Rank 8 pills, which comes with two or more colors, is far beyond what a mid-stage Spirit Realm cultivator's spiritual power can withstand.

Therefore, Xiao Yan has never tried to refine an eighth-grade pill. Yao Lao even said that unless his Dou Qi level reaches the Dou Zong level or his spiritual power breaks through to the Heaven Realm, he should not even think about refining an eighth-grade pill.

"Even if a pill lightning can devour a seventh-grade pill, it would need to become at least a Dou Huang, or even a Dou Zong, to devour an eighth-grade pill," Yao Lao added.

"In this continent, it would be either the Life Profound Realm or the Death Profound Realm," Xiao Yan said as he took out the ingredients for the Transformation Pill from his Awakening Flame Ring. "The monsters on this continent can level up entirely by devouring higher-level monsters, which is much faster than my normal cultivation."

"Perhaps," the old apothecary shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

*

Standing atop a mountain peak, Lin Dong gazed into the distance, unable to find the edge of the dark clouds. Even his spiritual power, at the level of a Celestial Talisman Master, failed to detect any other figures beneath them.

"If the Thunder Talisman could still draw lightning, I would have really thought this was just an ordinary thunderstorm." Lin Dong said speechlessly, even after expanding his mental power to the limit, he still couldn't find anyone.

"Looks like we can only wait for the first lightning strike," Little Marten said, scratching his head in frustration.

In normal weather, he could try using the spirit's method to search for the surrounding humans, but it was overcast now. If lightning suddenly struck and hit him, he would be badly injured, if not killed.

As they were talking, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed from an unknown distance.

boom!

Ten seconds later, the sound of thunder reached the ears of the human, the demon spirit, and the beast.

"Fifteen seconds, about five thousand meters away," Little Mink said, scratching his head.

"Let's go, what else can we do?" Lin Dong exhaled a breath of stale air and helplessly flipped onto Xiao Yan's back. "Let's go, Xiao Yan, our target is the lightning over there!"

"Roar!"

With a roar, Xiao Yan dashed off toward the direction where the lightning had appeared in the distance.

*

boom!

With a deafening roar, a massive bolt of lightning, like an enraged dragon, poured down from the thunderclouds.

Without any mercy, Xiao Yan grabbed the Thunder Source Crystal Beast, which had fully recovered after consuming several healing pills, and threw it towards the Thunder Flood Dragon falling from the sky.

"Roar!"

The instant the lightning struck the Thunder Source Crystal Beast's body, it roared in agony. Lightning surged wildly across its body, and the violent power of lightning poured into it, causing immense pain while simultaneously healing the wounds on its body at an extremely rapid pace.

"It can actually devour?"

Even though this was only the first bolt of lightning, Xiao Yan still stared wide-eyed in disbelief. At this moment, the Thunder Source Crystal Beast was only at the initial stage of the Creation Realm, yet that first bolt of lightning was capable of annihilating an ordinary Dou Wang... that is, the Nirvana Realm level!

Immediately afterward, the second bolt of lightning struck down. Compared to the first bolt, it was several times more powerful. If the first bolt could only kill an ordinary Nirvana Realm expert, this one could already defeat more than 90% of Nirvana Realm experts!

The Thunder Source Crystal Beast withstood the lightning strike perfectly. Although it continued to scream in agony, Xiao Yan clearly sensed that it had not reached its limit.

Then came the third bolt of lightning. This bolt was beyond the level that even a Nirvana Realm expert could withstand. Even the Thunder Source Crystal Beast was directly struck to the ground by this bolt of lightning, and at this moment, its breathing almost stopped.

“Three? That’s about right,” Xiao Yan nodded, took out the Xuan Heavy Ruler, and looked up at the sky. “Now I have another way to deal with the Pill Lightning.”

Within the body's energy storage area, a wisp of emerald green flame slowly emerged...

"Wait, leave it to me! Xiao Yan, don't interfere!"

Before Xiao Yan could unleash the first level of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations he had obtained from the jade tablet, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from afar, growing ever closer.

"Lin Dong?"

Xiao Yan turned around in surprise, only to see a monster about ten feet tall. The monster's body was covered in fiery fur, and its head was a fierce and savage tiger's head. Its tail, which occasionally swung to its side, looked like a fire python.

"Fire Python Tiger?"

Just as Xiao Yan was surprised that this demonic beast was so similar to the Fire Python Tiger, which could at most reach the Heavenly Origin Realm, another bolt of pill lightning struck down, and Lin Dong, who had leaped from the Fire Python Tiger's back, was hit by this bolt of pill lightning.

boom!

As he withstood the lightning, Lin Dong's body also crashed heavily next to Xiao Yan, landing right next to the Thunder Source Crystal Beast from before.

"Ahem," Lin Dong stood up, casually brushed the dust off his clothes, and looked at Xiao Yan, "Is this the Pill Lightning you mentioned before? Its power is indeed immense."

Brilliant silver lightning swirled around Lin Dong's body. Although he looked somewhat disheveled, the golden light emanating from his body was constantly devouring the silver lightning. His previous disheveled landing was nothing out of the ordinary; he simply hadn't expected the lightning bolt to be so powerful.

"Here we go again?" Looking up at the sky, Xiao Yan kindly reminded him, "Looks like it's about the level of a full-force attack from a Life Profound Realm cultivator?"

Looking up at the roaring bolt of lightning approaching, Lin Dong sighed deeply. Then, he mobilized the Yuan energy within his body and charged directly into the bolt of lightning.

More than half an hour later, the power of lightning within the dark clouds above the sky diminished considerably. Then, the dark clouds gradually stopped churning, and their color slowly faded. Clearly, this round of thunder had ended.

As the dark clouds faded and dissipated, Lin Dong, who had landed beside Xiao Yan, breathed a sigh of relief. Compared to the situation in the Star Dou Great Forest where he used to cultivate by drawing in lightning bolts during thunderstorms, this seemingly incessant alchemical lightning brought him immense pressure.

"Actually, if the attack is powerful enough, it's possible to shatter the dark clouds in one blow and stop this round of pill lightning directly." Looking at Lin Dong, whose body was still shimmering with silver light, Xiao Yan added with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong's body stiffened slightly, then he burst into laughter, "No need, I just need lightning to temper my body, this lightning suits me perfectly!"

"Does this happen to require thunder?" Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow. "Then, shall I refine another batch of pills?"

"No, then forget it," Lin Dong decisively rejected Xiao Yan's offer. "The body tempering technique has already reached its limit, and there's no point in continuing to draw lightning after that."

"Really?" Xiao Yan looked at Lin Dong strangely.

"Really!" Lin Dong answered with absolute certainty.

After a moment of eye contact, they both burst into laughter.

Chapter 232 Nirvana

After a while, their laughter gradually subsided.

"You've been here for a long time, haven't you? Why didn't you come to find me?" Lin Dong asked with a smile, sensing the powerful Yuan energy aura emanating from Xiao Yan.

"I don't even know which dynasty or which prefecture you're in," Xiao Yan said, pursing his lips. "Besides, I've only been here for a little over a month. I don't even know how to break through to the Nirvana Realm. How could I possibly have time to look for you?"

"Breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm?" Lin Dong looked at Xiao Yan with some surprise. "You're only at the Great Perfection of the Creation Realm right now, aren't you? There's still a distance to go before you reach the Nirvana Realm. Why are you already thinking about advancing?"

“There’s still a portion of energy left that hasn’t been converted into Yuan Power,” Xiao Yan sighed. “If I converted it all into Yuan Power, I would be at the level where I’m just one step away from the Nirvana Realm. But I don’t really understand the Nirvana Qi, so how can I dare to convert it directly?”

During the final period of Douluo Continent, the two, along with the Silver Dragon King, maintained ordinary interactions, never inquiring about which continent the other was on or what kind of energy the other cultivated.

After all, the three of them roughly understood the situation of the other two. Apart from the Silver Dragon King being a native of Douluo Continent, Xiao Yan and Lin Dong were outsiders. Even so, the friendship between the three of them was not affected in any way.

Now, although there are some differences—the Tianxuan Continent where they are located is where Lin Dong was born, while Xiao Yan is an outsider—the friendship between the two remains unaffected. Furthermore, Lin Dong, just as before, did not ask Xiao Yan what he meant by "energy that has not been converted."

"It's good that you didn't break through to the Nirvana Realm casually," Lin Dong breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Xiao Yan's explanation. "When advancing to the Nirvana Realm, the more Nirvana Pills you absorb, the better, after all, it's related to your strength before you pass the Nirvana Tribulation."

"Nirvana Tribulation? What is that?" Xiao Yan asked curiously.

"The Nirvana Tribulation is the most important hurdle for Nirvana Realm experts. Only after truly passing through one Nirvana Tribulation can one be considered a true Nirvana Realm expert," Lin Dong explained. "And only after passing through the first Nirvana Tribulation can one be called a One Yuan Nirvana Realm expert."

"...How many levels are there in the Nirvana Realm? Is it the same as the Heavenly Talisman Master level?" After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yan asked.

"That's right. Like the Heavenly Talisman Masters, the Nirvana Realm is also divided into nine levels. In other words, just like the Wind and Thunder Tribulation that Heavenly Talisman Masters undergo, those in the Nirvana Realm must undergo nine Nirvana Tribulations..."

At this point, Lin Dong suddenly remembered something very crucial, "Did you manage to survive the tribulation of wind and thunder again?"

Xiao Yan, who had looked completely bewildered upon hearing the word "again," gave an awkward smile after hearing Lin Dong's question.

"You haven't gone through it again? Not even once?" Lin Dong asked, still somewhat unwilling to give up.

Xiao Yan shrugged, looking completely innocent.

"Tsk, why am I different?"

Lin Dong looked frustrated. He had already become a Nine-Seal Heavenly Talisman Master in Douluo Continent and had survived nine Wind and Thunder Tribulations. However, the moment he returned to Tianxuan Continent, the Wind and Thunder Tribulation suddenly condensed again! It was even more intense than the combined effects of the nine Wind and Thunder Tribulations!

If Lin Dong's Thunder Spirit Seal hadn't been able to slightly suppress the wind and thunder tribulation, the nine superimposed wind and thunder tribulations would have completely destroyed the entire Flame City!

Even though he traveled to a very far place to survive the tribulation of wind and thunder, the nine superimposed tribulations of wind and thunder still had a certain impact on Yan City!

Most importantly, after this tribulation of wind and thunder, his Great Sun Thunder Body, which had failed to achieve the Bronze Thunder Body after being struck by lightning for more than a year in Douluo Continent, broke through to the Jade Thunder Body level in one go!

Xiao Yan smiled innocently. If Lin Dong hadn't mentioned "passing through the tribulation of wind and thunder again," he wouldn't have even known that Lin Dong had been struck by lightning again after returning here.

"Ahem, so, what exactly is that Nirvana Tribulation?" After coughing, Xiao Yan casually changed the subject.

"I heard it's a flame, the Nirvana Flame, which is both the flame of destruction and the flame of rebirth," Lin Dong replied after thinking for a moment. "Speaking of which, starting from the fourth Nirvana Tribulation, the Nirvana Flame occasionally becomes the Nirvana Demon Flame, and that kind of flame seems to be controllable."

Lin Dong remembered the interested expression on Xiao Yan's face when he occasionally mentioned special flames. Therefore, when mentioning the Nirvana Flame, he made a special mention of the Nirvana Demon Flame, which all the powerful people who had survived the Nirvana Tribulation after the third time were terrified of.

Sure enough, upon hearing that the Nirvana Demon Flame could be controlled by humans, Xiao Yan's face immediately lit up with joy.

"However, did you know that even the least talented person needs to absorb tens of thousands of Nirvana Pills when breaking through to the Nirvana Realm?" After realizing that Xiao Yan had indeed taken the bait, Lin Dong finally revealed his true intentions. "And the current patriarch of my Lin Clan, whose talent is certainly not as good as your patriarch's, also absorbed 200,000 Nirvana Pills when breaking through to the Nirvana Realm."

By the way, after reaching the Nirvana Realm, to overcome the Nirvana Tribulation, one also needs to absorb a huge number of Nirvana Pills. Generally speaking, the number of Nirvana Pills needed to overcome the Nirvana Tribulation is much greater than the number absorbed when breaking through to the Nirvana Realm!

Xiao Yan, who was already feeling down because he couldn't find or refine Nirvana Pills, looked even more upset after hearing Lin Dong's words. In other words, even if he needed the same number of Nirvana Pills each time he underwent the Nirvana Tribulation as when he broke through to the Nirvana Realm, he would still need at least two to three million Nirvana Pills.

"Is absorbing Nirvana Pills the only way to advance to the Nirvana Realm?" Xiao Yan still tried to struggle a bit.

“At least, nothing has yet appeared that can replace a large number of Nirvana Pills… or rather, Nirvana Qi,” Lin Dong shrugged. “Perhaps you could give it a try?”

“No, then forget it,” Xiao Yan chose to abandon self-reliance. “Since your family patriarch is already at the Nirvana Realm, it means your family possesses a large number of Nirvana Pills…”

"The 200,000 Nirvana Pills he absorbed when he broke through had already depleted most of the Lin family's resources," Lin Dong said with a smile. "The rest wouldn't be enough, let alone for you and me, or even for Xiao Yan."

"...Xiao Yan?"