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

The top forces of the Great Yan Dynasty, led by the four major clans, did not rush down recklessly. Instead, they stood at the edge of the square watching the commotion below.

However, the Yin Puppet Sect seemed to have a great interest in the ancient blood bat dragon. During the observation, they even sent a few people to chase after the direction in which the ancient blood bat dragon fled. After they were far away from the location of the major forces, they took out a puppet from their Qiankun bag.

'It's a high-level talisman puppet from the talisman puppet's lair!'

Without Xiao Diao's reminder, Lin Dong noticed that the elder of the Yin Puppet Sect had taken out the same high-level talisman puppet he had seen in the talisman puppet nest earlier. Moreover, coincidentally, the original location of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol was right below the talisman puppet nest!

"Hmm? They have puppets of this level?" While Lin Dong frowned, Xiao Yan also noticed the puppet that the Yin Puppet Sect elder had taken out. "I thought that Hua Gu had the only one."

Looking at the high-grade talisman puppet whose design remained unchanged, Xiao Yan curled his lip.

"The Yin Puppet Sect has such puppets?"

Lin Dong, who had initially thought that the Yin Puppet Sect was just lucky to have landed near the Puppet Nest and thus subdued the high-level Puppet, suddenly sharpened his eyes upon hearing Xiao Yan's words.

"When I went to earn Nirvana Pills before, that old guy named Hua Gu happened to be carrying a high-grade talisman puppet and was preparing to rob Mu Qianqian," Xiao Yan remembered it quite clearly because it was a good deal that earned him 300,000 Nirvana Pills. "The styles were exactly the same, and even the strength was about the same."

"It seems the Yin Puppet Sect already knew the location of that puppet lair," Little Marten chuckled. "Perhaps the Devouring Ancestral Symbol is also in the hands of that Yin Puppet Sect."

"Thanks, this news is very important to me!" Lin Dong nodded silently and said.

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Xiao Yan looked completely bewildered, unaware of the relative positions of the high-level talisman puppets and the Devouring Ancestral Talisman.

While Xiao Yan was asking Lin Dong why he was thanking him, the three top forces of the Great Wilderness County, who had previously hesitated, finally couldn't contain themselves and rushed towards the treasure below after discovering that the rogue cultivators hadn't been attacked even after taking countless Pure Yuan Pills.

Once the experts from the Great Demon Sect, the Yin Puppet Sect, and the Martial Alliance had landed below, the members of the four major clans exchanged glances and slowly descended towards the underground palace. It seemed that neither the Nirvana Pill in mid-air nor the Pure Yuan Pill on the ground were things they cared about.

As they descended, Lin Dong chased after the direction in which the Ancient Blood Bat Dragon had fled. Although he couldn't be sure if it was someone from the Yin Puppet Sect who had taken the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, Lin Dong didn't intend to let go of this only clue.

Watching Lin Dong leave, Xiao Yan's gaze also fell on the hundreds of millions of Nirvana Pills in mid-air. Because he had 300,000 Nirvana Pills in his hand, Xiao Yan understood that if he wanted to break through to the Nirvana Realm by absorbing the Nirvana Qi in the Nirvana Pills, he alone would need hundreds of millions of Nirvana Pills!

But just as Xiao Yan was about to make his move, the little fox suddenly thought of something—

'I remember now, these palaces below seem to be the main halls of the sect!'

"The old man mentioned this palace! But he said it was located in the heart of the Great Wilderness Sect, forming its core defense, and that it was above ground, which is why I didn't realize it immediately!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan abruptly withdrew the spiritual power of the Nirvana Pill that had almost reached mid-air.

"You mean, these palaces are the main halls of the Great Wilderness Sect, and they're located in the very center of the sect?" Xiao Yan pressed, "But because our current location is different from what the Medicine Hall Master described, you didn't realize it at first?"

"Yes!" The little fox was happy to have figured out the most crucial information. "When dealing with those demonic beings, the old man died before the Black-Eyed Sect Master to shield him from a fatal blow. It's perfectly normal that he didn't know the main halls had changed locations!"

The little fox was very happy, but Xiao Yan broke out in a cold sweat at that moment.

Ever since he learned that the sect leader of the Great Wilderness Sect was a Reincarnation Realm cultivator, Xiao Yan felt that something was wrong. Generally speaking, sects founded by such powerful individuals either occupy large tracts of land or hide their headquarters in the void. It's impossible for them to move the entire sect into a spiritual treasure.

However, Xiao Yan wasn't a local and wasn't sure if this was a custom of the Tianxuan Continent. But once he learned that the palace below was the main hall of the Great Wilderness Sect, and that the Great Wilderness Sect had been completely destroyed in that attack by the alien demons, Xiao Yan instantly understood—

The sect leader of the Great Wilderness Sect used his last strength to seal all the attacking demons under the sect's formation, and then moved the entire sect into the Spirit Treasure. Finally, he randomly moved the Spirit Treasure from the original location of the Great Wilderness Sect to some unknown corner of this world.

Otherwise, according to what the Medicine Hall Master said, there are still many demons in this world. After learning that the demons who went to attack the Great Wilderness Sect disappeared along with the Great Wilderness Sect, those demons would have arranged for powerful people to break the seal of this place long ago. How could they have allowed this seal to exist for ten thousand years?

Having figured this out, Xiao Yan understood why this "ancient sect ruins" had been opened so many times, yet it remained just "ancient sect ruins" and not "the Great Wilderness Sect ruins." He guessed that besides the fact that the name had been lost in the river of time, there was also the reason that the sect had erased their last mark from the "ruins"!

“So, the seal should be below…” Xiao Yan’s expression was solemn.

However, before Xiao Yan could sternly order everyone below to put down everything they had previously obtained, the world within the ancient stele space began to tremble violently. In an instant, the world lost its color, the earth shook, and a terrifying aura, like an ancient spirit that had been dormant for a long time, awakened from this space!

"The Fifth Elemental Nirvana Realm? The true guardian has awakened?"

The space around him trembled slightly, and Lin Dong's figure appeared. Looking at the large number of people flying into the air like startled birds below, he frowned and subconsciously gathered his Yuan Power in his hand.

"Don't make a move!" Xiao Yan grabbed Lin Dong's hand. "Below is the Great Wilderness Sect's formation, and beneath that formation lies the alien demon that destroyed the Great Wilderness Sect!"

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Lin Dong's body stiffened slightly. "A seal?"

“Otherwise, it’s hard to explain why such a massive Great Wilderness Sect would be located within a spiritual treasure, and how it could seal these alien demons for ten thousand years!” Xiao Yan’s expression was solemn. “This Five Elements Nirvana Realm cultivator is either the last guardian or a human who has already been corrupted by the alien demons. In any case, we cannot kill him in this location!”

Although Xiao Yan didn't seem to be joking at all, Lin Dong still hesitated. However, when he saw the true form of the Five Elements Nirvana Realm expert behind the fleeing crowd—a grayish-white skeleton with a faint red glow in its pupils—Lin Dong took a deep breath, gathered all the members of the Lin Clan with his spiritual power, and flew rapidly towards the exit of the ancient stele space.

"He who eats another's food is bound to do his bidding; he who takes another's gift is obligated to do his bidding. Consider this a bonus..."

On his way to the exit of the ancient stele space, Xiao Yan glanced at the gray-white skeleton that followed closely behind the crowd and blasted all the powerful figures who came close to him into blood mist. He sighed silently and tapped his fingers in the air from time to time, burying array nodes one after another in the space.

'I just don't know when I'll be able to collect so many Nirvana Pills.' Recalling the hundreds of millions of Nirvana Pills above the palace, Xiao Yan smiled bitterly.

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Chaos reigned within the vast space of the ancient stele, as everyone desperately fled towards the nearest exit, their panicked expressions resembling those of Death wielding his scythe in pursuit.

"Are they almost all dead?"

At one of the exits, Xiao Yan stood calmly in the air, gazing at the gray-white skeletons treading on the storm in the distance, and sighed.

"Those who haven't been able to leave yet are basically all dead," Lin Dong said as he walked to Xiao Yan's side after driving everyone out. "We've also retrieved everything." He shook the Qiankun bag in his hand as he spoke.

Inside the Qiankun Bag were the spoils that the Great Demon Sect, Yin Puppet Sect, Martial Alliance, and the four major clans had previously obtained in that palace. Although no one was willing to hand over their spoils at first, once they learned that the pursuers were at the Fifth Yuan Nirvana Realm, and that their target was, without a doubt, what they had taken from that palace, they all obediently handed over their items.

"After we deal with that thing, let's put these pills back," Xiao Yan nodded. "It's just a pity about those Nirvana Pills..."

“Those Nirvana Pills contain the power of curses,” Lin Dong said. “If you absorb those Nirvana Pills, not only will you be unable to break through to the Nirvana Realm smoothly, but you will also have your body and mind eroded by the power of curses, eventually turning into a puppet.”

"Hmm?" Xiao Yan blinked, and after a moment, he let out a long breath. "Alright, if that's the case, there's nothing to regret. In any case, those Nirvana Pills and I are destined to be apart."

He muttered something with a hint of resentment.

As the two chatted, the skeleton that had been riding the storm finally arrived in front of them, its faint red light locking onto them... or rather, onto the Qiankun bag in Lin's hand.

'Don't act yet, his target... seems to be just the Qiankun bag?'

As Xiao Yan was forming hand seals, preparing to activate the array nodes he had set up along the way, he suddenly noticed the skeleton's "gaze" and immediately transmitted his voice to Lin Dong, who was surging with Yuan Power and ready to unleash his strongest attack at any moment.

After a brief standoff, the skeleton's energy surged, and an unusually hoarse voice slowly emerged from its mouth: "Plunderers, kill without mercy!"

The primordial energy of heaven and earth surged into the skeleton, and its original level of primordial energy at the fifth level of Nirvana Realm suddenly rose, instantly reaching the level of the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm. This level seemed to be the level it had in its "previous life".

'Let's try throwing the Qiankun Bag out.'

After all, it was only at the Life Profound Realm, and the skeleton was still using Yuan Power, not the "demonic energy" that he had sensed on the remains of those alien demons. Therefore, Xiao Yan transmitted his voice to Lin Dong.

As the skeletal palm extended out, forming a sky-covering, all-encompassing Yuan Power Bone Palm in the air, Lin Dong casually tossed the Qiankun Bag away.

Upon seeing this, the skeleton's body suddenly froze, as if it had gotten stuck, and the Yuan Power Bone Palm that could strike at any moment also froze in mid-air.

"Binding!" Upon seeing this, Xiao Yan did not hesitate to activate the array nodes he had previously set up, and countless beams of light instantly controlled the skeleton.

"Try using the rune you got from Hei Tong to awaken his mind!" Xiao Yan shouted to Lin Dong as he used the formation to dispel the Yuan Qi Bone Palm in the air.

As Xiao Yan uttered those words, Lin Dong had already taken out the black rune from his Qiankun bag.

The moment the runes appeared, the skeletons that had been struggling within the formation suddenly solidified.

"He actually still retains his sanity?" Little Marten exclaimed in disbelief. "He's not even at the Reincarnation Realm, how could he have survived ten thousand years? He wasn't even corrupted by the Otherworldly Demons?!"

Little Mink didn't know much about the Otherworldly Demons, but he was aware of their terrifying corrosiveness. After all, according to the clan's records, even experts at the Reincarnation Realm or the Samsara Realm would lose their minds and become puppets in the hands of the Otherworldly Demons under the daily and yearly corrosive influence!

Buzz!

After the bones solidified, the black runes in Lin's hand also began to emit strange buzzing sounds uncontrollably.

Amidst the buzzing sound, the red light in the skeleton's eyes gradually faded. After a moment, it turned its head to look at Xiao Yan, who was controlling the formation, and asked, "Could you... deactivate this formation?"

His hoarse voice revealed endless vicissitudes.

"Do you still remember your mission?" Xiao Yan asked softly.

"Protect the sect... protect the seal."

Upon hearing these eight words, Xiao Yan changed his hand seals, releasing the restriction on the skeleton, and then asked seriously, "How long can the formation beneath the Great Wilderness Sect be maintained?"

Even now, Xiao Yan still can't forget the eerie smile he saw on the ancient stele before entering it.

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's question, Lin Dong's expression also became serious. After all, the location of the Great Wilderness Ancient Stele was in the Great Wilderness County, which was within the territory of the Great Yan Dynasty!

"...Demonic energy has been dissipating..." After a long silence, the skeleton slowly spoke, "At most...ten years."

"How can we solve the problem of demonic energy dissipating?" Lin Dong pressed.

“Completely kill... the Nine Kings Palace,” the skeleton's language ability gradually returned to normal, “The Nine Kings Palace is equivalent to a powerhouse who has survived two cycles of reincarnation!”

The hope that had just risen in Lin Dong's heart was extinguished in an instant by the second half of the skeleton's words.

A powerful being who has survived two cycles of reincarnation?

Xiao Yan also gasped. This level of powerhouse... is it roughly equivalent to a mid-level Dou Sheng?

"Hurry, he's been trying to contact other Demon Kings..." As if he felt that this "surprise" wasn't enough, after a brief silence, the skeleton continued.

Chapter 244 Open and Honest

Deep within the Great Wilderness Plains, a colossal Great Wilderness Ancient Stele stands silently, emanating boundless energy fluctuations. Rings of energy vortexes continuously form on the stele, and every now and then, disheveled and panicked individuals rush out of these vortexes.

As soon as they came out, they breathed a heavy sigh of relief. They didn't dare to linger there. Like frightened birds, they fled in groups as if their lives depended on it, and quickly left the desolate ancient plain.

Clearly, these guys were terrified by the skeleton in the ancient stele space. Now that they had finally escaped, they naturally dared not linger here.

Time passed slowly, and no one had been able to break out of the energy vortex on the ancient stele for a long time, as if all the treasure hunters still inside the stele's space had met with misfortune.

laugh!

The next moment, the energy vortex on the ancient stele surged, and two figures suddenly shot out, then hovered in mid-air. These two were Xiao Yan and Lin Dong, who had learned many secrets from the last "survivor" of the Great Wilderness Sect.

"call--"

Looking out at the world, the two breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Although the spiritual energy outside was far less abundant than inside, at least they could relax for a moment and no longer have to endure the silent pressure inside the ancient stele space.

"It seems that the four major clans and the Yin Puppet Sect have already retreated." Lin Dong looked around. At this moment, only the two of them remained around the Great Wilderness Ancient Stele; the rest of the crowd had already scattered and fled for their lives.

"It's good that they're gone," Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. "If everyone were still waiting around the Great Wilderness Ancient Stele, I would have to use force to disperse them, which would have been too troublesome." He tapped his finger in the air.

Before leaving the Great Wilderness Ancient Stele, the skeleton asked Xiao Yan to do something: manually close the Great Wilderness Ancient Stele after leaving the stele space, and add another layer of seal on top of the original seal. Whether for the safety of the residents of the Great Yan Dynasty or to prevent the alien demonic energy inside the stele from escaping, Xiao Yan had no choice but to do this hard work.

"What do you plan to do next?" As he closed the Great Wilderness Ancient Stele, Xiao Yan glanced at Lin Dong, who was hovering in the air, seemingly lost in thought. "Should I go directly to the Yin Puppet Sect to inquire about the whereabouts of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol?"

After this period of communication, Xiao Yan also understood Lin Dong's desire to devour the Ancestral Symbol. Although it may have started as a way to defeat that Lin Tian, ​​now it is probably to completely cleanse the alien demons under the Great Desolate Ancient Stele.

'Speaking of which, only after possessing the Devouring Ancestral Symbol can one continue to hold other Ancestral Symbols... Doesn't that feel a lot like my Burning Technique?'

Before Lin Dong answered the question, Xiao Yan couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"...Let's find a place to rest and recuperate properly first," Lin Dong pondered. Although this trip to the ancient stele had resulted in no losses, and could even be considered a great profit, the news of the Otherworldly Demons still unsettled him. Of course, the most crucial thing was—