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

“Indeed,” Lin Dong said, “Ever since I started cultivating the Great Sun Thunder Body, I have had a great interest in strengthening my physical body. However, I think I will miss this good place.”

Lin Dong sighed helplessly. If the Devouring Ancestral Symbol were in the Yin Puppet Sect, he might have been able to spend a few months refining it in the Profound Yin Gorge to temper his body. But if it were in another place, let alone having any spare time, finding and refining the Devouring Ancestral Symbol before the Hundred Dynasties War would be a problem.

"You have to believe in your luck!" Xiao Yan patted Lin Dong on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Look, the Yin Puppet Sect has such a big setup. What if it really is that Teng Sha who got lucky and discovered the seal in the Devouring Ancestral Symbol?"

Although the two of them entered the Yin Puppet Sect without attracting anyone's attention, that was only because they were at the level of Immortal Talisman Masters. For anyone else, simply entering this area protected by the natural barrier of cold air would be a major problem, let alone not being discovered by the Yin Puppet Sect.

"Then I'll take your good wishes!" Lin Dong smiled helplessly, his gaze falling on the summit of Xuan Yin Mountain deep in the city.

The two arrived at a fairly opportune time. After paying a small price, they learned that a few hours earlier, all the experts of the Yin Kui Sect had gathered at the summit of Xuan Yin Mountain. If nothing unexpected happened, the time for Teng Kui to break the seal on the mysterious object would arrive in a short while.

The two chatted idly as they walked towards the summit of Xuan Yin Mountain.

When the two arrived at the huge plaza at the top of Xuan Yin Mountain, the many powerful figures of the Yin Kui Sect were just spitting out a mouthful of blood essence.

Buzz!

The powerful Yuan energy, condensed with essence blood, quickly transformed into streaks of blood in mid-air, eventually spreading out. In just a few minutes, a massive blood-red array, approximately a hundred feet in size, appeared in mid-air, shimmering with blood-red light.

"Another formation? I'm really lucky..."

Recalling the arrays he had encountered along the way, Xiao Yan muttered something to himself. Then, as usual, he slowly spread his spiritual energy toward the crimson giant array in mid-air.

"Activate the earth's icy energy!"

While Xiao Yan was secretly copying down the formation, Teng Sha shouted loudly.

"Yes!"

As soon as Teng Sha shouted, hundreds of Yin Kui Sect experts slammed their palms onto the black plaza. Instantly, cracks spread out, and then, a torrent of black, chilling energy surged out from those cracks.

Waaah!

As soon as the chill appeared, the crimson array emitted a reddish glow and began to writhe rapidly, swallowing up all the chill that rushed out of the mountain like a gaping maw from an abyss.

Looking at the shifting crimson giant array in the sky, Xiao Yan nudged Lin Dong and said, "I can modify that thing into an array that can completely condense the cold energy, which would be perfect for body tempering. Do you want to give it a try?"

"Then it's only useful here, right?"

"If the Nirvana Qi in that ancient battlefield that Little Marten mentioned is truly abundant, it could even be modified into an array to condense Nirvana Qi," Xiao Yan chuckled. "However, Teng Sha might actually have obtained that Devouring Ancestral Symbol, given the wonders of this array..."

As a newcomer still learning formations, Xiao Yan had to admit the strangeness of this formation. The reason why it condensed cold air was probably because in the Xuan Yin Mountains, cold air was the cheapest and most lethal.

While the two were whispering, Teng Sha's internal energy surged, and he slammed his palm onto the plaza.

With a single palm strike, the entire mountain trembled. An extremely fierce yet subtly powerful force spread out from Teng Sha's palm like a spider web.

Then, the center of the square collapsed instantly, revealing a huge black hole before their very eyes.

The moment the black hole appeared, the natal talisman in Lin Dong's Niwan Palace trembled violently. At the same time, an ancient and vast wave, which even Xiao Yan, who had nothing to do with the Devouring Ancestral Talisman, could feel, seeped out from the black hole.

"As expected, it's the Devouring Ancestral Symbol!" Lin Dong's eyes lit up instantly.

"I've already taken control of the formation, you can go and get it," Xiao Yan chuckled, his right hand forming a special hand seal. "The only one capable of making a move is Teng Sha, who is at the peak of the Creation Realm!"

"Thanks!" After expressing his gratitude profusely, Lin Dong's figure flashed and he appeared next to the black hole.

"Bastard!"

Upon realizing he had lost control of the formation, Teng Sha, already in a state of shock and rage, saw a figure appear beside the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and immediately roared in fury, "You're courting death!" In that instant, the aura of a Great Perfection of the Creation Realm was unmistakably revealed.

With a clenched fist, an exceptionally powerful force of energy condensed in his hand like lightning into a black bone spear. A chilling wind blew from the spear, as if countless ghostly howls were emanating from it.

laugh!

As soon as the bone spear was formed, Teng Sha's arm suddenly trembled, and black light shot out, carrying an extremely terrifying force that tore through the sky and struck Lin Dong, who had his back to him, with lightning speed.

Holding the mysterious black runes in his hand, Lin Dong, who was dissolving the seal on the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, naturally sensed the astonishingly fast speed of the black light.

Without Xiao Yan's help, a spiritual force powerful enough to shake the heavens and earth descended instantly. Before the black light could have any effect, it turned into unclaimed Yuan energy and dissipated into the world.

"Stay put," Lin Dong said coldly, turning around and glancing at Teng Sha, who was pinned to the ground by his mental power. "When you took this thing from the Great Wilderness Ancient Stele space, you should have understood that this kind of thing is not something that someone in the Creation Realm can touch!"

As the black hole in the plaza rapidly shrank, finally transforming into a ray of light that was collected into the palm of the person whose face was obscured, Teng Sha's expression twisted with rage. He forced out a question: "Are you from one of the four great clans?"

In Teng Sha's view, in the entire Great Yan Dynasty, only the four major clans had the ability to monitor his Yin Kui Sect at all times and to snatch treasures from him, a Nirvana Realm expert who had just reached the Great Perfection of the Creation Realm.

“You can think of it this way,” Lin Dong said with a smile, holding the black talisman in his hand and feeling the mysterious energy emanating from it. “I have a piece of advice for you…”

"The skeleton that awakened within the Great Wilderness Ancient Stele is a powerful expert at the Life Profound Realm. If you think you can survive against a Life Profound Realm expert, you can try going in when the Great Wilderness Ancient Stele opens next time!"

Looking around at the powerful cultivators of the Great Demon Sect and the Martial Alliance gathered here, Lin Dong regarded these last words as a final gift to the Great Wilderness County.

*

Upon entering the Xuan Yin Ravine, Xiao Yan and Lin Dong were initially quite flustered.

Even without using their mental energy, the overwhelming, chilling aura of the earth's evil spirits that swept in from all directions was quite troublesome for the two of them. Occasionally, when they encountered the turbulent currents in the Xuan Yin Ravine, their clothes would inevitably be damaged.

"This Xuan Yin Ravine truly lives up to its reputation..."

After carving a cave into the mountainside and sealing the entrance with his mental energy, Xiao Yan looked at his clothes, which were riddled with holes, and shook his head helplessly.

"There must be something good at the bottom of this Xuan Yin Ravine!" Little Marten crawled out of Lin Dong's body, jumped onto the head of Little Flame next to Lin Dong, and said with unwavering determination.

“Indeed,” Lin Dong sighed, having changed into a new set of clothes, “However, the most crucial thing now is still…”

With his hands outstretched, the mysterious black runes had merged with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol. At this moment, what Lin was holding was the slowly rotating Devouring Ancestral Symbol, which resembled a small black hole.

“This thing…” Yao Lao emerged from the Bone Flame Ring, “I think I’ve seen something similar before!” Looking at the mysterious vortex, Yao Lao said firmly.

"Something like that?"

Not to mention Lin Dong and Xiao Diao, even Xiao Yan was startled by Yao Lao's words.

"There's a Devouring Ancestral Symbol on the Dou Qi Continent too?" After asking the question subconsciously, Xiao Yan realized something was wrong. "No, it shouldn't be the Devouring Ancestral Symbol... it's the Void Devouring Flame, ranked second on the Strange Flame Ranking?!"

Although it is unknown which powerful figure compiled the original Strange Flame Ranking, it was precisely because of that person that a novice like Xiao Yan knew that the second-ranked Strange Flame on the Strange Flame Ranking had the characteristic of devouring everything!

Chapter 246 The Mischievous Xiao Yan (Part 1)

“Then the Nine Yin Demonic Array will be set up here.” Deep inside the cave, Xiao Yan sighed and said.

In fact, according to Xiao Yan and Lin Dong's original plan, when Lin Dong was refining the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, he could sit directly in the center of the Nine Yin Demon Profound Array and refine his body at the same time.

However, the two soon discovered that the spiritual energy in the Xuan Yin Ravine was too cold and yin to be absorbed directly. If they could refine and devour the Ancestral Symbol in a short time, that would be fine. But if it took too long, let alone refining the Ancestral Symbol, they would be lucky if they weren't torn to pieces by the cold and yin wind.

The little sable possessed a formation called the Tempering Yuan Profound Array, which could remove most of the earthly evil energy from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but...

"Unfortunately, neither I nor Xiao Diao have a deep enough understanding of formations," Xiao Yan said, looking at Xiao Diao who was also setting up a formation while setting up the formation he had obtained from the Yin Kui Sect. "Otherwise, we could try using the two formations together."

“That’s probably pretty difficult,” the little ferret complained as its claws moved rapidly. “Anyway, I’ve never heard of anyone being able to use multiple formations together, and I’ve never heard anyone else mention this idea besides you.”

"Maybe I can be the first one?" Xiao Yan smiled casually.

However, Xiao Yan was just talking about it. After all, when it came to formations, all he wanted to do at the moment was to completely replicate the "Heaven Refining Ancient Formation" that Xun'er's father had mentioned. As for things like layering formations, he could only dream about them.

After both formations were set up, Lin Dong came up from the Xuan Yin Ravine.

"Is it over yet?" Looking at Lin Dong's disheveled appearance, Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow and asked.

"No," Lin Dong shook his head helplessly, "I had already descended nearly a thousand feet, but I felt there was still a long way to go at the bottom, and my mental strength was starting to give out, so I came up first."

"That's a real pity..." Xiao Yan grinned. His mental strength was not much different from Lin Dong's. Now that they had both mastered fusion, the depth that Lin Dong could dive to should not be much different from his.

"The main problem is that the earthly Fiend cold energy below is too terrifying," Lin Dong shrugged. "Just resisting the earthly Fiend cold energy consumed most of my mental energy. But if it were you, Xiao Yan, it might be different..."

"...Indeed, the strange fire in my hand should be able to help resist the earth's fiery cold."

When Lin Dong said the second half of the sentence, "He consumed most of his spiritual power to resist the earthly cold energy," Xiao Yan realized what was going on and his lips curled up slightly. "Then, the treasures below the Xuan Yin Ravine will be mine?"

"Do you think I'd fight you for it?" Lin Dong said with a wry smile.

"Well then, without further ado, I'll be going now!" Xiao Yan smiled. "The Hundred Dynasties War is still a year away, right? I'll come back to the Great Yan Dynasty to find you in a year!"

Having said that, without waiting for Lin Dong to react, he jumped backward and entered the Xuan Yin Ravine.

When Xiao Diao and Lin Dong looked down, they could no longer find Xiao Yan.

"Alright, hurry up and recover your mental strength," Little Marten said, shaking its head for a moment before jumping onto Lin Dong's shoulder. "Once your mental strength is fully recovered, start absorbing the Devouring Ancestral Symbol!"

"Hey, this Devouring Ancestral Symbol has been lost in the world for countless years. Who would have thought it would appear in a low-level dynasty?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong smiled, sat down cross-legged, and began circulating his cultivation technique. He quickly absorbed the Yuan energy that had been tempered by the great formation into his body, restoring his depleted Yuan energy while gradually recovering his spiritual power.

A few hours later, Lin Dong opened his eyes, his powerful Yuan energy surging around him, and his mental energy had also fully recovered to its peak state.

Then, under the excited gaze of the little sable, Lin Dong flipped his palm, and ancient runes resembling black holes appeared in front of him.

"Let's begin..."

Looking at the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, Lin Dong's body trembled with excitement. He had suffered a lot for this legendary Devouring Ancestral Symbol... Although it seemed like he hadn't suffered much, who wouldn't be excited when faced with one of only eight such symbols in the world?

*

Bottom of Xuan Yin Ravine.

Looking at the vast lake before him and feeling the chilling aura emanating from the strange fire—a aura capable of freezing one's inner energy—Xiao Yan couldn't help but gasp. "It feels like the legendary Nine Netherworld Cold Spring..."

"It is indeed very similar," Yao Lao shook his head as he looked at the lake with water the color of blood. "Although the cold air here is enough to completely freeze the fighting spirit within a Dou Zong, it is still quite different from the Nine Nether Cold Spring of the Nine Nether Earthly Python Clan..."

"...Why do you seem particularly regretful, teacher?" Xiao Yan's expression was somewhat strange.

"Isn't that obvious?" Elder Yao said naturally. "If the Nine Nether Cold Spring here is of the same level as the one at the Nine Nether Earth Python's place, we might even be able to find the legendary Yellow Spring Blood Crystal at the bottom of the Yellow Springs!"

"Yellow Spring Blood Crystal?" Xiao Yan's expression was full of confusion.

"I heard it's one of the main ingredients for a ninth-grade pill," Yao Lao's expression grew increasingly regretful. "Although I don't know the effects of that pill, it requires the legendary Yellow Spring Blood Crystal, which can freeze a Dou Zun... Maybe it's the pill needed to refine one of the top three different flames." He raised an eyebrow and smiled at Xiao Yan.

"Spare me, even if there really are Yellow Spring Blood Crystals down there, it's not something a mere Dou Ling like me can covet," Xiao Yan said with a wry smile. "Besides, my mental energy is quite depleted, I should leave first..."

"I need to cultivate here."

Before he could finish speaking, a seductive voice echoed in Xiao Yan's mind.

"Cultivate here?" Xiao Yan's expression froze. "Are you kidding me? This lake may not be as powerful as the Nine Nether Cold Spring, but it's not something you can withstand, is it?"

"Although the cold here is fierce, it is the best tonic for me."

The little snake broke free from Xiao Yan's wrist, left the area protected by the strange fire, and came into the endless cold winds of the Xuan Yin Ravine. Then, intense light surged from its body.

As the intense light faded, the alluring Medusa Queen appeared before Xiao Yan. "Before the chill here dissipates, I can infinitely purify the bloodline of the Seven-Colored Devouring Python. Even without an apparent increase in strength, I can still contend with you at your strongest!"

At his strongest?

Xiao Yan's face twitched. Queen Medusa's strength was around Dou Zong, while he, in his strongest state, could rival Dou Zun...