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

"What does this have to do with Senior Brother Zhou Tong?" The girl in red blinked, somewhat puzzled.

"All the elders of the Yuan Sect who found that Rock Owl died at that person's hands!" The girl became excited as she said this. "Now people outside are saying that that person is actually imitating Senior Brother Zhou Tong, all in order to join our Dao Sect in the future!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" The girl in red frowned slightly. "That Yan Xiao has absolutely no connection with our Dao Sect!"

"but……"

"There are no 'buts'!" the girl in red said firmly. "Where did you hear this news from..."

"No, I'll go directly to Father and explain this matter clearly!" With that, the girl in red hurriedly rushed towards a certain hall.

“Yuanmen won’t care whether this rumor is true or false,” the woman beside the girl said softly, seeing that she was a little disappointed. “The next sect competition is only a few years away. If you are hated by the disciples of Yuanmen because of that Yan Xiao…” Even though her eyes were full of hatred, the woman still comforted the girl in a soft voice.

“I understand…” The girl, who also knew about the tragedy of the last sect competition, nodded, trying her best to hide her disappointment. “But, if that person really was our fellow disciple, that would be great.”

"……yes."

After hesitating for a long time, the woman nodded slightly.

*

"Our Divine Sect has absolutely no connection with that Rock Owl!" The silver-robed Taoist frowned and rebuked angrily.

The vast, ocean-like spiritual power instantly forced the several Death Profound Realm elders of the Yuan Sect back dozens of steps. "If you want to question me, send Yuan Zi and the others over here!"

Seeing that the silver-robed Taoist was completely enraged, the elders of the Death Profound Realm exchanged glances, apologized to the silver-robed Taoist, and left one by one.

"Hey, I told you long ago not to pay any attention to Yuanzi's messages," an old man in a black robe appeared beside the Taoist after all the Yuanmen people had left. "These elders of the Yuanmen have absolutely no sense of self-awareness when they're on someone else's turf!"

The old man had a mocking smile on his face, clearly having been angered by those ignorant and disrespectful elders of the Yuan Sect not long ago.

"Who told the Yuan Sect to be the most powerful in the Eastern Xuan Region?" The Taoist sighed, casually sat down, and sipped his tea. "Besides, how many deacons and elders have died in the Yuan Sect this past year? They must be furious with that Yan Xiao by now."

"You can only say he deserved it," the old man chuckled. "Speaking of which, it seems that Rock Owl hasn't broken through to the Nirvana Realm yet?"

"The last time he appeared, he had just stepped into the half-step Nirvana realm," the Taoist shrugged. "Nearly four hundred million Nirvana Pills were consumed, and he was only at the half-step Nirvana realm... This talent is truly terrifying!"

Four hundred million Nirvana Pills—even the Nirvana Qi consumed by the geniuses of various sects who broke through in the Pill River, when converted into Nirvana Pills, amounted to only this many. Yet, Yan Xiao, who had been on the sect's wanted list for a year, had only reached the half-step Nirvana stage after consuming such a large quantity…

"His talent in mental strength isn't quite there yet. A year has passed, and he's still only at the minor level of a Celestial Talisman Master," the old man smacked his lips and commented.

"Come on, don't you have any idea how long it took you to go from a minor master to a major master of Immortal Talisman Master?" The Taoist rolled his eyes. "But, it seems like we haven't heard from that Yan Xiao for a month. Could he have already been captured by the Yuan Sect?"

"Who knows?" The old man shrugged. "If I hadn't personally verified Yan Xiao's activity trajectory and even seen him, I would have suspected that this Yan Xiao was fabricated by the Yuan Sect to test our bottom line so that they could annex us in the future."

"His Yuan Sect only has three sect leaders, how can they contend with so many sects in the Eastern Xuan Region?" The Taoist looked at the old man with amusement. "Alright, go do what you're supposed to do, don't bother me on my turf!"

As he spoke, the Taoist waved his sleeve, dispelling the old man's spiritual power.

"I was just saying, and besides, what if it's true?"

Even after he disappeared, the old man was still muttering to himself.

"What if? What if?" The Taoist smiled helplessly, assuming the old man had fainted from anger and was talking nonsense.

*

In some unknown darkness.

"Still haven't caught that little bug?" the white-robed figure asked calmly.

“…He got away,” the figure in the purple-gold robe replied, “However, it is confirmed that he carries the aura of the Flame Ancestral Symbol…”

"The Flame Ancestral Symbol?" The black-robed man beside him frowned, recalling the middle-aged man in red robes with an extremely volatile temper. "Is that Moro himself?"

"No, it should be one of his geniuses, right?" said the figure in the purple-gold robe. "Although he has the aura of the Flame Ancestral Symbol, his strength is indeed only at the level of half-step Nirvana. However, his spiritual power is at the minor completion level of Immortal Symbol Master. Moreover, he escaped by using spatial teleportation. If I'm not mistaken, he is a genius sent out by Moro for training."

“But he killed an elder of the Spirit Department,” the white-robed man said calmly, his tone barely audible, as if the dead were nothing more than a stray dog ​​on the roadside, “and an elder who had planted the demonic seed.”

"...Perhaps, that Rock Owl didn't discover the Demon Seed?" After a moment's hesitation, the purple-gold figure spoke.

"Do you think that's possible?" The man in black robes glanced at the purple-gold figure and sneered.

Recalling the bodies of every elder who had died or disappeared over the past year, the purple-gold figure was speechless for a moment. Although the demonic seeds in the bodies of the subsequent elders had been removed, there was no doubt that the young man, who was suspected to be a disciple of Moro, had confirmed the existence of the demonic seeds, and might even have the ability to destroy them...

“Let’s temporarily remove the demonic seeds from everyone’s bodies,” the white-robed man said. “Moro of the Chaotic Demon Sea… he doesn’t have the time to worry about the affairs of the Eastern Xuan Region right now.”

Upon hearing this, the black-robed man and the purple-gold figure's eyes lit up slightly, knowing that the beings behind them had made their move.

"How's the other matter going?"

After clearing up the matter of Yan Xiao, the man in white robes asked a question.

“The approximate levels of each sect have been determined,” the purple-gold figure nodded. “Most sects remain unchanged, but the Dao Sect… ha, Old Ghost Qian actually survived his life-or-death ordeal.” He chuckled sarcastically.

Including that old ghost Qian, the Dao Sect also has two experts at the Reincarnation Realm, but when facing their Yuan Sect, they are not even as good as some sects that only have one expert at the Reincarnation Realm. If he didn't know that only their Yuan Sect was subordinate to those big shots in the Eastern Xuan Region, he would almost suspect that Ying Xuanzi, who had been enduring and had suffered countless deaths and injuries to his talented disciples, was also one of their people.

"Oh? That's good news." The man in black robes chuckled, as if he were genuinely happy for the Dao Sect.

“Send people to those smaller sects to confirm as well,” the white-robed man nodded. “For sects without members at the Reincarnation Realm… absorb them if you can, and remove those you can’t absorb as much as possible. Then send people to investigate and confirm that it was Yan Xiao who did it.”

"I'll arrange for someone to do it right away." The purple-gold figure nodded and left.

After the purple-gold figure left, all sounds in the darkness disappeared, as if there were no living people there.

*

"Hmm? Such a big commotion has occurred in the Eastern Xuan Region?" On a certain sea, the red-robed man looked at the message sent by his disciple with some surprise.

"The aura of the Flame Ancestral Symbol?" Upon seeing the last few sentences, the red-robed man clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Who's so shameless? Using my things to deceive people? Those guys from the Yuan Sect wouldn't actually believe it, would they?"

After shaking his head in frustration, the red-robed man put this trivial matter aside. For him now, it was more important to confirm the authenticity of the alien demons lurking in the Chaotic Demon Sea!

*

"Ah!"

Xiao Yan, who had just fallen from the spatial teleportation, suddenly sneezed. "Who's calling my name?" he muttered to himself, somewhat puzzled, while tending to his wounds.

Chapter 248 The Great War of a Hundred Dynasties

"Speaking of which, that should be Ren Yuanzi, one of the three leaders of the Yuan Sect, right?" Xiao Yan suddenly asked while tending to his wounds.

"The Reincarnation Realm, and it's equivalent to a three-star Dou Zun..." Yao Lao nodded. "If nothing unexpected happens, that should be it."

"Hey, one of the three sect leaders of the Yuan Sect in the Eastern Xuan Region actually dared to ambush me, a mere half-step Nirvana Realm cultivator," Xiao Yan grinned, "How shameless..."

"Don't you even think about how many Yuanmen deacons and elders you've killed this past year?"

"Isn't it because that elder who reached the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm used the power of the Otherworldly Demon in the very beginning?" Xiao Yan said innocently. "If it were any other secret method to enhance strength, it would be understandable, but it just so happens to be the Otherworldly Demon..."

Since his trip to the Great Wilderness Sect, Xiao Yan has developed a deep hatred for the Otherworldly Demons. If that elder hadn't used the power of the Otherworldly Demons, he was prepared to seize the so-called Immortal Essence Fruit and run away.

Therefore, whenever the deacons or elders of the Yuan Sect found him, he would go all out and end the battle in the shortest possible time. However, just as the first elder was an exception, none of the subsequent deacons and elders had the demonic seed in their bodies.

"You still think there's something wrong with Yuanmen?"

Seeing Xiao Yan's expression darken, Yao Lao understood what Xiao Yan was thinking.

"If the demonic beings have infiltrated the Yuan Sect, it can't possibly be an isolated case," Xiao Yan nodded. "Leaving aside those few elders at the Death Profound Realm, not a single one of those dozens of deacons was corrupted..."

Rather than believe that the demon didn't act, I'd rather believe that all the deacons and elders removed the demonic seeds from their bodies before leaving the Yuan Sect, just to prevent me from finding any problems.

In that year, nearly a hundred Yuan Sect deacons and more than thirty elders died at Xiao Yan's hands. Among them were three elders at the Death Profound Realm. Of these hundred or so people, only the first elder at the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm had an absurdly abundant amount of demonic energy in his body. All the others were just ordinary Yuan Power cultivators, as if the demonic energy in that elder's body had just been poured in and had not yet had time to contaminate the others.

"So, after the Hundred Dynasties War, you're planning to join the Yuan Sect?" Elder Yao asked casually.

“…The three sect leaders, Yuanzi, is equivalent to a three-star Dou Zun, and the other two are at least equivalent to five-star Dou Zun, right?” Xiao Yan smiled bitterly. “No matter how much I doubt the situation of the Yuan Sect, I can’t risk my life to test it!”

“However… I am planning to visit the Dao Sect.” Then, she changed the subject and said softly.

“If the Yuan Sect is truly innocent, then it must be the Dao Sect, which is at odds with the Yuan Sect, that’s behind this,” Yao Lao naturally understood Xiao Yan’s thoughts. “So you’re making the Dao Sect your second suspect?”

During this year, besides wandering around to "borrow" Nirvana Pills and testing the people of Yuanmen, Xiao Yan also learned a lot of information about the major super sects in the Eastern Xuan Region—mainly information related to Yuanmen.

Among the vast amount of intelligence gathered, what Xiao Yan suspected most was that the relationship between the Dao Sect and the Yuan Sect was extremely poor, and that the disciples of the Dao Sect and the Yuan Sect fought the most fiercely in the sect competition held every few years.

Of course, this tragic situation refers to the Dao Sect. After all, the Yuan Sect is the largest power in the Eastern Xuan Region, with countless talented disciples. In contrast, the Dao Sect cannot be said to have many talented disciples. It can only be said that since the death of a disciple who attacked the Yuan Sect a hundred years ago, the Dao Sect has rarely produced disciples who are truly amazing.

"A disciple who amazed the entire Eastern Xuan Region a hundred years ago died at the hands of the Yuan Sect," Xiao Yan curled his lip. "The number of Dao Sect disciples who have died at the hands of Yuan Sect disciples in the past hundred years is countless. Under such circumstances, the leader of a dignified super sect has not made any reaction..."

"It's hard not to have doubts!"

If Yuanmen really has no problems, Xiao Yan thinks it's probably because the death of that genius a hundred years ago led the Dao Sect leader to go to extremes, seeking the power of the enemy of heaven and earth, and preparing to gradually corrupt the elders of Yuanmen, ultimately destroying Yuanmen completely.

Or, after enough Yuanmen elders have been corrupted, they might "angrily kill" an elder in a public setting, thus exposing the "fact" that Yuanmen and the Otherworldly Demons have a deal.

“But there’s no use thinking about it now,” Xiao Yan sighed helplessly. “How could a sect leader like him launch a sneak attack on a young man like me? It’s exposed most of my trump cards…”

A few weeks later, facing Lin Dong, who had finished refining the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and whose spiritual power had reached the minor completion level of Immortal Symbol Master, Xiao Yan chuckled and gave a general account of what he had done over the past year.

"So, during the Hundred Dynasties War, neither of us can reveal our spiritual power cultivation?" Lin Dong, who was at the peak of the Creation Realm and only needed enough Nirvana Qi to be half a step away from Nirvana, looked at Xiao Yan in disbelief.

"Specifically, we cannot expose ourselves in front of the leaders of the major super sects," Xiao Yan corrected Lin Dong's mistake. "Generally speaking, the major super sects will not send out their true experts in the Hundred Dynasties War. At most, they will only be at the Lesser Completion of the Life Profound Realm. In front of these people, even if we use our spiritual power, they will not be able to judge our true level!"

"But what if your antics this year have led to the major sects assigning elders at the Death Profound Realm?" Lin Dong looked at Xiao Yan strangely.

“Then let’s just use Yuan Power,” Xiao Yan said nonchalantly, spreading his hands. “The strongest in this Hundred Dynasties War is, without a doubt, Qin Tian of the Tianyuan Dynasty. Half a year ago, he was still at the Fifth Yuan Nirvana Realm, and after the Hundred Dynasties War begins, he will at most be at the Sixth Yuan Nirvana Realm.”

In this situation, victory would be assured even without using mental power, right?

"But..." Lin Dong's lips twitched slightly, he was reluctant to reveal a certain secret.

"Someone in the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace knows about this kid's spiritual power cultivation!" However, Lin Dong's unwillingness to say doesn't mean Little Marten won't expose him, "A woman named Ling Qingzhu..."

However, before she could finish speaking, Lin Dong silenced her with a kiss.

"Ling Qingzhu?" Xiao Yan rubbed his chin. "This name seems a bit familiar..."

Lin Dong, who was covering the little sable's mouth, stiffened. It was no secret that Ling Qingzhu had gone to the Nirvana Realm Ancient Tomb outside Yan City on behalf of the Huangpu family. Although he knew that Xiao Yan could not possibly know what had happened in the ancient tomb, Lin Dong was still a little embarrassed.

"Previously in the ancient tomb..."

"Oh, I remember now, she's the personal disciple of the Palace Master of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace. I heard that one of the three little kings of the Yuan Sect this year is pursuing her."

Just as Lin Dong was about to give a brief overview of what had happened, Xiao Yan clapped his hands, recalling where he had heard the name before.

"Huh?" Lin Dong looked at Xiao Yan with some confusion.

"What ancient tomb?" After saying that, Xiao Yan looked at Lin Dong blankly. Although he didn't hear what Lin Dong said, he vaguely heard the words "ancient tomb".

For a moment, the two looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Ahem, I barely have any connection with that Ling Qingzhu," Lin Dong coughed after a moment, "There was an ancient tomb of the Nirvana Realm outside Yan City before, and there I... saved her life."

There's no need to mention things like the tomb's owner practicing dual cultivation techniques before his death, and how he helped Ling Qingzhu alleviate the tomb owner's "good intentions" through his mental power.