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

"Tianwu Xue?!"

"Only to a certain extent," the woman waved her hand, signaling Xiao Yan to stay calm. "In reality, this entire set of techniques combined can be called Heavenly Martial Arts, but for all bird-like demon beasts, its effects far surpass those of Heavenly Martial Arts."

"Honestly, why would a cultivation technique created by a human like me be more suitable for bird-like demon beasts? It's simply outrageous!" the woman muttered under her breath.

"Ahem, of course, besides this body-tempering martial art, my Vermilion Bird Palace has two other inheritances," the woman quickly composed herself, coughed, and said, "If you hadn't triggered the highest-level trial and completed it perfectly, I probably wouldn't have passed on the other two to you. After all, those are my livelihood..."

Two more?

Xiao Yan, who thought he would be overjoyed to get a set of Heavenly Martial Arts techniques, had his eyes shining even brighter after hearing these words.

"However, whether you can inherit it depends on your abilities!" Seeing Xiao Yan's performance, the woman seemed to have thought of something interesting. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and she pointed her finger. Crimson light condensed in mid-air into a miniature bird, which was hard to tell whether it was a Vermilion Bird or a Phoenix.

"Activate the Phoenix Heart Forging Technique! Whether you can inherit it depends on whether you can master the Phoenix Heart Forging Technique in the shortest possible time!"

Without a sound, the crimson bird appeared in front of Xiao Yan and then crashed into his head at a speed that Xiao Yan could not react to at all.

Feeling the crimson bird in his head begin to disappear, Xiao Yan's face twitched slightly. He then sat down cross-legged, his Yuan Power carrying the special energy extracted from the magma sea, and began to circulate according to the woman's instructions to "reverse the Vermilion Bird body refinement".

Looking at Xiao Yan sitting cross-legged, a faint smile appeared on the woman's face.

Chapter 262 Artificial Flame

"Are you planning to pass on all your knowledge about weapon crafting to him?"

As the woman watched with a smile as Xiao Yan circulated the Phoenix Heart Forging Technique, a figure dressed in a green robe appeared behind her, looked at Xiao Yan who was meditating cross-legged, and asked softly.

The figure in the blue robe was quite handsome, with a gentle smile on his face, giving him a very refined air. If he had a folding fan in his hand, he would undoubtedly resemble a scholar.

After glancing casually at the young man, the woman said calmly, "Otherwise what? Unlike you, I was still quite far from the realm of reincarnation until the time of my death."

"...If you don't become obsessed with the art of weapon crafting, the threshold of the Reincarnation Realm will not be able to stop you, Zhu Yun." After a brief silence, the figure in green robes, the head of the Azure Dragon Palace, the "Qingzhi" mentioned by the woman, spoke slowly.

"Come on, my talent is just so-so," Zhu Yun waved his hand and said disdainfully, "If I hadn't obtained a trace of the Flame Ancestral Symbol's essence from its controller back then, I wouldn't have been able to achieve perfection in Phoenix Heart Forging, let alone Vermilion Bird Body Forging."

Qingzhi remained silent. In terms of cultivation talent alone, Zhu Yun was indeed not very strong in that era, but she had gone very far in the art of weapon crafting. She was even known as the strongest weapon crafter at that time. It was precisely because of this that she was able to obtain the essence of the Flame Ancestral Symbol from the controller of the Flame Ancestral Symbol back then.

"Speaking of which, he also possesses something similar to the Flame Ancestral Symbol," Zhu Yun continued after a slight pause, ignoring what Qingzhi was thinking. "At first, I thought he was the new controller of the Flame Ancestral Symbol, but..."

Even without Zhu Yunming's prompting, Qingzhi could sense the "flame" within Xiao Yan's body that resembled the Flame Ancestral Symbol. However, both of them had witnessed the Flame Ancestral Symbol before, and although the flame within Xiao Yan's body was quite similar to the Flame Ancestral Symbol, there were still obvious differences.

"Speaking of which, that kid who passed the Azure Dragon Palace's trial possesses the Devouring Ancestral Symbol..."

Aokiji's eyes were somewhat vacant. His afterimage in the Azure Dragon Palace was watching the battle between Lin Dong and the miniature Azure Dragon he had set up. It was fortunate that he was still alive and that the Azure Dragon he had created was at the level of the Death Profound Realm, otherwise it would probably have been smashed to pieces by Lin Dong with a single palm strike.

"Devouring Ancestral Symbol?" Zhu Yun was stunned. "Really? That guy Black Pupil is dead too?" His eyes dimmed slightly, and he sighed softly.

"How much power do you have left?" After a moment, Zhu Yun turned to look at Qingzhi and asked.

"That afterimage?" Aokiji hesitated for a moment. "At full power, it could probably repel one Reincarnation Realm cultivator. What's wrong?"

"Could you repel a Reincarnation Realm cultivator at full power?" Zhu Yun murmured, gazing at Xiao Yan who was meditating cross-legged. "Even if all the power of your afterimage were transferred to me, it wouldn't be enough to ignite this sea of ​​magma..."

"Light it?" Aokiji thought of something.

"You're planning to leave the essence of that Flame Ancestral Symbol to him?" Qingzhi asked incredulously. "I remember you didn't even allow anyone from the Vermilion Bird Sect to touch that essence back then, did you?"

"Back then was back then, and now is now," Zhu Yun said with a smirk. "Back then, I was thinking of nurturing that origin and turning it into a second Flame Ancestral Symbol, but I still gave up in the end."

Moreover... this kid is more suited to that source than I am. In my hands, that source is just ordinary fuel. Giving it to him might even bring about new changes in the flames within his body.

Unfortunately, you didn't leave behind much power; it's not enough to completely ignite this sea of ​​lava.

"My true form..." After a brief hesitation, Aokiji spoke.

"Come on, you barely came into contact with reincarnation before you died. Even if you had awakened long ago, your current strength is not enough for you to cross thousands of mountains and rivers to come here, right?" Zhu Yun interrupted Qingzhi's words. "Moreover, you also said that the kid from the Azure Dragon Palace has the Devouring Ancestral Symbol on him. If the current controller falls because of your arrival, it is hard to say when the next controller will appear."

Qingzhi remained silent. Just as Zhu Yun had said, he had actually just awakened from the cycle of reincarnation, and upon awakening, he was attacked by three general-level alien demons. If it weren't for good luck, he, the Azure Dragon King of the ancient era, might have perished completely.

"Besides, this place of inheritance of the Vermilion Bird Palace can still last for more than a year. We've entrusted the cremation of all things to him. Let him deal with this sea of ​​lava himself," Zhu Yun said casually. "Alright, he'll be waking up soon. You can go wherever you want!"

Looking at Zhu Yun, who still looked down on him as always, Aokiji sighed softly.

"Oh, by the way, those two also broke through the cycle of reincarnation at the last moment. Please apologize to them for me," Zhu Yun suddenly said before Qingzhi left. "Compared to someone like me who only knows how to refine weapons, those two deserve to live..."

Aokiji's figure paused briefly, then vanished, leaving only one sentence to dissipate in the wind—

"I will."

*

After waking up from his cultivation, Xiao Yan subconsciously rubbed his temples. He had thought that Zhu Yun had only taught him two martial arts techniques, but he never expected that of the so-called "two," only one was a martial art, a superior spiritual martial art called "Fire Transforms All Things," and the other was a complete inheritance...

The legacy of weapon refiners, from the most basic metal forging to the highest-level forging methods of "ancient divine artifacts," was even directly imprinted in Xiao Yan's mind as a soul image. In other words, although Xiao Yan has not yet come into contact with weapon refining, as long as he has enough materials, he is fully capable of refining spiritual treasures of the level of ancient divine artifacts!

“Zhu Yun’s weapon forging…” Xiao Yan murmured the name of the weapon forger’s inheritance as he looked up at Zhu Yun, who was smiling at him. “This is yours…”

"This is my life savings, I'm leaving it all to you," Zhu Yun interrupted Xiao Yan casually. "Oh, I shouldn't say life savings..." Her voice suddenly shrank as she muttered to herself.

When Xiao Yan heard the second half of Zhu Yun's sentence, he breathed a sigh of relief. Having received Zhu Yun's complete inheritance, he could be considered her disciple. However, this sudden mention of "coffin money" left him unsure how to respond.

“This thing is my life savings,” Zhu Yun patted the stone tablet behind her. “Heavenly Net Mystic Crystal, the highest-grade refining material that I finally found. If those damned things hadn’t arrived so early, I wouldn’t have died such a miserable death!”

Xiao Yan ignored the words "coffin money," but the four words "Heavenly Net Mystic Crystal" completely made his eyes widen in disbelief.

His Xuan Heavy Ruler was forged from Flame Meteorite Black Iron. This type of material was also mentioned in the weapon refiner's inheritance that Zhu Yun left to Xiao Yan. According to what it said, the material for forging the Xuan Heavy Ruler was considered a common ninth-grade material, while Tianluo Xuanjing was the highest grade among all ninth-grade materials!

If the weapon refiner is of a high enough level, the weapon forged with Tianluo Xuanjing can even be ranked on the list of ancient divine artifacts!

“Hey, I knew that inheritance was given to the right person,” Zhu Yun laughed, sensing the burning passion in Xiao Yan’s eyes. “Alright, calm down. Before you take this Heavenly Luo Mystic Crystal, I have a task for you.”

"Yes!" Xiao Yan said excitedly.

"Has anyone ever said that the flames in your body are similar to the Flame Ancestral Symbol?" Zhu Yun asked, looking at the excited Xiao Yan.

"...Yes, there is more than one."

After a brief hesitation, Xiao Yan nodded. It wasn't that he was unwilling to tell Zhu Yun the truth, but rather that he wasn't sure if those alien demons counted as human.

However, Zhu Yun noticed this brief hesitation.

"...You've seen the Otherworldly Demons?"

Seeing Zhu Yun's surprised question, Xiao Yan nodded.

“I visited the ruins of the Great Wilderness Sect more than a year ago. The Great Wilderness Sect was destroyed under the siege of several alien demons. However, at the last moment, Senior Black Eyes still managed to seal away an alien demon that had survived the second cycle of reincarnation.”

"Sealed the True King? Black Eyes is really strong..." Zhu Yun muttered. "Ahem, since someone said that the flames in your body are similar to the Flame Ancestral Symbol, then I won't hide it anymore!"

"You were once the master of the Flame Ancestral Symbol?"

"This sea of ​​magma is where I cultivated the origin of a Flame Ancestral Symbol!"

Xiao Yan and Zhu Yun's voices rang out simultaneously.

"Hey, I did want the Flame Ancestral Symbol, but unfortunately I rose to power too late. By the time I learned about the Flame Ancestral Symbol, it had already been refined by a Reincarnation Realm cultivator," Zhu Yun chuckled. "Later, I refined a spiritual treasure that could rival an ancient divine artifact, and with this spiritual treasure, I obtained the essence of the Flame Ancestral Symbol from that person."

"So, the origin of that Flame Ancestral Symbol is in this sea of ​​magma?" Xiao Yan coughed lightly and asked.

"No, no, no," Zhu Yun waved his hand, "It's not that the origin is hidden in the magma sea, but... this magma sea is a derivative of that origin!"

"Derivatives?" Xiao Yan murmured.

Then, he suddenly remembered the spiritual martial art that Zhu Yun had previously passed on to him, a spiritual martial art called "Fire Transforms All Things," and its description—

Burn everything, burning away the outer shell of all things, leaving only the most basic essence.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan's expression suddenly stiffened. He had spent more than half a month crossing this sea of ​​lava, so he knew very well how vast it was...

"Oh, you're quite perceptive!" Zhu Yun smiled, noticing Xiao Yan's stiff expression. "That's right, as long as you activate the 'Fire Transformation of All Things' technique and completely incinerate this sea of ​​magma, that source will appear before you!"

Xiao Yan managed a weak smile. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be happy to obtain the origin of the Flame Ancestral Symbol or saddened by the unknown time it would take to burn down this sea of ​​lava.

"Alright, alright, smile a bit," Zhu Yun said cheerfully. "Although what I obtained back then was only the origin of the Flame Ancestral Symbol, after nearly ten thousand years of evolution, it might be considered the second Flame Ancestral Symbol, even if it can't compare to the original."

Zhu Yun spoke the last half of the sentence very softly, and even though Xiao Yan possessed the mental strength of a minor-stage Immortal Talisman Master, he still didn't hear it.

"I'll try my best..." Xiao Yan said with a wry smile.

"Alright, everything's settled, so my mission is complete!" Hearing Xiao Yan's reply, Zhu Yun stood up and stretched. "By the way, that person from the Azure Dragon Palace should have obtained Qingzhi's inheritance. If the demon beast you signed a contract with is a dragon, you can ask him for a martial arts manual..."

Before he could finish his last sentence, Zhu Yun's figure vanished completely from the world.

After Zhu Yun disappeared, the figure of the giant bird-like monster also slowly faded away and finally vanished completely.

“One of the origins of the Flame Ancestral Symbol…” Gazing at the boundless sea of ​​magma before him, Xiao Yan took a deep breath. “Perhaps… my delusion of creating a man-made strange fire can finally come true.”

The origin of the Flame Ancestral Symbol is the Beast Fruit, which is fused with the essence of all beasts' blood, and the Nirvana Demon Flame, which is condensed from the purest Nirvana energy...

Although the latter two items don't quite deserve to be listed alongside the first, they are still other tools that Xiao Yan had considered for creating artificial strange fire.

"I wonder if there's enough time..." Xiao Yan muttered as he stepped into the sea of ​​lava. "I hope I can finish before the ancient secret treasure closes completely."

Strange flames rose around Xiao Yan, gradually consuming the surrounding magma.

"A strange fire needs spirituality. Although the level of the Myriad Beast Fruit isn't high enough, it should still be fine as a foundation. At worst, I can just bleed a little more in the end..."

The Dragon-Phoenix, the strongest super divine beast that commands the Phoenix Clan and the Dragon Clan... My blood can barely be considered the blood of the Dragon-Phoenix, right? It should be able to serve as the core of an artificial strange fire, right?

With these questions in mind, Xiao Yan's figure completely disappeared into the sea of ​​lava.

*

Inside the Azure Dragon Palace, the black and white life and death energy seeped out of the little sable's body after it had consumed the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill. It gradually spread and eventually formed a black and white energy cocoon that completely enveloped the little sable's body.

Looking at the giant black and white cocoon floating above the Dan River, Lin Dong took a deep breath, moved, and landed on the only cultivation platform in the Dan River.

'After I've survived the second Nirvana Tribulation, I'll properly cultivate the Azure Dragon Transformation Technique...'

*

On the brutal battlefield of the White Tiger Palace, more than a dozen figures were blasted apart by a single staff. Then, an extremely terrifying and ferocious aura, like that of an ancient monster, swept across the battlefield.

Under this violent aura, the mindless, mummified corpses fighting were shaken so that they dared not approach even a fraction of a second, allowing the figure to walk towards the end of the battlefield.

*

Inside the Xuanwu Hall, which is filled with lush green trees, a petite figure looked at the mummified corpses controlled by vines with disgust. Dark demonic energy gathered along the vines to form a pool of "water".

"I hate these things..."

As he gazed at the demonic energy gathering into a lake, Xiao Yuan's expression of rejection grew even stronger.

Chapter 263 Dragon-Phoenix Demon Flame