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

A few days ago, Yao Ling approached him and told him that an ancient Immortal Essence Tree had appeared in the Crimson Forest where the Daozong Mine was located, and that it bore five ancient Immortal Essence Fruits. Liu Ming was deeply moved. As a deacon of the Yuan Sect, he naturally knew what a wild, fruitful ancient Immortal Essence Tree represented.

Perhaps there are ancient immortal species!

If he really obtains the Immortal Essence Seed, even if Liu Ming is currently just a mere steward, as long as he hands it over, he could become an outer elder of the Yuan Sect. Even without the Immortal Essence Seed, the Immortal Essence Fruit would be an excellent reward. After all, during his years of service to the Yuan Sect, Liu Ming has seen countless people consume the Immortal Essence Fruit and then rise to the top in one step.

However, he had only seen it; Liu Ming himself was completely unqualified to come into contact with the Immortal Essence Ancient Fruit.

Therefore, after hearing Yao Ling's report and learning that Yao Ling had also brought in the city lord of a certain city in Blood Rock Land as a scapegoat, Liu Ming gladly accepted the appointment.

Now, not only have we not witnessed the fluctuations that occurred when the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed was born, but this damned Liu Sheng has also forced the daughter of the Dao Sect's leader to use such a life-or-death martial art. If this girl really dies, even if the Yuan Sect and the Dao Sect are destined to be enemies, Liu Ming doesn't believe that the Yuan Sect would stop the mad Dao Sect leader for the sake of a mere steward like him!

As Liu Ming turned around angrily, Yao Ling also quietly distanced himself from Liu Sheng. What Liu Ming was worried about was exactly what Yao Ling was worried about, so he dared not get too close to the seemingly not-so-bright Liu Sheng.

"That..." Liu Ming and Yao Ling's sudden change of attitude startled Liu Sheng for a moment, but as the city lord of Crimson Leaf City in Blood Rock Land, Liu Sheng quickly realized what the two were worried about. "There are spatial fluctuations around that kid! If I remember correctly, it's a fluctuation of spatial teleportation!"

"what?!"

At that moment, not only Liu Ming and Yao Ling, but even the Dao Sect disciples who had not been notified stared in shock at Xiao Yan, who stood still despite having a penetrating wound in his chest.

The only one who wasn't surprised was Ying Huanhuan. Although Liu Sheng's aura was a bit off, he was still a Life Profound Realm cultivator, so it wasn't surprising that he could detect the fluctuations of Xiao Yan's array. However, Ying Huanhuan's expression grew increasingly serious. It was fine when Liu Sheng and the others hadn't noticed, but now that the fluctuations of spatial teleportation had been detected, it wouldn't be easy to stall for time...

"Spatial teleportation?" Liu Ming came to his senses, and his expression softened as he looked at Liu Sheng. "City Lord Liu, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, we might have really let them escape."

"You're too kind, Steward Liu Ming, you're too kind." Although he was somewhat disgusted by Liu Ming's ability to change his expression, he still needed Liu Ming's help, so Liu Sheng smiled politely.

“However… spatial teleportation,” Liu Ming reassured Liu Sheng, then looked at Ying Huanhuan and Xiao Yan behind her, “So, that means you do indeed possess the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed?” The moment his voice fell, the aura of a Nine Yuan Nirvana Realm cultivator suddenly erupted.

"Hand over the Immortal Essence Seed, or... die!"

As if to verify the truth of Liu Sheng's words, Yao Ling and Liu Sheng stepped forward and stood behind Liu Ming, each unleashing their own aura. The violent aura swept across like a storm, as if the entire earth trembled.

"Ha, you think you can take it all?"

Before any commotion could erupt behind her, Ying Huanhuan sneered, "If you want to obtain the Immortal Essence Seed, you'll have to get past my zither formation first!"

"The sound of Bodhi without form, the form of sentient beings."

A gentle voice came from Ying Huanhuan's mouth again, and a monstrous crimson light swept out at this moment, finally condensing into a huge crimson Bodhi tree behind her.

The ancient tree swayed gently, its leaves trembling, and a melodious sound, as if the world had just begun to open, slowly drifted out.

The strange sound waves spread rapidly, enveloping the entire world. Then, the space around Ying Huanhuan began to slowly distort, forming several invisible mirrors, in which the figures of Liu Ming and the other two were reflected.

Chi Chi.

The surface of the mirror rippled slightly, and then the figures slowly emerged from it, appearing before everyone. However, the aura emanating from these three figures was far inferior to that of Liu Ming and his companions.

“The Formless Bodhi Sound is indeed terrifying,” Liu Ming’s pupils contracted slightly as he looked at the figure that was identical to himself except for its aura. “However, you are still too arrogant, actually trying to replicate Lord Liu’s image…”

Her gaze fell upon the cloned Liu Sheng. Although its aura was much stronger than that of its clone, the surface of the figure was covered with countless fragments, as if it could be crushed with a light touch. Despite the fragmented state of the summoned Liu Sheng figure, bright red blood still appeared at the corner of Ying Huanhuan's mouth...

"Hand over the Immortal Origin Seed," Liu Sheng said with a disdainful look at his clone, then sneered, "And that kid, you still don't plan to give up? From the moment you were injured, the spatial fluctuations surrounding you disappeared!"

Or are you planning to teleport them away and leave them behind to die alone?" A cold gaze fell on Xiao Yan, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"So... you can't stop spatial teleportation, right?" Xiao Yan raised his head, blood streaming from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes grew even brighter.

"Wait……"

In that instant, Ying Huanhuan understood what Xiao Yan wanted to do. However, before she could utter a complete sentence, dense spatial fluctuations appeared on all the Dao Sect disciples except Xiao Yan. Then, beams of light enveloped all of them.

"Damn it!" Liu Ming roared in anger, gathering his Yuan energy in his fists and lunging at Xiao Yan.

"Damn it!" Liu Sheng roared and pounced on Xiao Yan, his speed far exceeding that of Liu Ming.

"Don't worry, I've set up countless formations in this forest," Xiao Yan chuckled, watching Liu Ming and the others, whose expressions had changed drastically as they lunged forward. "As long as the Sect Leader arrives in time, I'll still be able to survive..."

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Ming, Liu Sheng, and Yao Ling's attacks had already landed on Xiao Yan.

"Cough, as expected of a Life Profound Realm expert..."

Before Ying Huanhuan and the other Dao Sect disciples' eyes, three huge penetrating wounds appeared on Xiao Yan's body.

"However... it's too late!"

Bang!

The first Daoist disciple's figure exploded in the spatial beam of light, eventually turning into silver light and disappearing into space.

"damn it!"

Watching the figures disappear one by one, Liu Sheng suddenly pulled out his right hand, then changed his hand seals, and a powerful martial arts spirit instantly took shape, which then struck the spatial beams with an aura that was enough to tear the earth apart.

However, he was only at the Life Profound Realm, and a crippled one at that. Even though he had used all his Yuan Power to unleash this martial art, it still had no effect on the spatial beams. He could only watch helplessly as the spatial beams exploded one by one, and the figures of the Dao Sect disciples turned into silver light and disappeared into the space.

In his impotent rage, Liu Sheng instinctively wanted to smash Xiao Yan's "corpse" into pieces with a single palm strike. However, when he suddenly turned around, he discovered that Xiao Yan, who should have been dead... or at least critically injured and dying, was casually looking around.

"You bastard...!"

Instinctively, Liu Sheng wanted to raise his hand and slap Xiao Yan away, but at that moment, he suddenly realized that his body was completely unable to move, as if he had become a puppet controlled by someone, and the puppeteer controlling him did not want him to be able to move.

"You've finally realized it?" Xiao Yan glanced at Liu Sheng, who looked terrified. "You, a mere Life Profound Realm cultivator... are really a piece of trash. If you hadn't mobilized your life force before, I would have thought you were just an Eighth-Element Nirvana Realm cultivator."

Xiao Yan was utterly speechless at Yagyu's strength and the extent of his mental acuity.

When he set up the spatial teleportation array on the spot, he did not specifically conceal the spatial fluctuations. At most, he only interfered with the perception of the Dao Sect disciples. But even under such circumstances, Liu Sheng, that good-for-nothing, did not notice any spatial fluctuations at all!

Finally, after Xiao Yan 'sent' the spatial fluctuations to Liu Sheng and deliberately exposed the spatial fluctuations on his body, Liu Sheng finally came to his senses and then fired a beam of light containing vitality.

Normally, even a casual attack from a Shengxuan Realm cultivator could break the spatial fluctuations on a Nirvana Realm cultivator's body. However, Xiao Yan knew the strength of his own body and that Liu Sheng could never leave a scar on his body. Therefore, Xiao Yan was prepared to "take" that attack head-on, then catch the "push" and roll away, pretending to spit out a few mouthfuls of blood.

but……

Xiao Yan never expected that if he hadn't added a little something extra to Liu Sheng's attack, the Dao Sect disciples' attacks would have completely destroyed it!

An attack from a Life Profound Realm cultivator was completely destroyed as dozens of Nirvana Realm cultivators hastily countered it...

If Xiao Yan hadn't been able to sense the life force being controlled by Yagyu, he would have almost thought that this guy was at the Eighth Nirvana Realm!

Therefore, after being "pierced" through his body by that beam of light, Xiao Yan didn't even want to move.

"You are... Rock Owl?"

After hearing Xiao Yan's disdainful words, Liu Ming, who was being held captive along with Yao Ling, suddenly seemed to remember something and spoke in a hoarse voice.

“When I was in the Dao Sect, I was Xiao Yan. When I left the Dao Sect and there were no Dao Sect disciples around, I was Yan Xiao,” Xiao Yan said, glancing at Liu Ming after setting up another formation. “Oh right…” With a casual wave of his hand, the Qiankun bags on Liu Ming, Yao Ling, and Liu Sheng flew out and landed in Xiao Yan’s hand.

"Don't even think about sending a message through your primordial spirits," Xiao Yan said casually as he checked the items in the Qiankun bags of the others. He then condensed a golden spiritual body and controlled it to fly towards Crimson Leaf City. "Your spiritual power is at the Great Ascension stage of Immortal Talisman Masters. Unless the three of you are at the Reincarnation Realm, don't even think about letting a single word out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden light that had been hovering around like a headless fly exploded. In the instant the golden light exploded, Liu Ming and Yao Ling both bled from their seven orifices, looking extremely pitiful.

Chapter 293 Ying Xuanzi

As the golden light exploded, Liu Ming and his two companions finally calmed down. All three were extremely afraid of death, and unless Xiao Yan explicitly stated that he would kill them, they still harbored a glimmer of hope...

“The Yuan Sect is divided into eight departments, and each department has its corresponding Heavenly Martial Arts,” Xiao Yan said with a look of disgust as he tossed the three of their Qiankun bags back. He then looked at Liu Ming and Yao Ling and asked, “When you two were in the Yuan Sect, did you have any contact with the disciples of the eight departments?”

"Me and the Eight Spirit Generals..." Liu Ming said without hesitation.

laugh!

The crimson Yuan energy instantly slashed through Liu Ming's right arm, almost cutting the entire arm off while simultaneously burning away the flesh at the cut, leaving half of the arm connected only by a thin strip of skin.

"Didn't I just say that before?" Xiao Yan looked expressionlessly at Liu Ming, whose face was contorted with rage due to the injury to his arm, yet he couldn't utter a sound. "When there were no Dao Sect disciples around, I was Yan Xiao. Do you think that someone who killed dozens of Yuan Sect deacons and dozens of Yuan Sect elders wouldn't know the status of Yuan Sect deacons in the Yuan Sect?"

Yuanmen stewards receive preferential treatment anywhere in the Eastern Xuan Region except for Yuanmen itself. However, within Yuanmen, although they are called stewards, their status is only slightly higher than that of a nominal disciple before they break through to the Shengxuan Realm.

What right does a steward, whose status is only slightly better than a registered disciple, have to approach the Eight Spirit Generals, the strongest disciples among the Eight Departments of the Yuan Sect?

“Before leaving Yuanmen, I had a fairly good relationship with some of the formal disciples in the Eight Divisions,” Yao Ling swallowed hard upon seeing Liu Ming’s miserable state and said in a dry voice, “Is there anything you want to ask?”

"Among the disciples of Yuan Sect, has anyone experienced an unexpected increase in strength?" Xiao Yan asked after glancing at Yao Ling.

"Which one are you referring to?" Yao Ling asked, "Permanent or temporary?"

"It will be all right."

"...Shen Yun, one of the Eight Spirit Generals, had a brother whose strength was only at the Fifth Yuan Nirvana Realm when he first entered the Yuan Sect, but a week later, his strength increased to the Seventh Yuan Nirvana Realm," Yao Ling answered cautiously after thinking for a long time. "Also, in the last sect competition, Li Lei, one of the Three Little Kings, suddenly increased his strength when he was about to be defeated by someone from the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, but he was quickly stopped by Yuan King Huo Yuan and admitted his defeat at Huo Yuan's request."

"How strong is Brother Shenyun now?" After nodding slightly, Xiao Yan looked at Liu Ming.

"Eight, Eighth Yuan Nirvana Realm," Liu Ming, after being released from control, wanted to prove his backbone to Xiao Yan and refused to answer. However, after seeing Xiao Yan's indifferent eyes, he hurriedly replied, "However, there are also rumors that he broke through to the Ninth Yuan Nirvana Realm a year ago. But if he had such strength, he wouldn't even be qualified to participate in the Sect Competition!"

"Is Li Lei still in the Yuan Sect?" Xiao Yan asked, his brows furrowed, somewhat dissatisfied with the information about the Shen Yun brothers.

"He left the sect half a year ago. I heard that the sect leader assigned him a special mission..." Liu Ming hurriedly replied, his eyes fixed on Xiao Yan's slightly furrowed brows, afraid that he would be punished for answering too slowly.

"Just asking them won't reveal the problem with the Yuan Sect," Yao Lao's voice echoed in Xiao Yan's mind. "Besides, no one can guarantee whether the two people they mentioned experienced a surge in strength due to the power of the Otherworldly Demons, or whether their advancement was due to the Yuan Sect's special techniques."

'Let's find at least a few targets first,' Xiao Yan chuckled. 'Unfortunately, according to them, even if Shen Yun's brother had come into contact with the Demon Seed, it has already been removed. And Li Lei and his two companions have left the Yuan Sect; their whereabouts are unknown…'

Xiao Yan shook his head with some regret, but he also understood that after his outburst a few years ago, the Yuan Sect would definitely be much more vigilant. Unless Yan Xiao died in front of the Yuan Sect's leaders, it would be very difficult to find the aura of the Otherworldly Demon on the disciples and elders of the Yuan Sect.

Just as Xiao Yan was about to ask something else, the golden spiritual entity returned with several Qiankun bags. Then, before Xiao Yan could confirm what was inside those Qiankun bags, the space not far away began to distort slightly.

"That was fast..."

After sensing the spatial distortion, Xiao Yan's lips twitched slightly. In order to give himself time to search Liu Sheng's city lord's mansion and interrogate Liu Ming and Yao Ling, Xiao Yan deliberately added about three minutes to the time when setting up the spatial teleportation array, which could be completed in an instant. And now, only four minutes have passed since Ying Huanhuan and the others left!

Liu Ming and the other two looked at Xiao Yan with bewildered expressions, muttered something, and then suddenly all their Yuan energy disappeared, causing them to fall straight down. If they hadn't been still unable to move, they would have almost thought that Xiao Yan was truly exhausted and dying!

"burst!"

A faint sound rang out, and then Liu Ming and the other two's bodies, along with the simple formations that Xiao Yan had just set up, exploded. The boundless forest also completely disappeared in the explosion.

When Ying Huanhuan arrived at the forest with the Dao Sect leader, all they saw was a scorched earth and a "thing" lying in the center of the earth, its body burned and with three large holes in its chest, which appeared to be a corpse.

As for Liu Ming, the Yuanmen steward, Yao Ling, the abandoned son of the Yuanmen, and Liu Sheng, the city lord of Chiye City in Blood Rock Land, whom Ying Huanhuan mentioned earlier, they were nowhere to be found, as if they had never actually been here...

*

"How is the situation?" asked a gentle, middle-aged man.

"His meridian injuries have largely stabilized, and his spiritual power has also basically recovered," an aged voice rang out. This was the second Reincarnation Realm expert of the Dao Sect. Apart from his strength, Xiao Yan knew nothing about him. "However... his primordial spirit suffered severe damage."

"Primordial spirit? But he's only..." came the clear, girlish voice.

"Well, his Yuan Power cultivation is only at the Fifth Yuan Nirvana Realm," the old voice said, "but he has already condensed his Yuan Spirit, probably... a benefit brought by the Danhe Initiation."

"But he never told us!" came the girl's puzzled voice.

"Probably it was kept as a trump card. However, it was precisely because of the existence of his primordial spirit that he was able to hold out for a few minutes against those three... Of course, the most crucial factor was the array he had mastered."

"How do we treat the injuries to the primordial spirit?" The middle-aged man's voice carried a hint of confusion.

As soon as the middle-aged man asked the question, the girl, who had seemed about to say something, suddenly fell silent and looked at the old man with him, waiting for his answer.