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

"So you do know I'm at the peak of the Life Profound Realm?" Little Mink's icy voice rang in Golden Ghost Owl's ear, "You actually dared to run away..."

As soon as the words were spoken, the golden ghost owl that had risen into the air seemed to sense something terrifying. Its body suddenly froze, and then with a bang, it exploded in the air, scattering countless drops of blood in all directions.

This sudden turn of events stunned Elder Jiang, who even forgot to brush away the blood that was being sprayed at him, letting it fall onto his brown robe.

The reason he chose to appear at this time was entirely to temporarily save Golden Ghost Owl's life, so that he could join forces with Shen Yun and Xia Yan to deal with those juniors in the Nirvana Realm, while he himself would hold off this handsome young man who had reached the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm.

Despite his great confidence in the martial arts of the Yuan Sect, Shen Yun and Xia Yan would not be able to hold out for long given their numerical disadvantage. In other words, he was very likely to be surrounded by several people!

Instantly realizing it was time to slip away, Elder Jiang waved his hand, wiping the blood off his robe, and pulled Shen Yun, who had fallen into Xiao Yan's hands, into his own.

"Xia Yan..." As Elder Jiang called out Xia Yan's name, he noticed Shen Yun's condition. "What did you do?!" His eyes widened as he stared intently at Xiao Yan.

Thinking that they were about to leave, Xia Yan heard the second half of Elder Jiang's sentence and, together with Elder Jiang, stared intently at Xiao Yan.

"Didn't you already save his life?" Xiao Yan chuckled. He had been watching Elder Jiang use his life force to save Shen Yun's life and gradually restore Shen Yun's internal organs. "Also, my name is Xiao Yan. I don't know if you've heard of me before."

Xiao Yan?

Unlike Elder Jiang, Xia Yan had a good relationship with some of the deacons of the Yuan Sect. He had heard this name from a deacon named Liu Tong. According to Liu Tong, although he was only at the Nirvana Realm, Xiao Yan was already able to manipulate space to a certain extent...

Elder Jiang!

The moment the word "space" flashed through Xia Yan's mind, he knew something terrible was about to happen. After instinctively shouting, and seeing Elder Jiang frozen in mid-air, making no move as the little sable approached him, Xia Yan knew that this time they probably really wouldn't have a chance to go back...

"You can manipulate space?" After Little Marten shattered Elder Jiang's body and took control of his primordial spirit, Ying Huanhuan looked at Xiao Yan in disbelief.

"I'd call it a talent," Xiao Yan said with a casual smile, "a rather rare talent."

"It's more than rare!" Ying Huanhuan's voice unconsciously rose a little. After all, only experts at the Death Profound Realm could manipulate spatial power, while Xiao Yan was only at the Sixth Nirvana Realm!

However, the next moment, Ying Huanhuan also withdrew the doubt that was about to come out. Anyway, Xiao Yan was a member of the Dao Sect, and the better his talent was, the more he would help the Dao Sect!

"Here, this is for you," at this moment, Little Marten also returned to the group with Elder Jiang's primordial spirit, and casually tossed the primordial spirit to Xiao Yan, "After erasing this old guy's consciousness, the Earth Core Divine Saliva should help you initially condense your primordial spirit."

"No need, I already condensed my primordial spirit when I received the Danhe Initiation at the Dao Sect." Xiao Yan waved his hand.

"what?"

Everyone stared in disbelief at Xiao Yan's calm demeanor.

"You were only at the Fifth Nirvana Realm back then, right?" After a long while, Ying Huanhuan finally spoke slowly.

"To be precise, it was the Fourth Nirvana Realm, which I broke through after successfully condensing my primordial spirit," Xiao Yan replied with a smile.

"You really are a freak..." Even Xiao Diao, who knew that Xiao Yan's spiritual power had already reached the Great Ascension Realm of Immortal Talisman Master, was somewhat dumbfounded. "Others need at least the Ninth Yuan Nirvana Realm to reach the condensation of the primordial spirit, but you actually achieved it when you were only at the Fourth Yuan Nirvana Realm..."

"Just lucky," Xiao Yan waved his hand. "Alright, let's hurry up and find the Earth Core Divine Saliva. Once we find it, we'll leave immediately. Who knows if the Yuan Sect only sent these three people, or if they were just the vanguard?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong nodded and looked at Xiao Yan, "Xiao Yan, lead the way."

"Ah."

Xiao Yan nodded, and then with a swift movement, he flew towards the massive Demon Sound Mountain, with Xiao Yan and the others quickly following behind.

At this moment, Mount Moyin was devoid of life, and the stench of blood permeated the air, making the thick fog that had shrouded the mountain year-round even more eerie.

The group rushed into Demon Sound Mountain, and then, led by Xiao Yan, quickly entered the back mountain. There, they found a huge, dark cave in a very secluded rock face.

At this moment, above the cave, there was a light array, which was obviously a seal set up by the Golden Ghost Owl.

"This is it!"

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xiao Diao waved his hand, and a violent, purplish-black streak shot out, instantly shattering the light array.

"go!"

After the formation dissipated, Little Marten took the lead and rushed directly into the dark cave. Purple-black energy swept out, and his figure transformed into a streak of light, rushing past.

Chapter 301 Yuan Gate? Otherworldly Demon?

The passage led deep into the mountain. Xiao Yan and his six companions flew along the passage for several minutes, and then a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in the darkness ahead. In the next instant, the light intensified, and the narrow field of vision suddenly widened.

What appeared before Xiao Yan and his group of six was a huge cavern. The cavern was located in the center of the mountain, with strange rocks standing everywhere, but it also contained an astonishingly powerful energy that lingered within it.

Xiao Yan and his group of six scanned the huge cavern, and then their gazes fell on the very center of the cavern, where there was a stone pool several meters in size, with golden liquid rippling in the pool.

Xiao Yan moved and appeared at the edge of the stone pool. The pool was not deep, and the bottom could be seen at a glance. Golden liquid rippled in it, and a very tempting fragrance emanated from it.

'It is somewhat similar to the Earth Core Soul Essence...' Xiao Yan's eyes brightened slightly as he gently inhaled the comforting sensation that he could feel from the depths of his soul.

Earth Core Soul Essence is an extremely rare treasure of heaven and earth. On the Dou Qi Continent, this thing has a crazy attraction for alchemists because it can forge the soul and cleanse the soul of its impurities.

However, for Xiao Yan now, even if this thing is the Earth Core Soul Marrow, it won't have much effect. After all, the Earth Core Soul Marrow's main function is to help alchemists break through from the mortal realm to the spirit realm, and Xiao Yan's soul power is already not far from the heaven realm.

"Is this the Earth Core Divine Saliva?" Lin Dong appeared beside Xiao Yan, staring intently at the golden pool before him, and asked.

"Ah."

Unexpectedly, this time it wasn't Xiao Yan who answered, but Ying Huanhuan, who had also come to the pool. "This golden liquid is energy squeezed out from the Earth's core, bit by bit. Most of the water disappears during the squeezing process, and it can only gather in some special places, like here..."

However, for now, these can only be called "Earth's Core Nurturing Water," because they lack a crucial step of condensation and compression—a step that can, however, be artificially accomplished.

"You know a lot about these things?" Xiao Yan looked at Ying Huanhuan with some surprise.

“There are many ancient books about spiritual treasures in the sect, and I often look them up in my spare time,” Ying Huanhuan said with a smile. “I can say that as long as a spiritual treasure is recorded in the ancient books of the sect, I can identify it as soon as I see it!”

"Impressive." After casually replying, Lin Dong looked at Xiao Yan.

"...Are you all waiting for me to make a move?" Xiao Yan's lips twitched slightly as he asked after noticing that not only Lin Dong, but also Xiao Diao, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yuan were watching him.

"Otherwise what?" Little Marten, who considered himself inferior to Xiao Yan in handling rare and precious treasures, replied matter-of-factly.

“I do know something similar to the Earth Core Divine Saliva,” Xiao Yan sighed helplessly and explained with a wry smile, “but that thing is different from this Earth Core Divine Saliva in both color and appearance. In this situation where I have no clue what to do, there’s no way I’ll take action, right?”

The Earth Core Soul Essence is mostly found within the Earth Core Jade Mother, and its collection process requires no extra steps, which is significantly different from the Earth Core Divine Water, which requires compression. Without understanding this, Xiao Yan dared not attempt to operate it directly.

"There are even rare and precious treasures of heaven and earth that you don't know about?"

After making a lighthearted joke, Little Mink suddenly spun his hand, and a purplish-black vortex formed above the golden pool. Then, a violent force erupted, causing the pool to ripple violently. Streams of golden liquid surged vertically upwards into the purplish-black vortex.

A faint golden light continuously burst forth from the purplish-black vortex. Xiao Yan and the others could clearly see that the golden liquid in the vortex was condensing together at an astonishing speed, and as the condensation intensified, it became increasingly viscous.

Splash!

Finally, the light condensed, and four golden, viscous objects, each about the size of a fist, appeared in the sight of Xiao Yan and his companions.

When Xiao Yan saw the thing that had been condensed, there was a hint of astonishment in his eyes, because the final thing that had been condensed was actually in the shape of an infant, with golden light emanating from it, looking incredibly mysterious.

“The divine essence is born from the earth’s core, appearing in the form of an infant, symbolizing the reforging of the primordial spirit… Even in the large auction houses of the Eastern Xuan Region, it is a rare and precious treasure!” Ying Huanhuan said, staring at the four golden infants with a peculiar gaze.

"Unfortunately, there are only four." The little sable withdrew its hand, and the purplish-black vortex dissipated. Then, four orbs of light slowly drifted over and hovered in front of the people who had not yet condensed their primordial spirits. "Perfect, one for each of you four."

Lin Dong, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yuan all readily accepted it, but Ying Huanhuan hesitated as she looked at the golden infant in front of her.

"...Do you two really not need it?"

"We both already possessed primordial spirits, so for us, this thing only nourishes our primordial spirits," Xiao Yan waved his hand. "It's a pity we don't have any extra to use for research, otherwise we might be able to..."

His words were full of regret, after all, this thing only had a slight resemblance to the Earth Core Soul Marrow in appearance, but its main effects were completely different from the Earth Core Soul Marrow. If he had any surplus, Xiao Yan could try to refine a pill that would also have a great effect on the soul of the Spirit Realm.

"Alright, hurry up and put it away," Little Marten urged. "We've already lost an elder of the Yuan Sect who was at the peak of the Life Profound Realm and two Eight Spirit Generals. If we stay any longer, who knows if other heavyweights will appear later?"

Upon hearing this, Ying Huanhuan no longer hesitated and took the golden ball of light in front of her into her hand.

"Before we leave, let's destroy this mountain as well," Xiao Yan said as he left through the passage he had come from.

"Are you coming?" Lin Dong's voice rang out.

“No, you come,” Xiao Yan shook his head, “Use… the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.” Only Lin Dong could hear the last part of his sentence.

"Is it necessary?" Lin Dong, who is usually low-key, asked in surprise.

"I want to see the reaction of the Yuan Sect's leader," Xiao Yan chuckled. "Ever since the death of the first elder who reached the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm, the Yuan Sect seems to have left a soul jade tablet for every elder and deacon who goes out. The news of that guy's death must have already reached the Yuan Sect's leader..."

"Understood," Lin Dong nodded solemnly upon hearing this, "I will inadvertently leave behind a trace of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's aura."

……

Deep within the Yuan Gate, three mountains float in mid-air, with countless rays of light shooting out from them, illuminating the entire Yuan Gate.

These three mountains are sacred places in the hearts of countless Yuanmen disciples, because they are the places where the three leaders of Yuanmen secluded themselves for cultivation.

Deep within the mountain on the far right, a stone tower with a broken roof stands. At the top of the tower, a figure dressed in a purple-gold robe sits quietly in meditation. There is no fluctuation of Yuan energy around him, but if one observes carefully, one can discover that the Yuan energy fluctuations of this area change with the breathing of this figure.

Suddenly, a soft clicking sound broke the silence, and then the figure slowly opened its eyes.

As those eyes opened, dark clouds surged in the sky, and a fierce wind blew, causing the leaves on the entire mountain to dance wildly.

The figure had silver hair and eyes filled with a sense of vicissitude and depth, but its face was as white as a baby's. This combination seemed particularly strange, yet inexplicably harmonious.

A hand slowly emerged from the sleeve of the figure, and in the palm were three shattered jade pieces. Within the jade pieces were faint remnants of several souls, namely Elder Jiang and the other two whom Xiao Yan and his companions had dealt with.

The silver-haired man gazed silently at the shattered jade pieces, and after a moment, smiled faintly.

"Heh, ever since that Yan Xiao, there have been more and more people disrespecting my Yuan Sect. This time, they even killed one of my Yuan Sect's elders and two Eight Spirit Generals... I wonder who this person is. It seems we'll have to catch a chicken!"

After the voice fell, the silver-haired man slowly closed his eyes. Then, a golden light shot out from between his eyebrows, and the space in front of him shattered instantly. The golden light then turned into a shadow and swept into the spatial rift.

……

After Xiao Yan and his group of six left, the Demon Sound Mountain was completely destroyed, with only some broken walls and ruins remaining to prove that demonic beasts had once lived there.

Suddenly, the space above Demon Sound Mountain rippled, and then a crack appeared in the air, from which a golden figure slowly walked out.

His gaze swept over the destroyed Demon Sound Mountain, finally settling on the spot where Elder Jiang and the other two had died, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"His primordial spirit was also shattered? What a swift and decisive move..." After a faint smile, the golden figure raised his palm and gently clenched it towards the Demon Sound Mountain. Instantly, the entire mountain collapsed completely. In just a few breaths, the entire mountain was forcefully slammed into the ground.

After blasting the entire mountain into the ground, the golden figure stiffened slightly, then opened its lightly clenched hand—

A clearly visible wound appeared on the palm, but the golden figure was more concerned about the strange fluctuations of energy at the wound site than the wound itself.

"The Devouring Ancestral Symbol...?" In the blink of an eye, the wound healed, but a strange smile appeared on the golden figure's face. "Heh, such a rare treasure of heaven and earth... is destined for my Yuan Sect!"

The golden figure tilted its head slightly, looking in the direction where Xiao Yan and the others had left. After a faint smile, the void cracked open, and the figure stepped into it once again.

……

In the sky, far away from Demon Sound Mountain, six figures streaked across the sky, creating a low sonic boom.

"Was the aura you left behind strong?" Suddenly, Xiao Yan's voice rang in Lin Dong's ears.

"Strong? About... enough to kill someone at the Creation Realm, what's wrong?" After a slight pause, Lin Dong quickly replied.

"That guy... the guy who seriously injured me a few years ago, he's injured," Xiao Yan's lips curled slightly, "Although it was his primordial spirit that came, although the aura you left behind wasn't strong, and although that wound healed in an instant... he's still injured after all."