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

"You actually obtained the missing array gate..."

The man in red robes glanced at Lin Dong from afar, then waved his sleeves, and the light tablet floated above the last volcano. Immediately, a giant gate of magma condensed, and the great formation was completely completed!

As the formation in the sky was fully formed, the magma summoned by the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame surrounded Yuan Cang and his companions.

"Ha, you've found yourself a lucky spot, haven't you?" Lei Qian grinned as he watched Xiao Yan slowly land between the three of them.

After glancing indifferently at Lei Qian, Xiao Yan's gaze fell on Yuan Cang. "Looks like you didn't tell him anything?"

“This good-for-nothing can’t keep a secret…” Yuan Cang sneered.

Xiao Yan and Yuan Cang's simple conversation finally made Lei Qian realize that something was wrong. He subconsciously looked at Ling Zhen and saw that he was also covered in cold sweat. Lei Qian realized that among everyone present, he was the only one who knew nothing!

"You bastard!" Instantly, Lei Qianci's eyes widened in fury, and lightning gathered in his hand, which he then slammed straight towards Yuan Cang.

Unfortunately, Xiao Yan had no interest in this kind of falling out and becoming enemies. His appearance among the three was merely to cause trouble before the red-robed man could reseal the alien demon.

At this moment, in the sky above, the alien demon within the black mist had been dragged into the seal. Xiao Yan also casually waved his hand, and the crimson magma that filled the sky completely engulfed Yuan Cang and the other two, annihilating their physical bodies and primordial spirits at the same time.

"This time... I really thank you both." After resealing the demon, the red-robed man moved slightly and appeared in front of Lin Dong, looking at Lin Dong and Xiao Yan who was slowly descending, and said.

The man in red robes wasn't stupid either. He had noticed the positions of Yuan Cang and the other two when sealing the demon. If it weren't for Xiao Yan's help, his sealing might have encountered some setbacks this time.

"I only managed to obtain a gate from your array by chance," Lin Dong shook his head slightly, then asked, "But... didn't you have a way to completely destroy it? If it's just sealed, there's still a chance it could escape, right?"

Having witnessed the exploits of the Star Luo Empire, the Great Wilderness Sect, and the Dao Sect, Lin Dong had no confidence in the formation that sealed the alien demons. In his view, only by completely eliminating these things could the method be truly effective.

“If what he has is the Flame Ancestral Symbol…” The red-robed man looked at Xiao Yan and said with some helplessness. Then, he suddenly realized something, and a look of surprise flashed across his withered face. “You know about this thing?”

If Xiao Yan, someone who carries the aura of the Flame Ancestral Symbol, had said those words, the red-robed man wouldn't have been so surprised, but Lin Dong…

To be honest, apart from his strong mental power, the red-robed man didn't find anything special about him!

"I once witnessed two things that sealed away king-level demons..."

"A King-level Otherworldly Demon?" the red-robed man asked incredulously, his sunken eyes fixed on Lin Dong.

“We’ve both witnessed it,” Xiao Yan’s voice slowly rang out, “the King-level alien demon sealed within the Great Desolation Stele… Senior should know what the Great Desolation Stele is, right?”

“Yes, one of the spiritual treasures crafted by the Ancestor of Symbols…” The man in red robes nodded. “Besides the Ancestral Stone, this Great Desolate Stele is the most powerful spiritual treasure in the world.”

"Ancestral Stone?" Xiao Yan was slightly taken aback, then raised his hand, his Yuan Power surging, outlining the shape of a special stone symbol in the air. "Is this... what you're talking about?"

Looking at the stone runes drawn in the air, Lin Dong's expression suddenly froze. 'This ancestral stone...' Recalling the appearance of the stone runes in his body, Lin Dong pursed his lips, unsure whether he should reveal this matter now.

"You've seen it?!" The man in the red robe became excited instantly.

"I've seen its phantom image within the sealing formation that contains your Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury," Xiao Yan slowly shook his head. "You should know what's sealed within the sealing formation that contains your Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury, right?"

Upon hearing this, a flicker of fear flashed across the gaunt face of the red-robed man. After taking a deep breath, he slowly nodded. "Yes, I know what it sealed, but you are only a Grandmaster of Immortal Talismans right now. I cannot..."

“I’ve seen it,” Xiao Yan interrupted the red-robed man, “a slender, pale arm, though I don’t know what level of demon it came from…”

Xiao Yan stared intently at the red-robed man whose expression grew increasingly grave. "But it should have come from the strongest among the Otherworldly Demons... or rather, from the emperor among the Otherworldly Demons, right?"

"...The Demon Emperor, that's how you could call it," the red-robed man's expression calmed down after Xiao Yan uttered the words 'Emperor among the Demons.' "It's a Demon of the same level as the Ancestor of Symbols. If the Ancestor of Symbols hadn't burned his reincarnation and sealed the dimensional rift at the cost of his life, perhaps that war would have continued for countless years, until this world was completely defeated..."

A demon on par with the Ancestor of Symbols?

For a moment, Xiao Yan even felt like dying. After all, this so-called 'Ancestor' should be a realm above Reincarnation, and the Reincarnation Realm happens to correspond to the Dou Sheng Realm on the Dou Qi Continent. In other words, this 'Ancestor' corresponds to the Dou Di.

And he, a mere Dou Wang, a novice who only made progress in soul power, was actually marked by a Dou Di-level powerhouse.

“If… I mean, if…” Xiao Yan took a deep breath, ultimately not giving up his last hope, “If that Demon Emperor has planted a mark on my body, you…”

After the man in red slowly shook his head, Xiao Yan finally did not continue asking questions.

"...If," the red-robed man hesitated, looking at Xiao Yan's pale face, "if you could find the Ancestral Stone, perhaps..."

“Senior, the Ancestral Stone is in my hands,” Lin Dong said. “Can the Ancestral Stone erase the mark left by the Demon Emperor in Xiao Yan’s body?”

"The Ancestral Stone...is in your hands?" The red-robed man felt that everything he had experienced in the ten minutes or so since he had regained consciousness was too surreal, so surreal that he felt he might not be fully awake yet.

The man in red robes grabbed Lin Dong's arm, carefully felt it for a moment, then slowly released his grip. He stared at Lin Dong, "That's right, the Ancestral Stone..."

"Then, how can I use the Ancestral Stone to erase the mark left by the Demon Emperor in Xiao Yan's body?"

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong stared nervously at the red-robed man, hoping to glean good news. After all, even though the Demon Emperor's mark was currently firmly trapped by the Qiankun Ancient Formation, who knew what unexpected changes might occur? Especially after leaving the Demon Realm, the two of them would be facing those three from the Yuan Sect head-on…

“The Ancestral Stone is currently in a dormant state…” The red-robed man wanted to share some good news, but after confirming the Ancestral Stone’s condition, he ultimately sighed. “If we can awaken the spirit of the Ancestral Stone, we might be able to get a method from it to erase the mark of the Demon Emperor.”

"How can we awaken the spirit of the ancestral stone?"

“Sufficiently pure energy, preferably energy related to the Ancestral Symbol,” the red-robed man said softly, “the flames of the Flame Ancestral Symbol, the thunder of the Thunder Ancestral Symbol… these could all awaken the spirit of the Ancestral Stone.”

"Would the flames from the Flame Ancestral Symbol suffice?" Xiao Yan's eyes lit up.

“It’s just a possibility,” the red-robed man said. “We outsiders don’t really know much about the Ancestral Symbol… However, if you two awaken the Ice Lord, you might be able to learn more about the secrets of the Ancestral Stone from her.”

Ice Master

Upon hearing these two words, Lin Dong subconsciously looked at Xiao Yan. If he remembered correctly, the red-robed man seemed to have uttered these two words when Ying Huanhuan's hair turned ice blue.

“…I understand.” After a moment of silence, Xiao Yan nodded slowly.

"Lord Ice is the most likely person to become a Grandmaster in the future," the red-robed man said earnestly, looking at Xiao Yan's solemn expression. "Whether for the sake of heaven and earth or for your own sake, awakening Lord Ice is the best choice!"

"I'll consider it." After leaving these words, Xiao Yan waved his sleeve, and a spatial vortex swallowed him up. Then, his figure and the spatial vortex disappeared at the same time.

"...It is fate that we met. Now that you have obtained the Ancestral Stone, perhaps it is the choice made by the Ancestor of Symbols in the dark. Soon, I will lose my sentience. Perhaps some of my things can be given to you..."

With a wave of his hand, the red-robed man caused the massive crimson cauldron, hundreds of feet in size, to rapidly shrink and finally become the size of a palm, landing in Lin's hand.

"This is the Heaven-Burning Cauldron, my natal spiritual treasure. I won't be able to use it anymore, but it's still a useful tool for you," the red-robed man sighed, and then a spatial vortex appeared beside Lin Dong. "You and he should be friends. If possible... try to persuade him."

Lin Dong turned his head away, looking somewhat embarrassed.

Chapter 316 The Storm Is Brewing

With Xiao Yan and Lin Dong deliberately letting things slide, Yuan Cang's "plan" finally succeeded.

While the other super sects were still searching for the ancient treasures within the Demon Realm, an inconspicuous disciple of the Yuan Sect successfully escaped and was quickly protected by the Yuan Sect elders.

boom!

In the almost frozen atmosphere of the hall, a sturdy wooden table was suddenly smashed to pieces with a slap. An old man, his face contorted in a ferocious grimace and his eyes bloodshot, roared through the hall:

"You mean, that good-for-nothing Yuan Cang used the lives of over five hundred disciples of my Yuan Sect to ensure your successful escape from the Otherworldly Demon Realm, and then told us about Xiao Yan from the Dao Sect... that he is Yan Xiao, so we could ask the Sect Leader for help?!"

At this moment, there were dozens of high-ranking members of the Yuan Sect in the hall. Among them, eight elders were looking at the disciple kneeling in the hall with gloomy expressions. These eight were the heads of the eight departments of the Yuan Sect, whose status was equivalent to that of the four hall masters of the Dao Sect, and whose strength was also at the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm.

"Yes, yes..." the Yuan Sect disciple kneeling on the ground said tremblingly, "When the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury opened, only fellow disciples at the Eighth Yuan Nirvana Realm or above entered the ancient treasury. When they came out, they never saw Lord Yuan Cang and the others again..."

"Shut up!" the old man roared, interrupting his disciple.

The disciple on the ground shrank back, no longer daring to speak.

Seeing his appearance, the old man's disgust deepened. "I ask you, after the Ancient Treasury of Burning Heaven opened, have you heard of..."

"Ahem." A subordinate official next to him coughed lightly a few times.

The coughing sound brought the old man back to his senses from his rage. After scanning the surrounding deacons, the old man coldly asked, "What, do you have a way to deal with that Yan Xiao?"

Upon hearing the old man's question, all the deacons silently lowered their heads, remaining silent.

What a joke! That Yan Xiao is someone who can even kill elders in the Death Profound Realm. All of them together wouldn't even be enough to fill his teeth, right?

"Then why aren't you getting out? Do we have to be the ones to relay this message back?" The old man asked with a gloomy face, looking at the many deacons who were hanging their heads and silent as cicadas in fear.

The deacons quickly agreed and then hurriedly rushed out of the camp.

After all irrelevant people had left, the old man waved his sleeve, and all the doors and windows of the hall were tightly closed. Then, he looked at the disciple in the center with a cold gaze and asked, "After the opening of the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury, have you heard of anything breaking through the seal and wreaking havoc in the Otherworldly Demon Realm?"

The disciple trembled, but said nothing.

"Useless!" The old man's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and a wisp of black mist shot out from his sleeve, striking the disciple's shoulder precisely. Soon, the disciple's body gradually withered away, until only skin and bones remained. Then, the black mist quietly left the disciple's corpse and returned to the old man's sleeve.

After retrieving the black mist, the old man's Yuan Power fluctuated for a moment, then slowly rose to the level of the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm.

"To have broken through at such a time, congratulations, Senior Brother Yun," said a middle-aged-looking leader, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

"Heh, the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm... In the past, I would have been more modest..." The old man snorted coldly, "Tell me, what should we do next?"

Yuan Cang and his two companions failed in their mission, and more than 500 Yuan Sect disciples were wiped out. Even though they already knew that the ruthless Yan Xiao was the one who did this, they would still be punished when the sect leader arrived.

"Should we strike first and take control of all four hall masters of the Dao Sect?"

"That's not a good idea. At this point, only our Yuan Sect knows Yan Xiao's identity. If we make the first move, it will become our problem."

"Then... should we spread the news that Xiao Yan of the Dao Sect is Yan Xiao?"

"Are you planning to let Ying Xuanzi of the Dao Sect know about this too?!"

"So what if he knows? Does he dare to fight against my Yuan Sect?"

"Yes, his Dao Sect is just a Reincarnation Realm cultivator. If he really wants to fight against my Yuan Sect, he will only be courting his own destruction!"

……

Angry shouts echoed in the hall. Most of the elders had fierce glints in their eyes, wishing they could rush into the Demon Realm and kill Xiao Yan immediately, but their strength was insufficient to do so.

“If I could, I would also like that Rock Owl to die here,” the old man who killed the disciple who had escaped said slowly. “But have you forgotten what the sect leader said, that no one else should know what is buried in the bodies of Yuan Cang and the other two?”

Instantly, all the elders fell silent. They weren't completely ignorant about the Otherworldly Demons; some even harbored a blood feud with them. But whether for survival, power, or strength, their ultimate choice was to become part of the Otherworldly Demons. And the Otherworldly Demons' status in the world...

“Therefore, we cannot use Yan Xiao’s identity as a pretext,” a ruthless glint flashed in the old man’s eyes. “When he returned, only a few disciples of the Sword Sect saw him…”

“I’ll go and take care of those guys right now,” an elder stood up.

"Use Yan Xiao's identity," the old man said calmly.

“Understood,” the standing elder said with a sinister smile. “I’m very skilled at it!”

……

"Aren't you going to do anything about this?"

Within the spatial rift, watching the departing elder of the Yuan Sect, Bo Xuan chuckled and looked at Moro, "Have these people completely exposed their deal with the Otherworldly Demons?"

“They’re just a few old fogies at the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm,” Moro raised his hand, tore open another space, and stepped away from the spatial rift. “The three Reincarnation Realm experts from the Yuan Gate—Heaven, Earth, and Man—are the real big fish.”

"Are you really going to let the two Reincarnation Realm cultivators from the Dao Sect, along with those two Immortal Talisman Master brats, fight against those three dogs from the Yuan Sect?" Bo Xuan, who had followed Moro out of the spatial rift and arrived outside the Demon City, laughed. "That's the controller of the Devouring Ancestral Talisman. If he dies, who knows when the next person who can pass the test of the Devouring Ancestral Talisman will appear."

"There's also a Heavenly Demon Sable at the Reincarnation Realm," Moro said slowly, watching the dusty little sable enter the Otherworldly Demon Realm. "Moreover, that kid named Xiao Yan also has a demonic beast whose strength is unfathomable..."

If Moro hadn't concealed his aura when he first met Xiao Yan, he might not have noticed the serpentine beast with an unknown bloodline on Xiao Yan's wrist.