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

Excitedly, Zi Yan took the jade bottle and popped a few pills into her mouth. She chuckled, then heard the second half of Little Fairy Doctor's sentence. She looked up in surprise and asked, "Will Xiao Yan's cultivation take a long time this time?"

“According to him… it will take at least a month, right?” Little Fairy Doctor thought for a moment and said.

"At least a month?" After counting the number of pills in the jade bottle and confirming that even if she ate them freely, she could last for a month, Zi Yan smiled. "That's enough... But I still hope Xiao Yan can come out soon..."

"There's nothing we can do about it," Little Fairy Doctor smiled helplessly, "This training is extremely important for Xiao Yan..."

Furthermore, to prevent others from noticing the energy fluctuations emitted during this cultivation, Xiao Yan even set up a series of formations on the original site of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.

'Heavenly Rank...Is it time to advance to the Heavenly Rank?' Thinking of what Xiao Yan had said back then, Little Fairy Doctor couldn't help but feel a little lost.

However, she quickly withdrew her slight sense of loss. To her, the cultivation technique attached to that Seven-Colored Poison Scripture far surpassed any other high-level cultivation technique in the world.

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When Han Feng saw the light of day again, a look of fear appeared on that tiny soul form—

At this moment, he was in the middle of a vast expanse of magma, surrounded by a crimson color. Of course, these were not the most important things. The most important thing was that Xiao Yan was looking at him indifferently in front of him.

"What...what do you want to do?!" Han Feng shouted in terror.

"What are you doing? You should know very well, right?" Xiao Yan looked at him indifferently. "Decades have passed, and you've only managed to obtain one kind of strange fire, the Sea Heart Flame... Ha, how pathetic!"

"Sea Heart Flame..." Han Feng was stunned for a moment, then shouted, "No, no, I can't give you the Sea Heart Flame! I can, I can... I can exchange it for something else!"

Perhaps he had been pampered for too long. Even though he was already in prison, Han Feng still thought he could protect the Sea Heart Flame by relying on special intelligence or something else.

Hearing Han Feng's terrified howl, Xiao Yan frowned slightly, feeling utterly disgusted. He truly hadn't expected his "senior brother" to behave so disgracefully after his defeat.

'But...it's alright,' Xiao Yan thought silently, looking at Han Feng's soul within the jade bottle. 'My teacher didn't explain clearly what Han Feng did back then. It seems that if he were alone, he couldn't have possibly harmed my teacher.'

The old apothecary had always kept silent about being betrayed by Han Feng back then. Even when he mentioned Han Feng's name when he saw the Yin-Yang Dragon Profound Pill, he did not reveal any other information.

Although Yao Lao's reaction to the Soul Hall suggests that the Soul Hall was definitely involved in the incident back then, Xiao Yan doesn't believe he can obtain detailed information from them now. Therefore, Han Feng's "cowardice" becomes quite useful...

"Tell me, which member of the Soul Palace did you join forces with back then?" After a long silence, Xiao Yan finally spoke slowly.

"Where did you hear that from..."

Upon hearing the words "Soul Palace," Han Feng was so shocked he almost jumped up, but he quickly regained his composure. "The news about the Soul Palace must have come from that old man... he must have told you, right?"

Under Xiao Yan's increasingly cold gaze, Han Feng abruptly swallowed the words "old codger" that he was about to utter.

"Hmm," Xiao Yan managed to squeeze out a sound from his throat.

"Since he told you, you should know how powerful the Soul Hall is in the Central Continent, right?" Han Feng chuckled dryly. "It's not that I didn't want to tell you, it's just that the Soul Hall..."

"Since that's the case, there's not much use in keeping you around." Xiao Yan interrupted Han Feng decisively, making a move to remove the seal on the bottle and directly attack Han Feng's soul.

"Stop! Stop! I can trade you something else!!!"

Upon seeing Xiao Yan's actions, Han Feng screamed in terror, "Sixth-grade pills! He definitely hasn't given you the formula for a sixth-grade pill yet, right? As long as you don't tell him, I'm willing to give you all the sixth-grade pill formulas I've collected over the past few decades!"

In Han Feng's view, Xiao Yan, whose strength was only at the peak of Dou Wang, had only ever come into contact with the formulas for fifth-grade pills. If he handed over all the pill formulas he had collected over the past few decades, he might be able to save his life.

Although Han Feng had considered whether Yao Lao was nearby, he thought about how ruthless that Venerable had been back then. Even if Yao Lao had preserved his soul, he probably hadn't fully recovered in the past few decades. Although Xiao Yan's alchemy level should be fifth grade, the ingredients for the Soul Nourishing Saliva were hard to find. So, after helping Xiao Yan subdue him, Yao Lao should have fallen into a deep sleep.

As long as I survive while the old doctor is asleep, he probably won't really hurt me when he wakes up...

Knowing that the probability was extremely small, Han Feng couldn't care less about that now. All he wanted to do was save his own life and keep the Sea Heart Flame in his hands!

"A sixth-grade pill formula?" Xiao Yan scoffed. "Do you really think... I need those things?!" He unleashed his soul power, which he had never shown to Han Feng before.

In an instant, endless giant waves surged up on the crimson sea of ​​lava, as if a colossal beast was roaring there.

Upon seeing this, Han Feng's expression froze completely. Although he himself hadn't reached this level, he had witnessed the scene of Yao Lao unleashing his full soul power, having been raised as a son by Yao Lao. In other words—

"Your soul power... has already reached the Spirit Realm?!" Han Feng's eyes widened in disbelief. "Your soul power has already reached the Spirit Realm when your battle qi level hasn't even reached the Dou Huang level?!"

Soul power increases with cultivation level, but before becoming a Dou Zun, or even a high-level Dou Zun, the soul power of the vast majority of people on the Dou Qi Continent cannot reach the Spirit Realm, unless…

"Soul Technique? That old bastard actually taught you the Soul Technique so early? Why? Why?!!!!!"

The moment Han Feng realized this, he no longer cared about Xiao Yan's cold gaze and roared angrily. Judging from his appearance, if he still had a physical body, he might have charged at Xiao Yan with everything he had...

Even with Han Feng's abilities, there's nothing he can do.

Xiao Yan calmly watched Han Feng, who seemed to have lost his mind, roaring and laughing wildly inside the jade bottle.

"Ha, a spirit realm soul, a spirit realm soul..."

After a long while, Han Feng finally calmed down. "Now I understand why that old man told you about the Soul Hall... With your strength and soul realm, you probably wouldn't have even entered the Central Continent before those guys from the Soul Hall captured you and had your soul essence extracted, right?"

"The origin of the soul..." Upon hearing this word from Han Feng, Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, then realized what it meant and his face showed undisguised disgust.

The soul is the foundation of all living beings. All things in heaven and earth possess a soul, and deep within the soul lies a trace of the soul's origin. This is the fundamental reason for the soul's birth, and it can also be said to be the purest and most unique energy in the world.

According to what Han Feng said subconsciously, the purpose of the Soul Palace in capturing souls is to extract that wisp of soul essence. This behavior is even more despicable than that of the alien demons of the Tianxuan Continent!

"Yes, the essence of the soul!" Han Feng made no attempt to hide his jealousy and curses. "How I long to see you captured by those guys from the Soul Palace and have your soul essence extracted!"

"You probably won't get to see that scene!" Xiao Yan said bluntly.

"Who knows..."

Han Feng sneered. If he had previously thought of using a sixth-grade pill to preserve his Sea Heart Flame, after witnessing Xiao Yan's soul power level, he abandoned that delusion. It was obvious that Xiao Yan, with his Spirit Realm soul, could definitely refine a sixth-grade pill at the Dou Wang realm. If someone helped him deal with the pill lightning, even a seventh-grade pill wasn't impossible. However…

"You want to know about the Soul Palace, and who was the person who fought alongside me back then... right?" Han Feng asked.

“That’s right.” Xiao Yan nodded.

"Tell me the level of your Burning Technique after you devoured the two strange flames," Han Feng said. "Don't threaten me. If you don't tell me this, I won't tell you even if you directly strip away the Sea Heart Flame!"

Noticing that Xiao Yan was about to speak, Han Feng quickly said the second half of his sentence, adding that this was his bottom line requirement, and he would not reveal any information no matter what happened if this point was not met.

Xiao Yan frowned, staring intently at Han Feng in the jade bottle, as if pondering whether Han Feng had any ulterior motives.

'Although his Burning Technique is incomplete, since he was able to cultivate it to the peak of the Dou Huang realm, it means that after absorbing the Sea Heart Flame and countless beast flames, his Burning Technique is at least at the mid-level of the Xuan rank… high-level Xuan rank is not impossible.'

Xiao Yan showed no expression on his face, but he was secretly guessing what Han Feng was planning.

'So, in his view, having absorbed two different flames… even if they were just the Netherworld Poison Flame and the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, my Burning Technique level should be at least mid-Earth Rank… maybe even high-Earth Rank?'

On the Dou Qi Continent, there are generally only three situations in which celestial phenomena occur. The first is the birth of a high-grade elixir, which will attract elixir lightning and is a relatively common occurrence. The second is when one cultivates to a certain realm, but this situation is very rare, since the realm that can cause celestial phenomena... must be at least the Dou Sheng realm. The third is the birth of a Heaven-rank cultivation technique or fighting skill, and this birth refers to the appearance of something from nothing, or rather... creation.

The layers of formations that Xiao Yan set up at the site of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower were to prevent this. After all, after absorbing three strange flames, one artificial strange flame, and one seventh-order beast flame, his Burning Technique had reached the advanced level of the Earth Rank. As long as he advanced one more step, he could cross the final gap and reach the Heaven Rank level...

"What, judging from your previous words, you were planning to avenge that old man? Now, as long as you tell me the level of your Burning Technique, I will tell you the news of his last enemy," Han Feng said with a mocking smile, looking at the silent Xiao Yan. "Or... do you think you can get this news from him after he wakes up?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's face showed a hint of excitement.

"You're not really planning to get information about that person out of that old man, are you?" Seeing the excited look on Xiao Yan's face, Han Feng smiled happily. "I can tell you a piece of information for free... That person is a Dou Zun, and he has an extremely high status in the Soul Palace. Given that old man's personality, do you think he will tell you that person's personal information before you become a Dou Zun... or even a high-level Dou Zun?"

Or rather... do you think that old man would allow you to interfere in his affairs? Even just to protect you!

If Xiao Yan didn't know what Han Feng had done, and only heard Han Feng's deafening shout, he might really think that Han Feng was someone who cared about his junior brother... If he didn't know that advancing the Burning Technique to the Heavenly Rank would attract strange phenomena from heaven and earth.

"Earth Rank... High Level".

After a long silence, Xiao Yan slowly uttered four words, and when he said them, his expression was extremely heavy, as if those four words weighed a thousand pounds.

"High-level Earth Rank?" Upon hearing this rank, Han Feng looked at Xiao Yan in surprise and repeated it, as if he couldn't believe that the rank was real.

"High-level Earth Rank," Xiao Yan's heavy expression disappeared, replaced by calm. "Besides the two strange flames, my teacher also helped me collect the blood of many fire-attribute magical beasts..."

"Blood Demon Flame?"

After all, Xiao Yan was a disciple whom Yao Lao had painstakingly cultivated. Han Feng reacted as soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, "Indeed, unless it is the beast fire of an eighth-tier magical beast, even the beast fire of a seventh-tier magical beast cannot compare to the Blood Demon Flame..."

Han Feng was somewhat lost in thought. In the decades since his betrayal, he had tried countless beast fires, and even sought the Transformation Fire of Demon Flame Valley, but he never expected that the Blood Demon Flame he had seen in Yao Lao's collection when he was young would become a nightmare in his heart, as if all news related to Yao Lao had been completely sealed in his heart.

Chapter 335 Dragon Nature

"...The one who attacked him with me back then was an elder from the Soul Hall, known as Elder Mu Gu."

After a long while, Han Feng slowly spoke, "He holds a high position in the Soul Hall because, as a Dou Zun, he is also a genuine Rank 8 alchemist, and is highly valued by the Soul Hall Master."

"Old Man Mu Gu..." Xiao Yan murmured softly, his eyes growing even colder.

"Old Man Mu Gu and Yao Chen have a deep-seated grudge. According to him, he and Yao Chen once studied under the same master, but he was expelled for some reason. Therefore, he was extremely hostile to Yao Chen and sought every opportunity to oppose him. Back then, when I attacked Yao Chen, it was because he instigated me to secretly seize the Burning Technique..." Han Feng said cautiously.

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's expression changed. The person who helped Han Feng was actually from the same school as his teacher?

"So you're so sure that even if I reach the Dou Zun level, my teacher might not tell me about that Elder Mu Gu?" Xiao Yan stared intently at Han Feng and said in a deep voice.

"You could say that," Han Feng nodded.

"By the way, I suggest you head to Zhongzhou as soon as possible after you devour the Fallen Heart Flame," Han Feng suddenly sneered, "That old man Mu Gu is currently in the Northwest Continent. If he discovers your Spirit Realm soul power... ha, forget about seeking revenge in the future. You'll be lucky if he doesn't directly extract your soul and trap you in the Soul Palace!"

"He's in the Northwest Continent?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan frowned in great confusion.

The Northwest Continent is far inferior to the Central Continent, which is teeming with powerful figures. Even a top-tier power like the Heavenly Serpent Palace in the Northwest Continent would only be on par with the Four Directions Pavilion in the Central Continent.

And this old man Mu Gu, a Dou Zun of the Soul Palace and an eighth-grade alchemist, actually had the leisure to come to the Northwest Continent, which is completely barren compared to the Central Continent.

“He just arrived from Zhongzhou two months ago,” Han Feng sneered. “It’s a pity I didn’t ask him to stay in Fengcheng back then, otherwise… ha, this Fallen Heart Flame would have been mine long ago!”

Two months ago?

It was another extremely sensitive time. If Xiao Yan remembered correctly, according to Little Fairy Doctor and his elder brothers, during that period, the Soul Palace dispatched six Dou Zong to attack the Xiao family. His father was kidnapped by the Soul Palace members during that attack...

"The Soul Palace has a stronghold in the Northwest Continent... or rather, near the Izumo Empire?" Considering the tragedy that befell the Xiao family at that time, Xiao Yan was almost certain that the Soul Palace attacked the Xiao family under the instructions of Elder Mu Gu.

"Izumo...you know about it?" Han Feng's face showed an extremely surprised expression.

Although he had joined forces with Elder Mu Gu once, Han Feng, given his status, was unaware of the Soul Palace's plans in the Northwest Continent. Knowing that there was a guardian's residence in the Black Corner Region was already his limit.

According to his idea, as long as Xiao Yan devours the Fallen Heart Flame and his Sea Heart Flame, the Burning Technique in Xiao Yan's hands will definitely reach the Heavenly Rank level. The emergence of the Heavenly Rank technique will definitely attract strange phenomena in the world. At that time, as long as that protector of the Black Corner Region is careful, he will definitely notice the situation here. At that time, as long as that protector tells the news to Elder Mu Gu, he can completely use Xiao Yan as a scapegoat!

Indeed, ever since Han Feng learned that Xiao Yan's soul realm had reached the Spirit Realm, he never thought that Xiao Yan would let go of the Sea Heart Flame in his hands. After all, for someone with a Spirit Realm soul, extracting a strange fire from a mortal soul body was as easy as taking candy from a baby, and wouldn't even be detected by someone with a mortal soul body...

"You said you wouldn't take my Sea Heart Flame!!!"

Seeing the deep blue flames appear in Xiao Yan's hand, Han Feng screamed miserably. After all, if he didn't act so exaggeratedly, Han Feng was afraid that he would accidentally laugh and let Xiao Yan notice that something was wrong.

"I never promised you anything."

Xiao Yan ignored the shrill screams coming from the jade bottle. With a flick of his finger, the thin flame sealed the bottle's mouth again. He then threw the jade bottle back into his storage ring. Because Han Feng's soul power had not reached the Spirit Realm, Han Feng had no idea that Xiao Yan had clearly "heard" his heartfelt, smug laugh as he screamed.

After doing all this, Xiao Yan glanced at the Fallen Heart Flame sealed in the sea of ​​magma. If he hadn't remembered that Han Feng, as a sixth-grade alchemist, must have a lot of good things in his storage ring, he would have almost forgotten to take Han Feng's body out of the Fallen Heart Flame's belly.

Recalling the lifelike, various roaring demonic beasts carved on the surface of that medicine cauldron, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh, "The Myriad Beasts Cauldron... Although my talent is average, I actually managed to obtain the Myriad Beasts Cauldron, which is on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking..."

After shaking his head again, Xiao Yan slowly tidied up his surroundings. Although he felt that the heart fire created by the Fallen Heart Flame would not have much of an effect on him, the painful experience of devouring the Netherworld Poison Flame still taught Xiao Yan a lesson. Therefore, he decided that he must make full preparations before starting to devour it.