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

"Finally, I can see the world beyond the lava again. How I've missed it!" A phantom figure in white robes floated out of the storage ring. Yao Tianhuo looked at the surrounding rock walls and sighed.

Xiao Yan smiled, waved his hand towards the rock wall, and a black shadow shot out, finally transforming back into the Xuanzhong Ruler and merging into the Niwan Palace.

"Xiao Yan, my soul is extremely weak right now and I can't stay here for long. I'm entrusting the task of repairing my soul to you." After a moment of reflection, Yao Tianhuo looked at Xiao Yan and said with great seriousness.

"Don't worry, Mr. Yao, I'm not the kind of person who takes benefits and doesn't do anything." Xiao Yan nodded with a smile. If he hadn't exhausted all the medicinal herbs and pills on the Tianxuan Continent, he would have taken out the Soul Nourishing Saliva as soon as the transaction was confirmed.

Hearing Xiao Yan's reply, Yao Tianhuo breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "If you have any questions while practicing the Five-Round Fire Technique, you can ask me. Now that the deal is settled, I will naturally not be stingy with you."

"Then I thank you in advance." Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile and thank Yao Tianhuo.

Yao Tianhu waved his hand, and with a flick of his body, he transformed into a beam of light and entered the storage ring.

"Shall we go up now?" Medusa asked, looking up at the deep hole of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower after Yaotianhuo returned to her storage ring.

"There's one last thing," Xiao Yan said with a light laugh, though even Medusa could easily sense the excitement in his voice.

What would a Heavenly Rank cultivation technique look like?

After calming Medusa down, Xiao Yan, sitting cross-legged in the void, slowly closed his eyes. 'We'll know soon...'

*

"Su Qian, are you still unwilling to hand over the strange fire that your Canaan Academy possesses?"

The old man in blue robes stood suspended in the sky, his large wings of battle qi slowly flapping behind him, causing the surrounding air to ripple like waves.

The old man's face was slightly dark, and his brows were filled with a sinister look. He was rather thin, but his hands, which were exposed outside his sleeves, were unusually large, and his fingers were unusually long. His nails gleamed like blades in the sunlight.

At this moment, he looked at Su Qian, who was fighting against the two elders, with a solemn expression, and shouted coldly.

"Want my Canaan Academy's Strange Flame? You'd better have that old devil Earth Demon come out in person!" After knocking back the two elders, Jin and Yin, with a single palm strike, Su Qian coldly stared at the old man in blue.

More than six months have passed since Han Feng brought a large group of powerful individuals to Canaan Academy in an attempt to seize the Fallen Heart Flame. In these six months, this old man in blue has brought dozens of powerful individuals to Canaan Academy to cause trouble for the third time.

If it weren't for the powerful person who came with him, and the fact that he was the fourth elder of the Demon Flame Valley, a subordinate of the Earth Demon Old Ghost who was known as a six-star Dou Zong, Su Qian would have killed him with a single palm strike and left him hanging on the Dead Spirit Tree, based solely on his six-star Dou Huang strength.

Hearing Su Qian's sarcastic words, the old man named Xie Zhen's face was filled with gloom. Send the old demon demon to make a move? Under any other circumstances, he might have given up and handed over this information, but ever since he first concealed the information from the elders above because of greed a few months ago, he could no longer let the people above know that there was a strange fire in Canaan Academy!

"Heh, you want to see the Ancestor? You, Su Qian, are not enough!" Xie Zhen said coldly. "However, if you don't hand over the Strange Fire, perhaps the Ancestor—"

Before he could finish speaking, Xie Zhen froze in mid-air.

"Hehe, so you've come for the strange fire again? It seems there are quite a few greedy guys among those Han Feng brought last time?" Then, a faint laugh rang out from below.

Seeing that the several Dou Huangs and dozens of Dou Wangs who had arrived with Xie Zhen were all frozen in mid-air, Su Qian looked down at Xiao Yan, who was walking casually into the air as if climbing stairs, with a face full of surprise.

"Your strength..."

If Su Qian remembered correctly, it had only been a little over a month since Xiao Yan entered the underground world where the Fallen Heart Flame was located, right? In just over six months, Xiao Yan, who was still a Dou Wang back then, is now... a Dou Zong?

"By sheer luck," Xiao Yan said with a faint smile, "I found the location where the Fallen Heart Flame evolved in the underground world, and after absorbing all of its power, I barely managed to enter the Dou Zong realm."

lucky?

reluctantly?

When Hu Qian, Wu Tianlang, and the others who had gathered around heard Xiao Yan's "modest" words, their eyes twitched slightly. Having waited for many years at the peak of Dou Huang, they naturally knew how difficult it was to break through to that realm.

However, upon seeing Xiao Yan's youthful face, the group eventually began to complain about how long they had been stuck at this cultivation level.

"By the way, who are they?" Noticing the strange expressions on Hu Qian and the others' faces, Xiao Yan coughed lightly, looked at Xie Zhen and the others, and changed the subject, "Are they also experts from the Black Corner Region?"

After all, the two elders, Jin and Yin, had come to Canaan Academy with Han Feng last time, so Xiao Yan could guess the general identities of these people.

“Trash from Demon Flame Valley,” Wu Tianlang sneered. “This is the third time this bunch of trash has come to the inner courtyard since you devoured the Fallen Heart Flame. If they hadn’t run away quickly the first two times, we would have hung them on the Death Tree long ago!”

"Demon Flame Valley?" Xiao Yan looked at Su Qian with some curiosity. "I remember the Grand Elder mentioned this force when Han Feng appeared last time, right? Is this force very strong?"

“Aside from that old demon who’s in seclusion, Demon Flame Valley has the most Dou Huangs in the entire Black Corner Region,” Su Qian said with some helplessness. “However, after this… Demon Flame Valley will suffer a great loss of strength.”

Looking around, apart from the two elders, Jin and Yin, all those who were sealed in the air by Xiao Yan were people from Demon Flame Valley. It was fortunate that it was Demon Flame Valley; if it were any other force, after a large number of powerful people died, it would have been destined to be swallowed up by other forces.

"The Earth Demon Old Ghost?"

After landing on the ground with Su Qian and the others, Xiao Yan repeated the word with some confusion, "Is it very strong?"

“He is the founder of Demon Flame Valley, a generation older than Mo Tianxing. In fact, he can be considered a powerhouse of the same generation as the Dean,” Su Qian explained. “Of course, this old demon’s strength is far inferior to the Dean’s. As far as I know, his current strength should be around six or seven stars Dou Zong.”

"A six or seven-star Dou Zong?" Xiao Yan nodded. With that kind of strength, he should be able to deal with them using only the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations. "Speaking of which, when they came to cause trouble, didn't the Grand Elder ask Little Fairy Doctor for help?"

With Little Fairy Doctor's strength as a Seven-Star Dou Zong, there's no way these people could possibly escape, right?

“Normally that’s how it is…” Su Qian sighed helplessly, looking at Xiao Yan, “But five months ago, when Zi Yan went to the dense forest with her to find medicinal herbs… Zi Yan started to advance in rank.”

"Cough cough cough..." Upon hearing Su Qian's somewhat resentful words, Xiao Yan coughed violently, as if he had been frightened by the sudden news.

"So it really was you who did this?" Su Qian looked at Xiao Yan with a dark expression. "I was wondering why Zi Yan would suddenly start advancing in rank..."

"I did consider that Zi Yan might advance after consuming all those pills..." Xiao Yan said in a slightly guilty voice, "But... wait a minute, I told Little Fairy Doctor to give Zi Yan the remaining bottles of pills after she finished the first batch I prepared for her."

At first, he felt a little guilty, but Xiao Yan quickly realized that although he initially thought he would only need a month at most to devour the two strange flames and complete the advancement of his cultivation technique, it was still his first time advancing from the Earth Rank to the Heaven Rank. Therefore, Xiao Yan was quite cautious and prepared some high-grade pills for Zi Yan.

According to Xiao Yan's assessment of Zi Yan's strength, she would probably only have a chance to advance if she consumed all those high-grade pills.

"What do you think Zi Yan usually does?" Su Qian asked Xiao Yan quietly.

Xiao Yan's expression froze slightly. He seemed to have indeed forgotten to include this in his calculations. After all, since he met Zi Yan, she rarely ate medicinal herbs raw anymore. But that didn't mean Zi Yan had forgotten this "skill"...

"Ahem, Elder, guess what I found down there?" After a dry laugh, Xiao Yan decisively changed the subject.

"What, there are still medicinal herbs stored underground..." Su Qian said irritably.

However, before they could finish speaking, Su Qian and the elders around him froze – everyone stared blankly at the transparent, invisible flame that appeared in Xiao Yan's open right hand.

After a moment of stunned silence, Su Qian, having extinguished the raging fire in his heart, asked incredulously, "The Fallen Heart Flame?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan chuckled and nodded, saying, "That's right, the Fallen Heart Flame!"

"You... sigh, what are you thinking, kid?" With Su Qian's strength, how could he not see that this Fallen Heart Flame had not been imprinted with a soul mark?

“For Canaan Academy, the Fallen Heart Flame is indeed a great treasure, but wasn’t it already clearly stated in the transaction? The Fallen Heart Flame belongs to you, and you help us refine a certain amount of pills,” Su Qian said through gritted teeth, full of disappointment. “Since the transaction has been completed, we naturally will not take back the Fallen Heart Flame, so why do you insist on dividing it into two parts!”

With Su Qian and the others' strength, apart from the original body of the Fallen Heart Flame, how could the differentiated Heart Flames possibly mobilize the Heart Fire within their bodies?

However, the Fallen Heart Flame before him, which seemed to be still in its infancy, did not resemble the giant fire python that had broken the seal and required the combined efforts of many powerful figures from Canaan Academy to seal it. Therefore, in Su Qian's view, the only possibility was that Xiao Yan had divided the mature Fallen Heart Flame into two parts and was preparing to return one part to Canaan Academy.

Upon seeing Su Qian's appearance, Xiao Yan was momentarily stunned before realizing what was happening and immediately smiled, "Elder, you're overthinking it. I won't hand over something that's already in my hands... Although it is the Fallen Heart Flame, it's not the one that was sealed away by the Dean."

These words stunned Su Qian and the others.

"So... you found another Fallen Heart Flame underground?" The first to react was Elder Huo from the Alchemy Department. "But that shouldn't be the case. Normally, it's impossible for two different flames to appear in one place... even if they are the same kind of flame, they shouldn't appear in the same place."

It was precisely because he knew so much that Elder Huo found it hard to believe that there was still a Fallen Heart Flame underground.

“It was indeed found in that underground world,” Xiao Yan nodded with a smile. “However, unlike the Fallen Heart Flame that the Dean found back then, this one is hidden deep in a small space in the depths of magma. Although the Fallen Heart Flame could contend with a Dou Zong, it was completely ignorant of spatial power.”

"However, as you can see, it is still in its infancy. If you want it to grow faster, the elders in the inner courtyard who practice fire-attribute techniques need to continuously infuse it with battle qi. Only in this way can it continuously provide the heart fire to temper battle qi."

Given enough time, this Fallen Heart Flame will develop its own sentience. With the nurturing of the inner courtyard elders, it certainly won't reject the inner courtyard. Therefore, perhaps the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower can be permanently opened in the future!

Hearing Xiao Yan's gentle words, Su Qian and the other elders' faces lit up with joy. Clearly, they were extremely excited about the possibility of reactivating the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower in the future—even though Xiao Yan had said he would set up an array to replace the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and facilitate the condensation of Nirvana Pills.

"I didn't expect there to be another Fallen Heart Flame in that magma world," Su Qian said, looking at the Fallen Heart Flame in Xiao Yan's hand. "You've had a hard time. You took away a wild and untamed mature strange flame, but in the end, you returned a docile nascent strange flame to the academy. That settles things completely. As for the Breakthrough Pill and the Profound Pill..."

“You can’t say that,” Xiao Yan interrupted Su Qian. “If the Grand Elder hadn’t given me the mature Fallen Heart Flame, I wouldn’t have been able to break through to the Dou Zong realm in just a few months, nor would I have been able to find this nascent strange fire…”

"However, if the Grand Elder truly feels that the matter is settled, then I hope to exchange helping the academy refine pills for the academy's assistance."

Seeing Su Qian's expression, which confirmed that Xiao Yan had made up his mind about taking and returning the fire, Xiao Yan took back what he was saying and changed his words.

"What kind of help?" Su Qian asked.

"If, in the next ten years, the Soul Palace attacks and destroys the forces established by my two brothers in the Black Corner Region..." Xiao Yan took a deep breath, "I hope the academy can protect them and spread this news to the Central Continent, to my ears."

Chapter 339 Future

“Central Continent?” Su Qian was stunned for a moment, then realized, “Indeed, in the entire Dou Qi Continent, only Central Continent is suitable for someone like you to fully display your talents…”

Even if there was some exaggeration in Xiao Yan's previous statement that he was an eighth-grade alchemist, the fact that he dared to mention refining sixth-grade pills like the Breakthrough Pill and the Profound Pill means that Xiao Yan is at least at the level of a sixth-grade alchemist.

A sixth-grade alchemist, an eighteen-year-old Dou Zong—with such talent, it would be a real waste if he didn't go to Zhongzhou.

As for the Soul Hall that Xiao Yan mentioned, Canaan Academy's intelligence network had already learned about the earth-shattering battle that had taken place in the capital of the Jia Ma Empire long before Xiao Ding and Xiao Li arrived.

Six Dou Zong attacked a small family whose strongest member was only Dou Ling at the time. However, due to the appearance of the six Dou Zong, several Dou Zong and Dou Huang powerhouses appeared in that family.

Because of his knowledge of that earth-shattering battle, Su Qian understood what Xiao Yan was worried about. As Xiao Yan's disciple of the Medicine Venerable, he would inevitably become a target of the Soul Hall after entering the Central Continent. However, given Xiao Yan's strength and alchemy skills, he didn't need to worry too much about attacks from the Soul Hall. But Xiao Yan's two elder brothers and other relatives in the Northwest Continent didn't have that kind of power...

After figuring this out, Su Qian turned around and exchanged glances with Hu Qian, Wu Tianlang, and Elder Huo, all of whom were at the peak of the Dou Huang realm and were the ones who needed the Breakthrough Pill the most. After confirming their respective thoughts, Su Qian turned back to look at Xiao Yan.

“Okay, but there’s no need for a time limit. As long as Canaan Academy exists, if the Xiao family asks for our help, we will definitely do our best to assist them!” Su Qian said seriously.

"Then it's settled!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. He was actually quite worried that Su Qian would refuse, especially since he planned to tell Su Qian about Yao Tianhuo after he revived him in the future. If the Black Corner Region was really attacked by the Soul Palace in the future, it would definitely need a powerful person to transfer the Xiao family members out, and Yao Tianhuo, the former Heavenly Fire Venerable, would be the best candidate.

"Speaking of which, Elder Wu is planning to hang these people on the Death Tree outside Peace Town, isn't he?" Xiao Yan then looked at Wu Tianlang and asked.

"If they are useful to you, you can handle them directly."

Everyone present was shrewd. Since Xiao Yan had asked this question, he must have hoped that Wu Tianlang would not attack them for the time being. Therefore, Wu Tianlang said directly, "Anyway, you subdued them."

"No, no, no, they're of no use to me," Xiao Yan shook his head decisively. "However... I think the Grand Elder probably also hopes that the Black Corner Region can be more peaceful, right?"

Although Xiao Yan's face was full of smiles, everyone felt that there was boundless killing intent hidden beneath those smiles.

"Are you planning to take action against the forces in the Black Corner Region?" Su Qian frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "I know that you and that Little Fairy Doctor are strong enough, but if you want to wipe out the forces in the Black Corner Region, two Dou Zong are far from enough!"

"No, I don't intend to eliminate all forces in the Black Corner Region," Xiao Yan said with a bright smile. "But even if we wipe out forces like the Earth Flame Sect, the Eight Doors, the Black Emperor Sect, and the Demon Flame Valley, which have attacked Canaan Academy, the other forces in the Black Corner Region wouldn't object, would they?"

I think it's a good idea!

Having long been impatient with Xie Zhen's repeated harassment over the past six months, Wu Tianlang immediately agreed after hearing Xiao Yan's words.

“I also think it’s fine,” Hu Qian nodded after a moment of hesitation. “Moreover, in the past six months, quite a few people from Demon Flame Valley have also tried to sabotage the students who went to Black Corner Region to carry out missions.”

"I'm quite interested in the Transformation Flame of Demon Flame Valley..." Elder Huo chuckled.

The Transformation Fire, known as the Man-Made Strange Fire by the people of Demon Flame Valley, is just a self-proclaimed name. However, Elder Huo, who had seen the Transformation Fire once, could confidently say that even though it was still quite far from being a Strange Fire, it was definitely superior to the beast fire of more than 90% of sixth and seventh-tier magical beasts.

If the Flame Manipulation Technique weren't a closely guarded secret of the Demon Flame Valley, and if the founder of the Demon Flame Valley weren't still alive, Elder Huo would have planned to go to the Demon Flame Valley and snatch the Flame Manipulation Technique from them.

The other elders also expressed their opinions. Although their opinions differed slightly, there was no doubt that everyone wanted to eliminate those forces.

“You all…” Su Qian chuckled helplessly, “Since you all think this way, I naturally won’t object. But… we can’t just rush in and attack in droves, can we? Even if we can take down one of the forces, the others will be scared away, won’t they?”