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

“It should be. If that person were still alive, the Fourth Elder of Demon Flame Valley wouldn’t have been able to remain unscathed after harassing Canaan Academy so many times. Without a doubt, they wouldn’t dare to provoke the Earth Demon Ancestor…” After carefully sorting through all the information related to Canaan Academy over the past six months, Mo Tianxing felt that he had found the correct answer.

"To Demon Flame Valley!"

Therefore, Mo Tianxing understood where he should go: "As long as I tell that old demon about the Bodhi Transformation Saliva... I don't believe he can sit still!"

The Bodhi Transformation Saliva certainly couldn't help someone break through to the Dou Sheng level as the legends say, otherwise Mo Tianxing wouldn't have had the chance to take it. However, it should still be somewhat possible that it could help a Dou Zong break through to the first star level...

As for the old demon of Demon Flame Valley... although there has been no news of him for more than ten years, Mo Tianxing is certain that the old man has not made a breakthrough. He is probably still stuck at the Seven Star Dou Zong level, just like he was more than ten years ago. Otherwise, given the arrogant and domineering nature of Demon Flame Valley, how could sects like the Eight Doors, Earth Flame Sect, and Blood Sect have risen in the Black Corner Region?

“If the intelligence is true, then that old demon demon probably doesn’t have many years left to live,” Mo Tianxing looked around for a moment, confirmed his location, and then flew towards the Demon Flame Valley. “After learning about something that could potentially help him break through, he definitely won’t be able to resist!”

At this moment, Mo Tianxing wished he could appear in Demon Flame Valley immediately and reveal the news of Bodhi Transformation Saliva, because only in this way would he have a chance to avenge his severed arm.

*

"Are you still angry?" Xiao Yan asked with a smile, looking at Zi Yan who was following beside him with a dissatisfied expression.

"Hmph!" Zi Yan turned her head away, looking like she wasn't going to pay any attention to Xiao Yan.

"I did exactly as you said, I didn't lay a hand on that guy!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"But you killed everyone else!" Upon hearing this, Zi Yan was furious and turned around. "After seeing all his men killed, he surrendered immediately! I was almost winning, but he surrendered!"

"That's not my fault, is it?" Xiao Yan said with a smile. "If we have to be serious, it should be the First Elder's fault, right? After Mo Ya surrendered, it was the First Elder who told you to let him go temporarily."

"Cough cough cough..." Su Qian, who had been watching the show, couldn't help but cough. "After all, he's the last person in the Black Emperor Sect. What if they find some secret rooms that require a password to open when they're clearing out the Black Emperor Sect's inventory?"

Zi Yan, who hadn't intended to say anything, couldn't help but glare at Su Qian after hearing his words. "Is that guy from the Black Emperor Sect much better at using spatial power than you?"

"Of course not!" Su Qian said firmly.

Although the dean of Canaan Academy was unreliable, he still left behind a lot of his own insights and applications of spatial power. After reading these, Su Qian's application of spatial power was far superior to Mo Tianxing's.

"I can easily open even the spatial barrier you set up!" Hearing this, Zi Yan became even angrier, baring her teeth. "Then whose spatial barrier is it that simpler to set up?!"

The moment the words left his mouth, Su Qian's expression froze. He had only thought that it would be too troublesome and time-consuming for him to crack the secret chamber left by Mo Tianxing, but he forgot that there was such a little girl in the academy whose talent was manipulating space. With her around, the spatial barrier set up by ordinary Dou Zong was basically no different from not having one at all...

"Ahem, how about... I have them release Mo Ya, and you and Mo Ya fight again?" After a long while, Su Qian coughed and asked.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan and Zi Yan both looked at Su Qian speechlessly.

"Forget it, I've already won anyway," Zi Yan finally couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Besides, even if we let him go, he won't dare to lay a hand on us!"

The guy who surrendered on his knees after his subordinates were wiped out is no match for Zi Yan even if she releases him now. Her earlier argument with Xiao Yan was more about trying to get some medicinal herbs out of his pocket.

"Then you..." Su Qian's lips twitched, and she couldn't help but want to say a few words of scolding.

However, before Su Qian could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the sounds of fighting and a loud shout coming from the Black Emperor Sect headquarters ahead:

"Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, have you two gone mad?!"

"You two are indeed surnamed Xiao, but are you hoping that Xiao Yan of Canaan Academy will give you a bite to eat just because you share the same surname?!"

"Hey, who knows?" a young man with a somewhat sinister appearance sneered.

"You should think about whether you can escape first," another youth said casually. "The battle at the Black Emperor Pavilion is over, and the people from Canaan Academy will be here in a few minutes at most. Do you think they'll let a daring guy like you, who tried to steal their spoils, go?"

Following the sound, Su Qian saw a middle-aged man who looked somewhat disheveled under the attack of two youths. Judging from the battle aura emanating from him, he was probably a five-star Dou Ling. The two youths attacking him were both one-star Dou Ling. There were also five or six other battles around them. Judging from their clothes, they belonged to the middle-aged man and the two youths' subordinates.

"Aren't you going to help?" After watching for a while, Su Qian turned her head to look at Xiao Yan, who was also watching the battle ahead, and asked.

Within a minute or so of watching, the middle-aged man gradually adapted to the two youths' attack. He became increasingly impatient because "the people from Canaan Academy are about to arrive," and his attacks became more and more ruthless. With his five-star Dou Ling strength, if the two youths were to graz or collide with him, they would inevitably suffer serious injuries.

"Don't worry," Xiao Yan said with a casual smile, looking at the battle ahead. "My eldest and second brothers won't be hurt by such insignificant characters."

The moment he finished speaking, Xiao Ding paused for a moment, revealing an extremely obvious flaw.

Perhaps the middle-aged man knew that this flaw was deliberately revealed by Xiao Ding, but time was of the essence, and he was quite confident in his own strength. Therefore, he did not hesitate to strike down with his sword, intending to settle the score with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in this one move.

"Thunder Piercer!"

"Mysterious Wood Flash!"

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who were waiting for the middle-aged man to step into the trap, were sure they wouldn't hold back. Silver and cyan light flashed from their weapons, piercing the middle-aged man's heart and brain respectively, to his horrified gaze.

"Little Yan, you saw your brother fighting so hard and didn't even come to help!" After confirming that the middle-aged man was no longer alive, Xiao Ding slung his spear over his shoulder, turned around, and said to Xiao Yan with feigned dissatisfaction.

"Isn't this giving you room to maneuver, Second Brother?" Xiao Yan walked up to the two of them with a bright smile. "Big Brother, this is Elder Su Qian from Canaan Academy, and this is his adopted granddaughter. You can just call her Zi Yan."

After Xiao Li removed the storage ring from the middle-aged man's finger, Xiao Yan took the opportunity to introduce Su Qian and Zi Yan's identities.

"Greetings, Grand Elder."

Although Xiao Ding and Xiao Li knew that with Xiao Yan's talent, he would eventually come into contact with the upper echelons of Canaan Academy, it had only been seven or eight months since their last visit to the academy. Therefore, they were still extremely surprised that Xiao Yan could introduce Su Qian so casually.

"Hmm." Since the two men before him were Xiao Yan's elder brothers, Su Qian didn't put on airs and nodded amiably. Then his gaze fell on the people whose clothes resembled those of the deceased middle-aged man. "They are..."

“Idiot who wanted to make a quick buck after seeing the sealing array disappear,” Xiao Ding chuckled. “Those forces with Dou Wang level experts ran away long ago, but this guy is ridiculously bold.”

“Indeed,” Xiao Yan nodded, “a reckless fellow.”

While acting with the Black Emperor Sect's Grand Elder, Xiao Yan didn't forget to keep an eye on the situation at the Black Emperor Sect's headquarters. He noticed the group of people sneaking around. Even if Xiao Ding and Xiao Li didn't make a move in the end, this group of people wouldn't be able to get into the Black Emperor Sect's headquarters... just like the people inside couldn't get out.

Chapter 350 Forging the Demon Core

Inside the hall, after listening to Xiao Yan's plan to take action against the major forces in the Black Corner Region and eradicate them completely, Xiao Ding hesitated for a moment before slowly uttering a sentence:

"Third brother, what do you think of... these forces in the Black Corner Region?"

Upon hearing Xiao Ding's words, Xiao Yan couldn't help but chuckle and said, "The Black Corner Region is a mixed bag, with most people being hardened criminals who live off the edge. It won't be easy to integrate them together."

"So you know what we're planning to do?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Ding gave a wry smile.

“A few months ago, when you two brothers mentioned that you wanted to develop in the Black Corner Region, I guessed it,” Xiao Yan rubbed his nose. “But at that time, I hadn’t reached an agreement with the Grand Elder yet, so I didn’t point it out directly.”

Su Qian, standing to the side, nodded calmly and said, "The Black Corner Region has always been a major threat to Canaan Academy. If a force can truly become friendly with the academy, it will bring immeasurable benefits to the academy's development."

"Does the Grand Elder mean he agrees?" Xiao Ding was overjoyed.

After all, Canaan Academy had always been wary of the overly powerful forces in the Black Corner Region. So when Xiao Ding first asked Xiao Yan about his opinion on the forces in the Black Corner Region, he was actually testing Su Qian. After all, they didn't know what the Inner Academy thought about the forces in the Black Corner Region. They just didn't expect that Xiao Yan had already settled these matters.

"If you need help expanding your influence in the Black Corner Region, you can also come to the academy..." Su Qian nodded.

"Stop, stop! You can discuss these things yourselves. I'm not interested," Xiao Yan quickly interrupted as he saw Su Qian preparing to discuss various matters related to expanding their power in the Black Corner Region with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. "You two discuss it first. Zi Yan and I need to go prepare gifts for you." With that, he grabbed the drowsy Zi Yan and ran towards the Black Emperor City's warehouse.

Watching Xiao Yan run off in a flash, Xiao Ding shook his head helplessly and said, "Little Yan is still the same as before, he can't muster any interest in this kind of thing."

“With Xiao Yan’s talent and strength, he naturally doesn’t need to care about these things,” Su Qian said with a smile. “On his path to growth, there will certainly be many forces and powerful individuals who want to gather around him. If he cares too much about these things, it would be putting the cart before the horse.”

“Indeed,” Xiao Li nodded. “Then, Elder, let’s discuss how to deal with Black Emperor City first…”

*

Upon opening the Black Emperor City's treasury, Zi Yan's eyes instantly brightened—

Before them lay an extremely spacious storeroom, filled with shelves that stretched as far as the eye could see. Scrolls were neatly arranged on the shelves, and on the other side were numerous crystal cabinets, inside which were vaguely displayed a variety of rare medicinal herbs.

"It seems that the items sold at the Black Emperor City auction weren't anything special." Approaching the nearest shelf, looking at the words "Mid-level Profound Rank" on it, and thinking about the low-level Profound Rank fighting techniques and cultivation methods circulating at the auction, Xiao Yan couldn't help but laugh.

"The medicinal herbs are all pretty much the same," Zi Yan said with a hint of regret as she ran to the crystal cabinet after opening the storeroom. "Most of them are not as good as the herbs on the second floor of the Thousand Medicines Shop... By the way, shouldn't that Bodhi Transformation Saliva be in Mo Tianxing's storage ring?"

The next moment, Zi Yan seemed to realize something, and looked at Xiao Yan with sparkling eyes.

"I can't give you that," Xiao Yan said with a helpless smile. "Your Little Fairy Doctor sister needs the pills made from that!"

While helping the Xiao family deal with the Soul Palace experts, Little Fairy Doctor overused the Calamity Poison Body, leading to the accumulation of toxins in her body. The poison pill she had refined in the poison swamp a few years ago, which was used as a temporary substitute, was on the verge of breaking. If Xiao Yan hadn't done some repair work on that poison pill after breaking through her cultivation level, Little Fairy Doctor might have faced the first loss of control of the Calamity Poison Body.

However, using various medicinal herbs to temporarily replace the poison pills made from Bodhi Transformation Saliva is not a long-term solution. It is imperative to use Bodhi Transformation Saliva and the magic core of the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast to re-refine the poison pills.

"Oh……"

Upon hearing that Little Fairy Doctor needed these words, Zi Yan nodded, abandoning her desire to taste what the Bodhi Transformation Saliva was like.

"Speaking of which..."

After Zi Yan mentioned the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, Xiao Yan also remembered the mummified demonic beast corpse that should be the body of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix. He looked around a few times, put all the crystal cabinets and shelves in the storeroom into his storage ring, and with a wave of his hand, the mummified demonic beast corpse appeared in the storeroom.

"...Do you know where the magic core of this thing is?" After smashing the crystal containing the dried monster corpse, Xiao Yan paused for a moment, waiting until he was used to the stench before speaking.

Zi Yan, equally disgusted by the stench emanating from the dried corpse, said with a look of utter disdain, "I know, but don't take this thing out here!"

Hearing Zi Yan's complaint, Xiao Yan chuckled, "I didn't notice. I thought the Black Emperor Sect had done some deodorizing..."

Now he understood why the mummified corpse of the monster was encased in crystal... it hadn't been treated at all!

After uttering a complaint, Zi Yan's jewel-like eyes slowly swept over the mummified monster corpse, a faint purple light gently swirling around it.

Suddenly, a flash of purple light appeared, and Zi Yan actually cut off the ten pale claws and fangs of the demonic beast's dried corpse.

"What are you doing? You don't want these things, do you?" Xiao Yan asked helplessly as he casually snatched a claw about half a finger long from Zi Yan's hand, squeezed it, and found that it collapsed like soft mud, without any hardness.

Seeing Xiao Yan's lack of interest, Zi Yan was unusually excited and urged, "Help me burn these things with your strange fire!"

Xiao Yan was slightly taken aback when he first saw Zi Yan showing interest in things other than medicinal herbs. He then flicked his finger, and a wisp of crimson flame appeared at his fingertip, which then enveloped a pale claw.

As the strange fire burned, the scene that shocked Xiao Yan slowly unfolded—

The pale claws, as soft as mud, did not turn to ashes instantly under the scorching heat of the Dragon-Phoenix Lotus Heart Flame. Instead, they gradually shrank at a slow pace. As their size decreased, the pale color also quietly dissipated, replaced by a bluish-red hue. At the tips of the claws, a chilling glint that even made Xiao Yan feel slightly cold also appeared faintly.

"This……"

The calcination lasted for more than a minute, and the pale claws and teeth had turned into bluish-red spikes only half the length of a finger bone, with blue and red blending together as if wind and fire were combined.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan was also somewhat stunned. He truly hadn't expected that the mummified demonic beast corpse would turn into this state after being tempered by the strange fire...

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Yan grabbed the blue and red bone tip and stabbed it fiercely into his arm.

"What are you doing!" Zi Yan was startled by Xiao Yan's actions and quickly grabbed his arm. "Huh?"

However, when she saw that the spot where the blue and red bone tip had pierced only had a faint white dot, and that the white dot disappeared in the blink of an eye, a look of confusion flashed in Zi Yan's eyes—this thing seemed to be sharper than she had imagined.

"What a wonderful thing..." Xiao Yan couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the white spots disappearing from his arm.

Back in the Tianxuan Continent, his physical strength was already equivalent to that of a demonic beast in the Reincarnation Realm. Although he had become somewhat lax in his physical cultivation after returning to the Dou Qi Continent, having devoured the Fallen Heart Flame and the Sea Heart Flame, and continuously cultivated the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Technique, Xiao Yan felt that his physical strength should exceed that of 90% of eighth-order demonic beasts.

The bluish-red bone tips that could leave white spots on his powerful body were clearly excellent materials for refining weapons!

"What good stuff is this..." Zi Yan muttered somewhat dissatisfaction, unsure of Xiao Yan's physical strength. "Fine, just help me forge all ten claws. I'm going to use them to make gauntlets. From now on, they'll be my weapons!"

"That would be such a waste," Xiao Yan rubbed Zi Yan's head. "Wait, once I've collected some ores, I'll personally forge a suitable weapon for you!"

"You're not planning to keep this for yourself, are you?!" Zi Yan stared at Xiao Yan with wide eyes in disbelief.

"What do you mean, embezzlement? Have I ever embezzled your things?" Xiao Yan roared, pinching Zi Yan's cheek mercilessly. "Didn't I refine all the medicinal herbs you gave me into pills for you? When did I ever embezzle them!"

"I don't care, you can't take this!"