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

Chapter 362 Spatial Wormhole

boom!

A silvery light illuminated the heavens and the earth, and a silver lightning bolt, several meters wide, shot out from the dark clouds.

Sensing the power of the Silver Lightning, the four elders' expressions changed slightly.

"Is this the Pill Lightning?" The First Elder sighed softly. "It's truly terrifying..." The four of them were not far from the Dou Zong level, but they all knew clearly that with their strength, they absolutely could not withstand this Pill Lightning.

However, this very lightning bolt that caused the four elders of the snake-man race to change their expressions was shattered by a simple, unadorned punch from a silver figure.

"Has its grade improved under the baptism of Dan Lei?"

Xiao Yan nodded as he watched the Heavenly Demon Puppet return to his side after shattering a bolt of lightning. At this moment, some golden spots had appeared on the silver body of this puppet, which should be called the Earthly Demon Puppet. According to the records in the bamboo scroll, the Heavenly Demon Puppet is divided into three categories: Heaven, Earth, and Human. Heaven is gold, Earth is silver, and Human is bronze.

When Xiao Yan first created it, it was entirely silver and could be considered an earth demon puppet. Now, after being baptized by countless bolts of pill lightning, it has finally shown signs of advancing.

"Tsk tsk, if I had had it earlier, I would have been much more proficient in the process of refining those eighth-grade pills..." Xiao Yan couldn't help but chuckle as he watched the Earth Demon Puppet shatter the pill lightning once again.

Back then, in order to withstand the lightning strike of a seventh-grade pill, he both wanted to refine the demonic core of the Thunder Source Crystal Beast and strengthen his soul power. If he could have obtained this Heavenly Demon Puppet earlier, he might have been able to refine a seventh-grade pill while taking Qi-restoring pills when he broke through to the Great Dou Master level.

"That's still much better than what I did back then," Yao Lao had witnessed the Earth Demon Puppet's performance, so he was somewhat envious of the puppet Xiao Yan had obtained that could simplify the alchemy process. "Back then, I only managed to refine my first seventh-grade pill when I was a six-star Dou Huang!"

"Haha..." Xiao Yan chuckled, then his expression became slightly tense. "Teacher, you should know how to construct a spatial wormhole, right?"

'A spatial wormhole? You're not...' Yao Lao asked, somewhat puzzled.

A few days ago, Xiao Yan received a message at Canaan Academy, learning that the Jia Ma Empire was facing annihilation. He then used a space wormhole to travel from Canaan Academy to the Black Mountain Fortress in the shortest possible time. Why is he now asking the question of 'how to construct a space wormhole'?

'Wait, you don't mean you're trying to build a space wormhole that won't be affected and that ordinary people can pass through at will, do you?' Yao Lao quickly realized.

Spatial wormholes, to some extent, are unique to the Central Continent. They are two spatial pivots connected by the spatial power of a Dou Zun expert, greatly shortening the travel time between the two spatial pivots.

However, constructing a space wormhole is quite difficult, and it requires frequent maintenance. Moreover, the strength of the maintenance personnel must be at least around the Dou Zong level. Therefore, space wormholes rarely appear outside of the Central Continent.

“You could say that,” Xiao Yan licked his dry lips, “I want to build a spatial wormhole that connects the Jia Ma Empire directly to the Black Corner Region… or Canaan Academy.”

'From the Gama Empire to Canaan Academy?' Yao Lao nodded. Both places had Xiao Yan's blood relatives, so it wasn't surprising that they wanted to construct a spatial wormhole, but…

"Is it just from the Gama Empire to Canaan Academy?" Yao Lao sighed and asked.

If it were just a matter of traveling from the Gama Empire to Canaan Academy, given Xiao Yan's strength and the talent in spatial power inherited from Zi Yan, even if he wasn't familiar with the construction of spatial wormholes, he wouldn't have asked so cautiously.

Since Xiao Yan asked this question, it means that the spatial wormhole that Xiao Yan wants to build is not simply from the Jia Ma Empire to Canaan Academy.

"Ahem," Xiao Yan coughed lightly, his little scheme exposed. "Um... if possible, I'd like to construct a space wormhole from the Jia Ma Empire to the Central Continent... preferably directly to the Starfall Pavilion."

"From the Northwest Continent to the Central Plains? And specifically to the Starfall Pavilion?"

This time, the old apothecary couldn't hold back and revealed himself. "Do you know the Northwest Continent... do you know how far the distance is between the Black Corner Region and the Central Continent?"

“Uh, this…” Xiao Yan hesitated. Although he had a general understanding of Zhongzhou through Yao Lao’s collection of books and Yao Lao’s oral account, the distance from Black Corner Region to Zhongzhou was just outside the scope of his knowledge.

“If he were a Dou Zong expert, it would take him a month… or half a year to fly without sleep, to reach Zhongzhou,” Yao Lao said irritably. “Then, from the outer areas of Zhongzhou to Xingyun Pavilion… that distance would take another six months to fly at the speed of a Dou Zong!”

After learning the distance between the Northwest Continent and the Central State from Yao Lao, Xiao Yan's lips twitched slightly. He had thought that the distance between the Northwest Continent and the Central State was at most the distance between Wutan City and Canaan Academy...

"So, is it possible to construct such a spatial wormhole?" After a slight hesitation, Xiao Yan still mustered the courage to ask.

"Of course," Yao Lao nodded, and then, under Xiao Yan's delighted gaze, he said, "Once you become a Dou Zun and your soul power reaches the Heavenly Realm, your strength should be able to reach the level of a high-level Half-Saint after using the Fusion Technique, right?"

Xiao Yan's expression froze; he seemed to have guessed what Yao Lao would say next—

"By then, you should be able to construct a space wormhole from the Starfall Pavilion to the Jia Ma Empire," Yao Lao said calmly, uttering the second half of the sentence that Xiao Yan had anticipated.

"Does one need the strength of a high-level Dou Sheng?" Xiao Yan's lips twitched slightly.

“Ordinary half-saints can also do it,” Yao Lao shrugged. “If it’s a race like the Ancient Void Dragon, which has an extremely high talent for spatial power, it can also do it when it’s around the eight or nine-star Dou Zun level.”

“Then I…” Xiao Yan’s eyes lit up slightly.

“That’s right, you can build one now,” Yao Lao confirmed Xiao Yan’s answer. “However, after the fusion, your strength will still not be considered a normal high-star Dou Zun, so there might be some minor flaws in the construction of the space wormhole… Would you let your relatives and friends use such a space wormhole?”

Xiao Yan paused, then shook his head with a wry smile.

"Furthermore, putting aside the Starfall Pavilion... do you know the specific spatial coordinates of any region in the Central Continent?" Elder Yao pressed.

"Teacher, you don't know either?"

"I didn't construct the spatial wormholes around Starfall Pavilion," Yao Lao shrugged. "It's impossible for a fragile alchemist like me to construct spatial wormholes, isn't it?"

Putting aside whether it's fragile or not, given his status as the top alchemist on the Medicine Continent back then, no one would have asked him to construct a spatial wormhole.

"However, you could first leave two spatial pivots for the space wormhole between the Gama Empire and Canaan Academy. After you go to Zhongzhou, you can use your identity as an alchemist to contact a high-level Dou Zun to help construct the space wormhole... This is the most suitable method."

"What method?" A voice rang out near Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.

“Hmm… a method to connect the Central Plains and the Northwest Continent.” Xiao Yan turned his head and looked at Medusa, who was walking over because the thunder had subsided, and said.

After nodding to Medusa, Yao Lao returned to the Bone Flame Ring.

"Connecting the Central Plains and the Northwest Continent?" Medusa frowned slightly after Yao Lao returned to the Bone Flame Ring. "What does that mean?"

“It means exactly what it says,” Xiao Yan touched the tip of his nose. “There is at least one branch of the Soul Palace in the Northwest Continent. Although I plan to destroy one of them this time, one or even two branch palaces will eventually remain…”

"Do you think I'm no match for the Hall Master of the Soul Hall's branch?" Medusa asked sharply, her gaze fixed on Xiao Yan.

“Each branch of the Soul Palace has at least one five-star Dou Zun,” Xiao Yan’s lips twitched slightly, “and the most crucial thing is—if there are branches of the Soul Palace, it means that all the Dou Zun, and even Dou Sheng, of the Soul Palace could potentially come here!”

Upon hearing the words "Battle Saint," Medusa's expression finally softened somewhat. No matter how arrogant she was, she didn't believe that she, a mere two-star Battle Venerable, could be a match for a Battle Saint.

"...The Grand Elders are looking for you." After a moment of silence, Medusa left these words and turned to leave.

Should I have said something else just now?

Watching Medusa's departing figure, Xiao Yan suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed. Medusa's reaction just now seemed to be an attempt to improve their relationship, but before he knew that Medusa was pregnant, Xiao Yan and she could only be considered business partners. Therefore, he hadn't realized Medusa's true intentions at all just now.

'So...getting pregnant on the first try is just too outrageous, isn't it?'

After letting out a long sigh, Xiao Yan obediently followed Medusa, heading towards the direction where the four elders of the Snake-People Clan were.

*

Deep within a mountain in the western region of Central China, a colossal black palace lies prostrate like an ancient ferocious beast, its presence emanating a chilling and terrifying energy fluctuation.

Inside the grand hall, a dozen or so figures stood silently, as if waiting for something.

"A branch temple in the Northwest Continent has been destroyed?" Suddenly, a figure appeared on the stone chair directly in front of the dozen or so figures below, and then a calm and undisturbed voice entered the ears of the dozen or so figures below.

No one answered. Everyone knew that the man was not asking a question, but simply stating a fact that they all already knew.

"Number Nine, I remember... the temple master of the branch temple in the Northwest Continent is one of your subordinates, right?" After a moment, the person on the stone chair spoke again.

“Yes, the master of the destroyed branch hall was Ming Hai, a six-star Dou Zun…” Upon hearing this question, a blue figure respectfully spoke up.

"Six stars?"

"Not long ago, Mu Gu went to the Northwest Continent and brought back a Dou Ling and a pill for Ming Hai." The blue figure hurriedly answered the question from the person on the stone chair.

"Mu Gu? Dou Ling?"

Upon hearing the name and the rank, the man on the stone chair slowly nodded. He had only heard about what had happened on the Northwest Continent, let alone the Dou Zun and Half-Saints below him.

"continue."

Although he had heard about the matter, he was ultimately not qualified to participate given his strength and status. Therefore, even though he felt that the fighting spirit was of no use, he could not say anything and could only let the blue figure continue to report.

“Yes,” the blue figure nodded respectfully and continued, “Before Minghai died, he sent back a few words…” As he spoke, he reached into his blue robe and took out a recording stone.

"He is a remnant of the Xiao family. His Dou Qi strength is at the level of a one-star Dou Zong, and his soul power is at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Realm. However, he can unleash the strength of a seven-star Dou Zun, and the strength of his soul power clone is completely consistent with that of his main body!"

After the complete sentence came the noisy sounds of fighting. From the sounds of fighting, it could be heard that the person whom Ming Hai called "the remnant of the Xiao family" and "capable of unleashing the strength of a seven-star Dou Zun" had completely suppressed Ming Hai and was unable to fight back. He even possessed a transparent flame that could suppress soul power.

"A Heaven-Rank cultivation technique?! Impossible! How could anyone on the Northwest Continent possess a Heaven-Rank cultivation technique?!"

Finally, the sound-recording stone fell completely silent after unleashing a roar.

"A Heavenly Rank... cultivation technique?" The person on the stone chair fell silent.

"Gu You, what level of cultivation technique are you currently practicing?" After a moment, the person on the stone chair asked calmly.

“Quasi-Heavenly Rank,” the man called Bone Nether said without hesitation, “Heavenly Rank techniques can only be cultivated by those with bloodlines of Rank 7 or above. If I want to switch to a Heavenly Rank technique, I must advance to the Half-Saint level.”

“That’s right, and those whose bloodline power is not strong enough can’t even come into contact with Heaven-rank cultivation techniques…” The person on the stone chair nodded.

"So..." Gu You seemed to want to say something more.

"Be careful what you say." The person on the stone chair glanced at Gu You.

"Yes."

*

"Did you exchange ancient jade for a Heaven-rank cultivation technique?"

Dressed in grey and white, the man appeared to be only around thirty years old. He had a handsome face and bright eyes that seemed to see through people's hearts. He looked at the letter in his hand and smiled faintly.

“A very wise move,” a figure shrouded in black flames said calmly beside him. “Trading a family heirloom jade of unknown use for a Heaven-rank cultivation technique, a Heaven-rank technique that one may never see in a lifetime… a remarkable choice.”

“Indeed, and exactly a little over a year ago, Gu Yuan left the Eastern Region and went to the Northwest Continent,” the scholar-like man said with a faint smile, “It was a perfect deal.”

"...Hun Miesheng spread false information?" The black-flame figure hesitated for a moment before asking.

“This is the information he believes to be correct,” the scholar said, releasing the letter from his hand and letting it fall to the ground and turn to dust. “It’s probably that little guy from the Xiao family’s idea. After all, they made it so obvious that everyone knows what we’re looking for.”

The black-flamed figure listened quietly.

"However, that little fellow from the Xiao family doesn't know Gu Yuan's personality..." the scholar said with a faint smile. "He doesn't know Gu Yuan's cowardly nature... Even if you put the Xiao family's ancient jade in front of him, he won't take it. Do you believe that?" He turned his head to look at the figure in black flames.

no answer.

"See, you don't believe it either, do you?" the scholar said with a faint smile. "Yes, the dignified patriarch of an ancient clan doesn't even covet the ancient jade... Ha, what a ridiculous joke." His faint smile was full of sarcasm.

Chapter 363 Heavenly Serpent Venerable

The figure in black flames frowned slightly. He didn't know what the scholar was laughing about, but he was very clear about one thing—

"Since the ancient jade is not in the hands of the ancient clan, why not have Hun Miesheng and the others retrieve it directly from that person from the Xiao clan?" The black-flame figure looked at the scholar and asked, "If it continues to be held by that person from the Xiao clan, it will eventually be handed over to the ancient clan, won't it?"

"Even if we got our hands on it now, what could we do?" the scholar said with a faint smile. "You haven't broken through to that final stage yet. Taking the ancient jade from the Xiao clan now would only alert them. As for handing the jade over to the ancient clan..."

Like my Soul Clan, when the ancient jade of each clan is passed down to the next clan leader, a trace of soul power is left within the jade. As long as the soul power within the jade does not disappear, it means that the clan leader's life is not threatened.

The black-flame figure, who had no concept of "clan," frowned deeply. "So what?"