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

“Hmm…it might take a day or two,” Xiao Yan replied after thinking for a moment. “That ruin does indeed contain the inheritance of a Heaven-rank Dou Technique, and…the Heaven-rank Dou Technique is located in the ribs of that Dou Sheng skeleton.”

Upon hearing this, Xuan Kongzi and the others finally showed expressions of surprise.

"It seems this trip to the ruins has been quite fruitful." After a moment, Xuan Kongzi shook his head helplessly and sighed.

Xiao Yan smiled and nodded.

As a Heaven-rank Battle Skill, the Great Creation Palm didn't take long to cultivate. Even Xiao Yan's initial plan to test whether he could master it in a short time, and then set it aside to complete the body refining for Yao Lao, was never used.

After refining the rib containing the inheritance of the Great Creation Palm, Xiao Yan's right hand was directly tempered by the golden spirit sealed in the rib by the "Saint of Creation". He was then pulled into the memory space hidden in the fighting technique by the Saint of Creation. In less than an hour, he was able to initially release the Great Creation Palm.

On the morning of the third day.

"Teacher, the body refining is about to begin. Are you ready?" After placing the Dou Sheng skeleton on the stone platform to the side, Xiao Yan turned his gaze to Yao Lao and asked.

"Yes." The old apothecary nodded solemnly.

Decades later, he regained his physical body, and the one who refined the body for him was the disciple he had personally taught... At this moment, even with Yao Lao's state of mind, he couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.

After receiving the answer, Xiao Yan nodded, gradually calming his mind. After a moment, he took a deep breath, waved his sleeve, and the jade bottle containing the Nine-Turn Nirvana Pill slowly floated towards Yao Lao.

Yao Lao was already intimately familiar with the steps of body refining, so he didn't hesitate at all. After taking out the pill from the jade bottle, a wisp of his soul flew out and hovered beside Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan, who had resurrected the Heavenly Flame Venerable, did not hesitate at all. He grabbed the wisp of soul beside him and slapped the skeleton on the stone platform, forcibly pushing the soul into the skeleton.

"Teacher, I will refine the body first. Once successful, you can enter it to complete the fusion!"

Xiao Yan let out a low shout, and with a clench of his fist, a jade bottle appeared in his hand. Crimson-gold blood flowed slowly inside the jade bottle, and astonishing energy fluctuations emanated from it, causing the space around to tremble.

In preparing the body for Elder Yao, everything that could be prepared was done to the best of its ability. Even the essence blood of the magical beast was from a ninth-order magical beast. If we hadn't made preparations in advance, it might have taken several days just to process the essence blood of this ninth-order magical beast.

After calming the surrounding space with a wave of his hand, Xiao Yan flicked his finger, and all the crimson-gold blood inside the jade bottle shot out, finally pouring onto the jade-white skeleton. The moment the two came into contact, bursts of white smoke erupted.

After the crimson-gold blood came into contact with the jade-white skeleton, the crimson-gold color slowly spread out, as if the Dou Sheng skeleton had an innate aversion to this demonic beast's essence blood. However, the Dou Sheng skeleton had eventually lost all its energy, and after a moment, the crimson-gold color transformed the entire jade-white skeleton into a crimson-gold color.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan raised his hand, and the crimson gold skeleton automatically floated up. With a wave of his sleeve, crimson flames surged out, completely enveloping the skeleton.

The blood essence of a ninth-tier magical beast is extremely domineering and its vitality has not dissipated, making it extremely difficult to fuse. Therefore, he must use the strange fire formed by the fusion to roast these energies into every part of the skeleton. Only in this way can the skeleton, which no longer has any flesh or blood, absorb all of these energies.

This kind of tempering and roasting is a time-consuming process. As dusk fell and night enveloped the earth, Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, the crimson gold color on the skeleton had dimmed considerably, no longer possessing its previous brightness. This was proof that the energy had penetrated deep into the skeleton under the terrifyingly high temperature.

"call--"

Xiao Yan let out a long breath and glanced at Yao Lao beside him.

Yao Lao smiled and nodded. Xiao Yan's fire control technique was now comparable to his own, which made Yao Lao feel gratified but also somewhat anxious. At this moment, he and Xiao Yan were both considered peak eighth-grade alchemists and were both striving to refine ninth-grade precious pills. However, on this path, the only thing he could surpass Xiao Yan in was his proficiency with the formulas for ninth-grade precious pills.

As for cultivation level...

As before, Yao Lao did not believe that Xiao Yan would honestly wait until his strength broke through to the Dou Sheng level before trying to refine a ninth-grade treasure pill. The fact that he was able to persist until he devoured the Three Thousand Burning Flames before trying to refine it could be said that Xiao Yan was extremely restrained.

"teacher?"

Xiao Yan, who had just glanced at Yao Lao as a reminder that "the most suitable time for fusion has arrived," exclaimed somewhat strangely.

"cough."

Finally realizing what was happening, Yao Lao coughed lightly with a hint of embarrassment, then quickly swallowed the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Pill in his hand. His figure then became ethereal, transforming into a stream of light that swept into the skeleton.

Bang!

The moment Yao Lao's soul entered the skeleton, the skeleton trembled violently. Light began to gather in the empty eye sockets. At that moment, terrifying and strange energy emanated from within the skeleton. As this energy swept through, flesh and blood miraculously began to appear on the bones.

"Teacher, hold on!"

Gazing at the rapidly writhing flesh and blood tissue on the skeleton, Xiao Yan's expression also became solemn. After letting out a low shout, the crimson flames enveloping the skeleton blazed fiercely once again.

Under the burning flames, the newly formed flesh and blood tissue was burned to ashes, but the strange energy did not dissipate. Therefore, flesh and blood quickly grew back, and the growth rate of the flesh and blood was getting faster and faster. Later, through the crimson flames, only the flesh buds could be seen wriggling rapidly.

As the fleshy buds writhed, a bloody, mangled human figure gradually took shape.

The burning and growth process lasted for more than ten hours, and the skin on the flesh slowly took shape under the gradually weakening flames.

As the skin was formed, the skeleton on the stone platform was also completely refined. Next, it was time to wait for Yao Lao to complete the final fusion with this body. Then, Yao Zun, who once amazed the Dou Qi Continent, would be able to truly be reborn from the ashes!

*

The process of Yao Lao merging with the newborn body lasted a long time, so long that during this period, Xiao Yan's soul power slowly increased. Finally, on the thirtieth day of Yao Lao's slumber, Xiao Yan's soul power broke through its limit—

"You succeeded?" Xuan Yi asked softly, looking at Xiao Yan who had come to stand in front of him.

"Yes, it worked." Xiao Yan chuckled, a powerful surge of soul force emanating from between his brows.

Feeling Xiao Yan's terrifying soul power, Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi both sighed deeply. They had been stuck at the Nine-Star Dou Zun stage for a long time, both wanting to raise their soul power to the Heavenly Realm before becoming Transcendent Dou Zun.

However, after such a long time, their soul power remained at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Realm. Although it had surpassed the soul power of most Dou Zun, and even some low-star Dou Sheng might not have been as strong as them, they couldn't help but feel a little melancholy after seeing Xiao Yan, who hadn't even broken through to Dou Zun, break through to the Heaven Realm and even reach the mid-stage of the Heaven Realm.

"So, the next step is to try to make contact with the Three Thousand Burning Flames, right?"

Although the situation was the same as that of Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi, Xuan Yi completely put herself in the role of Xiao Yan's master's wife. Therefore, after confirming that Xiao Yan had achieved his goal, she immediately asked.

"I'm ready!" After withdrawing his soul power, Xiao Yan nodded heavily and said.

More than two years had passed since Xiao Yan learned the location of the Three Thousand Burning Flames. Although he had long been certain that he could swallow the flame, he was still filled with excitement when the day finally arrived.

"Hmm," Xuan Yi nodded slightly, then asked with some curiosity, "Where is that little girl?"

"After Zi Yan found out that I was going to devour the Three Thousand Burning Flames today, she went back. Next, she will receive the clan's inheritance... We may not see her for the next few years." Thinking of the conflicted expression on Zi Yan's face this morning, Xiao Yan couldn't help but want to laugh.

Hearing Xiao Yan's answer, Xuan Yi smiled. Although she had only spent a little over a month with Zi Yan, she still had a very good impression of this gluttonous little girl. So, when she thought about how this gluttonous and active girl would have to stay in her own clan for the next few years in order to receive the inheritance, she couldn't help but... want to laugh.

“Since you’re all ready, let’s go,” Xuan Yi said with a smile. “The Three Thousand Burning Flames are sealed within the Star Domain. Once you enter the Star Domain, whether you can subdue it or not will depend entirely on you.”

The so-called star field is a space that has been forcibly torn apart. Naturally, this kind of space cannot compare to the small world created by a Dou Sheng or even a Dou Di, but it is more than enough to seal a strange fire... even a bit extravagant.

"When the Three Thousand Burning Flames is still relatively weak, there is no need to specially lock it in a special space."

As they walked towards the top of the Pill Tower with Xiao Yan, Xuan Kongzi sighed, "However, once it reached maturity, this was the only way..."

Chapter 393 Star Territory

Upon reaching the top of the Pill Tower, Xuan Kongzi and the other two exchanged glances, their hand seals shifting rapidly. Vast soul fluctuations emanated from their bodies, and the void in the sky suddenly began to ripple violently. Then, a pale silver spatial gate appeared in Xiao Yan's field of vision.

A moment later, the fluctuating silver spatial gate stabilized completely.

"Let's go, that's the star field."

After smiling at Xiao Yan, Xuan Kongzi took the lead and floated into the air, flying towards the pale silver spatial gate. Behind him, Xuan Yi, Tian Leizi, and Xiao Yan followed closely.

The four figures quickly disappeared into the spatial fluctuations.

"Finally, he's going to try and subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames?" In a teahouse in Saint Pill City, Cao Ying watched the figure disappear through the spatial gate and sighed, then looked across at the person opposite her, "Do you think he can succeed?"

"If he can't succeed, I can't think of anyone else who can subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames," Dan Chen said calmly.

“That’s true…” Cao Ying nodded. “Twenty years old, Heavenly Realm Soul Power… If even that can’t subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames, perhaps only the founder of the Pill Tower could subdue it?”

Similar conversations were happening in many places in Saint Pill City. After all, Xiao Yan broke through to the Heaven Realm in Saint Pill City. Although he had set up a barrier around the area before breaking through, none of Xuan Kongzi and the other two had broken through to the Heaven Realm. Yao Lao was also in the process of merging with his new body. So at the moment of the breakthrough, Xiao Yan's soul power directly broke through the barrier he had set up and swept through the entire Saint Pill City in an instant.

After the soul storm that swept through the entire city, many people went to pay their respects to Xuan Kongzi and the other two. Although Xuan Kongzi said that he was the one who broke through, the subtle expression on his face when he first said those words was noticed by Qiu Ling, the Grand Elder of the Pill Tower.

After that, the news that Xiao Yan was actually the one who broke through spread among the higher-ups of the Pill Tower.

"This is wonderful..." Cao Ying murmured, gazing at the silver spatial gate. "I wonder when I'll be able to break through to the Heavenly Realm..."

*

A ripple suddenly appeared in the void, and then four figures slowly emerged.

The moment Xiao Yan appeared in this space, he felt a scorching heat rush towards him. At the same time, the Dragon Phoenix Meteor Heart Flame within his body suddenly became restless. This situation had never occurred even when facing the Fallen Heart Flame or the Sea Heart Flame.

Is it because of the existence of the Dragon Seal?

Feeling his heart pounding wildly, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel excited. The core of the Dragon-Phoenix Meteor Heart Flame was the Dragon-Phoenix Demonic Flame created from his blood, and the excitement that the Dragon-Phoenix Demonic Flame was transmitting to him clearly told him one thing—

After absorbing the Three Thousand Burning Flames, he will achieve a breakthrough, in addition to the Burning Technique, he will also gain his natal flame!

"Getting excited?" As if sensing Xiao Yan's mood, the man in black turned around, looked at Xiao Yan, and asked with a smile.

"A little..." Being directly pointed out made Xiao Yan somewhat embarrassed. After giving a slightly awkward reply, he looked around. "Uh... is this the Starfield?"

Xiao Yan was somewhat surprised to see the desolate scene around him until this moment. He had thought that such an isolated space would be full of life like the Pill Realm.

"Don't you think so?" Xuan Kongzi turned around and asked with a smile.

Looking at the desolate surroundings and the faint, scorching mist that diluted even the light penetrating this space, Xiao Yan finally nodded.

“After all, it’s just a space that the three of us forcibly tore apart, so it can’t compare to a small world like the Pill Realm,” Tian Lei Zi said with a smile. “However, you should have noticed that by now, right?”

"Is this the light of stars?" Looking at the faint light and feeling the coolness emanating from it, Xiao Yan asked.

“After all, the Three Thousand Burning Flames are also known as the Flames of the Stars. In the process of growing, they cannot do without the power of the stars. Therefore, this space does not isolate the power of the stars. Generally speaking, it is only suitable to enter during the day when the power of the stars is weakest.” Xuan Kongzi continued to walk forward.

"However, when someone tries to subdue it, they will completely isolate this stellar power. If they don't isolate it, it's hard to tell whether they're feeding it or letting someone try to subdue it..."

"Stay close. Although your soul power has reached the Heavenly Realm, this star field exists in a spatial rift, and many places are directly connected to the void. Going in would not be a good thing." As Xuan Kongzi led the way while nagging, Xuan Yi instructed Xiao Yan as if he were a helpless child.

The area of ​​the Starfield is not comparable to that of the Pill Realm, but that is only in comparison. If we really want to compare, the area here is almost the same as that of the enormous Saint Pill City. That is why, after flying for about ten minutes under Xuan Kongzi's guidance, we still could not see the edge.

Although he hadn't seen his target after flying for so long, Xiao Yan could clearly feel the temperature around him getting higher and higher. If it weren't for the protection of his strange fire, he might have already summoned his fighting spirit to resist the high temperature.

Ten minutes later, the Dragon-Phoenix Meteor Heart Flame within Xiao Yan's body suddenly surged violently, the feeling of excitement as if it would burst out of Xiao Yan's body at any moment.

"We've arrived." Xuan Kongzi, who was at the very front, also slowed down and floated downwards.

At the same time, a blazing light suddenly appeared in the void, so intense that it was like the sun suddenly appearing in this space. Upon seeing it, even Xiao Yan couldn't help but squint his eyes.

As he drew closer to the blinding light, the object within it finally came into clear view of Xiao Yan—

Within the light was a colossal dragon whose head and tail were nowhere to be seen. Its eyes were closed, and its body was coiled and twisted. A strange, purplish-black flame swirled around its massive body, and as the flame rose, the surrounding space seemed to distort.

"Is this the Three Thousand Burning Flames?" After a brief moment of shock at the sheer size of the Three Thousand Burning Flames, Xiao Yan came to his senses and looked at Xuan Kongzi and the other two who were looking at him with smiles on their faces, and asked.

As he spoke, Xiao Yan felt a sudden warmth in his palm, which, if he wasn't mistaken, was the dragon seal that Qi You had left in his palm.

'Have you already sensed the dragon seal within the Three Thousand Burning Flames?' Xiao Yan wondered to himself.

“That’s right, this is the Three Thousand Burning Flames,” Xuan Kongzi nodded. “However, it’s sealed now. Shall we try to subdue it using gentler methods first?”

Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi were also looking at Xiao Yan, waiting for his answer.

The three of them knew Xiao Yan's strength and the special effects of the Burning Technique. They knew that Xiao Yan would definitely not let the Three Thousand Burning Flames slip through his fingers. However, they still wanted to go through the proper procedures.

"Give it a try."