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

Under the watchful eyes of the three, Xiao Yan nodded and said with a smile.

“Once you get close to it, place your palm on its forehead, where there is a dragon scale that is not covered by the Three Thousand Burning Flames. Then, infiltrate it with your soul power,” Xuan Yi said. “If you’re lucky… you might be able to subdue it directly.”

Although that's what she said, the expression on Xuan Yi's face clearly told Xiao Yan that she didn't believe the Three Thousand Burning Flames could be subdued so easily.

After nodding, Xiao Yan walked slowly toward the sleeping dragon with a smile on his face.

As the distance between Xiao Yan and the Three Thousand Burning Flames gradually decreased, the expression on his face became increasingly solemn. This was partly because the dragon's might emanating from the Three Thousand Burning Flames was intensifying, as if it truly regarded him as the Primordial Dragon; and partly because…

'Is it too active?' Xiao Yan felt a little helpless as he sensed the Dragon-Phoenix Meteor Heart Flame wandering within his body. At this moment, he even doubted whether it was a strange flame or a domesticated monster that would destroy his home.

When Xiao Yan arrived in front of the Three Thousand Burning Flames, he quickly found the dragon scale that was nearly two meters tall, and sure enough, there were no flames swirling around it.

'Such powerful sealing force! It's even stronger than the seal that the Burning Heaven Elder used to seal the Otherworldly Demon...'

Feeling the powerful sealing force on the dragon scale, Xiao Yan couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. He then took a step forward and gently touched the dragon scale that was not surrounded by flames.

Surprisingly, the dragon scale had no heat whatsoever; in fact, it even exuded a faint chill. After briefly assessing the feel of the dragon scale, Xiao Yan closed his eyes, and the soul power between his brows flowed down his arm and then along the dragon scale into the massive dragon body of the Three Thousand Burning Flames.

Bang!

After Xiao Yan's soul power invaded the dragon scale, a faint sound suddenly rang out, and then Xiao Yan's soul appeared in a strange void as if it had broken through something.

This void was filled with purplish-black flames, and at the center of those flames was a miniature version of the Ancient Void Dragon. The moment Xiao Yan "looked" at it, the little dragon raised its head in confusion, its eyes, filled with purplish-black flames, staring intently at Xiao Yan's wisp of soul.

"...What are you?" The fire dragon suddenly spoke in human language and asked coldly.

"Looks like you've already sensed it?" Xiao Yan smiled as he looked at the extremely wary fire dragon.

"roll!"

Faced with Xiao Yan's provocative words, the fire dragon immediately flew into a rage, its cold voice ringing out. Then, purplish-black flames surged from its body, sweeping over Xiao Yan in a devastating attack.

"It seems you also know your fate," Xiao Yan chuckled, looking at the flames so close at hand. "See you in a bit." The next moment, this wisp of soul power vanished into the void.

Within the star field, Xiao Yan, whose palm had touched the dragon scale, opened his eyes, withdrew his palm, turned around, looked at Xuan Kongzi and the other two, and said with a smile, "Success."

Looking at the quiet dragon inside the ball of light, and recalling how the dragon would violently erupt after the three of them touched that dragon scale, Xuan Kongzi and the other two showed a somewhat helpless smile.

"It can penetrate this star field and transmit messages to the three of us," Xuan Yi said with a helpless smile. He took out a jade piece from his storage ring and handed it to Xiao Yan. "In a little while, the three of us will go out first. We will also shield the stars that can pass through the star field from it."

"The method to unseal the Three Thousand Burning Flames is very simple..."

After Xiao Yan put the jade piece into his storage ring, Xuan Yi continued to teach Xiao Yan the method to unseal the Three Thousand Burning Flames, and instructed him, "After the stars are also blocked, nothing that happens in this star field will be felt. The only way to contact the outside world is through that jade piece!"

If you find that you cannot devour the Three Thousand Burning Flames, just tell us through the jade tablet. Although we cannot subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames, we can still seal it again..."

After rambling on and on for a long time, Xuan Yi followed behind Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi, flying towards the direction where the spatial gate opened.

After a long time, this star field suddenly fell into darkness, with only the ball of light sealing the Three Thousand Burning Flames beside Xiao Yan still emitting a dazzling light.

"Has the power of the stars been blocked...?" Xiao Yan muttered to himself.

Soul power surged from between his brows, sweeping across the entire star field in just a few seconds. The icy sensation of the star power had completely disappeared from this star field.

'After absorbing it, to what extent will the Burning Technique evolve? Mid-Heaven Rank? Or will it remain unchanged?'

As Xiao Yan muttered to himself, his hand seals changed rapidly. A moment later, a sound of something breaking echoed quietly in this space.

"Roar--"

"Shut up."

The moment the seal was broken, the enormous dragon within the ball of light suddenly opened its mouth wide. However, just as the dragon's roar was about to sound, a calm voice rang out, and at the same time, a dark golden light slowly shone forth.

what is that?

Although it could no longer make any sound, the dragon's eyes, wreathed in purplish-black flames, were clearly asking Xiao Yan this question.

“Dragon Seal…” Xiao Yan began, “You may not understand what I’m saying, but… it’s the thing that allows you to gradually transform into the appearance of the Ancient Void Dragon during your growth process, and even unleash the dragon’s might. However, the Dragon Seal inside you is not as high-level as the one in my hand.”

Crimson flames surged from Xiao Yan's body, and then, as if in a competition, the crimson flames rapidly expanded, eventually transforming into a majestic dragon... or rather, a dragon-phoenix.

Looking at the crimson flames, a hint of greed flashed in the eyes of the Three Thousand Blazing Flames.

"You want to eat it? Perfect, I also want to devour you..." Xiao Yan laughed, noticing the hint of greed in his eyes. "However, under the influence of the Dragon Seal... only I can succeed."

Chapter 394 Origin Devouring Completed

It was the third day since Xiao Yan entered the star field.

Saint Dan City was as bustling as ever today, as if everyone had forgotten about the recent opening of the star field gate.

Suddenly, the energy of heaven and earth in Saint Pill City, or rather the entire Pill Domain, began to fluctuate violently. At first, people just thought that one of the elders in the Little Pill Tower was refining pills again. However, after discovering that the sky was still clear and blue, some people finally realized that something was wrong.

"But if it's not for refining peak eighth-grade or ninth-grade pills..." someone murmured, gazing at the sky, "why is the energy of heaven and earth fluctuating so much?"

Of course, such questions only exist among alchemists of the seventh rank or below, or those who have not yet reached the Dou Zun level. After all, anyone with common sense or a family with a certain foundation understands what the fluctuations in the energy of heaven and earth mean.

Someone has broken through to the Dou Sheng level!

"Could it be a teacher?"

Inside the Cao family's residence, Cao Ying, who had to pause refining pills due to fluctuations in the energy of heaven and earth, sensed the surging energy around her and subconsciously muttered something, then denied it to herself, "No, that's not right. My teacher hasn't even condensed his battle qi yet. He's still a long way from becoming a Dou Sheng..."

Although Xuan Kongzi's Dou Qi cultivation had already reached the peak of Dou Zun, there was a huge gap between the peak of Dou Zun and Ban Sheng, let alone crossing the threshold of Ban Sheng and breaking through to the Dou Sheng realm.

"So, it's the Medicine Venerable... no, it should be the Medicine Saint now, right?"

Recalling the first time she met Xiao Yan, when Xuan Yi subconsciously said that he wanted to refine the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Pill and prepare Dou Sheng essence to help Yao Chen recover his physical body, Cao Ying sighed deeply, "Alas, my alchemy skills can't catch up, my Dou Qi cultivation is inferior, and now I can't even compare to my teacher!"

After sighing for a while, Cao Ying adapted to the fluctuations in the surrounding energy. The flames in the medicine cauldron rose again. Although she was no match for Xiao Yan, this guy who appeared out of nowhere, she, Cao Ying, was still one of the strongest geniuses in the original Pill Tower. As long as she couldn't see his back completely, she would always try to catch up.

*

"That old fellow Yao Chen..." Xuan Kongzi sighed as he felt the surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy) surging towards a certain secret chamber. "Could this be considered a blessing in disguise?" He smiled helplessly.

There is only one step between the peak of Dou Zun and Dou Sheng, but this step has become an insurmountable barrier for countless people to break through to Dou Sheng. After all, without sufficient talent, one will never be able to cross the threshold of becoming a saint after nine revolutions.

"What are you talking about?" Xuan Yi glared at Xuan Kongzi in annoyance. "If he hadn't encountered those unpleasant things, with Yao Chen's talent, he would have broken through to the Dou Sheng level decades ago!"

“That old man’s talent is indeed better than mine,” Xuan Kongzi nodded, then looked at Xuan Yi speechlessly, “but he broke through to Dou Sheng decades ago… You don’t even believe that yourself, do you?”

The Nine Revolutions to Sainthood requires a powerhouse at the peak of the Dou Zun realm to reach a state of fullness in their Dou Qi. When they can no longer increase it, they condense and compress their Dou Qi, creating a space within their body that can accommodate newly generated Dou Qi. When their Dou Qi becomes full again, they must continue this process, repeating it nine times to achieve the Great Perfection.

This is what the top experts in Zhongzhou call the cultivation process between the peak of Dou Zun and the Half-Saint – Nine Revolutions to Sainthood.

"Compared to that..." Just as Xuan Yi seemed about to continue arguing with Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi interjected at the right moment, asking, "After Yao Chen breaks through, should we hand over the position of a giant to him, or let him continue to be a leisurely elder, or perhaps let him enter the Lesser Pill Tower?"

The Lesser Pill Tower is the true core of the Pill Tower. To enter it, one must be able to refine at least an eighth-grade pill capable of summoning seven-colored pill lightning. It is precisely because of the existence of the Lesser Pill Tower that the Soul Palace still retains a trace of apprehension towards the Pill Tower...

Of course, there was only a slight sense of apprehension.

“He used to stay in the Little Pill Tower, but the atmosphere there wasn’t really suitable for him,” Xuan Yi said after a moment of silence because of Tian Lei Zi’s question.

“Even if the position of one of the three giants were given to him, he might not want it,” Xuan Kongzi said with a headache. “This is different from Xiao Yan’s breakthrough in soul power. A peak eighth-grade alchemist at the Dou Sheng realm… this might be the first person known to everyone on the entire continent, the person closest to becoming a ninth-grade alchemist.”

The Small Pill Tower has elders capable of refining ninth-grade pills, but they are all extremely senior old monsters. Not to mention the Central Continent, there might not be many people on the entire continent who know of their existence. But Yao Chen is different. Putting aside everything else, the news of his return to the Starfall Pavilion a few months ago alone attracted countless people seeking pills. If they knew that Yao Chen had become a Dou Sheng, and the Pill Tower had not given him a sufficiently prestigious position...

Just thinking about the powerful figures who would swarm into the Pill Domain like locusts, who would do everything they could to see Yao Chen and promote their own forces to him, gave Xuan Kongzi a headache.

"Just hang on to the title of honorary elder of the Little Pill Tower."

Just when Xuan Kongzi and the other two were at a loss, an old and calm voice suddenly rang out in the room. Looking in the direction of the voice, an old man dressed in hemp clothes with eyes like stars appeared in their field of vision.

"Elder!"

Upon seeing the old man, Xuan Kongzi and the other two stood up at the same time and greeted him respectfully.

"What do you think of my suggestion?" After nodding to the three of them, the Grand Elder of the Little Pill Tower looked in another direction and asked.

"I will obey your orders," said the old apothecary, clasping his hands respectfully.

“It’s only at times like this that you use honorifics,” the Grand Elder shook his head, then changed the subject, “You don’t have many ninth-grade medicine prescriptions, do you?”

"...There are only two." After a moment of silence, the old apothecary nodded and said.

"Precious Pill?"

"Yes."

Only at times like these does the importance of the prescription become even more apparent. Without a prescription for a ninth-grade pill, trying to refine a ninth-grade pill is nothing short of a pipe dream. The "Super Yi Shi Dan" that was deduced by five eighth-grade peak alchemists, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Xuan Kong Zi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi, barely reached the level of an eighth-grade nine-colored pill.

However, the prescriptions for ninth-grade pills are even more precious than heaven-rank cultivation techniques and fighting skills. Even though the old master alchemist was once the number one alchemist in the continent, he only collected two volumes of ninth-grade pill prescriptions, and they were all the lowest-grade ninth-grade treasure pills.

"You can consult the ninth-grade pill formulas collected in the Little Pill Tower later," the Grand Elder nodded and said, "As for your disciple... once he is able to refine the ninth-grade treasure pill formula in your possession, you are also allowed to teach the formula to him."

Like the other two, Yao Lao and Xuan Kongzi stared in disbelief at the Grand Elder who had broken the rules of the Little Pill Tower.

*

"Damn it, how is this possible..."

In a gloomy palace somewhere in the Central Plains, an old man in black robes looked at the intelligence report delivered to him with disbelief.

"What, can't accept the fact that he was resurrected and even broke through?" In front of the black-robed elder, a middle-aged man dressed in black looked at the black-robed elder with a smile on his face. "Mu Gu, Mu Gu, you were a Dou Zun decades ago, and you are still a Dou Zun decades later... Oh, your strength has improved a bit, breaking through from a two-star Dou Zun to the peak of a three-star Dou Zun... But do you think that's enough?"

Hearing the middle-aged man's increasingly cold voice, Mu Gu quickly knelt down and replied in a trembling voice, "Forgive me for my incompetence!"

Looking at Mu Gu kneeling down without warning, the middle-aged man in black suddenly had some self-doubt. How did such a spineless coward get recruited into the Soul Palace? Oh, right, if he wasn't spineless, his soul essence would have been extracted long ago, and he would have completely disappeared from the world.

“You don’t need to think about subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flames anymore,” the middle-aged man in black raised his head and rubbed his temples wearily. “It has already been subdued by Yao Chen’s disciple. In a while, let Lao Jiu accompany you on a trip to the Southern Continent.”

"Southern Continent?" Mu Gu breathed a sigh of relief upon realizing that he seemed to have escaped death again, then looked up in surprise.

“A mature Crimson Lotus Karmic Flame has appeared in the Southern Continent. Although subduing the strange flame will not increase your strength, the place where the Crimson Lotus Karmic Flame was born is a rare training ground for you,” the middle-aged man in black said calmly. “I hope that when you return from the Southern Continent, you will be able to break through to the four-star Dou Zun realm.”

"Of course, of course."

After worrying for a long time, Mu Gu smiled obsequiously when he discovered that there was a new benefit this time. Although he really wanted the Three Thousand Burning Flames sealed in the Pill Tower, if there was a Red Lotus Karmic Flame ranked higher than the Three Thousand Burning Flames on the Strange Flame Ranking, he would not care about the Three Thousand Burning Flames at all!

'But was it devoured by Yao Chen's disciples?' Mu Gu muttered to himself after the middle-aged man in black left. 'Should I go and extract those Three Thousand Burning Flames sometime?'

Although he is utterly useless and no match for Yao Chen, dealing with Yao Chen's disciples is a piece of cake, isn't it?

Recalling how he and Han Feng had caused Yao Chen's death back then, Mu Gu felt a surge of satisfaction.

*

As the flames continued to rise, the temperature in the star field filled with purplish-black flames became increasingly terrifying. Even space itself appeared extremely distorted at this moment. If this star field had not been sealed by Xuan Kongzi and the other two, the entire Saint Pill City would probably have been completely swallowed up by the endless flames the moment space shattered.

In the center of this star field filled with purplish-black flames, there is an area where no flames flow; all the flames that sweep over this place automatically disperse.

In this area, a slender figure sat cross-legged, with extremely deep purplish-black flames rising from his body. These flames swirled around him, and each surge of the flames caused a violent fluctuation in the seemingly endless purplish-black sea of ​​fire outside.

Xiao Yan was completely unaware of the changes in the surrounding sea of ​​fire. More than a month had passed since he entered the star field. During this month, he had completely extracted the source of the Three Thousand Burning Flames, and the devouring of this source had reached its final stage.