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

After a long while, Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes. Purple-black flames immediately ignited in his dark eyes, and two beams of fire shot out from his eyes like two laser beams, tearing open two gaps, each ten feet wide, in the sea of ​​fire.

A flash of fire streaked across the sea of ​​flames, causing it to churn before slowly receding after a long while.

"Hoo—" A breath of exceptionally hot air slowly escaped from Xiao Yan's throat. "Finally, I succeeded." Feeling the powerful Dou Qi within his body, a bright smile appeared on Xiao Yan's face.

Merely devouring the tiny fire dragon, the very source of the Three Thousand Burning Flames, propelled his strength to the level of a nine-star Dou Zong. If he were to subsequently devour this boundless, purplish-black sea of ​​fire, the "outer flames" of the Three Thousand Burning Flames...

Looking at the sea of ​​fire before him, Xiao Yan's eyes revealed a hint of excitement.

"Perhaps, it's not just a five-star Dou Zun... Who's there?!" Just as he murmured this, Xiao Yan sensed a special spatial fluctuation suddenly appearing in this sea of ​​fire. The crimson flames that had absorbed the Three Thousand Burning Flames instantly surged out from his body.

However, when the crimson flames touched the area where spatial fluctuations had occurred, Xiao Yan's soul power sensed the aura of the person emerging from that space first—Zi Yan.

"Didn't you go back to Donglong Island?" With a wave of his hand, dispelling the flames, Xiao Yan took out a long robe from his storage ring. "Why are you back again?"

Seeing Xiao Yan put on the long robe, Zi Yan's eyes showed a hint of regret. Then her expression turned serious. "Ahem, I just came to see you..." As she spoke, she took out a few medicinal herbs from her storage ring.

"Are you going to refine pills again?"

Xiao Yan didn't notice anything amiss. After all, this star field was in the void, and Donglong Island was also in the void. With the talent of the Ancient Void Dragon, wasn't it only natural that it could find this place?

Xiao Yan could only suspect that Zi Yan was waiting in the void outside the star field every day, and would rush in as soon as he woke up to ask him to help refine pills.

"Speaking of which... what's this medicinal herb called?" Xiao Yan asked casually while refining the herb in his hand. "What are its medicinal effects?" Looking at the purplish-red flower in his hand, which looked somewhat like a dragon's head, Xiao Yan was full of curiosity.

"Why don't you try it and see?" Zi Yan said nonchalantly, "As long as you don't find it unpalatable."

"You're not thinking of throwing this away, are you?" Xiao Yan asked with a smile after hearing the word 'disgusting'.

"If you wanted to throw it away, I wouldn't have let you refine it!" Zi Yan said indignantly.

“That’s true.” Xiao Yan nodded, then put the freshly refined pill into his mouth.

"Wait, this thing..." The pill dissolved completely as soon as it entered his mouth, and Xiao Yan realized something was wrong.

"Hehe, if you break through to Dou Zun directly, it might not even work," Zi Yan said with a smug smile, watching Xiao Yan's face turn red instantly. "Hmph, I won't let you get away with this!"

Who did you learn this from?

Feeling his body becoming increasingly out of control, Xiao Yan's temples throbbed.

Chapter 395 A Year Has Passed

"Calm down..." Xiao Yan said with great difficulty, "You don't know if it will affect your ability to receive the inheritance... right?"

While manipulating the crimson flames to search for the medicinal effects within his body, he also tried to use the threat of Donglong Island's survival to make Ziyan abandon what she was about to do.

"When that old guy gave me the Dream Dragon Flower, he also asked me if I wanted some Dragon-Inducing Grass," Zi Yan said slowly, leaning against Xiao Yan. "That stuff can increase the probability of female Ancient Void Dragons getting pregnant."

Xiao Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and he couldn't say anything. One reason was that he was really worried that Zi Yan had that Dragon-Inducing Grass in her hands. As for the other reason... his mouth had already been sealed by Zi Yan's lips.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

"Stop struggling. The Dream Dragon Flower works on the bloodline," Zi Yan laughed after noticing that Xiao Yan seemed to still be persisting. "According to that old guy Qi You, unless the user doesn't have the bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon, it's absolutely impossible to get rid of its effects... However, if one's Dou Qi cultivation is at the Dou Zun level, perhaps it can be unblocked?"

Feeling his completely weakened fighting spirit and the strangeness he couldn't detect at all, Xiao Yan had to admit... the effect of this Dream Dragon Flower was a bit too good. Shouldn't this type of medicinal herb normally provide complete immunity as long as one's soul power is strong enough?

"Hmph, give up!" Zi Yan ripped Xiao Yan's robe to shreds. "Don't move, let me see!"

"Hey, don't touch him!!!"

*

A year has passed quickly.

During the year that Xiao Yan was in seclusion, many major events occurred in Zhongzhou. Apart from the fact that the Wind and Thunder Pavilion was swallowed up by various forces due to the disappearance of Thunder Venerable and was reduced to a third-rate small force, the most shocking thing was the emergence of a new force - the Flame Alliance.

This force originated from the Northwest Continent, and the Heavenly Serpent Palace, one of the most powerful forces on the Northwest Continent, is merely a component of it. Furthermore, besides the Heavenly Serpent Venerable, who is quite famous even in the Central Continent, the Flame Alliance also has several Dou Zun (Battle Venerables) among its members.

The first one is an unfamiliar five-star Dou Zun named "Tian Huo". During a battle between the three major sects under the Tianming Sect, Venerable Tian Huo used his overwhelming flame array to suppress three strong people of the same level. Later, he fought against the sect leader of the Tianming Sect, an eight-star Dou Zun, for a hundred moves without being defeated, thus conquering a large territory for the Yan Alliance.

The second one is a one-star Dou Zun who calls herself "Heavenly Poison Girl" and has the terrifying physique of Calamity Poison Body. Her poison fighting qi is superb. Without the appearance of Ice River Venerable, she completely wiped out Ice River Valley, which had two two-star Dou Zun. Later, there were even rumors that Ice River Venerable was very likely to die at the hands of this Heavenly Poison Girl.

The third is the vice leader of the Flame Alliance, who is said to be the queen of the Snake-People clan who went to the Northwest Continent a thousand years ago. After learning this news, the Nine Netherworld Python clan came directly to their door, supposedly wanting to drive the Snake-People clan out of the Central Continent again. However, after losing several Dou Zun elders, the Nine Netherworld Python clan never mentioned anything like that again.

As for the legendary leader of the Flame Alliance...

To this day, he remains elusive, though there are rumors that the alliance leader is a disciple of the continent's strongest alchemist, the Medicine Saint, and a peak eighth-grade alchemist, only one step away from the ninth grade.

Many people initially did not believe the rumors, but the news was gradually confirmed after the leaders of many forces in Zhongzhou visited the Yan Alliance with gifts, and the Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley also led many powerful figures from the valley to visit.

As the Flame Alliance gradually gained a foothold in Zhongzhou, a power structure of one palace, one tower, one alliance, two sects, two valleys, and three pavilions was formed in Zhongzhou. There were also forces that wanted to seize the positions that Ice River Valley and Wind and Thunder Pavilion had gained after their decline, but the fate of these forces was often that they could not even keep their original base.

One day, in the city of Saint Dan.

"Has he not come out of seclusion yet?"

As Little Fairy Doctor sat in the courtyard as always, gazing up at the void at the top of the Pill Tower, a somewhat indifferent voice sounded behind her.

"According to Master Yao's estimation, it may take about two years to completely refine the Three Thousand Burning Flames and all the energy in the star field," Little Fairy Doctor said calmly without turning around, "and only one year has passed so far."

"Then why did you keep waiting for him in the Pill Domain?" Medusa asked, sitting down next to Little Fairy Doctor.

“I’m not good at managing large forces. Rather than being a wooden puppet in the Flame Alliance, I’d rather find a safe place to rest,” Little Fairy Doctor chuckled. “Besides, the deterrent power of a Calamity Poison Body whose location is unknown is far greater than that of a Calamity Poison Body whose location is known, isn’t it?”

"Who knows what you're thinking?" Medusa said somewhat coldly.

Of course, she couldn't say much. Now, all the affairs of the Flame Alliance were handled by Venerable Heavenly Fire and Venerable Heavenly Serpent. As the vice leader, she mostly just rested under Qing Lin's care during her pregnancy.

Little Fairy Doctor smiled, then her gaze fell on Medusa's lower abdomen. "One year left?"

"Hmm," Medusa's expression softened upon hearing Little Fairy Doctor's words, her hand unconsciously stroking her lower abdomen. "I've already taken the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill, and the Grand Elder said there's a high probability it's a girl."

“Xiao Yan seems to really like girls,” Little Fairy Doctor nodded. “If he’s lucky, he might even be able to catch her birth.”

"It doesn't matter if I can't make it." After glancing up at the void above the Pill Tower, Medusa stood up straight, just like she always did when she came here.

"Are you leaving already?" Despite similar incidents happening more than ten times, Little Fairy Doctor still tried to persuade her to stay a little longer.

“That woman from Yunlan Sect is preparing to leave Yan Alliance,” Medusa said softly without responding to Little Fairy Doctor’s attempt to persuade her to stay. “Hai Bodong and the others are trying to persuade her. Lionheart asked me to come and see if Xiao Yan has come out of seclusion. If he has, I can take him back and persuade her to give up her thoughts of leaving.”

Upon hearing this, Little Fairy Doctor's expression was slightly strange. Although Lionheart wasn't a big mouth, many people knew about the ambiguous relationship between Yun Yun and Xiao Yan. In the Yan Alliance, "many people" specifically referred to her, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Ya Fei.

"Yunlan Sect... After Yunshan's death, although the treatment of Yunlan Sect was not the best, it was still far better than the forces that joined after the establishment of Yan Alliance, right?" After a slight pause, Little Fairy Doctor asked with some confusion.

Although Yunshan broke through to the Dou Zong realm with the help of the Soul Hall protector, he readily admitted defeat after the Soul Hall protector was killed by Xiao Yan. He even used himself as bait to buy time for Xiao Yixian and the others to escape the Jia Ma Empire when the Soul Hall attacked the Xiao family.

Therefore, after the Flame Alliance was established in the Northwest Continent, the Yunlan Sect's treatment was second only to the Tianshe Mansion, the Jiama Royal Family, and the remaining members of the Xiao Family, who were the original founders of the Flame Alliance. After the Flame Alliance entered the Central Continent, although the Yunlan Sect had become somewhat insignificant, the treatment of the Yunlan Sect disciples never decreased, and even improved considerably.

Therefore, when Medusa said that "that woman from the Yunlan Sect is preparing to leave the Yan Alliance," Little Fairy Doctor couldn't understand it at all.

"It's nothing more than her feeling that the Yunlan Sect has such a status because of the ambiguity between her and Xiao Yan, so she feels that she shouldn't take it for granted," Medusa sneered. "Such an awkward woman, she can't even hide her own thoughts as well as Zi Yan!"

"Haha..." Little Fairy Doctor chuckled dryly. She didn't want to comment on the situation between Xiao Yan and Yun Yun, so she quickly changed the subject. "Zi Yan? Is Zi Yan thinking something?"

"It was probably because he had the blood of Zi Yan's clan that Zi Yan became dependent on him at first."

Considering that Little Fairy Doctor is human, Zi Yan hadn't told her about the bloodline connection. However, Zi Yan had fewer reservations about Medusa, who wasn't exactly human.

"Later, she signed a bloodline link with Xiao Yan, although I don't know exactly what it means..." Medusa sighed helplessly, "but, it's obvious that the girl has other thoughts about Xiao Yan."

Hearing Medusa's blunt words, and thinking of Zi Yan's seemingly indifferent attitude towards nothing but eating, Little Fairy Doctor's lips twitched involuntarily. "It can't be that bad... can it?"

"What's so hard about it?" Medusa snorted. "It's just that that girl has returned to her clan to receive her inheritance. Otherwise, I would definitely suspect that she sneaked into the star field while Xiao Yan was in seclusion. It just so happens that the star field, like Donglong Island, is located in the void!"

“Zi Yan is only a Dou Huang,” Little Fairy Doctor reminded her. “Even if she were the Ancient Void Dragon, it’s impossible for her to move alone in the void when her strength is only that of a Dou Huang, right?”

"Maybe there are some helpful items?" Medusa said casually. "Alright, I'm going back now. If he comes out of seclusion, remember to tell him to return to the Flame Alliance as soon as possible. I can't guarantee I can persuade that woman."

Little Fairy Doctor smiled helplessly.

“Oh, by the way, Master Yao asked me to pass on a message to you,” Medusa said, turning back as she was about to leave. “He knows of an ancient tomb of a certain generation of Calamity Poison Body, where there might be a way to completely control the Calamity Poison Body.”

"Completely control the Calamity Poison Body?" Little Fairy Doctor was taken aback.

"It's just a possibility," Medusa said, glancing at Little Fairy Doctor's still gray-white long hair. "If such a method really existed, perhaps you wouldn't need to envy me anymore."

Envious of you?

After a brief moment of surprise, Little Fairy Doctor's gaze fell on Medusa's lower abdomen.

"In short, you'd better think it over carefully before that guy comes out of seclusion."

After leaving a message, Medusa left Saint Pill City, leaving Little Fairy Doctor alone sitting in the courtyard, gazing up at the void above the Pill Tower.

*

Another six months have passed in a flash. During these six months, the star field has been in its quietest period in history. There is no life in this fiery hell. The occasional whooshing sound of the flames that sweep through carries a desolate atmosphere, as if only death exists in this star field.

Within the seemingly calm sea of ​​fire lies an unusual zone—

While flames elsewhere burned quietly, those in this area were raging like fire on dry grass, boiling intensely.

Upon closer inspection, one can see two figures tightly embracing each other through the boiling flames. However, the surface of these two sleeping figures is covered with a strange crystalline layer that resembles ice crystals.

This strange crystalline layer completely covered every part of the two people, and it seemed that not only their bodies, but even their bodies were completely occupied by this strange crystalline layer, as if they were two lifeless crystalline beings.

However, under the scorching heat of the surrounding crimson flames, the crystals covering the two gradually faded away.

Finally, one day, the crystal layer covering the two completely dissipated, and Xiao Yan and Zi Yan, who had been forced to sleep in the crystal for more than half a year, slowly opened their eyes.

"you……"

Looking into Zi Yan's eyes, which had turned from purple to a deep purple-gold, Xiao Yan slowly spoke.

However, before Xiao Yan could finish speaking, Zi Yan quickly broke free from his embrace. A purple-gold light flashed, and a purple-gold robe, swirling with dragon and phoenix dance, covered her delicate body. At the same time, a pair of purple-gold wings, each over ten feet long, stretched out from her back, and the sound of wind and thunder could be heard as the wings flapped.

"I'm going back to receive the inheritance first!" After leaving these words, Zi Yan stared intently at Xiao Yan's every move, as if she would leave immediately if Xiao Yan dared to lecture her.

"Alright, alright," Xiao Yan said, rubbing his temples with a hint of exasperation as he watched Zi Yan wait for his reaction before deciding whether to run away or stay. "Tell me your current situation first!"

Feeling his own strength as a Seven-Star Dou Zun, and Zi Yan's Dou Qi strength which was no weaker than his own, Xiao Yan's expression was slightly strange. Although he guessed something, he was still not quite sure.

"The Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit has been refined by the two of us."

Seeing that Xiao Yan didn't intend to pursue her rebellious behavior from a year and a half ago, Zi Yan also retracted her Wind and Thunder Wings and threw herself back into Xiao Yan's arms. "The bloodlines in our bodies have both fully evolved into Dragon and Phoenix. This may be the first time in the history of the Dou Qi Continent that two Dragon and Phoenix have existed at the same time!"

Hearing Zi Yan's words, Xiao Yan sighed, "As expected..."

When Xiao Yan vaguely sensed the immense energy emanating from Zi Yan, he felt something was amiss. However, in that state, let alone rejecting the energy Zi Yan was transmitting, not even foolishly accepting it entirely was the limit of what he could do.

"It won't affect you, will it?" Looking at Zi Yan in his arms, Xiao Yan asked, "Going from Dou Huang to Seven-Star Dou Zun in just one year... will it affect your future?"

"No, not at all," Zi Yan replied with a smile. "Have you forgotten about the bloodline link? As long as the bloodline link remains intact, even if I advance from the Fighter stage to the same level as you, it won't affect me in any way!"

"Hmph, even the strength I gain when I receive the inheritance will have the same effect on you!"