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

"So...why do you want to take my surname?"

Although Xiao Yan wanted to deny that Xiao Qiu'er shared his surname only because he had fed her many pills back then, he felt that his family's Little Fairy Doctor and Cai Lin would most likely not believe this explanation.

"Let's focus on the immediate matter first," Xiao Yan shook his head after a shiver, clearing his mind of all his chaotic thoughts. "Let's treat the fake king as if it were the real king."

Treating your opponent as a six-star Dou Sheng and then discovering they are a five-star or four-star Dou Sheng when you actually fight them is definitely better than treating them as a four-star Dou Sheng and then finding out they are a five-star or even six-star Dou Sheng.

"If only I had gone to Burning Flame Valley before coming here," Xiao Yan muttered before closing his eyes. "The Three Transformations of Heavenly Flame... Since it is the last inheritance of the Xiao family, there must be a secret to reactivating this almost abandoned bloodline, right?"

As he muttered to himself, Xiao Yan focused his mind on his body, gradually sensing the presence of the Dragon-Phoenix bloodline within the surging blood, and peeling back the layers to perceive the primal power within it...

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"Speaking of which..." The next day, Xiong Jun seemed to suddenly remember something, raised his head and looked at Gu Yuena, "Among those eight ancestral symbols, the Primordial Ancestral Symbol... mainly refers to physical strength, right?"

When Lin Dong explained the Primordial Ancestral Symbol, he said it could control the power of the primordial world. However, when asked about its specific function, he hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "It greatly enhances the strength of the physical body."

Xiong Jun's words and the way he looked at Gu Yuena attracted the attention of most people, and their eyes fell on Xiong Jun and Gu Yuena one after the other.

"What do you mean?" Gu Yuena frowned slightly and asked.

"The Golden Dragon King possesses the physical power of that Dragon God, right?" Xiong Jun scratched his chin. "Although I don't want to admit it... even with the bloodline suppression removed, the Golden Dragon King's physical strength is indeed much higher than mine..."

At this point, most people looked on with sudden realization, and some even looked at Gu Yuena with excitement—

After the Golden Dragon King's fall, the power he wielded fell into Gu Yuena's hands. However, the Three-Headed Demon General was constantly harassing her, so Gu Yuena didn't have enough time to absorb the Golden Dragon King's essence. Since the Primordial Ancestral Symbol refers to physical power, Xiao Yan might be able to condense another natal spirit symbol after absorbing the Golden Dragon King's essence.

At that time, including Xiao Yan's own flame and space talismans, plus the dark origin provided by Di Tian, ​​the ice origin provided by Bing Di or Xue Di, and the devouring origin provided by Zi Ji, there will be a total of six talismans, only lacking the final life and death and thunder talismans from the eight ancestral talismans.

"Ahem, come out and practice with me in a bit!"

Although Di Tian was the first to react besides Xiong Jun, after noticing that Gu Yuena was deep in thought, Di Tian decisively coughed twice, then grabbed Xiong Jun's shoulder, preparing to take this guy who said something that might prevent the Dragon Clan from ever having a Dragon God again out and teach him a lesson.

Seeing Di Tian's reaction, the others who had thought of this sighed with regret. However, those who were still alive knew the significance of the Dragon God to the Dragon Clan, so no one dared to stand up and criticize him.

"...If Xiao Yan successfully condenses a spatial talisman."

Before Xiong Jun was taken out of the elemental barrier by Di Tian, ​​Gu Yuena raised her head and looked at the crowd who were doing their own things. "I will give him the Golden Dragon King's source power, regardless of whether it can help him or not."

Chapter 413 The Silver Dragon King Who Wanted to Sacrifice Himself

"Golden Dragon King? What's that? Aren't you a Silver Dragon?"

Almost as soon as Gu Yuena finished speaking, a strong spatial fluctuation spread out above the Lake of Life, followed by some curious voices coming from the opened spatial gate.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Xiao Yan, dressed in a black robe, leisurely walking out of the spatial gate. Then, the spatial gate, which emitted a silver light, slowly closed.

"Did you succeed?" Gu Yuena asked first, looking at Xiao Yan with a faint smile on his face.

"Luckily," Xiao Yan shrugged. "If I hadn't finally found the bloodline origin, I would have given up... Rather than that, can you tell me what the Golden Dragon King is?" After answering Gu Yuena's question, Xiao Yan immediately changed the subject. After all, there were many people around, and there might be some hidden hand left by the Ghost King on one of the survivors.

So, they didn't prepare that trump card that required a long preparation period?

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Gu Yuena instinctively wanted to ask a question, but reason prevented her from asking: "All the soul beasts in Douluo Continent can be said to have been born under the influence of the Dragon God's bloodline. Before the Dragon God was killed by the five God Kings of the God Realm, he separated his power and wisdom. The Golden Dragon King is an avatar that inherited his power, while I am an avatar that inherited the Dragon God's wisdom."

“The Golden Dragon King didn’t convert his power into battle qi, yet he was still able to fight any one of the three demon generals to a draw,” Qian Moyun added. “However, precisely because he didn’t convert his soul power into battle qi, he was invaded by demonic energy during his battle with the Bat Demon…”

Qian Moyun didn't continue speaking, after all, she could tell from Xiao Yan's silent expression that he had already guessed the Golden Dragon King's fate.

"...That wouldn't be of any use to me, would it?" After being momentarily speechless at the Golden Dragon King's arrogance, Xiao Yan spoke up, "What I need right now is simply the attribute power to help me split off new spirit talismans..."

“The Golden Dragon King has the strongest physical strength,” Gu Yuena said, glancing at the bear that Di Tian was holding in his hand. “You should also know the strength of this stupid bear’s body, right?”

Xiao Yan nodded.

“Even after this stupid bear converted all its soul power into battle qi, its physical strength is still no match for the Golden Dragon King,” Gu Yuena said calmly.

It was precisely because of Gu Yuena's words that Xiao Yan finally showed a surprised expression—

During his final years in Douluo Continent, through constant training, Xiao Yan became very clear about the strength of Xiong Jun's physical body. After returning to Dou Qi Continent, he even determined that, at the same level, Xiong Jun's physical strength was second only to that of magical beasts with dragon blood.

The process of converting soul power into battle qi will inevitably strengthen Xiong Jun's physical body once again. At this time, his physical body may be second only to the pure-blooded Taixu Ancient Dragon of the same level. However, even under these circumstances, the physical strength of the Golden Dragon King still exceeds that of Xiong Jun.

“You’ve seen my Sky-Tearing Claws too,” Xiong Jun, who was being held by Di Tian with one hand, turned his head to look at Xiao Yan. “I’m confident that even after my soul power is converted into battle qi, Di Tian will still be seriously injured by my Sky-Tearing Claws, but that guy… only had a few deep, bone-revealing wounds on his body, and healed very quickly.”

Thinking back to how, despite Bibi Dong's interference, his Heaven-Tearing Claw landed on the unsuspecting Golden Dragon King without killing or seriously injuring him, Xiong Jun felt somewhat frustrated. If Di Tian hadn't said afterward, "I can't withstand this Heaven-Tearing Claw," he might have become withdrawn.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan could no longer hide his disbelief. Xiong Jun's Heaven-Tearing Claw was undoubtedly a killing move that would allow him to fight beyond his level, but the Golden Dragon King was able to withstand the attack almost unscathed even when he was "ambushed".

'Could it be that his physical strength is comparable to that of a Void Ancient Dragon of the same level?'

After a moment of distraction, Xiao Yan recalled what Qian Moyun had said earlier: even without converting soul power into battle qi, the Golden Dragon King could still restrain one of the three demon generals.

"Then, shall we begin with the Golden Dragon King's essence?" After roughly understanding the significant difference between Xiong Jun and the Golden Dragon King, Xiao Yan spoke up, "To condense a natal spirit talisman requires extracting the attribute essence from your bodies. Failure will likely cause immense damage to your future cultivation..."

"No, let Di Tian extract his dark essence and hand it over to you first," Gu Yuena suddenly interrupted Xiao Yan. "No matter what, the Golden Dragon King's essence can't compare to the Dragon God's essence, right?"

When Gu Yuena uttered the first half of her sentence, even Di Tian couldn't help but start to wonder if he had done something to displease Gu Yuena in the past. After all, Xiao Yan had only confirmed that he could extract the essence from his own bloodline and condense a natal spirit talisman. If it could only work on himself, there was no possibility that Di Tian's dark attribute essence would be restored!

However, after Gu Yuena uttered the second half of her sentence, Di Tian no longer doubted why Gu Yuena wanted him to lead the charge, but—

"My lord, you mustn't!" After casually tossing Xiong Jun away, Di Tian looked earnestly at Gu Yuena, "If you were to strip away your own bloodline essence..."

“It’s just a matter of going from the Silver Dragon King to an ordinary Silver Dragon,” Gu Yuena interrupted Di Tian. “What difference does it make whether you’re a Silver Dragon King or a Silver Dragon in front of the Ghost King? And when we go to Xiao Yan’s world in the future, the so-called Silver Dragon King’s bloodline won’t be of much help, will it?”

As she spoke, she glanced at Xiao Yan beside her, seemingly seeking his approval.

“There are still differences,” Xiao Yan replied calmly. “Given your ability to manipulate multiple elements, the Silver Dragon King’s bloodline will definitely allow you to better adapt to the Dou Qi attributes of the Dou Qi Continent…”

Looking at the survivors with their various Dou Qi attributes, Xiao Yan calmly said, "The cultivation techniques you're currently practicing are those preserved by Qian Moyun, right? The attributes might not be entirely suitable for you. You'll definitely need to change your cultivation techniques once you reach the Dou Qi Continent. If your bloodline is stronger, there will certainly be more suitable cultivation techniques available."

Although cultivation techniques are not essential for magical beasts, those with weak bloodlines definitely need suitable techniques—Gu Yuena's current bloodline strength is roughly equivalent to Mu Qingluan's, but if she were to fall from the Silver Dragon King to become a Silver Dragon...

She might not even be as good as the snake spirit accompanying the leader of the snake people. Moreover, the snake spirit accompanying the snake people still has the possibility of evolution, but Gu Yuena most likely does not have the possibility of evolution.

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's merciless words, Gu Yuena's expression froze for a moment.

Chapter 414 Arrival

Although Xiao Yan spoke very bluntly, he ultimately persuaded Gu Yuena to abandon the idea of ​​sacrificing her own essence to allow it to re-form into the Dragon God with the Golden Dragon King's essence.

After resolving Gu Yuena's obsession, everything became much simpler.

Although Xiao Yan said he would first try to condense his natal spirit talisman using the Golden Dragon King's essence, judging from the fact that he reopened his eyes in less than half an hour and summoned a purple-gold spirit talisman, his previous refusal was purely modesty.

Upon seeing the purple-gold talisman summoned by Xiao Yan, Di Tian breathed a long sigh of relief, and then unhesitatingly extracted his own dark essence and handed it over to Xiao Yan.

Next came Zi Ji's Devouring Origin, and Xue Di's Origin Blood...

After the talismans were fully formed, Xiao Yan left the area alone and headed towards the endless black land in the distance. This was both to better familiarize himself with and master the talismans and to determine if there were any more survivors on the planet.

Of course, there was also the idea of ​​setting up more backup plans to deal with the Ghost King, who would be returning to this planet in less than a month.

“If you want to leave, you can just tell me,” Qian Moyun suddenly said as Xiao Yan disappeared from everyone’s sight. “Since Xiao Yan came to this world, Senior Dan has been paying attention to this place. If you want to leave, you can go to Xiao Yan’s world now.”

"...Can Xiao Yan win?" After a brief moment of stunned silence, Gu Yuena asked.

Many people were tempted upon hearing that they could leave, but none of them spoke up. However, after hearing Gu Yuena's question, most people's expressions showed that they were more interested in whether Xiao Yan could kill the Ghost King who destroyed the world than leaving now.

"Judging from the level alone..." Qian Moyun had naturally asked Dan about this issue before, so she said calmly, "Zero, there has never been a case of a Seven-Star Dou Zun defeating a true Dou Sheng. At least, Senior Dan does not have any such memory."

Moreover, the one who is a Dou Sheng is at least a four-star Dou Sheng.

In fact, if Xiao Yan hadn't insisted, Dan wouldn't have supported this battle, which seemed to have no suspense at first glance. According to Dan's idea, Xiao Yan should at least have reached the Dou Qi cultivation level of a genuine Dou Sheng before dealing with this King-level alien demon. Anyway, with him in control, this alien demon would never have the possibility of leaving.

“Zero…” Gu Yuena murmured softly.

Neither Gu Yuena nor Di Tian held much hope that Xiao Yan could defeat the Ghost King. In the past ten years of entanglement with the Three-Headed Demon General, they knew how strict the hierarchy was on the Dou Qi Continent. They had occasionally heard Qian Moyun say that there was a possibility of insubordination below the Dou Sheng level. After reaching the Dou Sheng level, the difference between each level was like heaven and earth, and even the difference between the early and late stages of the same level was difficult to overcome.

"I will stay and witness the battle between Xiao Yan and the Ghost King," Xue Di suddenly said.

"Snow Empress?" The Ice Empress standing next to Snow Empress looked at her with a face full of surprise.

Gu Yuena and the others also looked at Xue Di with surprise—although they had only known each other for a few years, they all knew that Xue Di was not the kind of person who would be enthusiastic. At least, in their opinion, Xue Di was not the kind of person who would choose to witness the final outcome.

"Only the Ice Emperor and I survived in the far north. Since he wants to challenge the Ghost King, even if it's completely impossible for him to win, I want to witness it to the end." The Snow Emperor said calmly in the face of everyone's surprised expressions.

"Besides, even if he really loses, I'll leave safely just like him, right?" Then, Xue Di met Qian Moyun's gaze and asked.

“Yes, there is no difference between transferring one person and transferring a group of people,” Qian Moyun said, surprised that Xue Di could guess this. “If it were not inconvenient to take action, Senior Dan could have directly killed that Ghost King.”

Although Qian Moyun felt that Dan's worries were a bit exaggerated, it had been decades since she last met Empress Qiankun, so she could only agree with Dan's caution.

“Then, I’ll wait until I witness the final outcome before leaving,” Hyotei said immediately after receiving Qian Moyun’s affirmative answer. “Maybe we have a chance to win… right?”

No one answered. However, those who survived ultimately chose to witness the end, just like Bingdi's uncertain words—maybe Xiao Yan really could overcome such a gap in realms and kill the Ghost King?

'Is it really impossible to win?' Qian Moyun asked herself.

'What you're actually cultivating is spiritual energy, isn't it?' Dan didn't answer, but instead asked a question that had nothing to do with it.

"Yes." Qian Moyun nodded, somewhat puzzled.

'What level are you at now?'

'The physical difficulties have not yet been overcome.'

"In terms of spiritual power realm, Xiao Yan hasn't yet crossed the spiritual power barrier, while the Ghost King is considered to be in the Supreme Realm," Dan said casually. "However, cultivating Dou Qi doesn't involve the Divine Soul barrier, so reaching the Dou Sheng realm is considered stepping into the Supreme Realm."

There is no difficulty in obtaining a Divine Soul. This is also what Dan knows. The reason why the Dou Di of the Dou Qi Continent stays at the Supreme Realm after converting Dou Qi into spiritual power is that, of course, their actual realm is still above the Earthly Supreme Realm. So, as long as they spend a certain amount of time, they can quickly climb to the Earthly Supreme Realm.

Qian Moyun nodded silently. Although she didn't know why Dan had converted Xiao Yan and the Ghost King's cultivation levels into spiritual power levels, she had heard about the gap between the Supreme Realm and realms below it.

"Even I cannot defeat a Supreme Realm expert without passing the Triple Divine Soul Tribulation." This is what I heard from Empress Qiankun back then.

Although Qian Moyun had let it go, she didn't know that Dan hadn't told her a few things. These included that Dan didn't know what level of spirit array the Refining Heaven Ancient Array was, and whether Xiao Yan's realm would be considered the Supreme Realm based on spiritual power when his Dou Qi and soul power were completely integrated after using the fusion. After all, normally cultivating spiritual power would lead to an improvement in the soul, but the Dou Qi Continent and the Tianxuan Continent completely separated these two types of cultivation...

"Who cares? Even if we win, it's because the adults judged us correctly!" Dan muttered to himself.

Time passed quickly, and when the overwhelming, nightmarish black fog appeared on the horizon, the survivors realized that almost a month had already passed.

"Is that the Ghost King?"

Xiao Yan, who had appeared in front of the survivors at some unknown time, looked up at the black mist that had not entered the planet's gravitational range and muttered to himself in surprise.

Chapter 415 Five Elements Fire Array

As the Ghost King approached Douluo Star, he gradually slowed down, and the demonic energy that had been spreading to its limit, as if to assert its presence, slowly receded back into its body.

“Although I expected it…” After landing on the ground, the Ghost King surveyed the desolate land, “it really was all cleared away.”

The Ghost King clearly remembered that when it left Douluo Star, every continent was filled with dense demonic energy. Only the area around the lake that it had deliberately left behind retained its most basic appearance. But now, or rather, since its spiritual power could detect Douluo Star, it could no longer sense the demonic energy it had left behind. If it weren't for this desolate land devoid of any life, the Ghost King would have even doubted whether it had gone to the wrong planet.