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

"What is that?!"

In the shadows of Saint Pill City, an old man in black robes stared in disbelief at the Heavenly Demon Puppet silently receiving the baptism of the Black Demon Lightning and growing stronger in the sky.

Although he was merely observing Elder Yao's alchemy as an eighth-grade alchemist and had no intention of making any underhanded moves when the Black Demon Lightning struck, he was still unusually furious when he saw Elder Yao's calm and collected demeanor in the face of the Black Demon Lightning, a lightning bolt capable of instantly shattering him to pieces, and when he saw what appeared to be a puppet blocking the Black Demon Lightning for him.

"I'm asking you, what is that?!"

Mu Gu, a Soul Hall exclusive alchemist who had recently become a fifth-grade Dou Zun and exceeded the Soul Hall Master's expectations, suddenly turned around and stared intently at a seventh-grade alchemist from one of the five major families recruited by the Soul Hall, who was standing behind him.

"Th-that..."

The alchemist who joined the Soul Hall under coercion and enticement was sweating profusely. At this moment, he wanted to curse: That person was the Medicine Venerable decades ago, the number one alchemist on the continent, and now he is the Medicine Saint, the first ninth-grade treasure pill alchemist in hundreds of years. How could someone like me, who was only a sixth-grade alchemist decades ago and is only a seventh-grade alchemist now, know anything about him?!

Looking at the middle-aged man's terrified expression, Mu Gu seemed to see himself. Decades ago, in front of that Soul Palace Celestial Venerable, he seemed to have also swallowed his pride, wanting to refute, but fearing that he, being utterly worthless, would die directly at the hands of that Celestial Venerable...

"roll!"

Mu Gu could no longer bear the jealousy of Yao Lao and his "gratitude" towards that Heavenly Venerable from back then. After slapping the middle-aged man away, he continued to stare intently at the Heavenly Demon Puppet in the sky.

"It's impossible that no one has seen something like this before. I'll wait until I get back..."

Even though there was still a long way to go before he could refine an eighth-grade nine-colored pill lightning, Mu Gu couldn't care less about that at the moment. He only had one thought: If Yao Chen has it, I must have it too!

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"what is that?"

After the Heavenly Demon Puppet formed an array to block the Black Demon Lightning, Xuan Kongzi asked with some curiosity.

"It's a puppet that has been passed down from ancient times and can absorb Dan Lei," Xiao Yan answered without hesitation. "It is divided into three types according to its level: Heaven, Earth, and Human. If the materials used in its creation are good enough, it can completely absorb Black Demon Lightning."

"Then what is this...?" Tian Leizi glanced at the sky. If he wasn't mistaken, there were more than a dozen Heavenly Demon Puppets.

“When I was refining it, I used relatively low-grade materials, so I could only rely on multiple puppets to form an array to block the Black Demon Lightning,” Xiao Yan continued. “This array was found in the tomb of that Creation Saint.”

"Oh, okay," Xuan Kongzi nodded thoughtfully. "Alright, then we'll leave this place to you. We'll be on our way."

you?

Xiao Yan suddenly realized something, his body stiffened for a moment, then he gave a wry smile and turned around.

“Cai Lin, Little Fairy Doctor... it’s been a long time.”

Looking at Cai Lin, who had appeared behind him at some point, carrying a little girl in white, and Xiao Yi Xian, whose strength had greatly increased during the four years he had disappeared, and whose once gray-white hair had returned to its original black color, Xiao Yan spoke somewhat at a loss.

"...When did you come out?" Looking at Xiao Yan, who was exactly the same as he was four years ago, Cai Lin remained silent for a while before slowly asking.

"Ten days ago," Xiao Yan said softly, under the curious gazes of Cai Lin, Little Fairy Doctor, and the little girl in Cai Lin's arms.

Chapter 424 Honest Xiao Yan

"Ten days ago?" Cai Lin looked into Xiao Yan's eyes and repeated Xiao Yan's answer.

"I woke up when my teacher started refining pills," Xiao Yan said, rubbing his nose awkwardly as he sensed the dissatisfaction in Cai Lin's voice. "At that time, I didn't expect so much time to pass... so after waking up, I went straight to the Eastern Continent."

"The Eastern Continent?"

As the Yan Alliance's influence in the Central Continent grew, Cai Lin, as the Alliance Leader's wife, gained some understanding of news from across the continent. Even so, she still couldn't understand what reason Xiao Yan could possibly have for going directly to the Eastern Continent after disappearing for four years. "You just..."

"Cough cough."

Before Cai Lin could utter any angry words, Xiao Yi Xian coughed twice to interrupt her, and then, under Cai Lin's puzzled gaze, leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words.

Although Little Fairy Doctor didn't know much about alchemy, she still remembered that a few years ago, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and the three giants of the Pill Tower were researching new pills together. She also remembered what they said at the time, that the main medicinal herbs needed seemed to be from the Eastern Continent.

"A Super Initial Pill?" After hearing Little Fairy Doctor's explanation, Cai Lin looked at Xiao Yan with some suspicion.

"It can also be called the Heavenly Serpent Primordial Pill."

When Little Fairy Doctor explained to Cai Lin, she didn't lower her voice, which relieved Xiao Yan. He said, "When I woke up from my cultivation, I was startled by a senior. I didn't react immediately and was worried that I would miss the time, so I went straight to the Eastern Continent."

Halfway through his speech, Xiao Yan subconsciously glanced at the exquisitely beautiful little girl in Cai Lin's arms. Perhaps it was a connection of blood, but he always felt a deep affection for this little girl.

Missed the time?

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, a hint of helplessness flashed in Cai Lin's eyes. In the past few years, she had also learned the best age to take the Yi Shi Dan. By analogy, the age to take the Tian She Hun Yuan Dan would only be older than the former, so how could there be any talk of missing the time?

However, judging from Xiao Yan's expression, he didn't seem to be lying at all...

"Xiao Xiao, do you know who he is?" Cai Lin asked softly, looking down at the little girl in her arms.

"Yes..." Xiao Xiao turned her head, glanced cautiously at Xiao Yan, and then shrank back as if frightened by him. "Is it Father?"

Hearing the words spoken by Xiao Xiao, who peeked out from Cai Lin's arms and looked at him timidly, Xiao Yan's heart trembled violently. Joy and affection surged up like a tide, and an extremely bright and warm smile involuntarily bloomed on his face: "My good daughter."

As he spoke, he took a few steps forward, trying to take Xiao Xiao from Cai Lin's arms.

Seeing Xiao Yan extend his hands, Xiao Xiao's eyes lit up noticeably, but soon she hesitated and looked up at Cai Lin's face, as if waiting for Cai Lin's permission.

"You little rascal!"

Noticing Xiao Xiao's timid yet longing eyes, Cai Lin chuckled and playfully scolded her, pinching Xiao Xiao's cheek before handing her to Xiao Yan's arms. She then asked, "Is there anything else we don't know?"

"Of course..." Xiao Yan answered subconsciously after pulling Xiao Xiao into his arms, but before he could finish speaking, he suddenly remembered something very important.

"certainly?"

Xiao Yan's unusual pause naturally caught the attention of Cai Lin and Little Fairy Doctor, whose slightly threatening gazes fell on him almost simultaneously.

"Uh, that..." After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Yan said softly, "Cai Lin, do you still remember the Ten Kings Palace?"

"The Ten Kings Palace?" Little Fairy Doctor, somewhat confused, looked to the side, then was startled by Cai Lin's suddenly serious expression.

"You saw that thing again?" Cai Lin looked at Xiao Yan with a serious expression.

Although the Northwest Continent is the most barren in the entire Dou Qi Continent, its overall strength cannot be said to be the weakest. If something like the Ten Kings Palace, which is extremely difficult to kill and has the strength of a Dou Sheng, were to appear on the Dou Qi Continent...

It's hard to imagine what the consequences would be if Cai Lin were to cause this.

"Well..."

Noticing Cai Lin's increasingly serious expression, Xiao Yan's expression slowly stiffened. He finally realized that he shouldn't have used the Otherworldly Demons as the starting point for the "Douluo Continent" topic, not to mention that after the Douluo Continent topic was over, there was still a topic about Zi Yan that needed to be discussed...

A moment later.

"In other words... in fact, you had already completed the absorption of the Three Thousand Burning Flames two years ago. However, right after you finished absorbing it, you were sent to that world that was almost destroyed by a demon in the late stage of a five-star Dou Sheng. After using every means at your disposal, you successfully killed it, but you were also seriously injured as a result and fell into a deep sleep until you woke up ten days ago?"

Having some understanding of the Tianxuan Continent, Cai Lin quickly gleaned this concise experience from Xiao Yan's words.

"Yes." Xiao Yan nodded stiffly.

He could sense that both Cai Lin and Little Fairy Doctor's gazes towards him were becoming increasingly meaningful, as if they had seen through something.

"Sigh, tell me." Seeing Xiao Yan's stiff expression, Cai Lin finally sighed helplessly and spoke.

"say what?"

Cai Lin's sudden words really left Xiao Yan bewildered. He even had to recall if there were any loopholes in what he had just said.

"Do you think you're the kind of person who would risk everything for strangers or an unfamiliar world?" Cai Lin rolled her eyes. "Especially when the Ghost King is only a five-star Dou Sheng, and there's a high chance he'll stay at that level forever."

"I just thought we could use that Ghost King as an experiment..." Xiao Yan, feeling completely seen through, still tried to struggle a bit.

"If I say it now, I can consider not caring about those people's existence."

Cai Lin casually remarked that as long as Xiao Xun'er, Little Fairy Doctor, and she weren't around Xiao Yan, he would attract a swarm of women. She didn't believe that Xiao Yan hadn't attracted any women when he was younger, not to mention that Xiao Yan himself had a lot of "bad deeds" before the Xiao family moved out of Wutan City.

"Uh……"

Finally, under Cai Lin's guidance and the premise that the survivors of Douluo Continent would eventually come to Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan recounted his life experiences on that continent for more than ten years in detail.

"The inheritance of a Nine-Star Dou Sheng?"

However, compared to Xiao Yan's experiences over the past ten years, the inheritance of the Dou Sheng was what Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian cared about more.

“Yes,” Xiao Yan nodded, “However, that inheritance should only guarantee that she can cultivate to the Dou Sheng realm without any barriers. After that, it will depend on her qualifications.”

The Reincarnation Realm and the Battle Saint are at the same level, but in the Tianxuan Continent, breaking through to the Reincarnation Realm requires a higher level of mental cultivation, and Zhu Zhuqing...

To put it bluntly, there's a high probability that she'll stop at the level of entering the Reincarnation Realm, or at most reach the level of the Reincarnation Tribulation, which is between one and three stars of the Dou Sheng realm.

Chapter 425 Ancient Realm and Soul Realm

This is a mysterious space. In terms of the energy of heaven and earth, even the most prosperous Dan Domain in Zhongzhou pales in comparison. Those who cultivate here are born superior to others.

On a mountain peak resembling a giant sword, as a girl in a green robe slowly opened her eyes, a wisp of golden flame flashed out, and an aura of majesty spread out along with the flash of the golden flame.

The young woman slowly stood up, turned her head slightly, glanced behind her, and said, "Elder Ling, come out."

As the girl's voice faded, a shadowy figure in the bushes behind her began to wriggle and then transformed into an old man. The old man bowed respectfully to the girl and said, "Miss's senses are becoming more and more terrifying. I hadn't even arrived yet when you saw through my disguise."

The young girl paid no attention to such a small act of flattery. She casually smoothed her loose black hair with her delicate hand and asked, "Is there any news about Brother Xiao Yan?"

"If it's just a matter within the clan, how could we dare disturb Miss's cultivation?" Ling Ying said tactfully.

"Has Brother Xiao Yan already emerged from seclusion?" Upon hearing the words "matters within the clan," Xun'er's face showed a hint of impatience, but she quickly composed herself and asked casually.

When Xiao Yan first entered Zhongzhou, Ling Ying received news of him. However, by the time Xun'er received the news and rushed to Zhongzhou, Xiao Yan had already entered the Star Domain. After waiting in the Pill Domain for nearly a month, she finally returned to the Ancient Realm under the repeated urging of the clan elders.

However, in order to receive news as soon as her lover emerged from seclusion, Xun'er still arranged for some people to guard the city of Shengdan and instructed them to send news of Xiao Yan back to the Ancient Realm as soon as possible.

"Young Master Xiao Yan has emerged from seclusion and has officially informed the major powers of Zhongzhou of the return of the Yan Alliance leader."

At this point, Ling Ying couldn't help but feel a little worried for her colleagues guarding Saint Pill City. After all, even though they had been in contact with the Pill Tower, they only learned of Xiao Yan's emergence from seclusion after the Flame Alliance had issued a notice and even hosted a banquet for many of its allies. Fortunately, the news was relayed in time; if it had been delayed until Xiao Yan went to the Burning Flame Valley...

Unaware of Ling Ying's worries, Xun'er simply turned around abruptly and resolutely walked down the mountain, saying firmly:

"Give the order: I want to leave the Ancient Realm!"

Sensing the fluctuations of energy emanating from the distant mountain peak that belonged solely to his daughter, Gu Yuan sighed softly and put away the spatial jade slip in his hand. "Let Gu Yao... and Gu Qingyang lead the team to go with Xun'er."

"Is it necessary?" An old man standing next to Gu Yuan frowned and asked.

As one of the many elders who supported Gu Yao, the old man's first reaction was that Gu Yuan had finally come to his senses and was ready to agree to Gu Yao and Gu Xun'er being together. He even allowed Gu Yao to eliminate Xiao Yan and retrieve the Xiao family's ancient jade. However, after hearing Gu Qingyang's name, he suspected that Gu Yuan was still planning to protect Xiao Yan.

"In the end, it's still just a bloodline of around the eighth rank." After glancing at the old man, Gu Yuan spoke calmly.

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements then."

'After all, he has an eighth-grade bloodline; we still need to win him over.' Feeling satisfied with the answer, the old man got up and walked outside.

'After all, he possesses an eighth-grade bloodline. It would be a waste for him to die so easily at the hands of his own people,' Gu Yuan thought calmly as he watched the old man leave. 'But... can Gu Qingyang stop him?'

Recalling the intelligence reports that Xiao Yan already possessed the strength of a Seven-Star Dou Zun, and that Xiao Yan had arrived at Burning Flame Valley, Gu Yuan hesitated for a moment. Although Gu Qingyang also possessed the strength of a Seven-Star Dou Zun, and could even suppress a Nine-Star Dou Zun when his bloodline power was activated, the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations was, after all, an inheritance left behind by Xiao Xuan. What if it had the same effect as the bloodline power...