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

Chapter 474 Demon Saint's Essence Blood

"Truly youthful spirit!" praised the remnant soul of the Demon Saint, then flicked his finger, and a wave of soul energy flashed out and hovered in front of Xiao Yan.

Sensing the soul fluctuation, Xiao Yan grabbed it without hesitation. The fluctuation instantly transformed into streams of information that rushed into Xiao Yan's mind. Instantly, complete cultivation methods appeared in his mind. The ancient-looking characters made Xiao Yan feel a little happy.

Xiao Yan closed his eyes slightly, sensing the information. After a moment, he opened his eyes. In that information, there were not only the cultivation methods of Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath, Yellow Spring Finger, and Yellow Spring Palm, but also the insights of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint when creating these fighting techniques. It can be said that the moment he received this soul fluctuation, Xiao Yan automatically mastered three fighting techniques. After breaking through to Dou Di in the future, he can further improve these fighting techniques!

"Thank you, senior!"

Xiao Yan suppressed his joy, cupped his hands in greeting to the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and said.

"My mission is to wait for someone to defeat me and pass on my unique skills. Your soul power has already met the requirements for cultivating the Wrath of the Yellow Springs." The Yellow Springs Demon Saint smiled slightly.

"But it's just the cultivation method for these three fighting techniques, right?" Xiao Yan didn't think that the insights he gained when these three fighting techniques were created were what the Yellow Spring Demon Saint himself requested to be taught to those who could defeat his remnant soul.

“Indeed, there is a second condition to gain those insights: to become... or have the ability to become a Dou Di,” Huang Quan Yao Sheng said with a faint smile. “But for me at the time, when I discovered that I could not break through to Dou Di, this second condition was the most difficult to achieve.”

"The Yellow Spring Finger, Yellow Spring Palm, and Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath are all strong enough to be one of the strongest fighting methods of a Dou Sheng, but for Dou Di, or even those above Dou Di, these three fighting techniques are nothing more than useless chicken ribs."

"But these are my ultimate techniques! I will never allow them to become useless, so I left behind the insights I gained when creating them, so that someone in the future can take over what I haven't finished and further improve them to the strongest level!" The Yellow Spring Demon Saint's calm tone was filled with boundless pride.

"I will do it."

“There’s no need to lie at a time like this,” the Yellow Spring Demon Saint chuckled. “For you, protected by your soul-body strange fire, they can never be your trump card… In fact, for you right now, they are not even the best means of fighting!”

The Yellow Spring Demon Saint knew the limits of the fighting techniques he had created, so of course he wouldn't believe Xiao Yan's words. He was only willing to leave behind his insights in the future so that he could meet someone who understood him.

After being exposed by the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, Xiao Yan rubbed his nose with a wry smile.

Seeing Xiao Yan's embarrassed expression, the Yellow Spring Demon Saint's smile turned slightly bitter. Then he opened his palm.

As the Yellow Spring Demon Saint opened his palm, wisps of pale golden liquid suddenly appeared in his illusory body. These wisps converged towards his palm and, in the blink of an eye, transformed into a ball of golden liquid.

"Is this the essence blood of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint?" Xiao Yan stared intently at the ball of golden liquid, sensing the strange energy contained within it.

"Go, future Dou Di, this is the last bit of help I can leave you," Huang Quan Demon Saint said, his tone clearly carrying a hint of mockery. "Even if you accidentally die somewhere, you must pass on my legacy!"

With a wave of his hand, the ball of golden liquid flew towards Xiao Yan.

Golden blood slowly fell into Xiao Yan's palm, and the vast and powerful energy fluctuations caused the blood in Xiao Yan's body to become much hotter.

After carefully collecting the Demon Saint's essence blood, Xiao Yan looked up and saw that the mountain peak was collapsing. Even the throne on the mountain peak was cracking open with countless fissures, collapsing down along with the Yellow Spring Demon Saint sitting on the throne, and finally turning into nothingness and dissipating.

"Farewell, senior!"

Xiao Yan bowed solemnly to the spot where the Yellow Spring Demon Saint had disappeared. Then, gazing at the void that had suddenly become dark and empty, Xiao Yan sighed softly, his body trembled, and his illusory form slowly vanished into the space.

The moment Xiao Yan disappeared, the space here also vanished with a hiss.

……

For Cai Lin and the others waiting on the altar, only half an hour after Xiao Yan's soul disappeared, the stone tablet suddenly burst out with a strong light.

Under this light, a soul figure swiftly emerged from it, and finally, to the astonishment of Cai Lin and the others, it entered the body of the figure sitting cross-legged on the stone pier.

"Brother Xiao Yan, what happened to you..." Yao Ming looked at Xiao Yan, who had opened his eyes, with some confusion, "...You failed?"

After hesitating for a moment, Yao Ming finally uttered the last three words, because in his memory, every clansman who returned from the stone tablet in less than half an hour had failed...

"Does this strange phenomenon appear on the stone tablet after others fail?" Xiao Yan stood up from the stone pier and asked.

"So?!" Upon hearing this, Yao Ming realized something, and a barely suppressed smile appeared on his face.

"I won by a narrow margin, but the remnant soul in that stone tablet has already dissipated..." Xiao Yan didn't hide anything and said softly.

boom!

The moment Xiao Yan's voice fell, a muffled sound suddenly came from above the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet. Then everyone saw that above the original finger and palm prints, a mouth shape slowly appeared, and a strange fluctuation emanated from the mouth shape.

"The Wrath of the Yellow Springs!" Upon seeing this, Yao Ming was overjoyed.

"Although we can directly learn the Yellow Springs Wrath in the future, it will probably require at least a mid-stage Spirit Realm or even a Great Perfection Spirit Realm soul power to come into contact with and cultivate it," Xiao Yan reminded Yao Ming before he rushed towards the stone tablet with joy.

“Spirit Realm…” Yao Ming sighed. He was already a two-star Dou Sheng, but his soul power was still quite far from the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm, and the Great Perfection of the Spirit Realm was an unattainable realm for him. However, he immediately turned his somewhat eager gaze to Xiao Yan, rubbed his hands together, and chuckled dryly, “Brother Xiao Yan, since you have successfully defeated the remnant soul in the stone tablet… then you must have obtained the essence blood of the Demon Saint, right?”

Xiao Yan smiled, clenched his fist, and the ball of golden blood appeared in his palm. The vast energy emanating from the blood caused the energy of this world to boil slightly.

"As previously agreed, I will take 80% of the Demon Saint's essence blood, and leave the last two layers for you, Clan Chief Yao Ming... Is that alright?" Xiao Yan looked at Yao Ming with a smile.

"Of course, no problem." Yao Ming wasn't stupid. How could he possibly choose the wrong option between obtaining two layers of Demon Saint's essence blood and dying at the hands of Xiao Yan and the others?

Xiao Yan smiled slightly, flicked his finger, and the ball of golden blood in his palm instantly split into five equal parts. One part rushed towards Yao Ming, while the remaining four parts gathered back into his palm, and then split into four more parts that rushed towards Cai Lin and the others.

Chapter 475 Golden Core

Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan reached out and received the golden blood that Xiao Yan offered to them. A scorching and vast wave immediately emanated from their palms.

Cai Lin's eyes narrowed, and without saying a word, she sat down cross-legged. Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor exchanged a glance and then closed their eyes to refine the liquid. Only Zi Yan held the ball of golden liquid, sniffed it, muttered "It smells pretty good," and then swallowed it in one gulp.

After setting up an array that enveloped the five of them, Xiao Yan took a deep breath and infused the last bit of blood into his body. Instantly, an extremely violent energy exploded in his meridians, like the waters of the Yellow Springs pouring in. He dared not be negligent and activated the Burning Technique at full power. The strange fire in his body enveloped the strands of pure energy, causing them to gradually merge into his bones and flesh.

The refining process for the five people lasted for several days.

Cai Lin was the first to awaken, her aura steadily breaking through to the semi-saint level, and a sharp edge appeared in her beautiful eyes; Little Fairy Doctor followed closely behind, her Calamity Poison Body further evolving under the stimulation of the Demon Saint's essence blood, the poison gas condensing and not dissipating, even showing a hint of returning to simplicity; Qing Lin was the last to open her eyes, faint golden patterns appearing deep in her Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, and her aura also greatly increased.

Zi Yan was the slowest. After swallowing the essence blood, she fell into a deep sleep. The dragon-phoenix bloodline and the power of the demon saint clashed fiercely within her body, and it took her seven days to awaken.

However, like Xiao Yan, after refining the Demon Saint's essence blood, her strength was promoted from one-star Dou Sheng to two-star, and even the Dragon-Phoenix bloodline in both of them made some progress.

Even if the two of them were to face Huang Tian, ​​who had recently died at Xiao Yan's hands, they could completely rely on the power of their bloodline to suppress Huang Tian's strength as a five-star Dou Sheng to the point where he was not as strong as a four-star Dou Sheng.

After refining the essence of the demon saint, the group returned to the Nine Netherworld.

Xiao Yan clenched his fist, and a jade bottle appeared in his palm. Within the jade bottle, swirling clouds of energy emanated from it, and an extremely powerful energy fluctuation was emanating from it.

"This is the Heaven-Melting Saint Pill, a ninth-grade treasure pill. It can greatly increase the speed at which a half-saint level expert advances to the Dou Sheng realm. If you take it at a crucial moment, it will bring considerable benefits," Xiao Yan said, handing the jade bottle to Cai Lin.

Cai Lin nodded slightly, stretched out her jade hand, and took the cool jade bottle.

"This cultivation journey will not be smooth sailing, and it will probably take quite a while. But the four of us will wait for you on the shore of the Nine Netherworld, until you evolve into the only remaining Nine-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python in the world."

Cai Lin played with the jade bottle in her hand. She knew that for Xiao Yan at this moment, simple cultivation could no longer provide much help. For the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame that would be born in a few years, Xiao Yan's most important task was to refine the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill and try to make contact with the Golden Core that had not appeared in the Dou Qi Continent for tens of millions of years.

Suddenly, she raised her long, narrow eyes, which exuded a charming aura, and slowly stepped forward, gently pressing her red lips to Xiao Yan's lips.

Feeling the sudden softness, Xiao Yan was momentarily stunned, then his arms reflexively wrapped around Cai Lin's slender waist, which was as soft as if it were boneless. It was a real temptation; the swaying of her enchanting waist had a bewitching charm that could entice all beings.

While Xiao Yan was lost in thought about the softness, the beauty in his arms turned her head slightly, and a soft voice reached his ears.

"Keep it up, Golden Core Alchemist!"

After leaving behind these words, Cai Lin's delicate body swayed and transformed into an enormous, seven-colored, sky-devouring python. With a flick of its giant tail, it plunged into the Nine Netherworlds without looking back, creating a terrifying wave.

Before Zi Yan could tease the still somewhat dazed Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan straightened his face, pretended to be calm, and took out the formula for the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill from his storage ring to read.

The three Fairy Doctors exchanged a helpless glance, then sat down cross-legged and entered a meditative state.

Unlike Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin both possess exceptional physical attributes. During the years since the Demon Flame descended upon the world, their strength could very well reach the level of a three-star Dou Sheng or even a four-star Dou Sheng.

However, after that, Qinglin's cultivation speed might not be much different from that of ordinary people. After all, there won't be many more snake-like magical beasts above the Dou Sheng level on the Dou Qi Continent. On the other hand, Little Fairy Doctor, after obtaining the special poison formed after the fall of powerful people with the Calamity Poison Body over the past tens of thousands of years, will be in a state of rapid growth until her strength reaches the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

As for Zi Yan...

She was waiting for Little Fairy Doctor and Qinglin to enter a state of deep meditation. After all, she clearly remembered that the ancient book of the Taixu Ancient Dragon recorded that when the strength of two dragons and phoenixes was similar, the most suitable way for them to cultivate was dual cultivation!

Although I don't know if it's true or not, it's never a bad thing to give it a try!

In the following years, the Starfall Pavilion and the Flame Alliance received only one message from Xiao Yan and others.

If it weren't for the clear presence of Xiao Yan's deliberately left soul imprint on that letter, and the fact that they would return to the Starfall Pavilion before the demonic fire completely descended upon the world, Yao Lao and the others would have undoubtedly mistaken the messenger Yao Ming for a lackey sent by the Soul Palace.

Not long after Yao Ming left Xingyun Pavilion, the sky over the entire Central Continent suddenly darkened, as if a storm was brewing.

While all the forces in Zhongzhou were wondering if the Soul Palace was behind this, the Soul Emperor in the Soul Realm suddenly chuckled.

"Hun Xuzi, you haven't reached this level yet, have you?"

The voice of the Soul Emperor suddenly rang in the ears of Soul Void, the number one alchemist of the Soul Clan, who possessed the strength of a Seven-Star Dou Sheng in the early stage.

Hun Xuzi gave a helpless bitter smile, then respectfully replied, "Refining the Golden Core is too difficult. With my alchemy skills... I am not yet able to refine the embryo of a Golden Core on my own!"

Do you think he can succeed?

“It’s impossible to succeed,” Hun Xuzi decisively denied. “The formation of the Golden Core requires the integration of a wisp of the rules of heaven and earth into the pill. To achieve this, one’s battle qi level must be at least at the level of a seven-star Dou Sheng, and one’s soul power must also be at the level of the Great Perfection of the Heaven Realm.”

Although Xiao Yan's soul power level met the standard, after these past few years, even with the greatest opportunities, his Dou Qi level could never reach the level of a seven-star Dou Sheng. With the strength of a three-star... or even two-star Dou Sheng, being able to refine a Golden Core embryo was already his limit!

Despite the deep dislike and hatred the elders of the Pill Tower held for Hun Xuzi, his alchemy skills—capable of refining ninth-grade treasure pills with a 100% success rate and a high probability of refining profound pills—remained. Therefore, neither he nor Hun Tiandi believed that Xiao Yan could take the final step.

Just as they expected, when Xiao Yan attempted to imprint that wisp of the laws of heaven and earth into the pill, the furnace trembled violently, and the nearly formed golden core instantly lost control, exploding with violent energy—

boom!

As Xiao Yan's furnace exploded, the dark clouds that had shrouded the Central Plains for seven days finally began to dissipate.

Chapter 476 The Four Directions Move

A few days later, at the Starfall Pavilion.

Thin clouds drifted like gauze outside the window, and the cool moonlight spread across the bluestone floor. Inside the pavilion, incense wafted in the air, and the old doctor sat cross-legged on a futon, his aged face showing a solemn expression of contemplation in the lamplight.

"Because of insufficient battle qi..."

After listening to Xiao Yan's speculation about the reasons for the failure of refining the Golden Core, Yao Lao tapped his knees lightly with his fingertips and muttered to himself.

After a moment, he raised his eyelids, his weathered eyes fixed on the young man in front of him, and slowly said, "Then what level of battle qi do you think is needed to support you in refining a golden core on your own?"

Xiao Yan was silent for a moment, repeatedly rehearsing every step of refining the Golden Core in his mind—the consumption of soul power, the mobilization of the energy of heaven and earth, the flow of battle qi... those images flashed through the depths of his consciousness like a revolving lantern.

"Probably... one needs the strength of a seven-star Dou Sheng, right?" he finally spoke, his voice tinged with a hint of resentment and difficulty. He then added, "If one had a Qi-restoring pill of the Treasure Pill level, perhaps a late-stage six-star Dou Sheng could refine it on his own."

The soul power of someone at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm is theoretically sufficient to mobilize the energy of heaven and earth within a radius of ten thousand miles.

However, refining the Golden Elixir consumed his soul power like a river bursting its banks, relentlessly draining every last drop of his energy. In this state, he simply couldn't spare the attention to draw upon the power of heaven and earth thousands of miles away to replenish his battle qi. Therefore, only two paths lay before him—

Either one possesses the unparalleled Dou Qi foundation of a Seven-Star Dou Sheng, or one possesses a heaven-defying pill that can fill a Six-Star Dou Sheng's late-stage Dou Qi in a matter of breaths.

"But the highest-grade Qi-restoring pill on the mainland is only an eighth-grade, three-colored pill."

Upon hearing this, a bitter smile appeared on the old doctor's lips. He shook his head slightly, his voice revealing a sense of helplessness that came with the passage of time. "There may have been higher-level Qi-restoring pills in ancient times, but they could only be formed with the support of higher-grade medicinal materials!"

He paused, his gaze passing through the flickering candlelight in the pavilion, as if looking towards that glorious era that existed only in legends and had long been lost in the river of time.