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

"Refine the heavens into slavery!"

With a roar from the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, a vast expanse of milky-white fire surged forth from its body, pouring into the great formation. Then, a circle of milky-white light rapidly converged from the edge of the formation towards the center, finally transforming into a milky-white pillar of light a hundred feet in size, which blasted towards the Flame Clan elder.

"Leave it to us!"

At this moment, the Soul Demon was the most dedicated person. Almost the instant the milky white pillar of light took shape, he appeared beneath it and, amidst the endless black mist, managed to block it.

Almost simultaneously, Gu Si appeared beside the milky-white pillar of light in the earth formation. His withered hand reached out, and he forcefully grasped the hundred-foot-long milky-white pillar of light in his hand with his battle qi.

"You bastard!"

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame was furious, but Huo Yao, Yao Wangui, and the five-star Dou Sheng of the Yao Clan had already appeared beside him. Even though he was no weaker than any of them in a one-on-one fight, he had no choice but to focus his attention on the three people in front of him for the time being.

"Soul Annihilation!"

"Great Extinction Finger!"

Just as the Pure Lotus Demon Flame was preoccupied with its own problems, Gu Nanhai and Hun Miesheng unleashed their killing moves at the two pillars of fire, and with a deafening roar, finally destroyed them.

Before the two could even catch their breath, the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, which was struggling to breathe under the pressure of two five-star Dou Sheng and two four-star Dou Sheng, once again mobilized the power of the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation. In a short while, two enormous flame wheels were born from the two formations of heaven and earth...

Despite the fierce attacks from the Yan Clan and Yao Clan experts, which even forced the Pure Lotus Demon Flame to once again mobilize the power of the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation, their strength was ultimately inferior to that of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame. As they flashed away and swallowed pills to restore their fighting spirit, the Pure Lotus Demon Flame's counterattack also descended upon them.

"The Statue of the Demonic Flame!"

A giant of fire, tens of thousands of feet tall, instantly took shape. Then, its fist, as large as a mountain, slammed down on several targets. As soon as the fist was unleashed, a massive magma vortex, thousands of feet long, appeared on the surface of the magma sea tens of thousands of feet below, spinning and roaring wildly.

Faced with the destructive force of the punch, the four men were all pale. If they were to take the blow head-on, they had no doubt that they would be instantly turned into dust!

Fortunately, they weren't alone in facing this devastating punch...

On the other side, Xiao Chen, as a four-star Dou Sheng, was leading the remaining people to deal with the last ten fire slaves of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, the weakest of whom was a one-star Dou Sheng.

Besides Xiao Chen, Zi Yan, Xun'er, and Gu Qingyang, there were also experts below the level of four-star Dou Sheng from the Soul Clan, Flame Clan, and Medicine Clan. Including the other survivors, the total number was no more than twenty. They seemed to be struggling against these fire slaves who seemed to have been strengthened after the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation was set up and were fearless of death. They barely had time to catch their breath.

The four members of the Yan Clan and Yao Clan were in grave danger under the onslaught of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, barely managing to hold their own and save their lives; Xiao Chen led a large force to deal with the fearless fire slaves who had been strengthened by the Refining Heaven Ancient Array, but was stretched thin; the four members of the Gu Clan and Hun Clan were constantly dealing with the various flame creations formed in the Heaven and Earth Arrays that could destroy the other two arrays at any time, and were exhausted.

In this dangerous situation, Xiao Yan had already quietly sneaked into the core of the earth formation, and his soul power surged out like a tide, spreading out in all directions along the formation's eye.

He could clearly perceive every rune, every line, and every flow of energy in the earth array.

The ancient formation set up by the Pure Lotus Demon Saint was gradually revealed to Xiao Yan. Although he could deploy the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation of the same size in a few breaths, it was ultimately the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation analyzed and disassembled from the Complete Collection of Formations left by the ancient clan. He might only be able to witness the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation without any changes in his life.

"As expected of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint..."

Xiao Yan sighed inwardly, then focused his mind and began to seize control of the earth formation.

Chapter 486 Sealing the Demonic Flame

One place, two places, three places...

Xiao Yan erased the soul imprints left by the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame on each node of the earth array at an astonishing speed, while imprinting his own soul imprint on them. With each additional node he controlled, he gained more control over the earth array, while the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame lost some control over it.

"Ok?"

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame, who was engaged in a fierce battle with four members of the Flame Clan and the Medicine Clan, suddenly frowned. He could clearly feel that his control over the earth formation was gradually slipping away.

'Someone is trying to seize control of the Heaven-Refining Ancient Array?!'

A flash of shock and anger crossed the blood-red eyes of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame. He immediately diverted a portion of his mind to probe the earth formation, wanting to see who was so audacious as to attempt to seize control of it from him.

However, when his soul perception touched the core area of ​​the array, he did not find any aura other than his own—it was not until his soul imprint was erased at a certain node of the array that the Pure Lotus Demon Flame sensed a familiar aura.

'It's that kid!'

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame recognized Xiao Yan's aura—

The moment he entered the Demon Flame Space, he sensed a unique human being on him, just like himself and the Void Devouring Flame. However, after observing him closely without success, he gave up on paying attention to him. It wasn't until later, when a human pointed out that he might have inherited the legacy of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, that he started paying attention to this human again.

'As expected, that ungrateful wretch left his legacy to someone else!'

Feeling Xiao Yan gradually taking away his control, the anger of being fooled and the anger of having his control of the earth array stolen ignited in the Pure Lotus Demon Flame's heart. He immediately mobilized all the power of the earth array that he could still control, trying to drive Xiao Yan out of the array's core.

However, what he could not accept was that although the power of the earth formation he could control was far greater than the part that Xiao Yan had taken away, he was completely unable to shake Xiao Yan's figure!

'How is this possible? How could he have taken control of the earth formation so quickly?!'

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame was incredulous. It had taken him thousands of years to fully comprehend the mysteries of the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation and to refine the entire formation for his own use. Yet this young man, not even a hundred years old, had already surpassed him in his understanding of the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation? How could this be!

Get out of here!

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame frantically activated the power of the earth array, and countless fire lines surged from all parts of the earth array toward the core array eye, trying to completely crush Xiao Yan's soul power, but this was still in vain. Xiao Yan's figure remained as steady as a rock amidst the endless fire lines.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame roared angrily, but it was currently entangled by the four members of the Flame Clan and the Medicine Clan and was unable to break free to go to the core of the Earth Array to stop Xiao Yan. It could only watch helplessly as its control over the Earth Array was gradually slipping away. That feeling of powerlessness almost drove it mad.

"You despicable humans! I will burn you all to ashes!"

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame went completely berserk. It no longer held back any power, and milky white flames surged wildly from its body, turning tens of thousands of feet in radius into a sea of ​​fire. The four members of the Flame Clan and the Medicine Clan were the first to be hit, and were almost instantly forced to retreat by the flames, leaving shocking burns on their bodies.

But just as the Pure Lotus Demon Flame was about to seize the opportunity to pursue and completely kill the dead, a violent roar suddenly came from the sky.

The overall stability of the Heavenly Array fluctuated for a moment at this moment!

"not good!"

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame suddenly looked up and saw that while he was in a state of mental confusion, Soul Extinction and Soul Demon, together with the temporarily calmed Ancient Sacrifice and Ancient South Sea, launched the strongest attack on the Heavenly Array. Without the Pure Lotus Demon Flame's full control, the Heavenly Array trembled violently under this attack, and the milky white light in the array patterns flickered uncertainly, showing signs of collapse.

"Hold on tight!"

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame hurriedly diverted its attention to stabilize the Heavenly Array, but as soon as it made a thought, another violent energy fluctuation came from the Earthly Array—Xiao Yan had once again taken away a portion of its control.

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame, which was in a bit of a bind, wanted to try the same trick again and detonate the last ten Dou Sheng level fire slaves to buy itself some time. However, when it looked back, it found that the ten fire slaves were restricted in all their movements by the golden flames and could not even self-destruct.

Attacked from both sides, unable to defend on all sides.

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame had never been so disheveled. He was restrained by two five-star and two four-star Dou Sheng, his Earth Array was seized by Xiao Yan, and he also had to maintain the operation of the Heaven Array. Even his ten Dou Sheng fire slaves, which he was so proud of, had their control taken away by the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame. No matter how strong he was, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness at this moment.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame roared to the sky, its voice filled with resentment and anger. Its eyes were fixed on the direction of the core of the earth formation. If looks could kill, Xiao Yan would probably have been burned to ashes by now.

But there was nothing he could do.

He could only watch helplessly as the ancient Refining Heaven Array, which he had painstakingly crafted over thousands of years, gradually slipped away from him.

The roar of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame echoed throughout the heavens and earth, but it could no longer change the situation—

The control of the Fire Slave was completely taken over by the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame controlled by Xun'er. Except for Xiao Chen, who was unable to participate in the siege of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame because the flames of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame were still remaining in his body, everyone else launched a siege against the Pure Lotus Demon Flame. Even those who were slightly weaker did their best to interfere with the Pure Lotus Demon Flame.

Control of the earth array is being lost at a visible speed. With each breath, the soul imprints on dozens of nodes are erased and re-imprinted by Xiao Yan. It feels like being gnawed by countless ants. Although each bite is small, the sheer number of them adds up. As a result, the control of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame over the earth array is reduced to less than one-tenth.

With the loss of control of the Earth Array, Gu Si, Hun Mo, and others who were fighting against the Heaven Array had the leisure to participate in the siege of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame. At this moment, even though the Pure Lotus Demon Flame had the home advantage, it was still a scene of overwhelming defeat.

"Everyone, lend me your strength! Now is the perfect time to seal the demonic flames!"

After a brief siege, the Soul Demon suddenly soared into the sky, slapped the void with its palm, and a black array almost the same size as the Refining Heaven Ancient Array appeared in the sky. At the center of the array was the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, which was under siege.

The Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array is an ancient sealing array. It is said that even a nine-star Dou Sheng level expert would find it difficult to escape if trapped inside. In order to seal the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, the Soul Clan actually brought it out.

Eight sealing beams of light descended from the sky, locking the Pure Lotus Demon Flame firmly in the center from eight directions. Each beam of light was inscribed with dense sealing runes, which were interconnected to form an impenetrable sealing barrier.

"You think you can seal me with this broken formation?!"

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame laughed wildly, its milky-white flames surging madly, attempting to burn the sealing pillar of light to ashes.

However, the moment the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Formation was activated, all the experts above the four-star Dou Sheng level poured their Dou Qi into the formation. Therefore, even with the special nature of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, it could only fight like a trapped beast within the formation!

Chapter 487 Seizing the Fire

The sealing power, like a net from heaven and earth, firmly bound the Pure Lotus Demon Flame within the formation.

The milky white flames surged wildly, each impact leaving fine cracks on the sealing pillar of light. However, with the infusion of the battle qi of the eight top experts, those cracks were repaired almost instantly.

The blood-red eyes of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame were filled with madness and resentment. He desperately mobilized every bit of power in his body, trying to break free from this damned seal. However, his strength was inferior to that of the strongest Gu Si, and his battle qi could not possibly be more powerful than that of eight four-star Dou Sheng or above combined. Therefore, all his struggles were in vain.

"Do not--!"

As the sealing pillars continued to shrink, the roar of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame gradually weakened. The milky white flames were pressed back into its body inch by inch, and its body, formed from the flames, began to become blurred. The eight sealing pillars eventually merged into one, transforming into a black cylinder more than ten feet wide, firmly sealing the source of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame within.

A black cylinder floated in mid-air, its surface covered with dense sealing runes. Through the translucent cylinder walls, a milky white flame could be vaguely seen slowly surging within it—the primordial flame of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame.

The moment the seal was completed, almost everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, followed by a wave of intense fatigue.

The four Dou Sheng experts from the Yan Clan and the Yao Clan all bore injuries of varying degrees. The left arm of the five-star Dou Sheng from the Yan Clan was burned to a charred bone, while the two from the Yao Clan were exhausted, clearly having suffered serious internal injuries in the battle just now.

Although Hun Miesheng, Hun Mo, Gu Si, and Gu Nanhai were relatively lightly injured, the forceful bombardment of the Heavenly Array had consumed a large amount of their battle qi, and their faces were somewhat pale at this moment.

As for Xiao Yan, he fought alone against the Pure Lotus Demon Flame for control of the earth formation, and the consumption of his soul power reached an extremely terrifying level. If his soul realm had not already reached the early stage of the Emperor Realm, he probably wouldn't even be able to stand up.

Despite everyone being extremely exhausted, their eyes were fixed on the milky-white flame sealed within the black pillar—

The origin of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame.

That is the origin of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame!

Whoever obtains it and refines it will not only acquire this terrifying flame, ranked third on the Strange Flame Ranking, but will also be able to break through to a higher realm! Everyone present understands the value of this opportunity, and precisely because they understand it, no one dares to act rashly—making a move at this moment would inevitably make them the target of everyone's criticism.

For a moment, an eerie silence fell over the scene.

No one spoke, no one moved, only heavy breathing echoed in the air.

The first to break the deadlock was Yao Wangui.

With a flick of his wrist, a three-colored pill appeared in his palm. It was an eighth-grade, nine-colored Heavenly Origin Qi Pill, an extremely precious healing elixir even among the Medicine Clan. The moment it was swallowed, even a Seven-Star Battle Saint could recover 60% of his Battle Qi. In addition to the significant recovery of Battle Qi, it could also heal most internal injuries.

Without hesitation, Yao Wangui put the pill into his mouth. The moment the pill entered his stomach, a warm medicinal power spread throughout his body, and his originally weak aura visibly rose.

'Yao Wan Gui, you—'

The five-star Dou Sheng of the Yao Clan was slightly taken aback upon seeing this. He had never expected that Yao Wangui would so decisively use an eighth-grade nine-colored pill. You must know that this is the most precious pill below the treasure pill!

Yao Wangui ignored his surprise. His gaze was fixed on the milky white flame in the black cylinder, and the greed in his eyes was almost overflowing. While the others were still recovering their battle qi, he had already recovered to 90% of his peak state. And this 90% was enough for him to seize the initiative!

"The Pure Lotus Demon Flame now belongs to my Medicine Clan!"

With a low shout, Yao Wangui transformed into a blur and rushed straight towards the black pillar. He extended his right hand, his five fingers forming a claw, aiming directly at the milky-white primordial fire within the seal.

Although he was extremely fast, the weakest person on the field at the moment was a one-star Dou Sheng. Therefore, almost the instant Yao Wangui set off, the two Yan Clan experts also set off at the same time. However, the five-star Dou Sheng of the Yan Clan was stopped by the Yao Clan expert, who was also a five-star Dou Sheng, while the other was much slower than Yao Wangui!

However, the eyes of both the Medicine Clan and the Flame Clan's experts were completely absorbed by the essence of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, so much so that no one noticed that the experts of the Soul Clan and the Ancient Clan hadn't moved an inch, silently stuffing high-grade Qi-restoring pills into their mouths—

Although both races have eighth-grade or even ninth-grade alchemists, there aren't enough eighth-grade nine-colored pills for each person to have one.