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

Chapter 492 Pure Lotus Demon Saint

Although Zi Yan and Xun'er both wanted to stay and accompany Xiao Yan in his seclusion, this time Xiao Yan wanted to devour not only the source of the trapped Pure Lotus Demon Flame and the Void Devouring Flame Emperor Flame, but also the energy accumulated in the Demon Flame Space for thousands of years. Therefore, their hopes were destined to be dashed.

"Don't even think about sneaking in!" Before the spatial passage closed, Xiao Yan solemnly warned Zi Yan, "This time it's countless times more dangerous than the Three Thousand Burning Flames! I might temporarily lose my self-awareness along the way, and if you sneak in, I won't be able to protect you!"

Zi Yan sighed helplessly, having her thoughts read. However, she could not ignore Xiao Yan's reminder and could only leave the Demon Flame Space with Xun'er in a sullen mood.

As the last unrelated person left the Demon Flame Space, the spatial passage slowly closed, leaving only Xiao Yan in the entire world, suspended above the magma sea, facing the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Origin sealed in the black pillar.

Milky white flames surged slowly within the seal, sometimes taking on human form, sometimes beast form, seemingly trying to break free from the seal's constraints. However, under the suppression of the two arrays, every struggle it made seemed futile.

Xiao Yan watched quietly for a moment, then let out a soft breath: "Come out."

His voice was very soft and quickly dissipated into the empty space of demonic fire.

A moment later, a soft white light suddenly appeared between Xiao Yan's brows. The light was as warm and smooth as jade, as if it had traveled through time from ancient times, carrying a vast and ancient aura.

A white light slowly drifted out, condensing into a phantom figure in front of Xiao Yan.

It was a handsome young man dressed in white robes, exactly the same as the human form that the Pure Lotus Demon Flame had previously transformed into. No, it should be said that the Pure Lotus Demon Flame was based on the young man's transformation—the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, or rather, the last wisp of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's remnant soul left in that ancient painting.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" The Pure Lotus Demon Saint spoke slowly, her voice calm and revealing no emotion. "To devour and refine it, along with all the energy accumulated in this space over thousands of years."

His gaze fell on the milky white flames within the black cylinder, a complex expression flashing in his eyes.

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame, a strange flame he nurtured himself, was so violent precisely because of his turbulent youth. By the time he was old, and the violence in his heart had dissipated, he realized that allowing the Pure Lotus Demon Flame to run free would cause a great disaster, but it was already too late.

He wanted to seal the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, but the backlash from the Pure Lotus Demon Flame after seeing through his intentions led to his untimely death before his own time was up.

Thousands of years have passed, and the Pure Lotus Demon Flame has become increasingly violent. The hatred in his heart for it can no longer be washed away. In his wisp of remnant soul, which may dissipate at any time, there is only a little guilt towards the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, and... the responsibility not to let the violent Pure Lotus Demon Flame bring disaster to the world.

“I need its power.” Xiao Yan’s answer was short and firm.

The Pure Lotus Demon Saint remained silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.

“Very well,” he sighed. “It has been trapped in this space for thousands of years, and it’s time for an end to this. Rather than letting it continue to be trapped here, waiting for the next alignment of the nine stars to wreak havoc on the continent again, it is better to let it become a part of you and help you reach a higher realm.”

Xiao Yan bowed slightly: "Thank you for your kindness, senior."

"Give in?" The Pure Lotus Demon Saint chuckled. "What room is there for me not to give in? With your current strength, even if I disagree, do you think you would give up?"

Xiao Yan did not answer, but his silence spoke volumes.

The Pure Lotus Demon Saint shook his head, but showed no sign of blame; instead, a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes.

“In my life, I have seen too many people who are hesitant and indecisive. Those people are not lacking in talent and opportunities, but they are always lacking that one thing,” he paused, his gaze falling on Xiao Yan, “You are different. You are never soft when you should fight, and you can remain calm when you should endure. This kind of temperament is more precious than your talent.”

Xiao Yan was slightly taken aback, then smiled wryly and said, "Senior is too kind."

“This is not flattery, it’s the truth,” the Pure Lotus Demon Saint waved his hand, then his expression turned serious. “Since you have made up your mind, I will not say anything more. However, before we begin, there is something I want to give you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the illusory finger of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint gently touched Xiao Yan's brow.

boom!

A flood of information suddenly exploded in Xiao Yan's mind, rushing in like a burst dam—it was the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's complete understanding of the Refining Heaven Ancient Array.

From the basic principles of the formation to the arrangement of each array pattern, to how to maximize the power of the formation with minimal cost, and even his mental journey when he set up this great formation, everything was presented to Xiao Yan.

These insights are far more profound and sophisticated than what Xiao Yan gleaned from the Complete Guide to Ancient Clan Formations. It's like someone standing on a mountaintop is guiding someone still halfway up the mountain on how to climb, with every step clear and every bend marked in advance.

Xiao Yan closed his eyes, immersing himself in the massive amount of information. His soul power had already broken through the limit of the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm. As a result, the profound mysteries of the formations that originally required years or even decades to comprehend were now gradually merging into the depths of his soul and becoming a part of him.

The Pure Lotus Demon Saint stood quietly to the side, watching the expressions on Xiao Yan's face, sometimes blank and sometimes solemn, a hint of relief flashing in her eyes.

"That's about enough," the Pure Lotus Demon Saint said softly after a long while, withdrawing her fingers. "I've taught you everything I could. The rest is up to your own destiny."

Xiao Yan opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them. He took a deep breath and solemnly bowed to the Pure Lotus Demon Saint: "Thank you for your kindness in imparting knowledge, senior. I will never forget it."

“No need for ‘unforgettable’,” the Pure Lotus Demon Saint waved his hand, his tone becoming more relaxed. “My biggest regret in this life is that I was unable to personally settle my grudges with it. Now that you can fulfill this wish for me, it can be considered a kind of fate.”

His gaze fell once more on the milky-white flames within the black cylinder. He remained silent for a moment, then said softly, "Although it turned against me, ultimately, the one who truly made the mistake is me..."

"He learned the violence I had in my youth, but as a favored child of heaven and earth, he does not age, so unlike humans, he does not gradually lose the violence in his heart as he gets older. Therefore, when faced with me who wanted to seal him away, he could only follow his instincts."

"only……"

The Pure Lotus Demon Saint paused, a hint of melancholy in her voice: "If there is an afterlife, I hope to meet it in another way, not as master and servant, not as enemy, but as... friend."

As soon as he finished speaking, his already ethereal figure faded even further, as if he might disappear into the world at any moment.

As Xiao Yan watched the increasingly blurry figure of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, a strange bitterness welled up in his heart. This peerless expert, who once roamed the continent and struck fear into the hearts of countless powerful figures, had only wished to become friends with a strange flame before his death.

How tragic, how helpless.

"Senior, you..." Xiao Yan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't know where to begin.

"There's no need to be sad for me," the Pure Lotus Demon Saint seemed to see through Xiao Yan's thoughts and smiled slightly. "I am already very satisfied to be able to see such an outstanding junior like you before I disappear, and to pass on the insights I have gained throughout my life."

He raised his head and looked at the milky white dome of the Demon Flame Space, as if he could see the outside sky through the void spatial barrier.

"Xiao Yan, promise me one thing."

"Please speak, senior."

"Millions of years later, when you no longer need it... let him live between heaven and earth in the way he wants, according to his own will."

The Pure Lotus Demon Saint said softly. Although he knew that after the Pure Lotus Demon Flame was devoured by Xiao Yan, it would no longer be the little demon he knew, he still hoped that this darling of heaven and earth, born from the Dou Qi Continent, could live in the way he wanted.

Xiao Yan was silent for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "I promise you."

A relieved smile appeared on the face of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint. The smile was faint, but it carried the ease of having unloaded a heavy burden.

"Okay, okay..."

His figure grew fainter and fainter until it turned into specks of white light and dissipated into the milky white flames, as if it had never existed.

Xiao Yan stood quietly in place, watching the white light gradually merge into this world, into the milky white flames, and into every wisp of Dou Qi within his body.

After a long while, he slowly withdrew his gaze, took a deep breath, and suppressed the sense of loss in his heart.

"Let's begin."

Xiao Yan sat down cross-legged, his hands forming a hand seal, causing the entire Refining Heaven Ancient Formation to tremble.

The Heavenly Array and the Earthly Array operated simultaneously, emitting a thunderous roar, like the roar of an ancient beast, echoing endlessly within the Demonic Flame Space. Countless milky-white fire lines extended from all parts of the array, like serpentine snakes, converging towards Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan ignored the fire lines and focused his gaze on the black pillar.

Through the seal, he could see the essence of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame churning and struggling within it. The milky-white flame seemed to sense something, and its churning became even more violent. It frantically attacked the seal, trying to break free of its restraints and escape this space that was about to become its burial place.

But all is in vain.

Xiao Yan slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers loosely clenched.

click -

A fine crack appeared on the black cylinder, followed by a second, a third... The cracks became more and more numerous and dense, like a spider web, enveloping the entire cylinder.

boom!

The black cylinder exploded with a deafening roar, scattering seal fragments in all directions. The milky-white flame finally broke free of its restraints, letting out a sharp hiss as it transformed into a beam of white light and fled into the depths of the demonic fire space.

Xiao Yan uttered a single word softly.

"seal up."

The milky-white fire lines that had already gathered around him surged toward the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, weaving a dense, impenetrable net that trapped him firmly within it. No matter how much it struggled, it could not break free even a fraction of the way.

Xiao Yan stood up and walked step by step toward the imprisoned flame. His steps were slow, but each step was steady and powerful, and each step made the world tremble.

As he approached, he reached out and dipped his hand into the giant net woven from fire threads.

The milky-white flames scorched his palms relentlessly; the temperature was enough to instantly reduce an ordinary Dou Sheng to ashes, but on Xiao Yan's palms, not even a trace of burn could be left.

His palms were covered with a thin layer of purplish-black flames, the power of the Three Thousand Burning Flames. Deeper still, there were layers of the power of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, the Netherworld Poison Flame, the Sea Heart Flame, the Fallen Heart Flame, and more than twenty other strange flames, layered upon each other, like an indestructible armor, completely blocking the scorching heat of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame.

Xiao Yan's fingers touched the milky white flame.

boom!

The sky and earth changed color, and the entire Demon Fire Space trembled violently at this moment. Giant waves surged up in the magma sea, and milky white fire pillars shot into the sky, as if to tear this space apart.

Xiao Yan closed his eyes and activated the Burning Technique at full power.

The devouring began.

Chapter 493 The Chaotic Dou Qi Continent

The milky white flames struggled wildly in Xiao Yan's palm—

It clearly sensed that there were more than twenty kinds of strange fires in the human body in front of it. Although there was only one completely unfamiliar strange fire among them, there was a unique strange fire that could threaten it. However, it was instinctively terrified of the despair of having more than twenty kinds of strange fires coexisting in one body. Although it did not know why it was afraid, the sense of despair from its instinct still drove it to struggle continuously.

Xiao Yan closed his eyes, and the Burning Technique circulated wildly within his body. Streams of suction force surged from his palms, drawing out the milky white flames one by one and drawing them into his meridians.

"hiss--!"

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame let out a sharp screech, filled with resentment and anger. It suddenly contracted, and the milky white flames condensed into a ball before exploding!

boom!

A visible milky-white ring of fire exploded from Xiao Yan's palm. Wherever the ring passed, space shattered inch by inch, and countless fine spatial cracks spread in all directions like a spider web. The magma sea beneath Xiao Yan's feet was forced into a huge depression thousands of feet in diameter by this shockwave. The scalding magma poured in and was instantly evaporated by the high temperature, turning into white mist that filled the sky.

Xiao Yan groaned and his body swayed slightly, but his hand movements did not change in the slightest. His five fingers still gripped the milky white flame tightly, and no matter how it struggled in his palm, he did not loosen his grip even a little.

"it's useless."

Xiao Yan opened his eyes, his gaze calmly fixed on the frantically struggling flame in his palm. His voice was soft, yet carried an undeniable certainty, "With your origin sealed separately, you have lost any chance of escape. Moreover... there are restrictions within this Refining Heaven Ancient Formation targeting your origin!"

The moment the words fell, the essence of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame was completely absorbed into Xiao Yan's body, causing Xiao Yan's body to tremble violently.

The feeling was like having an erupting volcano forcibly shoved into his body, the extremely violent energy rampaging through his meridians, leaving fine cracks on the meridian walls wherever it passed.

Xiao Yan gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead. Sweat evaporated as soon as it appeared, turning into wisps of white mist. His face was sometimes as pale as paper, sometimes as red as blood. More than twenty kinds of strange fires surged within his body at the same time, engaging in a life-or-death struggle with the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire.

The Pure Lotus Demon Flame rampaged through Xiao Yan's body, and wherever it passed, the defenses formed by more than twenty different flames crumbled. It was like a tiger charging into a pack of wolves. Although the wolves were numerous, they were still no match for the king of beasts.

"Suppress them!"

Xiao Yan roared and formed hand seals. The Refining Heaven Ancient Formation was activated once again. Countless milky white fire lines surged from all directions, entered his body, and transformed into seals, blocking the path of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame layer by layer.

This is what he mentioned earlier, the restriction left by the Pure Lotus Demon Saint targeting the essence of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame—a restriction that can only be activated by someone who has received all of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's inheritance regarding the Ancient Refining Heaven Array.

Under the seal of the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation, the struggles of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame became smaller and smaller, and its hissing became weaker and weaker. Its milky white flames began to become docile, like a tamed wild beast, no longer resisting, but quietly curling up in the seal.

With the Burning Technique activated at full power, more than twenty different flames erupted simultaneously, transforming into an extremely terrifying refining power that gradually decomposed, absorbed, and assimilated the essence of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame.