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

“Me too,” Lei Ying added immediately.

"I won't believe a single word you say until I see that spatial passage!" Yan Jin stared intently at the Soul Emperor.

"And you?" The Soul Emperor didn't care about the three people's reactions, and simply looked calmly at Gu Yuan, who was deep in thought.

"...In your opinion, how long can that spatial passage last?" Gu Yuan asked somewhat abruptly.

As expected, Cang Qiong told Xiao Yan how long the fifth layer of the seal could last!

The thought flashed through the Soul Emperor's mind, and at the same time he frowned with some difficulty, "Can it be maintained for... perhaps less than two hundred years? You should know that the spatial passage may have been left by the former Dou Di. Even if it has been corrupted by that evil energy for tens of thousands of years, it is difficult for me to give a correct judgment."

Soul Emperor naturally knew this was the most crucial step. Therefore, while hesitatingly giving his answer, he was also prepared to be exposed by Gu Yuan. After all, after three years of decay, even Void Devouring Flame would find it difficult to obtain more accurate information from Soul Cliff's corpse.

"I want to see that spatial passage." After receiving the Soul Emperor's reply, Gu Yuan slowly closed his eyes. A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes and spoke.

“No problem!” Soul Emperor said with a light laugh.

……

The pharmacopoeia for medicinal herbs has changed its timeline!

A few days later, the news suddenly spread throughout Zhongzhou.

No one knows why the Medicine Clan's Pharmacopoeia, which had already sent out invitations and set specific times, would change, nor does anyone know why this 'change' did not provide a more accurate time.

Until one day, Danta, who had been visited by an elder of the Medicine Clan, suddenly released a message—

More than a year ago, the Dan Yun that covered the entire Central Continent was actually a harbinger of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder. The Medicine Clan changed the timing of the Pharmacopoeia this time just to convey a message to the alchemist who almost refined the ninth-grade golden pill: Only when you show up will the correct timing of the Pharmacopoeia be determined!

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Almost no one could have imagined that, thousands of years later, another alchemist would appear on the Dou Qi Continent who was almost capable of refining a Golden Core. This even made the arrogant Medicine Clan lower their standards, and in order to invite this near-Golden Core alchemist, they could even advance or postpone the scheduled time for the Pharmacopoeia.

The elders and disciples of the Starfall Pavilion didn't know what the outside world thought. All they knew was that this so-called ancient race was willing to lose face in front of the entire continent in order to invite their young master!

For a moment, it was as if the Starfall Pavilion was celebrating a festival, with almost all the disciples and elders wearing bright smiles.

Deep within the Starfall Pavilion.

“It was indeed for Brother Xiao Yan,” Xun’er said, her lips pressed tightly together. “Moreover… it was at the suggestion of the Soul Emperor, and with the consent of the Medicine Clan, the Thunder Clan, and the Flame Clan, that the time of the Pharmacopoeia was changed for Brother Xiao Yan.”

Everyone, including Elder Yao, wore solemn expressions—they naturally understood that Xun'er's words meant that the Soul Emperor had specifically requested that the Medicine Ceremony be held again after Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion. Therefore, all the patriarchs of the five existing ancient races knew that Xiao Yan was the 'quasi-Golden Core Alchemist'!

"Soul Emperor... what exactly does he want to do?" Xiao Chen's deep voice echoed from the depths of the Starfall Pavilion.

No one can provide a relatively reasonable explanation.

高烧

I started having a high fever yesterday, and my mind is foggy. I'll update again once the fever subsides.

Chapter 496 Emerging from Seclusion

Two years have passed since the Pure Lotus Demon Flame descended into the world, and the towering mountains near the descending demon flame now have a new name—Demon Flame Plain.

This is a plain riddled with countless enormous fissures, thousands of feet long, resembling centipedes. Scorching heat rises from these fissures, making this land exceptionally dry.

Demonfire Stone, a fire-attribute crystal that can only be found in the Demonfire Plains and contains extremely weak demon fire, has turned this Demonfire Plains, which should be avoided by all cultivators, into a place that countless fire-attribute cultivators and alchemists flock to.

Normally, unclaimed lands like this, with their immense potential profits, would attract countless powerful forces to demarcate boundaries and divide up the resources of the Demonfire Stones.

However, ever since the Soul Palace changed its ways and began spreading rumors across the Dou Qi Continent that the continent was about to be destroyed, and a year later, the Medicine Clan announced that the opening date of the Pharmacopoeia needed to be revised, no other force paid excessive attention to the resources on the Demonfire Plains—

After all, compared to the increasing power of the flames summoned by the alchemists within their own faction, an alchemist who might be able to refine a golden elixir is more worthy of attention.

"So... on this Demonfire Plains, there are mostly mercenaries like you?"

Not long ago, Xiao Yan had just left the Demon Flame Space and was then surrounded by a group of mercenaries who appeared out of nowhere. He looked somewhat speechlessly at the mercenary leader, a nine-star Dou Huang, who had become somewhat docile after being beaten up by him.

"That's right, exactly." Knowing he had run into a tough opponent, the mercenary leader smiled obsequiously, hoping only that his men could survive.

"...How did the Soul Palace spread the message that the continent was about to be destroyed?" Xiao Yan asked with a helpless sigh.

"Uh...it seems to be saying that beneath the continent lies an alien race capable of destroying the Dou Qi Continent?" The mercenary leader hesitated for a moment before answering.

"More specifics?" Xiao Yan frowned slightly and continued to ask.

"More specific..." The mercenary leader gave a wry smile, "Sir, someone like me couldn't possibly know anything more specific!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was somewhat speechless. Although there weren't countless nine-star Dou Huangs in Zhongzhou, it was still impossible for a mercenary group leader to be unaware of more specific information.

After shaking his head helplessly, Xiao Yan stepped into the spatial rift he had casually torn open.

"A Dou Zun?!" Upon realizing that the person he was trying to rob was at least a Dou Zun, the mercenary leader nearly suffered a cardiac arrest.

A moment later, at the Starfall Pavilion.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon discovering that the person who emerged from the spatial rift was Xiao Yan, except for Zhu Tian, ​​an eight-star Dou Sheng from the Ancient Dragon Clan, who still had a furrowed brow.

"Senior Zhutian, is there something you need?" Xiao Yan asked, somewhat puzzled, after noticing Zhutian's expression.

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, everyone noticed that Zhu Tian's expression seemed a little off.

"Are you Xiao Yan?" Zhu Tian stepped forward, shielding everyone else behind him, before speaking in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed drastically. Their strength was naturally no match for Zhutian, a powerful expert at the late stage of the Eight-Star Dou Sheng realm. Since Zhutian had some doubts, then this person in front of them must have a huge problem!

Just as everyone was on high alert, Xiao Yan understood something, and awkwardly touched his nose, saying, "It's no wonder that you, Senior Zhutian, can't believe it. After all... no one can believe that I have broken through from a three-star Dou Sheng to a nine-star Dou Sheng in just two years."

Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

The moment those four words were uttered, the entire arena fell into a deathly silence. Everyone stared speechlessly at the black-haired youth who was smiling somewhat awkwardly—a black-haired youth whose appearance was incredibly familiar, yet whose strength was unbelievably powerful.

"You...are you really Xiao Yanzi?" Finally, it was Yao Lao who spoke first, asking, "Then do you remember what the first grade eight pill you refined was?"

"Fuling Qingdan," Xiao Yan replied helplessly, realizing that he was still not fully trusted. "It was an eighth-grade, two-colored pill, but because some of the medicinal materials I used were of high quality, it ended up attracting three-colored pill lightning. At the time, you laughed at me, saying that I was too careless and that I did not strengthen the array that I had already set up before I started refining it, even though I knew that it might attract three-colored pill lightning."

Fuling Qingdan is a relatively uncommon Rank 8 pill. Normally, no alchemist would use this pill as the first Rank 8 pill to refine. Therefore, after hearing these four words, Yao Lao completely believed that the black-haired youth in front of him was Xiao Yan. However, Yao Lao still looked at him with some disbelief, obviously not understanding how Xiao Yan had become a Nine-Star Dou Sheng in just two years.

After confirming that the person in front of him was indeed Xiao Yan, Zhu Tian breathed a sigh of relief and began to blame himself—he shouldn't have doubted the other party's identity with his very first words. It was only because it was Xiao Yan himself that this came; if it had been someone else impersonating Xiao Yan, his words wouldn't have saved anyone.

In the following days, Xiao Yan learned from others what the Soul Palace had done during his two years of seclusion, and also learned that his identity as a 'quasi-Golden Core Alchemist' was no longer a secret among the top forces on the continent.

"So...they want me to refine a Golden Core in this Pharmacopoeia?" Xiao Yan frowned, completely baffled as to what the Soul Emperor was trying to do. "The Soul Emperor needs two Golden Core alchemists, but the others..."

"Xun'er, did your uncle say anything?" Xiao Yan, at a loss, looked at Xun'er and asked.

“Father…didn’t say anything,” Xun’er replied with a bitter smile. “When I asked him why the pharmacopoeia had to be held only after Brother Xiao Yan came out of seclusion, Father just remained silent and didn’t say anything.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan felt a surge of irritation; for the first time, he felt such a deep loathing for his future father-in-law.

Despite being a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, his words and actions are restricted by the stubborn elders of the ancient clans. He clearly knows that the Soul Clan is the culprit who destroyed the Spirit and Stone Clans, but he refuses to disclose the information he obtained from the Soul Clan...

"Then I'll go to the ancient clan later to see my uncle," Xiao Yan said with a helpless smile. "Perhaps my uncle was worried that the information he gave wouldn't be convincing, which is why he didn't tell you, Xun'er."

Everyone, including Xun'er, knew that Xiao Yan's words were just a simple consolation—since his own daughter had asked, he must have been prepared for the news to be incredibly shocking.

Even so, Gu Yuan still didn't speak...

Chapter 497

"Xiao Yan has emerged from seclusion."

Sensing the soul power emanating from the Soul Emperor, Void Devouring Flame, who had just returned to the Soul Realm, uttered these words indifferently.

"A Nine-Star Dou Sheng?"

The space in front of Void Devouring Flame distorted slightly, and the figure of Soul Emperor slowly appeared, accompanied by the words that entered Void Devouring Flame's ears.

“Even if it’s not, it’s not far off,” Void Devouring Flame’s expression was slightly grim. “Moreover, his soul power… seems to have reached the Emperor Realm as well. If I hadn’t sensed the complete collapse of the Demon Flame Space in advance, he might have discovered me much earlier.”

"Earlier discovery?"

The Soul Emperor's voice carried a hint of mockery, clearly showing his interest in the fact that Xiao Yan was able to discover the Void Devouring Flame even though it was hidden in the shadows.

"...After devouring three of my Earth Flames, he could vaguely sense my location," Void Devouring Flame said in a deep voice after a brief silence. "If the distance is extremely close, he can even pinpoint my exact location directly through the Earth Flames!"

Anyone with strength comparable to Void Devouring Flame could do this after absorbing his Emperor's Flame, so Void Devouring Flame's statement wasn't entirely untrue—if he hadn't lost control of his emotions after realizing that the strange flame within Xiao Yan's body had completely surpassed his own, it wouldn't have been discovered.

"Is that so?" The Soul Emperor chuckled. "It seems that this time, you have no choice but to attend the Pharmacopoeia."

Despite the risk of being exposed by Gu Yuan, the Soul Emperor pushed forward this pharmacopoeia not only to let Soul Void Child witness true Golden Elixir refining, but more importantly, to completely dismantle the so-called Three Races Alliance.

Even now, with the other four races choosing to form an alliance, the Soul Clan still has the confidence to defeat them.

However, excessive losses are always heartbreaking, especially when those losses could have been used as nourishment...

"Should we wake those four old geezers up?" Void Devouring Flame did not refute Soul Emperor's words, but asked a somewhat abrupt question.

"No need, the three of us—you, me, and Hun Xuzi—are enough," Hun Tiandi said with a smile. "It's not time to completely tear off the mask of civility yet."

Upon hearing this, Void Devouring Flame frowned slightly, but said nothing more.

Before his trip to the Heavenly Tomb, he knew all of the Soul Emperor's plans, but after the plane consciousness of the Dou Qi Continent dispersed their soul body, he didn't know how much the Soul Emperor had modified the "plan".

After all, in the original plan, the destruction of the Stone Clan should have come later... and if the ancient jade of the Xiao Clan wasn't the second one, it should have been exchanged last.

On the other side, Xiao Yan, having just finished listening to Gu Yuan's account, was looking at Gu Yuan in disbelief.

"A spatial passage leading to the fourth level, corrupted by evil energy?"

Xiao Yan didn't even know how to view his future father-in-law. After a long silence, he slowly asked, "So, after you came back... have you been to the Heavenly Tomb?"

"The Heavenly Tomb?" Gu Yuan frowned slightly, asking with some confusion, "What does this have to do with the Heavenly Tomb?"

Knowing that Gu Yuan had never entered the Heavenly Tomb and had not asked Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yan took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. After repeating this several times, he looked at Gu Yuan with a disappointed expression and said, "After I came out of the Heavenly Tomb, although my memories were sealed by my ancestor Xiao Xuan, I still told you the information I vaguely remembered."

Gu Yuan nodded, somewhat puzzled. It was precisely because Xiao Yan had told him some information that he believed Soul Emperor's words after learning that the spatial passage would not last more than two hundred years.

Seeing that Gu Yuan hadn't reacted yet, Xiao Yan finally chose to reveal the most crucial information himself, "It was Ancestor Xiao Xuan who sealed my memories, so... everything I know is already known to Ancestor Xiao Xuan, and what I don't know, such as whether there is a spatial passage to the fourth level, Ancestor Xiao Xuan also knows!"

As if awakened from a dream, Gu Yuan's expression froze instantly.

“There is no direct spatial passage to the fourth level on the Dou Qi Continent,” Xiao Yan sighed after receiving the information from Cang Qiong. “Going to the fourth level requires authorization, and the only authorization currently held by Ancestor Xiao Xuan is in his hands. If you ask him, no matter what the Soul Clan plans to do at this year’s Pharmacopoeia, he will not be able to succeed!”

Gu Yuan fell even more silent.

"However... looking at it now, perhaps it's a good thing," Xiao Yan suddenly said after a moment of silence. "The Soul Emperor hasn't collected all the ancient jades yet. Since he was the one who pushed for this change in the Pharmacopoeia, it means he's planning to completely dismantle the Three Races Alliance this time..."

"Whatever he does, as long as we can stop him, we can let the other three races know that the Soul Race is the culprit behind the extinction of the Spirit Race and the Stone Race!" Gu Yuan reacted instantly. "At that time, the Soul Race will never be able to successfully collect the Ancient Jade!"

Xiao Yan gave a somewhat forced smile—