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

Four Nine-Star Battle Saints.

On the high platform were four nine-star Dou Sheng, while Lei Ying and Yan Jin were only at the late stage of eight-star Dou Sheng, not even touching the threshold of nine-star. If they really started fighting, they would have trouble even protecting themselves, let alone stopping anything.

Lei Ying opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately closed it. His lips were tightly pursed, the muscles in his jaw were taut, and his usually sharp eyes were filled with humiliation and resentment.

Yan Jin crossed his arms and remained silent, but the bulging veins on his arms revealed that he was extremely angry.

They are not afraid of death, but they cannot die here. The Thunder Clan and the Flame Clan still need them. If they fall, the fate of those two clans will be the same as that of the Spirit Clan and the Stone Clan, completely disappearing from history!

Therefore, they had no choice but to endure it.

Chapter 509 The End of the Medicine Clan

Yao Dan didn't look at them; his gaze remained fixed on the clansmen in the mirror who were turning into monsters, his eyes filled with pain and struggle.

The Soul Emperor was not in a hurry. He simply smiled and watched the medicine pill's retreating figure, waiting for his answer.

A moment later, Yao Dan suddenly turned around. He didn't look at the Soul Emperor or the Void Devouring Flame, but looked straight at Xiao Yan.

"Xiao Yan!" Yao Dan's voice was extremely hoarse, as if he had used up all his strength. "The Yao Clan has failed your master, and I have no face to ask you for help, but... evil energy is a great scourge to the Dou Qi Continent..."

He paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and then slowly raised his right hand. An ancient jade piece appeared in his palm—the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade preserved by the Medicine Clan!

"This ancient jade, guarded by the Medicine Clan for generations..." Yao Dan's voice echoed on the empty platform, each word resounding, "If you are willing to lend a hand and help those Medicine Clan disciples... achieve liberation, this ancient jade will be offered to you as payment!"

These words shocked everyone present.

Lei Ying and Yan Jin turned their heads sharply, staring incredulously at the medicinal pill—

They had considered that Yao Dan would ask Xiao Yan for help, since the Soul Emperor was very likely the one who had plotted against the Yao Clan. If he or the Void Devouring Flame were to take action, the Yao Clan disciples might not be able to truly be free. However, they never expected that Yao Dan would be willing to hand over the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade!

"Yao Dan, you..." Lei Ying suddenly stood up, wanting to stop him, but before he could finish speaking, Yao Dan interrupted him.

"The Medicine Clan... is a thing of the past," Yao Dan's voice was soft, and everyone could hear the weariness in his words, as if he were not a powerful Seven-Star Dou Sheng, but an ordinary old farmer who was about to turn his birthday. "The so-called Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave is not something that my Medicine Clan can touch... Xiao Yan, I'm begging you, please take this ancient jade!"

Upon hearing this, Lei Ying and Yan Jin immediately averted their gaze. They understood that Yao Dan's words were actually addressed to them, using the tragic story of the Yao Clan, with only four survivors, to tell them—

Let go, hand over the ancient jade. Our clans are not worthy to 'guard' such a thing!

They weren't fools; they knew that even combined, the combined strength of the Thunder and Flame races was no match for either the Soul race or any of the ancient races. But...

That's the cave of the ancient Tuoshe Emperor, the last Dou Di of the ancient era!

Although they are currently no match for either the Ancient Clan or the Soul Clan, but... what if? What if the Soul Clan and the Ancient Clan decide to eliminate each other first? What if they both suffer heavy losses, and all four Nine-Star Dou Sheng perish? What if...

'idiot.'

Looking at Lei Ying and Yan Jin, who were silent with their heads down, Hun Tiandi smiled contemptuously in his heart. He could naturally guess what the two of them were thinking, but they seemed to have forgotten one thing, forgotten what he had once said - that five Dou Di would appear on the Dou Qi Continent in the future!

'Even if they really become adversaries, do you think the Thunder and Flame clans can survive?' Soul Emperor sneered inwardly.

"Clan Chief Yaodan..."

After a long silence, Xiao Yan finally spoke slowly. His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached the ears of everyone present, "After this matter is settled, I wonder if you would be willing to come to the Starfall Pavilion as a leisurely retainer?"

Yao Dan was taken aback, then said somewhat blankly, "That ancient jade..."

“Our clan will keep the ancient jade for the time being,” Gu Yuan said softly. “In the future, as long as Patriarch Yaodan has the intention to take back the ancient jade, our clan will present it to you with open arms!”

If Xiao Yan were alone here, even if Yao Dan knelt down and begged him, he would never accept this hot potato that nearly wiped out his Xiao family. However, under Gu Yuan's persuasion and with the idea of ​​not letting the Soul Clan collect all the ancient jades, Xiao Yan finally agreed.

"Of course, of course!"

Yao Dan didn't care whether Xiao Yan or the Ancient Clan would ultimately accept the ancient jade. As long as someone was willing to take on this hot potato, he would gladly offer it up even if Lei Ying and Yan Jin asked!

Hearing Yao Dan's excited voice, Xiao Yan sighed softly, then stood up from the stone chair and slowly walked to the edge of the platform, looking down at the Medicine Realm below, which was already shrouded in evil energy—

The evil energy had gathered together, forming a black monster a thousand feet long. It was constantly extending its sharp claws, trying to pull down this high platform, the only pure place in the medicine world.

Xiao Yan raised his right hand, and a seven-colored flame slowly bloomed in his palm. The flame was pure and flawless, as if it were the most sacred thing in the world. However, the terrifying high temperature contained within it caused everyone on the platform to subconsciously take a half step back, including Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi.

Emperor Flame, a flame formed by fusing all the different flames, appeared before anyone other than Xiao Yan for the first time.

'This thing…' The Soul Emperor frowned, clearly feeling that the flames had the power to annihilate him.

'This is...! !!! !!! ' The Void Devouring Flame suddenly widened its eyes. It seemed to remember something, but after calming down, it left nothing behind.

'Is this the strongest strange fire that the Burning Technique can create?' Yao Lao's eyes were full of satisfaction.

……

Xiao Yan was unaware of what the people behind him were thinking. He simply gave a gentle push, and the seven-colored flame floated from his palm, then slowly fell downwards, finally being caught in the ferocious beast's hand.

"!!"

In an instant, the ferocious beast let out a piercing roar.

It struggled frantically, trying to shake off the imperial flames that were using its body as fuel, but how could a mindless beast possibly escape the burning of the imperial flames? Those roars were nothing but its dying wails.

A moment later, the beast stopped roaring, and the evil energy that made up its body was completely destroyed by the burning of the Emperor's Flame.

Yao Dan let out a long sigh of relief. He raised his hand and waved it lightly, canceling the empty mirror image. Then he presented the ancient jade to Gu Yuan.

"If you regret it, you can come to the Ancient Realm to retrieve the ancient jade at any time." As he took the ancient jade, Gu Yuan emphasized again in a soft voice.

Yao Dan chuckled and shook his head, clearly showing that he had no lingering feelings for the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.

"Congratulations to the Ancient Clan on acquiring another Ancient Jade," the Soul Emperor clapped his hands lightly, a faint smile on his face, seemingly genuinely happy for the Ancient Clan. "You're one step closer to collecting all eight Ancient Jades!"

Gu Yuan didn't reply, but just looked at him calmly.

The Soul Emperor didn't care. He smiled at Xiao Yan, who had turned around at the edge of the platform, and then, together with the Void Devouring Flame beside him, transformed into a streak of black light and sped away from the Medicine Realm.

"That's enough for today!" The Soul Emperor's voice came from afar. "Farewell, everyone!"

Silence fell once more on the high platform.

Chapter 510 The World of Magma

On the high platform, after watching the figures of Soul Emperor and Void Devouring Flame disappear beyond the Medicine Realm, Yao Dan sighed softly and withdrew his gaze.

"Yao Chen, Mr. Xiao Yan, I'm afraid I'll be troubling you a lot in the days to come." He looked at Xiao Yan, who had returned to the stone table, and Yao Lao beside him, his lips trembling slightly. After a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"Don't worry, Patriarch Yaodan," Xiao Yan nodded slightly, "Although Xingyun Pavilion is not as rich in natural energy as the Medicine Realm, we will never mistreat you."

Yao Dan shook his head with a wry smile. At this point, what did he care about feeling wronged? It was already a blessing that the bloodline of the Yao clan had not been severed!

Lei Ying and Yan Jin exchanged a glance, their expressions complex, but they didn't say much. They simply cupped their hands in greeting to the others before leaving the Medicine Realm through the spatial tunnels they had built.

After a moment of silence in the direction where King Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin had left, he whispered, "Xiao Yan, what are your plans next?"

"...Did you know that even without two Golden Core alchemists, a semi-finished Emperor Pill can be nearly perfect?" Xiao Yan said after a slight pause. "I suppose the Pill Clan Chief has heard of this as well?"

"You mean..." Yao Dan looked at Xiao Yan with some hesitation.

Apart from the medicinal pills they had seen in ancient books, everyone else looked confused, not understanding what kind of riddle Xiao Yan and the medicinal pills were playing.

“Blood sacrifice,” Xiao Yan said softly, “After a sufficient number of blood sacrifices, the semi-finished Emperor Pill can be pushed to near perfection, and this number… may require the lives of half a continent!”

The expressions on everyone's faces froze instantly.

"Just in case, after returning to the Starfall Pavilion, I will deploy an array between the city where the Starfall Pavilion and the Flame Alliance headquarters are located," Xiao Yan continued. "After perfecting it... I plan to make a trip to the Northwest Continent."

"The Northwest Continent?" Gu Yuan frowned slightly.

"The old site of Canaan Academy," Xiao Yan didn't hide anything, "If nothing unexpected happens, the cave of the ancient emperor Tuoshe should be in the magma world below the old site of Canaan Academy!"

"Are you sure?" Gu Yuan's voice carried a hint of seriousness.

“Back when I was still at Canaan Academy, the ancient jade in my hand showed unusual activity in that magma world. If nothing unexpected happens… the depths of that magma world are where the ancient emperor Tuoshe’s cave is located!” Xiao Yan said frankly.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan and Yao Dan both showed expressions of sudden realization—if what Xiao Yan said was true, it would explain why the Soul Emperor would pay attention to such a trivial matter as the relocation of Canaan Academy a few years ago.

"Do I need to hand over the two ancient jade pieces to you?" Gu Yuan pressed.

“No need,” Xiao Yan shook his head slightly. “If there really is an ancient cave of Emperor Tuoshe there, the two ancient jades will be of no use. Moreover, besides exploring whether it is Emperor Tuoshe’s cave, what’s more important is that I need to find a place to cultivate in seclusion.”

Gu Yuan didn't ask any more questions. After telling him to "be careful," he tore through space and left the Medicine Realm.

After taking one last look at the Medicine Realm where they had lived for thousands of years, Yao Dan left with Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.

From this day forward, the pharmaceutical industry will be completely closed off, with no hope of ever reopening!

Starfall Pavilion, Star Realm.

For the next month or so, Xiao Yan devoted all his energy to setting up the array between the Star Boundary and the Flame Alliance headquarters.

This formation is centered on the Medicine Realm, with the Flame Alliance headquarters and several surrounding cities as nodes, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of miles. Once activated, it is absolutely impossible to break through from the outside unless one has the strength of a Dou Di.

After the formation was completed, Xiao Yan left behind dozens of soul jade slips. Each jade slip contained a wisp of his soul power. Once someone crushed the jade slip, his wisp of soul power would directly escort that person to the Star Boundary.

After distributing the soul jade slips to everyone he cared about, Xiao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are we leaving?" Cai Lin asked, holding Xiao Xiao's little hand.

“Yes,” Xiao Yan nodded, “Senior Dan’s consciousness has been transferred and it’s time for the final moment… You can rest assured and wait for me in the Star Boundary. Unless Soul Emperor breaks through before me, the Star Boundary will be absolutely safe!”

"Come back soon." Cai Lin nodded gently and said.

"Daddy, come back soon!" Xiao Xiao waved her little hand and said in a clear voice.

Xiao Yan smiled and pinched her cheek, then tore through space and stepped inside.

……

Northwest Continent, the former site of the inner courtyard of Canaan College.

Xiao Yan stepped out of the spatial rift and looked at the somewhat familiar land below. For a moment, he was in a daze. When he left Canaan Academy, he was just a naive young man who could only rely on secret techniques to forcibly raise his strength to the level of Dou Zun. Now that he has returned, he is one of the strongest people in this world.

Time has passed, and things have changed.

After a moment of reflection, Xiao Yan transformed into a streak of light and entered the underground magma from the ruins of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.

The magma world was as hot as it had been back then, but for Xiao Yan now, this temperature couldn't even ignite the hem of his clothes. He moved like lightning, rapidly descending into the magma. In just a few breaths, he had already reached a depth that even the Heavenly Flame Venerable of yesteryear had never reached.

"Human, this is the graveyard of the gods, not a place for you. Leave immediately, or you will awaken the guardians and be buried here forever!"

Suddenly, a somewhat awkward voice entered Xiao Yan's ears. Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw two white lizardmen, and both of them had the strength of a half-saint!

The tomb of the gods? The guardians?

However, compared to the strength of the two lizardmen, what they said was more important to Xiao Yan. But Xiao Yan did not ask what they thought and continued to delve deeper into the magma world at a speed that they could not match.

'The Tomb of the Gods must be the cave of the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe, right? Then who is the guardian they speak of?' Xiao Yan asked the heavens in his heart.