Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master.

At this moment, Yun Yun, who was standing behind Xiao Li, drew her sword Yuan Hong slightly and looked at Hua Jin with an unfriendly expression.

Yun Yun didn't know why, even though it was the first time she had seen Hua Jin, Hua Jin made Yun Yun feel very uncomfortable from head to toe, and she had an urge to cut her in half.

Just as Xiao Li was chatting with Hua Jin, the entire ruins suddenly trembled violently. Subsequently, all the powerful figures in the ruins were teleported out and eventually gathered in an open area of ​​the Demon Forest Mountains.

"what happened!"

"Why are you out here!"

Chapter 169 Mine, mine, all mine

The powerful individuals who came to explore the ruins were all bewildered; they did not understand why they had been kicked out.

"Could it be that we, or others, triggered the restrictions of the ruins, and the ruins kicked us out?"

"Possibly! Who exactly is it? The remains of my own Dou Sheng!"

"Let's go back to the entrance and see if we can still enter the ruins!"

"it is good!"

The powerful figures went to the entrance of the ruins again, only to find that the entrance was closed.

"Damn it! Who on earth triggered this mechanism?!"

"Aaaaaaah! I swear I will never forgive this person!"

A series of curses echoed throughout the Demon Forest Mountains. Xiao Li smiled and then went back to the Sound Realm with the others.

. . . . . .

Sound Realm

Xiao Li and the others have already returned to the Sound Realm, because Xiao Li knows that they are the biggest beneficiaries this time.

At this moment, at the entrance to the Sound Realm, Elder Tianyin and Xiao Kong had been waiting for a long time.

"Ancestor, Elder Su!" Xiao Li said with a smile.

Xiao Kong nodded to the Heavenly Sound Elder, and then Xiao Kong tossed several storage rings to Xiao Li.

"Li'er, these are the few Transcendent Dou Zun you asked me to deal with. Their storage rings are all here. I found quite a few good things in those ruins," Xiao Kong said with a smile.

"Hehe, those old devils are gone, which can be considered ridding the mainland of a scourge. I bet those old devils had a lot of treasures on them. By the way! Ancestor, were the corpses of those old devils left behind?" Xiao Li asked.

Xiao Kong was completely bewildered: "Leave a corpse? What corpse? I have no hobby of collecting corpses. Do you? Oh dear! I forgot, you have the secret technique of making puppets. Look at my memory, I'm really getting old."

Xiao Kong had truly forgotten about this incident. He killed several Transcendent Dou Zun with a single slap, leaving them with nothing but his storage ring.

"Well, it's alright if they didn't leave any behind. They're just a few corpses of Transcendent Dou Zun, nothing serious," Xiao Li waved his hand and said.

Afterwards, everyone went to the back mountain of the Sound Realm and took out the treasures they had obtained.

"I'll go first, with two Heavenly Rank scrolls: 'Sacred Puppet Technique' and 'Myriad Hearts Controlling Soul Technique'!"

Xiao Li took out two scrolls that exuded an extraordinary aura—Heavenly Rank! This immediately surprised everyone present, including Xiao Kong.

"It's actually a Heavenly-level soul cultivation method! You must know that even during the Xiao Clan's heyday, there were only a handful of such high-level soul cultivation techniques." Xiao Kong exclaimed in amazement.

"Yes, if a low-level Xuan-rank soul cultivation technique were to appear on the market, it would cause a huge uproar. Our Yin Valley has been passed down for many years and we don't even have a soul technique of this level!"

Elder Tianyin was also quite surprised.

Xiao Kong picked up the scroll "Ten Thousand Hearts Controlling Soul Technique" and scanned it, then picked up the scroll "Sacred Puppet Technique" and looked at it.

"So that's how it is. Interesting. No wonder the soul of the Thousand Demon Saint has survived to this day, and even has the idea of ​​possessing another body. Don't you think so, Thousand Demon Saint?"

Xiao Kong smiled faintly, then waved his right hand, and a strange spatial sphere appeared. Upon closer inspection, there was actually a phantom soul within this spatial sphere.

"Ancestor, what did you just say? The Thousand Demon Saint is still alive?" Xiao Li asked in surprise. Then he saw a phantom soul in Xiao Kong's hand, but this soul was extremely weak and its consciousness was almost extinguished.

"I discovered him after I took complete control of that ruin. He was living inside a puppet at the Dou Sheng level, the one you found. He even deliberately kept the puppet's power at the half-saint level."

There was also the skeleton of a Dou Sheng in the center of the main hall. I took a look, and it wasn't Qian Mo's skeleton. This skeleton couldn't have been a Dou Sheng of more than two stars when he was alive. It was just that some things had been done to it, but others couldn't notice.

I captured this Thousand Demon and used the secret technique of soul searching to learn what happened. The only purpose of this Thousand Demon Saint was to possess another body and be reborn. He had already used methods to control the puppets he left behind, even if you attached a soul imprint to them.

He could still command the puppets, but unfortunately, he never anticipated that an old man with a cultivation level of five-star Dou Sheng peak and a soul power reaching the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm would suddenly intervene and forcibly take control of the ruins.

Xiao Kong stroked his beard and smiled. He had to admit that this Thousand Demon Saint was very resourceful and had many tricks up his sleeve. Even a thousand years ago, he would definitely have been a formidable expert. Unfortunately, despite his cunning, he ran into Xiao Kong.

"I see. It seems the Thousand Demon Saint is nearing his end." Xiao Li looked at the illusory soul body.

"That's about enough. After all, I used violent soul-searching, which caused great damage to the soul. However, his soul realm in life should have been at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm. I will process his soul and refine it into a soul essence to help your soul power reach a higher level."

Xiao Kong waved his hand and then took out the complete Dou Sheng skeleton, the incomplete white jade skeleton, the two crimson scrolls, the four scrolls of different colors, the several purple-gold puppets, and a greenish-blue pill from the original ruins.

"These are all the treasures in the Thousand Demon Saint's Ruins: a complete skeleton of a one-star Dou Sheng (Battle Saint), this remains belong to the Thousand Demon Saint himself, six scrolls of Heaven-rank cultivation techniques and fighting skills, several puppets, and this spirit-connected ninth-grade pill!"

Xiao Kong pointed out these treasures to everyone one by one.

All eyes were focused on the greenish-blue pill, about the size of a longan. They could all sense that the pill possessed extremely powerful energy, the kind that would make one's body explode if consumed.

"Elder Xiao, could this be a Grade 9 precious pill?" Elder Tianyin asked incredulously. He had never seen a Grade 9 precious pill in all his years of life.

“It is indeed a Grade Nine Treasure Pill, and this Grade Nine Treasure Pill is sentient. Do you know that there is an old monster in the Pill Tower whose true form is a Profound Pill?” Xiao Kong suddenly asked.

The old man Tianyin nodded: "Of course I know. It is because of that person's existence that the Pill Tower has been able to stand firm in the Central Continent. Even the Soul Hall does not dare to provoke the Pill Tower. That person has saved the Pill Tower from danger many times. When the Pill Tower is at peace, it will disappear."

Xiao Kong nodded: "I didn't expect that old monster to still be around. I wonder what state it is in now? Its true form is a ninth-grade Xuan Dan, so it's impossible for it to stay in the Pill Tower. That would bring disaster to the Pill Tower. However, I had a very pleasant conversation with the person who refined it back then."

Ahem, let's not talk about that anymore. Anyway, the intelligence born from this Grade 9 precious pill is very close to that old monster, and the level of this precious pill is very close to that of a Profound Pill. This is probably because this precious pill has consumed a large number of Grade 8 pills or rare and precious materials to improve its level.

This ninth-grade precious pill was specially cultivated by the Thousand Demon Saint as a crucial contingency plan to quickly restore his peak strength after he is resurrected through possession.

Xiao Li stroked his chin, then took out an ancient-looking prescription.

"Ancestor, is this ninth-grade pill called the Qiankun Tracing Origin Pill?"

Xiao Kong nodded: "Judging from Qianmo's memories, it is indeed called that. This Grade 9 Treasure Pill is the last Grade 9 Treasure Pill that Qianmo Saint refined before his death. Qianmo Saint should have been a Grade 9 Treasure Pill Master before his death."

This Qiankun Tracing Pill was the very pill he used to restore his peak cultivation. After he was reborn through possession and cultivated back to the Dou Sheng realm, he could take this pill to quickly recover his strength.

Everyone gasped in surprise, not expecting such a powerful pill to exist. However, it was normal for a ninth-grade pill to have such effects.

Xiao Lixuan laughed: "Then this pill is right for you to take, Ancestor. Your cultivation has just dropped, and this pill can help you quickly recover to your peak. No one here has dropped their cultivation, and besides, we are not able to take this Grade 9 precious pill."

It's most suitable for you to take it. Don't tell me to keep it as a backup. Anyway, I have the formula, and I should be able to refine it after I break through to the Dou Sheng realm. So, it's most important for you to recover your cultivation, Ancestor. After all, the stronger you are, the safer we will be.”

Xiao Kong frowned and pondered for a moment, then nodded: "In that case, I will not stand on ceremony."

Chapter 170 Pregnancy

Xiao Li suddenly asked, "Ancestor, after you take this pill, what level of cultivation will you recover to? Will you be able to recover to your peak cultivation level?"

Xiao Kong looked at the greenish-blue pill: "It probably won't work. This pill is only close to the level of a Profound Pill. In the end, it's just a Grade 9 Treasure Pill. A regular Grade 9 Treasure Pill would probably only raise my cultivation by one or two minor realms."

A Grade Nine Profound Pill is what someone of my level should take, but to be honest, I've never taken a Grade Nine Profound Pill before. Cough cough, this Qiankun Tracing Origin Pill has a special effect and is specifically for Dou Sheng like me whose cultivation has dropped.

"The effect might be extraordinary; I estimate it could at least restore me to the mid-stage of a six-star Dou Sheng."

Xiao Li immediately deflated: "Huh? You've only recovered this little bit of cultivation?"

Xiao Kong said speechlessly, "What do you mean by 'this little bit of cultivation'? There's a huge difference between the peak of a five-star Dou Sheng and the mid-stage of a six-star Dou Sheng! It took me a full seventy years to go from the peak of a five-star Dou Sheng to the mid-stage of a six-star Dou Sheng!"

"So long? I've never been a Dou Sheng, so I don't know either," Xiao Li said, spreading his hands.

"At the level of Dou Sheng, the difference between even a small level is enormous. A low-level Dou Sheng might still have a way to fight against an enemy one or two levels higher, but at the level of a high-level Dou Sheng, the difference between even a small level is like heaven and earth."

For example, when I was at my peak, I was a late-stage eight-star Dou Sheng. I could kill a five-star Dou Sheng with a single slap. If my opponent was an early-stage eight-star Dou Sheng, I could also easily defeat them.

Therefore, Li'er, you still have a long way to go. Even though Clan Chief Xiao Xuan possesses extraordinary talent, it still took him a very long time to cultivate to the late stage of Nine-Star Dou Sheng. Both the Soul and Ancient Clans have members who have reached the late stage of Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Kong spoke slowly, then looked at Xiao Li and continued, "So, when we go to the ancient clan in the future, we'll enter the Heavenly Tomb to find the clan leader."

"You want to obtain the remaining Dou Di bloodline of our Xiao clan, right? Ancestor still says the same thing: I don't want the Dou Di bloodline. I've already cultivated to this level, why waste the Dou Di bloodline? I might as well leave it to my children in the future." Xiao Li still refused the Dou Di bloodline.

Xiao Kong also had a headache. Every time he brought up the matter of the Dou Di bloodline, Xiao Li would refuse. But this time the reason was different; it was about his own child.

Xiao Kong then looked at Yun Yun, then at Pei Yuhan and Pei Yurou. He hoped that Xiao Li would have a child soon. Although the children of strong people are not necessarily gifted, Xiao Li, an eighth-grade alchemist, could easily raise the child's talent to a very high level.

When the time comes, entering the Heavenly Tomb and obtaining the bloodline of the Dou Di will allow one to defy fate and change their destiny.

Xiao Kong looked at Yun Yun again, then his pupils shrank, and he instantly appeared in front of Yun Yun.

"Ancestor?" Yun Yun didn't know why Xiao Kong suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Girl, show me one of your hands," Xiao Kong said earnestly.

Yun Yun, confused, stretched out her hand. Xiao Kong pressed his fingers on Yun Yun's pulse, his face immediately turning grim after a moment of joy.

Approaching Xiao Li from behind, one finds Xiao Li currently perusing the scrolls left behind by the Thousand Demon Saint.

bang——

With a deafening sound, Xiao Kong punched Xiao Li on the head, slamming Xiao Li's head into the ground.

"Still looking at these trivial things! The girl is pregnant! Don't you know?! What kind of husband are you?!" Xiao Kong shouted angrily.

Xiao Li pulled his head out of the ground and shook off the dust: "What? Yun'er is pregnant?"

Xiao Li immediately jumped up, went to Yun Yun's side, and personally took her pulse. Then, Xiao Li excitedly said, "It's a happy pulse! I'm going to be a father!"

Yun Yun felt an indescribable sense of happiness. She gently stroked her belly; she was going to be a mother.

Wang Ming also came to Yun Yun's side and then took her pulse: "It is indeed a pregnancy pulse. It has been more than twenty days. Girl, have you been feeling unwell lately?"

Yun Yun pondered for a moment, then blushed and said, "It seems like my period hasn't come for several dozen days. I occasionally feel dizzy and sometimes feel like vomiting, but none of that affects my normal cultivation and sword practice."

Su Wanyin instantly appeared in front of Yun Yun, shoving Wang Ming aside with her bottom, and grabbed Yun Yun's hands: "Little Yun'er, these are the symptoms of pregnancy. Your master's wife is a mother herself, so of course she knows. Don't go to cultivate or practice swordsmanship these few days."

The first few weeks of pregnancy are the most unstable time for the fetus. Please rest well during this period. The restaurant will prepare some medicinal meals specifically for you to consume during pregnancy. Also…

The entire Yin Valley became busy afterward. The previous busyness was due to Su Wanyin's pregnancy, but now it was Elder Yunyun, the wife of Elder Xiao Li (who had broken through to the Dou Zun level and become an elder), who was pregnant, which was naturally a big event.

During this time, Xiao Li stopped cultivating and devoted himself to Yun Yun, either cooking for her or preparing medicinal meals for her.

. . . . . .

Four months later,

"Li, I want to go back to the Northwest Continent. My teacher doesn't know I'm pregnant yet, and I want to go back and tell him." At this moment, Yun Yun's belly was already slightly protruding.

"This..." Xiao Li pondered the problem carefully. He naturally hoped that Yun Yun could give birth peacefully in the Sound Realm. However, Yun Yun had become exceptionally sensitive after becoming pregnant and often had trouble sleeping. She must be homesick. A pregnant woman cannot afford to be depressed.

“Alright, let’s go back to the Northwest Continent. I’ll make some arrangements and also report to my master, mistress, Elder Su, and Ancestor.”

A few days later,

The Jia Ma Empire, the Xiao family

"As expected of the Ancestor, that's fast! You're back so quickly!" Xiao Li praised Xiao Kong as he helped Yun Yun up.

Xiao Kong: "It's just a basic operation for a Dou Sheng. Alright, we're home now. You should spend some quality time with Yun."

After Xiao Li returned home, Xiao Ting and Xiao Lin sensed his presence and came out. They found that Yun Yun's belly was slightly protruding and she had a relieved smile on her face, finally having resolved this important matter in her life.

Then the two of them discovered that their ancestor had been resurrected! It was truly a double blessing, with one good thing after another happening. The Xiao family was indeed blessed with great fortune.

Xiao Ting smiled and said, "In that case, I will go and call Old Man Yun over. Lin'er, you take Li'er and Yun'er inside to rest."

Xiao Lin then led Xiao Li, Yun Yun, and Xiao Kong to the main hall, where Xiao Zhan was handling family affairs.

"Uncle, you're back! Aunt, please take a seat!" Xiao Zhan saw his uncle and aunt returning and immediately came forward to greet them.

"Hmm, not bad, not bad at all. You've already reached the Dou Wang level. It seems you haven't neglected your cultivation, Xiao Zhan. Keep up the good work, and your uncle will refine some more pills for you later." Xiao Li patted Xiao Zhan's shoulder and smiled.

"I will certainly live up to my uncle's expectations!" Xiao Zhan said with a smile.

Xiao Li smiled and then asked, "Bring your three little ones here to see; it's been a while since we've seen them."

"Yes!"

Before long, Xiao Zhan arrived with his three sons. His eldest son, Xiao Ding, was already a young man, and although he was still young, he was remarkably composed.

"Second Grandfather," Xiao Ding greeted Xiao Li.

The second son, Xiao Li, with his very lively personality, also showed his white baby teeth upon seeing Xiao Li: "Second Grandfather, hello!"

The third son, Xiao Yan, kept his eyes darting around before imitating his eldest brother, Xiao Ding, and bowing to Xiao Li, saying, "Second Grandfather."

Xiao Yan thought to himself, 'Is this the second grandfather my father mentioned? My grandfather's younger brother, he's so young, looks even younger than my father.'

"Hmm~ Hello, hello! Oh! Yan'er can talk already? Born precocious, truly a prodigy of the Xiao family. Come here, little Yanzi, let your second grandfather take a bite!"