Douluo Dalu: Legend Of Xiao Yan

A/N: Sorry for the delay, had a blackout, again, and the WIFI was out of load.

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"So, is this like back to the future or endgame from the movies kind of thing?" Xiao Yan asked. After several minutes of staying silent in shock and disbelief. Although he was correct in his assumption, didn't mean that he was alright with it!

This is another version of himself! Well, his past self to be exact, but still! He is another version of himself standing right in front of him.

Having watched and read a lot of entertainment that contain about the protagonist meeting any version of himself/herself, tend to cause trouble for the said protagonist or just plain wanting to kill them.

He was suspicious and cautious against himself right now. Truly, it was a weird thing to think about.

"Neither. It's f.u.c.k.i.n.g reincarnation thing that has nothing to do with time. I died, you reincarnated into another life and world, and died again, and reincarnated into another life and world. This has nothing to do with time but with life, death and soul laws, which I won't discuss this with you further as it will break your mind and soul trying to understand the concept of life, death and soul." Flame Emperor replied rolling his eyes towards Xiao Yan. Clearly understanding what the latter is thinking about.(A/N: I'm calling the past Xiao Yan as Flame Emperor)

"Riiight..." Xiao Yan drone out. Still looking a bit doubtful and cautious. He then looked around him, staring at the vast and truly empty space.

"By the way, what is this place? It's so..."

"Spacy?" Flame Emperor said jokingly, causing Xiao Yan to give him a look.

"Seriously? A dad joke? I meant to say, real. Everything around me, looks and feels real, but the fact that I'm breathing sort of contradicts that this is real."

Flame Emperor nodded as he crosses his arms by his c.h.e.s.t.

"Yeah, you're right, this isn't real. This here is just mental projection of the scene that I last saw in my past life before I croaked."

Xiao Yan's eyes widened and asked.

"The last scene...?"

Flame Emperor's eyes narrowed and expression turned serious.

"Yes. The last scene, the final battlefield that I last walked to."

"It was a battle of the ages, a great war to be exact. It involved countless worlds, numbering almost an infinite amount of them, trying to fight back against a threat that can wiped out all worlds. It was, a crisis." The Flame Emperor turned his head to the side, looking away in deep thought, several variety of emotions flashed through his eyes. As if the topic about the war was something so... emotionally traumatizing.

He looked like a man who had lost everything. A man who had gone through untold amount of trials and burdens, only to end up in failure.

To any normal person, they would turned their heads down in sorrow and guilt, as they were the ones who asked him.

But to Xiao Yan? He just looked at his past self with a deadpanned expression.

"Will you stop being so dramatic?! You can fool anyone with that kind of acting, but it can't f.u.c.k.i.n.g fool me! We're the same person goddamnit! So stop with the bullshit!" Indeed. As someone who has attained a level of bullshitery, he can tell that this motherf.u.c.ker was just screwing around with him!

Especially doing that dramatic cliche, "turning your head to look away, looking all cool and badass"!

And just like what Xiao Yan had thought, the Flame Emperor turned towards him with a grinning smile.

"Heh, to quickly find the truth of my bullshit, truly. The law of bullshit is strong in you my friend."

"Okay. Will you stop with all the references and explained everything now?!" Xiao Yan snapped at his past self. Looking at him with a glare.

The Flame Emperor gave a resigned expression and shook his head.

"Sigh~ Young people these days... Alright. Hmm, where should I start? I can't tell you about how I lived my life, as those memories and experiences would slowly returned to you now as you have met me. So how about how I died, the current situation of myself, what this place is, and what's currently going on with your real body. Will that do?" Xiao Yan hesitated. The Flame Emperor sighed and understood what was on Xiao Yan's mind.

"Yes, the entire plot of this world has changed, and it was due to my actions." Xiao Yan's eyes widened and was about to ask but then the Flame Emperor continued.

"However, I won't reveal to you of what changes has occurred upon this world/universe. It's not because it's for the greater good or anything bs, but honest to myself; I don't know. I remembered everything of my life, from being reborn into that world and ascending into one of the peak powerhouses of the universe until the later parts of my life." Flame Emperor raised an eyebrow, staring blankly at Xiao Yan, whose lips started twitching.

"You don't remember–! Hold the fudge, what the f.u.c.k was that bit about reincarnating? I-Is this not my second but third reincarnation?!" Xiao Yan's expression was that of a WTF.

"Yeeeaaah... For some odd reason, we, I mean me, can't really die that easily." Flame Emperor replied nonchalantly.

"H-How are you not freaked out or curious about this?" Xiao Yan asked.

"Dude, I was once a very powerful god, you stop questioning strange things when you can literally incinerate an entire galaxy with a flick of your finger."

"O-Okay... But, what about not remembering why you changed this world?"

"...You already guessed it, didn't you?"

"..." Xiao Yan's widened his eyes and shook his head.

"Heh, so I'm I right? Your just a fragment of my original past self?"

The Flame Emperor nodded. While Xiao Yan frowned.

"Well shit. How much can you recall?"

"As I said, from my previous life and new life until the great war."

"...You weren't joking?" Xiao Yan said with a dumbfounded expression.

"Yeah, well, except for the infinite worlds part. It was just a great war in a one or two universes. But the whole threat destroying worlds? Well, that's real."

"They were called the Yimo. A clan entirely populated with powerful demons. Heck, a low level demon could easily kill a Titled Douluo at this current era. While the highest and lord of all Yimo? Heh, he was a f.u.c.k.i.n.g God Star level." The Flame Emperor's had a solemn look on his face while Xiao Yan's body froze and eyes widened in terror.

After all, a God Star could easily wiped out dozens of God Kings in an instant. And those God Kings are capable of easily destroying a galaxy, then what kind of existence is God Star that can wiped out dozens of God Kings so easily?

"W-Wait, if that lord of the Yimos is so powerful, then, did the war...?"

"End in their victory? Don't know. From the start and end of the war, I can't recall anything much. Well, I'm pretty much sure I died by it's hands so, yeah, that's how I pretty much had died. Anticlimactic right?"

"Shit..."

"Ah but don't worry yourself about that. Anyways, you want to know where we are now?" Changing the subject, Flame Emperor smirked towards Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Well, where is here?"

The smirk on the Flame Emperor widened.

"This, here? Is a reality marble."

"Bullshit." Xiao Yan instantly retorted with an incredulous expression.

While the Flame Emperor burst out laughing.

"Hahahahahaha!! You should have seen your face. Yeah, sorry about that. But you need to relax, me. Anyways, this place here is your mindscape."

"My mindscape?"

"Yeah. I shouldn't explained what it is as you already know through those novels and fanfictions you've already read right?" Xiao Yan nodded and the Flame Emperor continued.

"Don't be fooled by how large it is, as I said, this is only a projection. The real size of it will be revealed when you access it yourself in the real world when you wake up."

"Huh? Why can't I access, or more specifically, control it right now? I've been trying to access this mindscape of mine for years so I don't understand why?"

"We're the same person remember? Although I don't know how I got here and speaking to you, and how I'm not fused with your soul, I had woken up in here and was messing around. The reason why you weren't able to open up your mindscape was probably because of that as I was the one in control of it at the time, remember, I'm a God King once in the past. Despite losing all of my cultivation, my spiritual power still remains, albeit only at peak Official Class God, so you, a mere mortal, wouldn't be able to retain control of it."

"Ah, what does, "we're the same person", got anything to do with this?"

The Flame Emperor rolled his eyes.

"Ah, because we're the same person that the control of your mindscape was easy for me to take it? It wouldn't be easy for anyone, especially a fragmented piece of a God, to take control of someone's mindscape. I mean, sure you can easily mind control someone but taking control their mindscape and messing around with it? That would just make the one who's trying to do so, brain dead. Understand?" Xiao Yan nodded.

"So, why didn't you give me control of it before? Or even make contact with me?" Xiao Yan pointed it out. As it was pretty strange for his past self to not contact him before.

Flame Emperor shook his head and replied.

"I tried to come and contact with you, but my words wouldn't reached out. It's probably because you're too weak to understand my words or possibly because that it needs you and me to start some kind of connection."

"A connection? What kind-oh..." Realization seen in Xiao Yan's eyes as he clutched his left pec. The face of Xun Er appeared in his mind.

Flame Emperor nodded as a far away look appeared on his face.

"Yeah, her. She's the connection, the stimuli, for me to be able to create a line for me to talk to you."

Xiao Yan pursed his lips, a certain image from the fight with Zhao Wuji resurfaced, and hesitatingly asked.

"Xun Er, did she...?"

Flame Emperor quickly shook his head and said.

"Unfortunately, that wasn't erased from me. However, I won't tell you for you will regained them later on when your mental and emotional state could take it."

"My mental and emotional state? I-!" An angry look appeared on Xiao Yan's face.

"Xun Er... What is she to you?" Flame Emperor cut him off with a question, as he stared at Xiao Yan's eyes.

"-?!" Xiao Yan froze and his eyes widened.

"I'll ask again, what is Xun Er to you Xiao Yan? A friend? Family? Or, something more? I won't answer your questions nor give you my memories of her until you answer that question yourself." Flame Emperor looked away and silence dominated around them.

Xiao Yan looked down as the image of the bloodied woman, no, Xun Er came to his mind once again. Causing him to tightly clenched his fist once more.

'Do I...? Did I really fell in love with Xun Er? Is it my own feelings that I fell in love with her or from the connection we had in our past lives?' Complex emotions rioted inside of himself as well a complicated look appeared on his face.

'What do I really feel with Xun Er?'

Flame Emperor glanced back at Xiao Yan and sighed.

"Alright, enough with the drama. Anyways now that I've come and contact with you, I can finally hand over this reality marble to you."

"It's not a reality marble." Xiao Yan instantly retorted.

"Now the question of your body. Right now it's being healed by that other reincarnated guy and a guy with a really vulgar spirit." A disgusted look appeared on the Flame Emperor's face.

"Tang San and Oscar?" Xiao Yan questioned.

"Yeah. Although the backlash of that power you used should have caused you to go into a year or two of coma, but thanks to Tang San and Oscar's help, you should be waking up in about three days." A terrified look appeared on Xiao Yan's face when he heard about the backlash.

'If it weren't for Tang San and Oscar, I...'

"Wait, I have another question! What was that power? Although my mind became a little hazy when I saw what happened to Xun Er, I could still somewhat recall saying about the Fire Dragon King?" Xiao Yan asked, recalling the sudden rush of power and strength coursing throughout his body.

It was wonderful! Addicting even! But recalling the backlash of that power cooled Xiao Yan's head.

"Oh that? It came from your current family's bloodline. Though I don't know how. It was strange, as it had 10 crimson chain seals surrounding your spiritual power and body. Those chains couldn't be sense by anyone other than 2nd Class Gods. Because of your emotional at the time, and a little from me, you had broken one of it's seals." Flame Emperor casually replied.

Xiao Yan blinked. As his face turned into a surprise pikachu face.

"What?"

The Flame Emperor shrugged his shoulders.

"Like I said man, I don't know. I don't know any of the details of that bloodline of yours. My advice? Ask around if they heard about a fallen Xiao Family, I think that'll help you out."

"B-But I researched most of this world's history. How did..." Xiao Yan widened his eyes as he cursed.

'Spirit Hall...' Xiao Yan guessed that they had something to do with that.

Suddenly, Xiao Yan's body started turning transparent. Causing him to freaked out for a moment before realization appeared in his eyes.

"I'm waking up?"

"Yup. Now don't do anything reckless and just relax for a few days. Your body and spiritual isn't completely healed yet so... Oh who am I kidding? This is me I'm talking about! Just, stay somewhere safe." Flame Emperor sighed.

Moments later, Xiao Yan disappeared. Leaving Flame Emperor in the empty dark space.

"Was that truly wise?" Suddenly, a deep and ancient voice sounded all around the entire space.

It caused the space to momentarily vibrate before settling down.

"What was?" Flame Emperor didn't sound surprise as he turned around and casually replied to the voice.

There, red hot burning ocean of flames appeared, and out came a gigantic red scaled western dragon.(A/N: Image)

"About not telling him everything that you currently know of the threat of your previous world? That the possibility of the Yimos might come here as well?" Confusion and surprise appeared on the dragon's face.

The Flame Emperor sighed and shook his head.

"If I were to tell him, it might caused him to quickly burned out. The responsibility of fighting back God level demons, which is totally ironic, would be a bit too much for his shoulders to handle right now to think about."

The red scaled gigantic dragon rose an eyebrow, questioning the Flame Emperor once more.

"You speak as if he were to handle it alone?"

A resigned expression appeared on Flame Emperor's face.

"I know myself. He would rather take on the responsibility of protecting the world himself if his friends cpuld. Though I wouldn't really be that worried about him, if it weren't for the confusion clouding his mind. Seriously, teenage hormones are truly a pain to deal with. Although I lost most of my powers, I was able to sense a bit of his fate and oh boy. This future self of mine is more of a casanova than I initially had thought. Eight women? Hahahahahaha!!" The Flame Emperor burst out laughing.

The dragon itself also couldn't help but let out a chuckle.

"Ah yes. With your Flame God King level of position and my First Class position to have him inherit them, we wouldn't need to worry."

A small smile appeared on the Flame Emperor's face.

"Fire Dragon King, do you really think he would stop at that?"

"Huh?" The Fire Dragon King asked surprised.

A sharp light appeared in the Flame Emperor's eyes as he said.

"Knowing my future self, he would want to go further than being a God King. Especially since he heard about a God Star level threat in my past that 'killed' me." Hearing the Flame Emperor saying that caused the Fire Dragon King to widened his eyes disbelief.

"You! Are you saying that my descendant will want to achieve God Star?! That would mean he has to form a connection with a God Star realm or make one! Which is both impossible! And even then, becoming a God Star isn't that easy. Even my Father, the Dragon God, wasn't able to become one! What makes you think you're future self has the ability to become one?" A mysterious smile appeared on the Flame Emperor's face as he stared at the angry looking Fire Dragon King before he turned to looked away.

"Who knows? The future isn't always set in stone, especially someone as him. How about let's just wait and watch as he grows?"

"Fire Dragon King, Igneel." Igneel scoffed but begrudgingly nodded.

"I still don't understand why you call me that...." A sudden thought appeared in his head and asked the Flame Emperor.

"Hey, why didn't you tell him about the matter of 'that' in his body?"

"...."

"...."

"...."

"You forgot, didn't you?"

"...No comment."