The Great Overlord: Simulating the Future, Dominating Speedrunning

Chapter 215 Refining Thunder Flame, the Seventh Divine Ability!
"I choose Heavenly Wrath Thunderfire."

Lu Chen pondered for a moment, then his mind stirred. In an instant, the previously empty space in front of him, like a calm lake surface tossed with a pebble, gradually began to ripple with layers of faint silver light.

At the same time, a scorching heat surged towards him, and he could vaguely see a strange beast with wings on its back rushing towards him.

The beast had wings on its back, its body was wrapped in silver flames, and its hooves were like lightning, leaping and flashing like silver lightning bolts, exuding a terrifying power.

"Roar!"

The strange beast roared, its sound shaking the surrounding area. Invisible sound waves spread out like a surging tide, causing the space to tremble wherever they reached.

Lu Chen felt a momentary daze, and then saw the strange beast suddenly transform into a dazzling silver light, rushing out of the quiet room with lightning speed.

"Where to go!"

Lu Chen snapped back to his senses, his eyes narrowed, and a surge of immense spiritual power erupted from his body. Just as the silver flame beast was about to burst out of the meditation room, he clenched his right hand in the air, and the entire meditation room was instantly enveloped by a six-colored fire net.

Chi Chi!

The Silver Flame Divine Beast crashed into the six-colored fire net, countless flames and lightning intertwined, its whole body trembled involuntarily, and it emitted a mournful thunderous sound.

"go with!"

Lu Chen made a hand seal with his left hand, and a six-colored flame chain shot out from his palm. A huge illusory image of a Dharma body could be vaguely seen floating behind him, with countless crystal-like patterns wrapped around it. In the blink of an eye, it bound the Silver Flame Divine Beast tightly.

"Shout!"

The divine beast struggled frantically, and silver flames and lightning exploded in the quiet room, with bursts of cracking sounds echoing through the space. The blue jade floor was scorched with spiderweb-like marks.

"receive!"

Lu Chen remained motionless, clenching his fist as countless surging six-colored flames spread across it, enveloping the Silver Flame Divine Beast and continuously sealing and suppressing it.

A moment later, the flames dissipated, and a ball of silver, lightning-like flame hovered in mid-air before landing on his palm.

"As expected of a Celestial Supreme-level spiritual fire, we almost let it escape..."

"I really don't know how terrifying a Saint-grade Heavenly Supreme level spiritual fire is. It could probably burn me to ashes in a single exchange..."

As Lu Chen thought this, he looked down at the leaping silver flame in his palm, his eyes reflecting the magnificent light of lightning and fire intertwined.

The silver flames sometimes danced wildly like thunder serpents, and sometimes spread their wings like a fire phoenix. The two completely different powers merged perfectly, and every wisp of flame contained a terrifying aura of destruction.

"What a magnificent Heavenly Wrath Thunder Flame..."

He lightly touched the heart of the flame with his fingertips, and instantly thousands of fine threads of lightning and fire flowed around his body. Countless intricate silver snake patterns appeared on the surface of his skin, only to be instantly swallowed up by the six-colored flames.

Suddenly, a blurry beastly figure emerged from the silver flames, letting out a silent roar at him. Lu Chen frowned slightly, sensing a trace of...resistance hidden deep within this spiritual fire?
"Is this resistance because I haven't gained the approval of the Heavenly Wrath Thunder Emperor?"

"interesting."

He frowned slightly, then chuckled softly, and a massive phantom of the Myriad Flames Dharma Body suddenly appeared behind him. "Looks like I'll have to completely refine you..."

"It will take some more effort."

……

Half a month later,

The Great Luo Heaven, the Great Luo Palace.

Chi Chi!

Inside a quiet room of the Great Luo Palace, lightning and fire intertwined. Each collision between the silver lightning and the six-colored spiritual flames stirred violent ripples on the pale blue protective shield. The entire protective array of the quiet room had already been activated, and profound blue array patterns appeared on the walls.

Lu Chen sat cross-legged at the core of the formation, with his Myriad Flames Dharma Body manifesting behind him. The four-colored fire rings rotated continuously, unleashing a massive suction force that drew in the primal power of the Heavenly Wrath Thunder Flame.

"receive!"

With a soft shout, the four-colored fire rings suddenly rotated in reverse. The Heavenly Wrath Thunder Flame transformed into a silver light and was absorbed into the center of the Dharma Body's brow. The moment the last wisp of silver flame disappeared, the entire Dharma Body suddenly intertwined with thunder and fire—

"Boom!"

In an instant, new thunder and fire divine patterns appeared all over the Wan Yan Dharma Body, and the four-colored flame divine rings behind it rotated at high speed, suddenly bursting out with a dazzling five-colored light.

In a moment of sudden enlightenment, Lu Chen suddenly understood the name of the seventh divine power of the Myriad Flames Dharma Body—the Heaven-Burning Thunderfire Divine Talisman!
Lu Chen closed his eyes slightly, carefully sensing the newly formed flame divine power within his body. Inside his Dharma body, a strange rune interwoven with silver and red was slowly rotating, drawing lightning and fire spiritual power from the surrounding world with each rotation.

"This Heaven-Burning Thunderfire Divine Talisman..."

A wisp of silver-red flame condensed at his fingertips. "Normally, it needs to be nurtured with lightning-fire spiritual power. Using lightning-fire spiritual objects is faster, and there's no limit to the quantity, but once used..."

The flame talisman merged into it, and in an instant, the originally tiny flame of spiritual fire instantly raged, transforming into a blazing inferno the size of a human head...

"A single Thunderfire Divine Talisman can double the power of this fire. The more divine talismans nurtured, the greater the amplification. Ordinary fire-based divine abilities, after being amplified in this way, may not be unable to rival the power of top-tier peerless divine abilities."

“What’s even more mysterious is…”

With a thought, Lu Chen flicked his sleeve, and the Supreme Heart Demon Seal shot out suddenly, hovering in mid-air. The Heaven-Burning Thunderfire Divine Talisman suddenly contracted and disappeared into the Heart Demon Seal.

The surface of the Supreme Heart Demon Seal instantly turned silver and red, countless bolts of lightning surged, and its aura suddenly became stronger.

"This thing can actually enhance fire or lightning attribute sacred objects. Although there is a time limit, it's still pretty amazing."

"If we gather enough of them, I wonder if we can upgrade the Supreme Heart Demon Seal to the level of a Saint-grade peerless sacred artifact."

Lu Chen stroked his chin, wondering whether it was the Heavenly Wrath Thunder Flame that was too profound, or the Myriad Flame Dharma Body itself that was too strange, that created such a powerful divine ability.

The only downside is that it's incredibly expensive.

However, regardless of the circumstances, possessing this supreme divine power means that one's Myriad Flames Dharma Body is equivalent to possessing multiple top-tier, peerless divine powers, comparable to those super Dharma Bodies ranked in the top ten.

"After being in seclusion for so long, it's time to go out."

"According to the intelligence in the simulation, the remnant souls of the four Heavenly Demon Emperors in the Four Sacred Towers are about to break free. I can't just hand over the 40,000 Demon Extermination Points. I have to hurry over there."

"This time, after absorbing the Heavenly Wrath Thunder Flame, my cultivation level has increased from the initial stage of Immortal to the peak of the mid-stage of Immortal. I'm still a little short of the late stage of Immortal, and it gets harder and harder to advance my cultivation level further."

"I haven't been to the Heavenly Wrath Thunder Emperor's Spirit Treasury yet, so I don't know if the Heavenly Wrath Thunder Flame can respawn again..."

Lu Chen frowned in thought. Ever since he obtained the simulator, apart from things like the Supreme Spirit Liquid, other treasures would never appear again after being selected once.

He had his doubts about the origin of this cheat, but when his cultivation level was low, he didn't think about it that much. Now that his cultivation level is higher, he finds it increasingly suspicious.

"There's no point in overthinking. Let's just take it one step at a time. This level of cultivation is something I've achieved through my own efforts. I have a clear conscience. At worst, I'll just go to the Heavenly Wrath Spirit Treasury."

"I am where I am today entirely because of my own hard work!"

Lu Chen's gaze was firm. He suddenly stood up, pushed open the door of the quiet room, and strode out.

……

Soon after,

Inside the Great Luo Hall, Lu Chen sat at the head of the table, with Mandala, the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Insects, Tang Bing, and other trusted confidants sitting to his left.

"Senior sister, this time I'm going to search for the Heavenly Wrath Thunder Emperor's spiritual treasure. I'll leave all the affairs within the Heavenly Net Alliance to you."

Lu Chen's gaze swept over everyone in the hall, finally settling on Mandala, and he spoke solemnly.

Mandala's golden eyes flickered slightly. After a moment of contemplation, she said, "The Heavenly Wrath Thunder Emperor was once an unparalleled expert at the peak of the Immortal Rank, and he also had a Heavenly Wrath Beast at the peak of the Immortal Rank. Do you want to find a few helpers?"

"No need."

Lu Chen shook his head, and lightning and fire runes suddenly appeared in his palm. "A divine ability I just refined needs to be tested in actual combat."

The Old Ancestor of Ten Thousand Insects suddenly let out a strange laugh: "Alliance Leader, would you like me to accompany you? I can handle some miscellaneous matters for you."

"To stay and guard the house."

Lu Chen waved his hand to interrupt him, then turned his gaze to Tang Bing. The lightning and fire talismans on his fingertips flickered uncertainly as he said in a deep voice, "This new divine ability I've acquired requires a large amount of lightning and fire spiritual materials to nourish it. The alliance's inventory..."

Upon hearing this, Tang Bing immediately understood. She lightly flipped through the ledger, which moved automatically without wind, quickly stopping at a certain page: "Current inventory includes 300 jin of Nine Heavens Thunder Crystal, 500 cubic meters of Earth Core Fire Jade, and 5,000 jin of Heavenly Fire Thunder Sand..."

"These are all lightning and fire attribute spiritual items stored within the alliance."

"Among them, the Nine Heavens Thunder Crystal is the most precious, as it is a thunder-attribute spiritual material used to forge high-level sacred artifacts. Next is Heavenly Fire Thunder Sand, which is needed to forge certain low-level sacred artifacts. Other materials, such as Earth Core Fire Jade, are merely spiritual materials used to forge divine artifacts..."

"Alliance Leader, do you want them all?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Give me the Nine Heavens Thunder Crystal and Heavenly Fire Thunder Sand, and keep the rest."

"Yes, Alliance Leader."

Tang Bing waved her hand and crossed out the two spiritual items on the ledger. She then stood up, bowed to Lu Chen, and said, "I'll go get them for you right away."

After saying that, Tang Bing turned and walked out of the main hall.

After a while,

Holding a Qiankun Bracelet, Lu Chen stood in the teleportation array in front of the Great Luo Palace, waving goodbye to Mandala and the others.

Then, with a flick of his sleeve, tens of thousands of drops of supreme spiritual liquid flew out and fell into the teleportation array.

Instantly, the teleportation array erupted with dazzling spiritual light, distorting space and forming a spatial vortex that swallowed Lu Chen's figure whole.

……

The Sacred Abyss Continent, a vast continent suspended in the far west of the Great Thousand Worlds, is less a continent and more a unique space connecting the Great Thousand Worlds.

In that earth-shattering ancient war, this place was one of the battlegrounds between the Great Thousand World and the extraterrestrial evil race. The number of Heavenly Sovereigns and Demon Emperors who fell there exceeded the number that could be counted on two hands.

Countless inheritances, supernatural powers, and sacred artifacts have been lost within its walls. Over tens of thousands of years, many fortunate individuals have obtained extraordinary inheritances here, rising from obscurity to become renowned figures...

Even those powerful extraterrestrial beings who ventured into the Sacred Abyss Continent were trying to find the legacies of the fallen top experts of various races in order to strengthen themselves.

Once the strongest individuals from both sides meet, a life-or-death struggle will ensue...

Therefore, even today, this place remains one of the front lines in the battle between the extraterrestrial evil races and the vast world.

……

In the center of the Holy Abyss Continent, above the city of Holy Abyss.

A dazzling streak of light pierced the sky and finally stopped before this ancient and majestic city.

Lu Chen stood in mid-air, his robes fluttering in the air currents of spiritual energy, his gaze solemn as he looked at the majestic city before him.

The city resembled a sleeping ancient beast, its dark walls covered with gruesome traces of war, and still emanating chilling demonic energy.

The most awe-inspiring sight was the towering light curtain that enveloped the city—the Sacred Abyss Array, laid down by the ancient Grandmaster Heavenly Array Elder. Every rune flowing across the light curtain contained earth-shattering power.

The city was unexpectedly bustling and prosperous. People were coming and going on the streets, and all kinds of noises soared into the sky.

"It seems that the remnant souls of the four Heavenly Demon Emperors are still trapped. I should first inquire about the location of the Four Saints Tower. It is said that the thing is constantly moving. I wonder if any trace of it has been found yet."

With a thought, Lu Chen broke through the spiritual array barrier and landed in the city.

As Lu Chen passed through the light curtain, he could clearly feel a subtle fluctuation scanning his body inside and out in an instant.

He knew that this was supposed to be a test for the great formation, and if any extraterrestrial evil races were discovered, it would likely trigger a devastating attack in the next moment.

"Let's go ask at Daqianlou first."

Lu Chen recalled the Great Thousand Palace Guest Elder Token he obtained in the Endless Fire Domain, and immediately walked towards the tall Demon-Slaying Stele standing in the city center.

……

Soon after,

Inside Daqian Tower,

Lu Chen stepped inside and arrived at the service counter. There, he saw an old man in a gray robe lying lazily, looking sleepy, as if he didn't care about the outside world at all.

"senior."

Lu Chen gently tapped the counter and called out in a calm and unhurried voice.

The old man in the gray robe slightly raised his eyelids, a strange light flashing in his cloudy eyes. He slowly sat up, and an ancient jade slip suddenly slipped out of his sleeve, making a crisp clinking sound on the counter.

"Demon-Slaying Points: 10,500"

The old man's hoarse voice carried a hint of amusement, "The Northern Heavenly Lord... truly lives up to his reputation."

Lu Chen raised an eyebrow—he hadn't even presented the Demon-Slaying Token yet, and the other party had already revealed his identity and Demon-Slaying Points. It seemed the Great Thousand Palace was indeed keeping a close eye on the situation of every Heavenly Sovereign in the Great Thousand World.

"Why is the Heavenly Lord not staying in your Northern Region? What is he doing here on the Holy Abyss Continent?"

"Looking for an opportunity?"

"That ancient sacred abyss is shrouded in a spacetime storm, which even ordinary Heavenly Sovereigns cannot overcome. All the major super powers have sent their juniors to explore it."

"The Heavenly Net Alliance under the Heavenly Lord is newly established. I'm afraid they can't find many outstanding talents capable of exploring the Sacred Abyss, can they?"

The gray-robed old man carefully examined Lu Chen before him and said with a playful expression.

"I have come here to inquire about the whereabouts of the Four Sacred Towers."

"As for the team exploring the ancient sacred abyss, I want to hire a team of demon slayers from the Great Thousand Palace."

Lu Chen remained expressionless and said calmly.

Are you kidding me?
The remnant soul of the Heavenly Demon Emperor inside the Four Sacred Towers is about to break free, so how could he possibly send his own people in? Naturally, he would need to find some cannon fodder.

(End of this chapter)