The Great Overlord: Simulating the Future, Dominating Speedrunning

Chapter 228 Thunderous Roar of the Nine Heavens Forges a Sacred Body, All Fires Return to Their Source to Achieve Sainthood!
"Come!"

Lu Chen waved his hand, and the Supreme Heart Demon Seal fell into the physical space within his body.

Within its body, three hundred and sixty vital energy stars revolved like the stars in the heavens, their starlight intertwining to create a complete thunderous star map in the void!

At the center of the star map, the Heavenly Wrath Thunder Palace was spewing forth vast amounts of lightning, which fell like spring rain upon the surrounding stars. Every star bathed in lightning became more solid and brilliant.

And at this time——

"boom!

At the center of the star map, the Supreme Demon Seal crashed down. Nine thunder dragons rose from the seal, their heads and tails intertwined to form the image of nine dragons encircling the sun.

With a thought, Lu Chen summoned the Heavenly Wrath Thunder Palace, and the Supreme Heart Demon Seal landed in the center of the star map. The nine thunder dragons on the seal raised their heads at the same time, spewing out brilliant golden light, illuminating the entire space as if it were daytime.

The next breakthrough was too dangerous; the Heavenly Wrath Thunder Palace could not withstand the power of the supreme spiritual artifact, so it had to be retrieved in time.

Then, he carefully took out a blood-red jade bottle. The moment the bottle was opened—

"Qiang!"

A clear, melodious cry of a phoenix resounded through the heavens, and purplish-gold essence blood automatically rose into the air, transforming into a phantom of a thunder phoenix poised to take flight. Every feather flowed with earth-shattering thunderous power.

Saint-grade Thunder Phoenix Essence Blood!

Lu Chen took a deep breath, formed a hand seal, and a surge of spiritual light within his body caused the drop of purplish-gold essence blood to instantly fall into his inner space.

Boom!

In an instant, a deafening roar erupted from the space within his body. The drop of essence blood, like a star ignited, exploded into countless bolts of lightning, the violent lightning sweeping across the entire star map like a raging sea.

The three hundred and sixty Qi and Blood Stars trembled violently, their starlight was swallowed by lightning, and the entire space was collapsing!
"Click——"

The thirty-six outermost stars were the first to succumb, their surfaces cracking with spiderweb-like patterns. Lu Chen groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes flashed with a crazed light.

"Destroy and then rebuild, shatter!"

With a low shout, his spiritual power roared like a raging dragon, actively detonating the thirty-six stars!

"Rumble--"

The instant the stars shattered, a torrent of violent energy poured forth, intertwining with the lightning power of the Thunder Phoenix's essence blood. Within the purplish-gold lightning, countless fragments of stars spun and converged, forming a massive vortex in the void.

At the center of the vortex, the Supreme Heart Demon Seal trembled violently, and nine thunder dragons roared to the sky, spewing out brilliant golden light to suppress the rampaging energy.

Gradually, the vortex began to collapse, all the energy condensing inward, eventually transforming into a chaotic point of light. Though small, that point of light seemed to contain the power to create the world!

"It's now!"

Lightning flashed in Lu Chen's eyes, and the remaining 324 brilliant stars in his body suddenly contracted, transforming into a torrent of light that plunged entirely into the chaotic light spot—

boom!
Countless vital celestial bodies, like fuel, fell into the light spot. The rice-grain-sized light spot instantly expanded, and endless light burst forth, illuminating the eternal darkness.

I do not know how long it has been……

Within the light, pure energy rose and turbid energy sank, and a hazy world slowly took shape!

Although this world is only a hundred feet in circumference, mountains and rivers appear and disappear, lightning forms the sky, starlight spreads across the earth, and in the center there is a golden lightning seal that suppresses all directions, just like a real little world!
Meanwhile, outside—

"Click——"

A piercing cracking sound tore through the void, and Lu Chen's body was suddenly covered with spiderweb-like cracks. Purple-gold lightning spurted out from the cracks, making him look like shattered glass.

Boom!

With a deafening explosion, his body completely shattered, countless golden bone fragments swirling in the lightning, and flesh and blood fragments transforming into a rain of light. Boiling blood condensed into nine purple-gold lightning dragons, roaring and swirling in the void.

At this critical moment between life and death—

hum!
The supreme demonic seal within the inner world suddenly burst forth with boundless golden light, unleashing a terrifying suction force. Fragments of flesh and blood, like rivers flowing into the sea, rapidly reassembled amidst the thunder.

call out!
In an instant, every inch of flesh and blood was reshaped by the lightning, and every bone and tendon was sublimated under the starlight. On the surface of the skin, ancient lightning patterns moved like dragons and snakes, faintly resonating with the inner world.

Finally, when the last piece of flesh was completely reconstructed—

"boom!"

Within the city of Floating Pagoda, a lightning pillar with a diameter of ten thousand feet shot into the sky. Amidst the blinding lightning, Lu Chen's figure slowly emerged—his body was as smooth as jade, with faint lightning patterns, radiating an aura that shook the heavens and earth.

"It's done!"

He suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils seemingly containing a world of lightning and destruction. With a casual clench of his hand, the sacred array surrounding him shattered like a mirror!

A divine physical body, a realm of heaven and earth!
"Om-"

Soon, the oppressive force of heaven and earth receded like a tide, but countless subtle ripples of spiritual energy stirred up above Floating Pagoda City. Those Heavenly Sovereigns and old monsters lurking in the shadows were all awakened from their slumber, their wills clashing fiercely in the void.

"A divine-grade physical body?!"

"This aura... it belongs to that Heavenly Lord!"

"He actually took that step..."

Deep within the ancient Futu tribe, an ancient stone tower that had been silent for ten thousand years suddenly trembled, as if sensing something. It then trembled slightly for a moment before returning to stillness.

Inside the main hall of Futu City, Futu Xuan, who was meditating, suddenly shattered the teacup in his hand. The scalding tea splashed onto his robes, but he was completely unaware.

"Pass the order..."

After a long silence, he spoke in a hoarse voice, "I will go into seclusion and never emerge until I return to the mid-stage of the Saint rank."

The servant left trembling with fear, his back view revealing unspeakable apprehension.

Silence returned to the hall. Fu Tu Xuan gazed at the tea stains remaining on his palm, a hint of melancholy flashing in his eyes. He said self-deprecatingly, "Perhaps, I really did make a mistake..."

"Achieving sainthood at the age of one hundred..."

"This kind of person is really not someone you can afford to offend..."

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Soon after,

Inside the welcoming hall of the ancient Futu tribe,
"Does the Heavenly Lord wish to obtain the sacred Floating Pagoda Fire?"

An elderly man with white hair and beard bristled angrily, smashing the jade table in front of him with a single palm strike. "Unless you step over my dead body!"

Xuan Guang, the head of the Xuanmai lineage, had a gloomy expression and his spiritual power surged: "This fire is the foundation of my clan's ancestral tower. It takes ten thousand years to nurture a single flame. I am afraid I cannot comply."

The atmosphere inside the hall was tense, and dozens of elders stood up one after another, their spiritual power surging towards the figure in green robes in the center of the hall like a tidal wave.

"Stop it all!"

With a soft shout, Qing Yanjing deftly dispelled all the oppressive force with a gentle lift of her hand. She rubbed her temples and looked helplessly at the ever-smiling young man: "You child, you've only just forged a Saint-grade physical body, what kind of trouble are you planning to cause now?"

Lu Chen toyed with the teacup in his hand, then suddenly looked up and smiled: "Aunt Jing, I won't take it for free. I'll exchange it for One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones."

With that, he flicked his sleeve, and three streams of spiritual energy rose from his palm, weaving in mid-air into a black and white jade slip. A profound aura immediately filled the hall, and even the air seemed to freeze.

"One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones?" The head of the Xuan Guang Clan suddenly stood up, knocking over the chair behind him. Several elderly elders stared wide-eyed, their withered fingers trembling uncontrollably.

"Change?"

Lu Chen lightly twirled the teacup with his fingertips and smiled calmly.

……

Soon after,

The ancestral home of the Futu ancient clan is a mysterious space independent of heaven and earth.

Amidst the misty clouds, a towering stone pagoda stands at the center of the world. The mottled patterns on the pagoda exude the aura of time, and every brick and stone is engraved with ancient runes.

“That is the ancestral tower of my clan.”

Qing Yanjing gently raised her hand, and the flowing clouds in her sleeve brushed over the tower. "For hundreds of thousands of years, the great elders of each generation have come here before passing away, giving back their life's cultivation to the ancestral tower."

She lightly tapped her fingertip, and several particularly deep lines on the tower suddenly lit up: "Look here—when the three Heavenly Demon Emperors attacked together, they were suppressed and killed here by the Ancestral Tower. Its power is so great that even in the entire Great Thousand World, there are few peerless sacred objects that can compare with it."

Lu Chen stared at the ancient stone tower and suddenly noticed the faintly flickering, glassy flames at the top.

The flames hung in the sky like the sun, slowly swirling and exuding an aura of ancient times. With each flicker of light, ripples of holy light spread, and the extremely pure spiritual energy distorted the surrounding space.

Upon seeing this, Qing Yanjing chuckled and said, "That is the Saint-grade Floating Pagoda Flame nurtured by the Ancestral Pagoda. It will be a piece of cake for you to break through to the Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign."

She paused, her tone tinged with a hint of mockery: "You certainly have a good plan. This sacred flame was originally prepared as a breakthrough item for my clan's Celestial Sovereign, but alas..."

At this point, Qing Yanjing shook his head and sighed softly, "In this generation of my Futu Ancient Clan, although the heads of the three lineages are all at the late stage of the Immortal Rank, none of them have been able to reach the peak of the Immortal Rank. In addition, you have given away the peerless divine power of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones..."

"It seems that this opportunity is ultimately going to fall into your hands."

She gave Lu Chen a meaningful look, her eyes filled with both relief and a complex emotion.

"Don't worry, Aunt Jing..."

"As agreed, after I break through to the Saint rank, the Tianluo Alliance and the Futu Ancient Clan will form a defensive alliance, agreeing not to invade each other, and will also advance and retreat together if the evil race from outside the realm invades in the future."

Lu Chen said with a solemn expression.

Qing Yanjing's gaze shifted slightly as she stared at Lu Chen's young yet resolute face. She suddenly smiled, her delicate hand gently brushing away stray hairs from her temple: "You child..."

She then lightly flicked her sleeve, and a dazzling spiritual light gathered at her fingertips, pointing towards the top of the ancestral tower.

"Om-"

The entire stone tower suddenly trembled, and the ancient runes engraved on its body lit up once more.

The azure flame churned violently at the top of the tower, eventually transforming into a phoenix spreading its wings and swooping down with the force to burn the heavens, yet it hovered docilely in front of the two.

As the fire phoenix departed from the tower, the light of the entire ancestral tower dimmed by three-tenths. The runes that had circulated for hundreds of thousands of years gradually fell silent, and even the spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the tower body became much weaker.

"take it."

Qing Yanjing said softly, her voice tinged with weariness, "Remember your promise."

Lu Chen nodded solemnly, reaching out to hold the glass phoenix. The flames swirled in his palm, reflecting his resolute profile: "From now on, the Tianluo Alliance and the Futu Ancient Clan are of one mind and one family."

"Go to the ancestral tower to break through. The spiritual energy there is abundant, which will give you a better chance."

With a light tap of her jade finger, Qing Yanjing caused the ancient stone gate at the base of the ancestral pagoda to open slowly to both sides with a muffled rumble.

In an instant, an extremely powerful spiritual energy surged out, forming a swirling vortex of spiritual energy at the stone gate.

“The tower is a world unto itself, with a spiritual energy concentration more than a hundred times that of the outside world.” She turned to look at Lu Chen, her hair fluttering gently in the spiritual breeze. “Breakthrough there will increase your chances by 10%.”

"Thank you, Aunt Jing."

Lu Chen solemnly clasped his hands in a fist salute and stepped towards the stone gate. The instant he stepped inside, all the dim runes on the tower suddenly lit up for a moment, as if welcoming something.

Qingyan watched his figure disappear into the ancestral tower, and murmured softly, "This child... perhaps he really can reach that realm..."

……

Inside the ancestral pagoda,

In a void space,

Lu Chen sat cross-legged, suspended in the center of nothingness, his eyes gleaming with spiritual light.

Looking up, one sees countless ancient lights flickering in the void, like an inverted galaxy. The entire space is immersed in an ancient and boundless aura, as if time has stood still.

He reached out and touched it lightly, and the surrounding chaotic spiritual energy coiled around him as if it were alive.

Upon closer inspection, Lu Chen's pupils constricted.

"The spiritual energy here is not only pure without any impurities, but every wisp of spiritual energy contains astonishing energy fluctuations, comparable to top-tier spiritual objects rarely seen in the outside world."

"This is a sacred place for cultivation..."

He felt the surging spiritual energy within him and sighed inwardly. The favor Qing Yanjing had done for him by opening the ancestral tower was indeed immense.

"I'll repay the favor later; let's focus on breaking through to the Saint rank first."

Without hesitation, Lu Chen swallowed the jewel-colored sacred-grade Floating Pagoda Flame.

"boom--"

In an instant, it was as if a great sun had exploded within his body, and violent fiery energy raged through his meridians. The immense energy contained within the Floating Pagoda Fire was continuously flowing into his limbs and bones.

"Uh!"

Lu Chen grunted, and azure flames erupted from his seven orifices. His hands swiftly formed hand seals, instantly drawing upon the spiritual energy of the ancestral tower—countless ancient auras pierced through the void, falling like rain.
As soon as that ancient aura appeared, Lu Chen's body trembled, as if he were a person starving to the extreme who had seen a delicious meal...

Behind him, a fiery avatar slowly emerged, its six-colored flames surging and then rapidly expanding, transforming into a colossal avatar tens of thousands of feet tall in just a few breaths.

The Myriad Flames Dharma Body roared to the sky, and the ancient aura that had been falling was swallowed up like rivers flowing into the sea, turning into thousands of streams of light that entered the Dharma Body.

At the same time, a dazzling, glass-like luster began to appear on the surface of the Dharma body, as if it were draped in a layer of sacred armor.

As the azure light flowed across the surface of the Dharma body, the originally raging six-colored flames began to merge perfectly, the six-colored light flickering and becoming increasingly profound and pure...

……

January passed in the blink of an eye.

"boom--"

The void suddenly trembled violently, and a shattering sound, seemingly originating from ancient times, resounded throughout the heavens and earth. Lu Chen, who had been sitting in meditation for a long time, suddenly opened his eyes, and eight-colored divine light burst forth from his eyes, leaving two long-lasting light traces in the void.

At this moment, his body shimmered with a glass-like luster, and beneath his skin, crystalline spiritual energy could be faintly seen slowly circulating through his meridians. Every inch of his flesh exuded a suffocating pressure, and his every move seemed to resonate with the heavens and earth.

"The realm of Saint-grade..."

He whispered softly and slowly raised his right hand. Where his fingertips touched, the void shattered silently, revealing an endless abyss of nothingness behind it.

The Saintly Celestial Supreme is complete!
(End of this chapter)