The Great Overlord: Simulating the Future, Dominating Speedrunning

Chapter 232 Phoenix King: "My Lady, save me!"

"It's Heavenly Lord Lu Chen..."

A few low gasps rose from the crowd, filled with undisguised awe. The figure in the green robe was merely standing still in the void, yet he plunged the entire Nine Nether Mountain into an eerie silence.

"Father-in-law."

Lu Chen cupped his hands in a respectful greeting, his voice as gentle as a clear spring flowing over stones, "I am late, please forgive me."

Upon seeing Lu Chen's arrival, the gloom on the Tianhuang Clan Chief's face vanished, and his eyes gleamed: "What are you saying, my dear son-in-law? You've come at just the right time!"

When Lu Chen raised his head, his eyes seemed to hold a myriad of stars. That faint smile, however, instantly turned Huang Jin's face ashen.

"Leave the rest to me."

Lu Chen turned around, his gaze shooting like lightning towards Huang Jin high in the sky: "I have long heard of the Phoenix Clan's domineering reputation, and seeing it today, I can confirm that it is indeed well-deserved."

Golden light swirled around Huang Jin, and he said in a deep voice, "Does the Heavenly Lord truly intend to interfere in the affairs of my clan?"

"If it is a private matter within the Phoenix Clan, then it is naturally inappropriate for me to inquire about it."

Lu Chen stood with his hands behind his back, eight-colored spiritual flames swirling around his robes like a galaxy. He raised his eyes to look at Huang Jin, his voice calm yet carrying immense weight: "But if you use your power to oppress others and bully the Nine Nether Clan..."

Before the words were even finished, the entire world suddenly heated up. The snow on the summit of Mount Jiuyou instantly vaporized, turning into rising white mist.

"Then I, Lu, will have no choice but to take charge!"

Golden light flashed in Huang Jin's eyes. Although the name of the Heavenly Monarch resounded throughout the world, how could he, the dignified patriarch of the Phoenix Clan, fear a junior? If he retreated today, wouldn't he become a laughingstock?

"Humph!"

A cold snort reverberated through the heavens.

Golden flames surged in Huang Jin's eyes, and nine blazing suns appeared behind him, each containing terrifying power capable of burning mountains and boiling seas: "Heavenly Lord, you should think this through. Our clan has two Saint-level beings, nine Immortal-level beings, and dozens of Spirit-level Heavenly Sovereigns..."

"Ah."

A soft laugh interrupted him. Lu Chen lightly raised his fingertip, and the eight-colored spirit fire transformed into a swirling dragon: "Is the Phoenix Clan only capable of intimidating others with power?"

Huang Jin's face instantly turned ashen, and golden flames around him surged three zhang: "It seems that the Heavenly Lord is determined to be an enemy of my clan?"

Lu Chen did not answer, but simply took a step forward. As this step landed, the entire Nine Nether Mountain suddenly trembled, and countless ancient runes appeared on the mountain peak, each one radiating a pressure that could change the color of heaven and earth.

"If you want war, then let's fight." His eyes shimmered like a galaxy, his tone as calm as a leisurely stroll. "Why say more?"

"Good good!"

"Then let me experience the methods of you, the Heavenly Lord!"

Huang Jin laughed in fury, his eyes blazing with golden flames. A pair of gilded phoenix wings suddenly unfurled behind him, spanning a thousand feet, each feather burning with heaven-scorching golden flames.

A terrifying pressure swept out like a tidal wave, and the entire Nine Nether Mountain groaned under its unbearable weight.

"Kacha——"

The sound of the mountain collapsing was incessant. Countless members of the Nine Nether Clan turned pale; under such pressure, even standing was a luxury.

Lu Chen frowned slightly, and with a flick of his sleeve, a dazzling spiritual light swept across the entire area. In the blink of an eye, all the members of the Nine Nether Clan had been teleported to a safe zone tens of thousands of miles away.

"Since the Phoenix King desires war..."

Lu Chen took a step forward, his figure transforming into a stream of light that soared straight into the sky: "Then follow me!"

"Want to escape?!"

Huang Jin roared, and with a flap of its wings, golden flames transformed into a towering pillar of fire that shot into the sky. The two figures, one after the other, broke through layers of space in an instant and arrived in the heavens.

……

"I have long admired the Heavenly Lord's name. Today, I will let this king experience his teachings!"

Huang Jin sneered and pointed her finger in the air. Suddenly, the gilded phoenix wings behind her burst forth with dazzling light, countless golden feathers transforming into a sky full of golden rainbows that shot out. Each golden rainbow contained a sharp aura capable of piercing the void, forming a destructive golden torrent that swept across the sky.

Lu Chen remained calm as he formed hand seals, releasing eight-colored spiritual flames that condensed into an eight-colored halo tens of thousands of feet in size in the void.

As the light wheel rotated, it blocked all the golden rain, creating a crisp, metallic clang.

"Not bad!" Golden flames flickered in Huang Jin's eyes. "His Heavenly Monarch's spiritual power is so profound that, although he has only just entered the Saint Rank, it far surpasses that of an ordinary early-stage Saint Rank, comparable to the peak of the early stage. But..."

He clenched his fist suddenly, and countless golden feathers instantly gathered, condensing into a thousand-foot-long golden-feathered sword. As the sword trembled, the void shattered inch by inch like a mirror.

"laugh--"

The golden sword pierced the air, and the eight-colored halo shattered in response. The sword light continued its relentless advance, aiming straight for Lu Chen's brow!

"Peak of the mid-stage Saint-grade..." Lu Chen's eyes reflected the golden light, and he sighed inwardly, "Much stronger than Fu Tu Xuan."

In a flash, he suddenly formed a hand seal. The void behind him suddenly split open, and two figures, one black and one white, stepped out into the air and instantly merged into his body.

"One Qi transforms three pure things!"

"boom--"

Vast spiritual energy surged forth like a celestial river, causing Lu Chen's aura to rise steadily. It was as if countless angry dragons roared within him, instantly breaking through the shackles and reaching the mid-stage of the Saint Rank!

Boom!

Lu Chen reached out, and eight-colored spiritual flames surged forth, condensing in the void into a giant flaming sword that stretched across the heavens and earth. Eight-colored runes flowed across the sword's surface, radiating terrifyingly high temperatures that distorted space itself.

Daluo Tianyan Sword!
The Golden Feather Longsword and the Great Luo Heavenly Flame Sword collided with a deafening roar. The space at the point of impact shattered like a mirror, and a violent storm of spiritual energy swept in all directions before both swords finally dissipated into countless specks of light.

"One Qi transforms into Three Pure Ones?"

Huang Jin's pupils contracted slightly as she stared at Lu Chen, whose entire body now appeared as clear as crystal. A hint of seriousness flashed in her eyes. At this moment, the opponent's aura was no less than that of a mid-stage Saint-grade cultivator!

"interesting."

Huang Jin sneered and suddenly opened his mouth, spitting out a dazzling golden flame. Within the flame, the phantom of a phoenix could be vaguely seen spreading its wings, and wherever it passed, the space was completely burned away, revealing a pitch-black void.

"Original Phoenix Flame!"

Lu Chen's sleeves fluttered, and the eight-colored spiritual fire transformed into eight ferocious fire dragons to meet the attack. The fire phoenix and the fire dragons entangled and tore at each other in mid-air, and the burst of heat instantly burned away the space within tens of thousands of miles, turning it into nothingness.

"Humph!"

Huang Jin suddenly roared, and the golden phoenix phantom beneath his feet cried out to the sky. With its beak wide open, a golden lightning bolt containing the essence of a true phoenix pierced through the air, its speed almost ignoring the boundaries of space and time!

"Phoenix Thunder!"

Faced with this attack that was enough to severely injure a mid-stage Saint-grade cultivator, Lu Chen remained calm, and a strange golden seal wrapped with nine thunder dragons suddenly appeared in his palm.

"Supreme Demonic Seal!"

Nine lightning dragons tore through the sky, each carrying the power of thunder capable of destroying heaven and earth. The golden lightning collided violently with the golden demonic seal, and the resulting energy storm dyed the entire sky a dazzling gold.

"Well done, Lu Tianjun!"

"It really lives up to its reputation!"

"Unfortunately, the thirty-six peerless divine abilities are not unique to you!"

Golden light surged from Huang Jin's eyes, and nine golden halos unfolded behind his head, each radiating an aura of ancient vicissitudes. Bathed in these halos, he appeared like an ancient deity descended upon the world, sacred and inviolable. "Taste my Phoenix Clan's supreme technique—the Nine Revolutions to Sainthood!"

His face was as cold and stern as ancient ice, and he slowly spread his hands: "One Turn of the Golden Soul Seal!"

A golden seal, thousands of feet long, condensed from the halo. The mottled patterns on the seal's body recorded countless ancient battles, and its terrifying pressure caused the entire void to tremble.

Lu Chen looked up at the golden seal that blotted out the sky, his eyes flashing with a sharp light. He formed a hand seal, and the space behind him distorted, revealing a crimson figure.

The once towering, awe-inspiring Dharma image that could burn the heavens and boil the seas was nowhere to be seen; only a hundred-foot-tall crimson figure remained standing silently between heaven and earth.

The body of the Dharma body is crystal clear like jade, without any flames emanating from it, but it exudes a warm red glow from the inside out, giving people a sense of returning to simplicity.

Its face was blurred, as if shrouded in a faint firelight, only its eyes, like two eternally burning suns, calmly gazed upon all things in the world. Wherever its gaze fell, the void distorted silently, only to return to normal in the next moment, as if even heaven and earth submitted to its gaze.

The Dharma Body of Emperor Yan!

Lu Chen lightly tapped his fingertip, and his hundred-foot-tall Dharma body took a step forward, unleashing a simple and unadorned punch. Wherever the fist passed, space shattered inch by inch, colliding violently with the thousand-foot-tall golden seal.

boom--!
With a deafening explosion, the golden seal flew backward, and the fist shadow of the Dharma Body shattered in the process. The aftershocks of energy transformed into a towering wave of air that swept across the entire sky.

Huang Jin's eyes flashed with a cold light, and the hand seals on his hands continued to change: "Second-stage Phoenix Flame Sword!"

"Third-stage Phoenix Divine Feather!"

"Seven-Turn Phoenix Blood Spirit Stone!"

"Eighth Rank, True Phoenix Burning God Fan!"

With each cold shout, a golden light surged from the halo behind his head, transforming into a divine power of earth-shattering might. Seven golden beams traversed the sky, causing the void to collapse wherever they passed, resembling seven fallen golden stars.

"There is some skill involved."

Lu Chen's lips curled slightly as he formed a hand seal. In an instant, countless flames appeared around the Flame Emperor's Dharma Body, each flame tracing a profound trajectory in the void.

"Golden Flame Form!"

Golden flames transformed into a majestic Dharma image with a golden dragon around its waist and a compass in its hand. As the compass turned, the space itself seemed to freeze.

"A sign of divine wrath!"

Behind the silver avatar, fiery wings spread a thousand feet, each feather containing the fury of thunder. With each flap of the wings, thunder shook the heavens.

"The image of a pagoda!"

The crystal-like Dharma image holds a nine-story pagoda, the pagoda's body radiating supreme power to suppress heaven and earth.

……

In an instant, eight distinct yet perfectly integrated celestial and terrestrial manifestations suddenly appeared behind the Yan Emperor's Dharma body; this was the Triple Mystic Manifestation Great Law!

"One person commands nine supreme Dharma bodies!"

"How can this be!"

Huang Jin's pupils constricted sharply, and his expression changed drastically. However, before he could recover, Lu Chen had already flicked his sleeves, and the nine great techniques simultaneously unleashed their astonishing power.

"Boundless golden light!"

The compass in Jin Yan's hand suddenly enlarged, transforming into a golden wheel that blotted out the sky. As the wheel spun, thousands of golden rays poured down like a celestial river, each ray containing terrifying, indestructible power.

"Burning Heart Bell!"

The milky-white bell in the Burning Heart Dharma Image's palm trembled slightly, and the flame patterns wrapped around its surface suddenly lit up. Invisible sound waves vibrated through the void, and wherever they passed, even space itself rippled with cracks.

"The Divine Pattern of the Floating Pagoda!"

With a light touch of his fingertips, the Buddha's image created a network of countless crystalline patterns. Each pattern seemed to possess the immense power to suppress heaven and earth, imprisoning the entire void within it.

At the center, the divine body of Emperor Yan was surrounded by eight-colored spiritual light. It slowly opened its mouth, and a pure and supremely clear pillar of flame burst forth. Within that flame, it seemed as if countless worlds were being created and destroyed, radiating a terrifying power capable of incinerating all things.

The supreme supernatural power, the God of Fire!

At the same time, the Heavenly Wrath Dharma Form spread its wings angrily, and countless silver-red Heaven-Burning Thunderfire Divine Runes drifted out from between its wings. These ancient runes, as if they were alive, all merged into the Eight Supreme Divine Powers.

Boom!

Catalyzed by the thunder and fire runes, the power of the eight supreme divine abilities surged layer by layer, eventually triggering a resonance between heaven and earth. As they intertwined, they transformed into a torrent of flames that stretched across the heavens and earth.

Wherever this torrent passed, space collapsed layer by layer, and even heaven and earth shattered under its pressure. With a world-destroying force, it crashed headlong into Huang Jin's seven divine abilities!
"boom--!!!"

The moment the two supreme forces collided, the world fell silent.

The fiery torrent that swept across the sky broke through the air with overwhelming force, scorching black cracks in the very space it passed through.

Huang Jin's pupils shrank suddenly, and all the color drained from his face. In a hurry, he formed a hand seal, and nine golden lights spun wildly behind his head, eventually transforming into a giant golden bowl engraved with the True Phoenix pattern.

"Nine-Turn Phoenix Bowl!"

As the golden bowl spun, it emitted a deafening, clear sound. The lifelike phoenix patterns on its surface came to life, spewing out devastating phoenix flames. This was the phoenix clan's strongest defensive divine ability, and also the final divine ability technique in the Nine Revolutions to Sainthood Technique.

however--

"Crack!"

A faint, crisp sound sent a jolt through Huang Jin's body. To his horror, he saw a hair-thin crack appear on the supposedly indestructible Nine-Turn Phoenix Bowl.

"impossible!"

Before he could react, the crack spread across the entire bowl like a spiderweb. The next moment, a torrent of flames crashed down!

"boom--!"

Amidst a deafening explosion, the golden bowl shattered. Phoenix Golden only had time to unfurl its wings before half its body was reduced to ashes in the flames. The tattered phantom of the golden phoenix let out a mournful cry before dissipating into countless specks of light.

"Whoosh-"

The heavily injured Huang Jin transformed into a golden light and fled frantically. However, at that moment, a streak of purple-gold lightning ripped through the sky.

Lu Chen's figure appeared out of thin air, his eyes seemingly containing the birth and death of countless worlds of lightning. He was surrounded by a terrifying, suffocating pressure, and every inch of his skin crackled with destructive lightning.

He slowly raised his hand, and a purple-gold lightning seal, no bigger than a fist, slowly rotated in his palm, causing the entire world to tremble.

"it's over!"

The indifferent pronouncement resounded through the heavens, and Huang Jin felt as if the blood in his body had frozen. Just as he turned back in despair, he suddenly sensed something, and a look of wild joy suddenly appeared on his pale face.

"Madam, save me!"

Before the shrill cry had even faded, a clear phoenix cry suddenly echoed from the heavens. A golden streak of light pierced through the clouds, creating lotus blossoms in the void wherever it passed, its immense pressure no less powerful than Lu Chen's thunderous might.

"Your Majesty, please wait!"

A clear shout resounded through the heavens, and golden rays poured down from the clouds. A woman dressed in golden feathers appeared, piercing through the void.

"Our Phoenix Clan is willing to offer three drops of our ancestral blood and nine true phoenix feathers as compensation. We beg the Heavenly Lord to show mercy!"

(End of this chapter)