The Great Overlord: Simulating the Future, Dominating Speedrunning

Chapter 234 Mid-stage Saint-grade, Embarking on the Martial Realm

Outside the Divine Transformation Pool, as Huang Xuanzhi, Jiuyou, and other prodigies entered the emerald lake one after another, Phoenix King Huang Xi lightly waved her wide sleeves.

In an instant, dozens of crystal-clear water columns rose from the lake, condensing into a transparent water mirror in mid-air. The mirror surface shimmered, clearly reflecting the figures of everyone who had entered the Divine Transformation Pool.

The powerful figures from all the mythical beast races focused their attention on the water mirror, and whenever a "blood spirit beast" appeared in the mirror, it would cause a burst of exclamations.

The Divine Transformation Pool is the place where many avian divine beasts attained enlightenment. The blood essence condensed by these avian divine beast ancestors after their passing is considered a supreme treasure to all avian divine beasts. If one can successfully refine it, not only can one greatly improve their cultivation level, but one's own bloodline will also evolve and transform.

"Look! That's Kunpeng Blood Essence!"

"The blood essence of the Azure Phoenix Ancestor has also appeared!"

Amidst the gasps of surprise, only Lu Chen stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze fixed on the water mirror reflecting the Nine Netherworlds...

Within the Divine Transformation Pool,
In the deep, emerald-green sea, a streak of purple light pierced the water like an arrow. Wherever it passed, the seawater was torn apart, creating a vacuum channel that could not be cleared for a long time.

Nine Nether spread its solid phoenix wings, chasing after a colossal Kun that blotted out the sky. Although the Kunpeng was as large as a mountain, and each of its leaps stirred up towering waves, it was ultimately just a blood spirit beast at the early stage of the Immortal Rank.

"boom!"

A surge of ghostly flames erupted in Jiuyou's purple eyes as she clenched her jade hand in mid-air. Instantly, the void solidified into an invisible cage, imprisoning the giant Kun. As she closed her fingers, the colossal beast was compressed into a cloud of blood mist!
"Congeal!"

With a soft shout, the blood mist rapidly contracted, eventually transforming into a crimson blood pill the size of a fist. The surface of the blood pill was covered with dense blood patterns, and within it, the phantom of a Kunpeng seemed to move, emanating a bloodline fluctuation that sent chills down one's spine.

Without hesitation, Jiuyou swallowed the Kunpeng blood essence. In an instant, the immense power of her bloodline surged within her like a torrent, constantly refining the phoenix bloodline hidden within her, making it increasingly pure and potent.

About half an incense stick's time later, Jiuyou slowly opened his eyes. His originally deep purple pupils had now turned into dark black flames, and the pressure emanating from his body was much stronger than before.

She pursed her red lips, a hint of lingering satisfaction flashing in her eyes.

"not enough……"

As she whispered, her phoenix wings suddenly unfurled behind her. Accompanied by a clear phoenix cry, her figure transformed into a streak of purple light, hurtling towards the deeper reaches of the Divine Transformation Pool.

……

Looking at Jiuyou's unstoppable figure reflected in the water mirror, a hint of relief flashed in Lu Chen's eyes.

Now, Jiuyou not only possesses the formidable cultivation of the late-stage Immortal Realm, but also carries the Supreme Heart Demon Seal, a peerless Saint-grade artifact. His combat power is comparable to that of a Quasi-Saint level expert, making him virtually invincible in this Divine Transformation Pool.

Even the Phoenix Clan's prodigy, Huang Xuanzhi, was no match for her at this moment.

"It seems..."

Lu Chen's lips curled up slightly as he glanced at Huang Xi, whose expression was uncertain. He thought to himself, "This time, I don't need to take action. Sister Jiuyou can handle it herself."

With this thought in mind, he casually lifted his robes, sat cross-legged on a blue stone atop the mountain, and leisurely began to brew spiritual tea.

"Wow--"

Eight-colored spiritual flames burned quietly at the bottom of the white jade pot, and as the spiritual tea inside churned, the rising mist outlined the scene inside the Divine Transformation Pool in the air.

Lu Chen took a sip of tea, gazing at the ever-changing scene reflected in the water mirror, letting time slip away quietly amidst the rising aroma of tea...

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A few days later,

Outside the Divine Transformation Pool,

Lu Chen sat up straight quietly. In the water mirror, waves surged, and beneath the emerald seabed, Jiu You was battling a gigantic creature that blotted out the sky.

The creature resembled neither a phoenix nor a sparrow, with wingspans reaching thousands of feet. Each feather exuded a tangible aura of blood, and a gentle flap could unleash a cataclysmic tsunami.

The most terrifying thing is that the pressure emanating from this blood beast has reached the level of a quasi-saint!
"A quasi-saint level blood beast, this should be the limit of the blood beasts in the Nascent Soul Pool."

"The transformation from Quasi-Saint to Saint is a qualitative leap, and the Phoenix Clan should not allow such an existence to remain in the Divine Transformation Pool."

"Otherwise, the Divine Transformation Pool would not be an opportunity, but a one-sided massacre."

Lu Chen pondered silently for a moment, then looked up at the reflection in the water.

Within the Divine Transformation Pool, the battle raged fiercely.

Although Jiuyou only possessed the cultivation of a late-stage Immortal, she fought the quasi-Saint Blood Beast to a standstill. Her movements were as nimble as lightning, weaving freely through the Blood Beast's ferocious attacks. Although the enormous beast possessed astonishing strength, its low intelligence caused its attacks to repeatedly miss.

"boom!"

Another blast of black flame struck the blood beast's back, leaving only a wound the size of a bowl. Jiuyou frowned slightly, sighing helplessly, "Though dull-witted, its skin is incredibly thick..."

Suddenly, she flipped her slender hand, and a golden lightning seal appeared in her palm—the Supreme Heart Demon Seal. Nine lightning dragons roamed around the seal, emitting a terrifying aura that made even blood beasts retreat.

Rumble!
Suddenly, a tremendous thunderous roar erupted from beneath the seabed. Hundreds of millions of golden lightning bolts burst forth from the Supreme Heart Demon Seal, descending from the sky, each containing terrifying power capable of destroying all things.

The dazzling golden light illuminated the entire sea area as if it were daytime, but it caused the quasi-sacred blood beast to let out a terrified roar.

"Roar!"

A ferocious glint flashed in the eyes of the enormous creature. As if knowing it couldn't dodge, it spread its wings, roared, and clashed head-on with the golden lightning that descended from the sky.

boom!
The moment the two collided, a terrifying shockwave erupted, shattering the seawater within a radius of 100,000 feet, creating a vacuum zone.

Jiuyou's figure swayed slightly, but the thunder seal in his hand still shone brightly. On the other hand, the enormous blood beast had its wings broken, its scales shattered, and blood gushed from its wounds like a waterfall as its massive body was blasted away.

boom!
Another bolt of lightning struck, and the blood beast let out a mournful howl as its massive body rapidly shrank. Seemingly realizing its impending doom, it desperately fled towards the deep sea.

With a flap of its phoenix wings, Jiuyou transformed into a black streak of light and relentlessly pursued the beast. The chase lasted for a full half hour, during which the blood beast's size shrank more than tenfold, and its blood energy withered to the extreme.

"ended."

With a cold shout, Jiuyou channeled all his spiritual power into the Thunder Seal. A blinding golden light flashed, and the blood beast's body exploded. Amidst the billowing blood mist, a black blood pill, about ten feet in size, slowly rose, emanating a chilling aura.

Just as Jiuyou reached out to take it—

"call out!"

A giant golden claw suddenly tore through the void, snatched the blood pill with lightning speed, and then transformed into a streak of light and fled into the distance.

"court death!"

A chilling light flashed in Jiuyou's eyes, and the lightning seal in his hand trembled violently. A golden lightning dragon roared out, instantly traversing tens of thousands of feet, and slammed fiercely into the golden light.

"Boom!"

Where space shattered, Huang Xuanzhi stumbled out in a sorry state. His dazzling golden wing was severed at the root, and blood gushed out, staining the seawater within a hundred miles red.

"you……"

Huang Xuanzhi stared in horror at his broken wing. The black blood pill slipped from his palm and was snatched back by Jiuyou in mid-air.

"You're not qualified to be the mantis that stalks the cicada."

Jiuyou said coldly, with purplish-black flames burning fiercely on the phoenix wings behind him.

Huang Xuanzhi's expression changed drastically. He glanced at the golden lightning seal in Jiuyou's hand, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes. Then, he transformed into a golden streak of light and fled in panic into the distance.

Jiuyou coldly watched Huang Xuanzhi's hasty escape, a hint of disdain flashing in her purple eyes.

She looked down at the Quasi-Saint Blood Pill in her hand, which was radiating terrifying energy. Feeling the nearly depleted spiritual power in her body, she had no intention of lingering in the Divine Transformation Pool any longer. With a light flap of her phoenix wings, she sped towards the sea.

...not long after,

Outside the Divine Transformation Pool,

"Wow--"

The calm lake surface suddenly erupted into a huge splash. The moment Jiuyou burst out of the water, the entire area outside the Divine Transformation Pool was in an uproar!
"That's... Quasi-Saint Blood Essence?!"

"She actually managed to kill a quasi-saint blood beast!"

Amidst the gasps of surprise, the powerful figures from various races stared intently at the jet-black blood pill in Jiu You's hand, their eyes gleaming with greed. Several elders of the Divine Beast Clan even unconsciously took a half-step forward.

"Humph!"

A cold snort, like a thunderclap, instantly enveloped the entire area with overwhelming pressure. The expressions of all the powerful figures present changed drastically, and those with weaker cultivation immediately knelt on the ground. Everyone looked in terror towards the source of the sound—

Lu Chen stood with his hands behind his back, eight-colored spiritual flames slowly flowing around him. Just by standing there, it was as if the entire world revolved around him.

Those powerful figures from various races who had been eager to make a move now bowed their heads, not daring to even breathe loudly. Several of the weaker ones even knelt on the ground, beads of sweat forming on their foreheads.

"Sister Jiuyou, we should go back now."

Lu Chen turned his head, reached out his hand to Jiu You, his eyes full of gentle smiles.

"Ah."

Jiuyou smiled sweetly and placed her delicate hand in his palm without hesitation. Lu Chen took the opportunity to pull her slender waist into his embrace.

Before departing, his gaze swept across all the powerful divine beasts present with lightning speed, and his voice, though soft, boomed like thunder:

"Remember, from this day forward—"

"The Nine Nether Sparrow Clan is under my protection!"

Before the words were even finished, the two had already transformed into a dazzling streak of light that streaked across the sky, leaving only the afterglow of the eight-colored spiritual fire lingering between heaven and earth for a long time...

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A few days later,

The back mountain of the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan
On the bluestone platform, Lu Chen sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. After returning from the Divine Transformation Pool, he did not return to the Heavenly Luo Alliance, but instead followed Jiu You to the ancestral land of the Jiu You Clan.

In the distance, the barren mountainside continuously emitted steam; that was the cave where Jiuyou had secluded himself to refine the blood essence of a quasi-saint. The entire mountain was covered with layers of spiritual arrays, and faint purplish-black flames could be seen flickering within its belly.

"It's time too."

Lu Chen stared at the golden flames dancing in his palm, his expression gradually hardening. The three drops of Saint-grade blood essence he had absorbed during his dual cultivation with Jiu You had already helped him push his physical body to the mid-stage of the Saint-grade realm.

Now is the perfect time to refine this sacred Phoenix Flame.

"call--"

He took a deep breath and quickly formed hand seals. In an instant, his flesh and blood roared, and countless purple-gold lightning patterns appeared on his skin, moving like living things.

"call out!"

The golden flames transformed into a stream of light and entered his mouth. The moment they entered his body, they surged within him like a storm, instantly transforming into a giant, dazzling golden fire phoenix with wingspans reaching a thousand feet, its majesty unapproachable.

"Rumble--"

The world within Lu Chen's body suddenly changed color, with countless purple-gold lightning bolts pouring down like a celestial river, weaving into an impenetrable net of lightning in the void. The golden fire phoenix flapped its wings and cried out, spewing out scorching golden flames that collided violently with the sky-filling lightning.

Wow!
With each collision, a large amount of golden flames were refined by the lightning, transforming into an extremely pure torrent of spiritual energy that continuously flowed into Lu Chen's limbs and bones.

Under the infusion of this immense energy, Lu Chen's aura began to rise steadily. His cultivation, which had been stable at the early stage of the Saint Rank, now surged upwards like a burst dam…

Time flies by like flowing water, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

"Om-"

Lu Chen, who was sitting in meditation, suddenly opened his eyes. Two beams of spiritual light shot out from his eyes, easily piercing through the thick mountain and soaring into the sky.

This earth-shattering phenomenon lasted for a full quarter of an hour before gradually subsiding. When the light in Lu Chen's eyes faded, his eyes were as deep as the starry sky, as if containing endless mysteries.

He slowly raised his hand, and a dazzling nine-colored flame danced in his palm. Within the flame, one could vaguely see the eight-colored spiritual fire and the sacred-grade phoenix flame perfectly fused together, radiating terrifying fluctuations that distorted even space itself.

"Mid-stage Saint-grade..."

Lu Chen felt the surging mid-stage Saint-grade power within his body, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

Suddenly, his expression shifted slightly, and his gaze turned to the cave where Jiuyou was in seclusion—there, an astonishing aura surged out like a volcanic eruption!

"boom!"

The entire mountain exploded with a deafening roar, and amidst the flying debris, a graceful figure soared into the sky.

Jiuyou stood suspended in mid-air, a pair of phoenix wings, seemingly solid, unfurling behind her, each feather swirling with mysterious patterns. The oppressive aura emanating from her body had clearly reached the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm!
Lu Chen arrived through the air, his eyes filled with a gentle smile: "Congratulations, Sister Jiuyou."

Jiuyou's eyebrows curved into a smile, and a familiar, playful grin bloomed on her face. She deliberately straightened her back and said with feigned arrogance, "Now that I'm a top-tier expert at the peak of the Immortal Realm, I should be able to help you, right?"

She took a step closer, lightly tapping Lu Chen's chest with her fingertip: "I heard that your Heavenly Net Alliance is lacking a Heavenly Supreme to oversee it..."

Her voice rose slightly at the end, carrying a hint of mischief, "Do you want your older sister to go and support you?"

Looking at her bright smile, Lu Chen felt a warmth in his heart. It seemed that no matter how things changed, the person in front of him was still the Jiu You sister who would protect him...

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Soon after,

The headquarters of the Tianluo Alliance, Da Luo Tian.

Inside the central hall, a lotus platform formed from nine-colored spiritual fire floated above the main seat, upon which Lu Chen, dressed in a green robe, sat. The Saint-grade aura emanating from his robes caused the entire hall's space to slightly distort.

The four golden lotus pedestals below are arranged in a triangular shape:

On the left, Jiuyou leaned lazily, toying with a gilded feather between his fingers, his aura of perfect immortality faintly visible.
The first one on the right, Mandala, has her eyes closed and is focused, with purple light flowing around her;
On the left, in the second seat, Patriarch Danyang stroked his beard and smiled, his eyes gleaming with a sharp light.
On the right, in the second seat, the Ghost Emperor sat upright, his teacup steaming with spiritual energy.

On either side of the main hall, eighteen cyan jade platforms were arranged in a row. More than ten elders at the Great Perfection of Earthly Sovereign level sat solemnly. Although they tried their best to conceal their aura, the occasional slight fluctuations still caused the space to tremble slightly.

"What important matter has the Alliance Leader summoned us for today?"

The Old Ancestor of Danyang stroked his beard and smiled, his eyes gleaming.

Lu Chen lightly tapped the armrest with his fingertips, his voice calm: "I wish to go to the Martial Realm to discuss and exchange ideas with the Martial Ancestor. I wonder if any of you would like to come with me?"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the hall.

The teacup in the Ghost Emperor's hand slammed down on the table. The dozen or so Earthly Sovereigns looked at each other, their faces filled with disbelief.

Only Jiuyou continued to casually play with the True Phoenix Feather, while Mandala closed her eyes to meditate. Both of them had calm expressions, clearly already aware of the matter.

After a moment, Mandala suddenly opened her eyes, glanced at Jiuyou beside her, and seeing that she was still engrossed in playing with the feathers, she couldn't help but smile mischievously: "Since we're going to propose marriage, why not bring us all along..."

This statement was quite meaningful, and carried a hint of schadenfreude.

(End of this chapter)