I Am Overlord c1-962

by Translator: Pokka; Author: 我本纯洁 (I Am Pure); Licensed From: Migu

  Before this, Xiang Shaoyun had been at the late fourth stage of the Astral Realm. With this sudden growth, he successfully entered the fifth stage and was still growing. The boundless energy continued coursing through his meridians as his cultivation level continued to rise. Early fifth stage, middle fifth stage, late fifth stage...not even the bottleneck of the sixth stage was able to stop the boundless energy.

  Even so, the surging energy still did not seem like it was stopping anytime soon. Like a rampaging deluge, the energy broke through shackle after shackle within Xiang Shaoyun's body, pushing his cultivation level higher and higher. It was completely out of his control. If he allowed this to continue, he would definitely suffer cultivation deviation and die by bodily implosion.

  "Roar! Roar!"

  The purple dragon roared repeatedly before it finally broke out partially from Xiang Shaoyun's body, spreading its draconic presence around the area, oppressing every living being in range. The lightning condor king was still lingering around Xiang Shaoyun when the purple dragon suddenly appeared, and it was nearly frightened to death.

  Its greatly injured body wavered until finally, it could no longer resist the terrifying presence and plastered its body on the ground. The lightning condor king shrieked fearfully, and at the same time, it sensed an unstoppable sensation to swear obeisance to the being before it.

  Facing the purple dragon projection was akin to facing an actual lightning dragon, and facing an higher being of the same element, the lightning condor was left with no choice but to bow. Before the purple dragon could fully break free of Xiang Shaoyun’s body, it suddenly dispersed.

  As for Xiang Shaoyun, he had now entered a state of suspended animation. If the berserk energy within him wasn't put into control, his organs would eventually explode and he would be dead for real.

  Relieved of the pressure it was suffering, the lightning condor king's demonic core quickly drew in the lightning energy in its vicinity, and the condor quickly completed the final step of its breakthrough, turning into a true Demon King.

  It even went straight to the peak of the first-stage Demon King realm. Before the tribulation arrived, it had already absorbed a large amount of lightning energy from the natural lightning bolts, building itself a rich deposit of energy. Because of that, after the breakthrough, it was able to directly reach the peak of the first stage, with the second stage being within reach.

  The condor king was about to take this opportunity to flee when it accidentally caught a glimpse of Xiang Shaoyun. It was able to see that Xiang Shaoyun's entire body was enveloped by a thick lightning energy. The lightning energy was so overbearing even the condor king felt fear, but at the same time, the condor king also felt an extremely intimate sensation when it looked upon Xiang Shaoyun.

  After thinking for a bit, the condor king flew over and lifted Xiang Shaoyun with its claw. Up in the air, it shrieked before flying toward a certain land of lightning with Xiang Shaoyun. That was the actual territory of this condor king, and with the numerous lightning condors living there, not many people could intrude upon that place.

  After it shrieked, numerous lightning condors flew over and once again formed a defensive network around it. Elder Zhen Peng had just arrived, and the only thing he saw was the sky filled with lightning condors. He couldn't even catch a glimpse of Xiang Shaoyun.

  "Where is the young master? Has anything happened to him?" Elder Zhen Peng's face turned solemn.

  No matter what happened to Xiang Shaoyun, Elder Zhen Peng had to try searching for him. If Xiang Shaoyun was still here by the time the Young Lightning King returned, things would get really troublesome.

  Elder Zhen Peng did not know that Xiang Shaoyun wasn't in the area anymore. Rather, Xiang Shaoyun had been taken away by the condor king. After bringing Xiang Shaoyun to its territory, the condor king set Xiang Shaoyun down and brought a stalk of purple plant over.

  Lightning transformation grass!

  This was a unique spirit medicine that grew at places where lightning congregated. It was capable of weakening lightning energy and healing wounds caused by lightning. The condor king fed Xiang Shaoyun the lightning transformation grass, placing it straight into Xiang Shaoyun's mouth.

  Chapter 101: Desperate Self Rescue

  The lightning transformation grass was a mid-grade spirit medicine. After entering Xiang Shaoyun's mouth, it immediately suppressed a portion of the lightning energy in his body and made it milder.

  Despite the name, this herb was not something that would transform the lightning energy or something. Rather, it worked by placating the lightning energy, reducing the destructiveness to help a person better subdue the lightning energy.

  Because of that, the streams of lightning energy coursing throughout Xiang Shaoyun's body were suppressed, causing him to regain a slight clarity of mind. His powerful consciousness recovered quickly, and an unyielding willpower surged from within him.

  It was unknown if his gift of visualization had been provoked by the lightning energy in him, but it was much sharper right now, giving him a clear look at the terrible condition of his inner body. His inner body was filled with lightning, and it was on the verge of exploding. If he couldn't solve this soon, not even the lightning transformation grass would be able to save him.

  "Heaven Conquering Overlord Manual, revolve!" Xiang Shaoyun understood what kind of predicament he was in. Without a second thought, he roared and activated his cultivation manual to start guiding the strains of lightning energy into his nine stars.

  However, his meridians were already stuffed full with powerful and terrifying lightning energy. It would be hard for him to move the energy through his meridians. Even more annoying was the fact that his lightning bone seemed to be completely full right now, as it had completely stopped absorbing the remaining lightning energy in his body.

  If the lightning bone was able to unleash its true power, it should be able to absorb an even larger amount of lightning energy. Perhaps it was currently shackled by Xiang Shaoyun's low cultivation level. Or perhaps the bone was merely undergoing some sort of evolution and no longer needed additional lightning energy for now. Thus, the only person that could save Xiang Shaoyun was himself.

  "Astral cosmos sea, cultivate!" Xiang Shaoyun shifted his focus and instead started cultivating his astral cosmos sea with the excess energy. The astral cosmos sea required a huge amount of energy to grow, and these lightning energy would serve nicely.

  But of course, the astral cosmos sea needed more than lightning energy to grow. It required numerous types of energy and could not grow through only a single type of energy. If it relied only on lightning energy, it would grow into a destructive astral sea instead of a storage astral sea.

  Even so, the astral cosmos had still grown to six square meters in size. This was the growth that had resulted from both his growth in cultivation level and the supply of lightning energy. But that was far from enough. Xiang Shaoyun still needed to move more of the lighting energy to get himself out of danger.

  "Overlord Skyslaying Saber!" Xiang Shaoyun cried out when he saw the Overlord Skyslaying Saber in his astral cosmos sea hungrily absorbing the lightning energy. But because of the layer of astral cosmos sea separating the saber from the outside lighting energy, the absorption was rather slow.

  After noticing that, Xiang Shaoyun opened his astral cosmos sea and directed all the lightning energy in his meridians there. The Overlord Skyslaying Saber became excited and started shining brightly. The presence of dragon and tiger also unfurled as the saber absorbed a large amount of lightning energy. Slowly, the body of the saber started recovering.

  "Black gold, melt!" Xiang Shaoyun could sense what the Overlord Skyslaying Saber was trying to do. Although it was absorbing all the lightning energy, it still couldn't fully recover, as it was too badly damaged. Therefore, it was important to supply the saber with some materials to help with the recovery.

  The black gold was something Xiang Shaoyun had accidentally obtained at
the market. He was originally planning to forge his own fate weapon with it, but with this Overlord Skyslaying Saber within him, he changed his mind. The Overlord Skyslaying Saber seemed to be connected to him by fate, and if he could fully reforge the saber, he might be able to turn it into his fate weapon.

  The black gold was incomparably hard, but soaked in the lightning energy, it softened considerably. The Overlord Skyslaying Saber seemed to have its own consciousness as it drew in the black gold and stuck the black gold on its body so as to slowly devour it.

  "No, still not enough. I still have too much energy." Xiang Shaoyun was feeling much better after shifting a large amount of lightning energy to the saber. But that was still far from enough, as he still had a lot of excess lightning energy.

  His brain worked overtime thinking of a solution before he finally made a decision. He started pouring the remaining lightning energy into his first star. Innate stars were something born naturally in humans. These stars were what enabled humans to cultivate, becoming something more than human.

  A regular star was only a tiny dot of light as large as a pinkie, but at the same time, it also felt boundlessly wide. Generally speaking, the Astral Realm was the realm where one’s stars started awakening. At the Transformation Realm, one’s astral energy would solidify, and at the King Realm, one would be able to ignite the star to unleash its unlimited potential.

  Now, Xiang Shaoyun was concentrating the lightning energy into only his first star instead of spreading the energy evenly among all his stars. This was very risky. The lightning energy was a pure unrefined form of energy and was still extremely rough and destructive. The star of a mere Astral Realm cultivator shouldn't be able to take in the pure lightning energy at all.

  In fact, only those at the Transformation Realm and above could start absorbing these pure unrefined external energies into their stars. When the strains of lightning energy converged in his star, Xiang Shaoyun felt an aching sensation, as if his star was about to explode. In fact, it gave a sensation that he was going to die soon.

  Fortunately, the Heaven Conquering Overlord Manual displayed its prowess right this moment. It gathered the energy scattered throughout Xiang Shaoyun's meridians and slowly used them to suppress the most berserk of the lightning energy. That coupled with the medical prowess of the lightning transformation grass, the excess lightning energy was fully gathered into his first star.

  "Ahhhh!"

  Xiang Shaoyun roared repeatedly as an unending pain assailed him. The pain made him feel as if his body was being ripped apart alive. He did not enjoy such a sensation at all. As all that was happening, his willpower grew without stop. This was the boundless tenacity originating from the inheritance intent he had received from the Martial Palace. As he stayed unyielding in face of pain and suffering, his consciousness grew stronger and stronger.

  "I have yet to take my revenge, and I have not retaken all that is mine. How can I die just like this? Lightning energy? Suppress!" Xiang Shaoyun's willpower kept growing until it finally reached a brand new height—smashing his shackles apart—and made him forget the pain he was feeling. He continued pushing all the remaining lightning energy in his body into the star.

  The star seemed to have sensed Xiang Shaoyun's boundless tenacity, as it started shining brighter and brighter, as if it was turning into an actual star. It absorbed all the lightning energy, and with the electricity currents crackling all over its surface, it had the appearance of a lightning star filled with boundless, pure lightning energy.

  After the star finished its transformation, Xiang Shaoyun's lightning bone also started transforming. It started shining, its radiance forming a connection with the radiance of the first star. The astral sea turned into an expanse of purple radiance. Occasionally, dragons could be seen soaring and tigers could be seen pouncing, making the astral sea look incomparably majestic.

  The purple energy quickly spread into Xiang Shaoyun's meridians, organs, bones, and so on. Under the nurturement of the purple energy, his injuries started healing. The lightning condor had been guarding Xiang Shaoyun all this while, and when it saw his transformation, shock filled its eyes.

  It could not see the transformation within Xiang Shaoyun, but it saw the physical transformation Xiang Shaoyun was undergoing. Cracks had actually formed on the surface of Xiang Shaoyun's body.

  Chapter 102: Massive Transformation

  Was Xiang Shaoyun dying? No, he wasn't. Rather, he was shedding his skin. Among humans, there was a saying that one could shed one's body and exchange one's bones. But that was only achievable by those who had reached a terrifyingly high level of cultivation. That was a stage where one shed one's old skin and replaced one's organs to bring about a new source of life and form a new living body, recovering one's youthful vigor.

  That was a stage only existing in legends.

  But this was happening to Xiang Shaoyun right this moment. It was as if his body was tearing apart, but in truth, he was currently shedding his skin and regrowing a new layer of skin. He had merely started on his path of cultivation, yet he was already shedding his skin. This was unimaginable.

  Apart from his skin, his organs were also regrowing, his vitality turning vigorous. The newly gained vitality should never be underestimated as it was the very thing that would grant Xiang Shaoyun a lifespan nobody could compare to.

  In other words, after this process, even if his cultivation level was to stay the same, he would have a much longer lifespan than any other Astral Realm cultivators. In fact, not even Transformation Realm cultivators would have a lifespan longer than him.

  The shedding process did not last long. Soon, the charred skin dropped off his body, revealing a new skin that was as tender as a baby's skin, a skin so fair and beautiful that all women would be envious.

  How did a man get a skin so exquisite and tender?

  Xiang Shaoyun did not immediately wake up after the shedding process, as numerous transformations were going on inside his body as well. At this moment, half his spine had already turned purple. Odd engravings looking like dragon scales could be seen on his lightning bone.

  If someone saw this, that person would recognize this process as a draconic transformation process. This was truly an astonishing transformation. Apart from that, the Overlord Skyslaying Saber within his astral cosmos sea had completely fused with the black gold. Its original badly damaged body was now slightly repaired, and it no longer looked as shabby.

  The entire saber was emitting a faint lightning energy, making the saber look even more powerful and impressive. The current grade of this weapon was unknown. Perhaps it was now a king weapon, or perhaps it was not even a tier-3 weapon. But with its lightning energy, it was definitely comparable to a king weapon in might.

  Apart from that, the connection between the Overlord Skyslaying Saber and Xiang Shaoyun seemed to have grown stronger as well. He now felt that the saber was related by blood, and the reason for that was unknown. Perhaps it was because of the recovery of the saber, or perhaps it was because he was truly related to it.

  Additionally, the first star that had been stuffed full with an enormous amount of lightning energy was now much bigger than the other stars. It was also emitting a purple radiance, and at one glance, the star looked much more dazzling than the other stars.

  It was obvious that that was an aftereffect of having absorbed a large amount of lightning energy. The meridians in his body had also grown wider, his organs had been completely cleansed, his bones had turned harder, and so on. He had undergone a massive transformation.

  After studying his body with his gift of visualization, Xiang Shaoyun finally understood his current condition clearly. He had no idea why he was suddenly able to use the inner gaze, but he did not spend much time thinking about it. In any case, gaining the ability was something good.

  After seeing clearly the changes he had undergone, he darted up from the ground and roared with laughter, "Hahaha, blessings are indeed hidden behind calamities!"

>   After a close brush with death, he survived. Not only had he survived, his cultivation level had also reached mid seventh-stage Astral Realm. He had advanced three stages at once. This was definitely an astonishing speed of growth. If it wasn't for the fact that he had diverted a large amount of the lightning energy away, he would have grown even more. Of course, if he had done that, there was a possibility that he would have simply died by bodily implosion.

  Xiang Shaoyun had never felt as full with energy before this, and he had a feeling he could now kill an Intermediate Demon with a casual punch.

  "Looks like I need to find some demonic beasts and try out my new strength," Xiang Shaoyun muttered as he stretched his arms. But right after he said that, he sensed a pair of eyes looking at him. For some reason, he had a hair-raising sensation from being stared at by this pair of eyes.

  He looked over in the direction he sensed the gaze was coming from. There, a large purple condor was staring at him with an odd light in its eyes. This lightning condor was much larger than an ordinary lightning condor, and a row of purple feathers stood upright on its head, looking like a crown of feathers, making it look incomparably noble.

  Utilizing his presence of a king, which had also increased in level with him, Xiang Shaoyun was able to see that this lightning condor was different than others with one look. His pupils shrunk as he cried out in alarm, "Lightning condor king!"

  Earlier when Xiang Shaoyun was gathering the power of lightning, he did not have the chance to get a clear look at this lightning condor. And toward the end when the lightning condor was undergoing the tribulation next to him, all his sensations were already completely numb.

  It was clear this lightning condor king had successfully undergone the tribulation and had become a Demon King. Xiang Shaoyun had grown much stronger, but even so, he still felt his hair rising on end when this condor king stared at him. He started thinking of a way out, but he found that nothing he could do would help him.