I Am Overlord c1-962

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

  It was a long process, but it was also a process of rapid growth. Gradually, Xiang Shaoyun forgot about time and focused only on his fusion with the millennium earthcore fire. At this point, it had already been a year since he had fallen into the lava.

  In other words, Xiang Shaoyun had spent about half a year fusing with Yun Flame. During this half year, his cultivation level had increased straight to fifth-stage Transformation Realm. Even so, the fusion process was not over. After the completion of the fusion, his cultivation level would be even higher.

  Through his hard work throughout this period, he was able to prevent the destruction of his third star, and it became a suitable habitat for Yun Flame, enabling him to fully fuse with Yun Flame.

  "Let's fuse!" Xiang Shaoyun roared and increased the speed of his Heaven Conquering Overlord Manual to the maximum. His other eight stars also activated; all of them started swirling around the third star, forming a vast and majestic galaxy as he completed the final step of the fusion.

  At this time, Yun Flame had gotten used to the environment within the third star. It no longer resisted, and it started fusing with Xiang Shaoyun in accordance with his will. Instantly, the power of the third star surged.

  Once again, Xiang Shaoyun's strength soared. Instantly, he reached peak fifth-stage before breaking through into the sixth stage. Even after reaching the sixth stage, his growth did not stop. Early sixth-stage, mid sixth-stage, late sixth-stage...his cultivation kept growing until peak seventh-stage Transformation Realm. He then forcefully suppressed the growth. If he did not stop the growth, his cultivation would most likely continue to madly grow.

  Although Xiang Shaoyun himself wished for rapid growth, he remained rational. He knew that if he continued growing like this, it would ruin his foundations. That was why he had forcefully stopped it.

  The stars that were still of a neutral element benefited from the suppression. His meridians, organs, bones, all of them also received the nourishment from the excess energy, causing his physical body to become stronger.

  After all, Yun Flame was not an ordinary existence. Using its power to nourish one's body would naturally cleanse one's body of many impurities and grant numerous benefits.

  However, Xiang Shaoyun's focus was not on any of his bodily improvement. He was fully immersed in the thrill this new strength had granted him. He could feel a boundless power in every inch of his body, giving him a feeling that he could destroy mountains and part rivers with a wave of his hand and a stomp of his foot.

  It was an incredibly wondrous sensation, giving him the confidence to even face a King Realm cultivator in battle. He waved his limbs around, sending ripples all over the pool of lava.

  "I can't freely test my strength here. Looks like I have to have a good spar after leaving this place." Xiang Shaoyun smiled. He then shouted, "Flame, come out!"

  He opened his palm, and a scarlet flame lit up within it. Like a fairy, the flame pulsed repeatedly, looking incredibly mystical. That clump of flame was none other than Yun Flame who had fused with Xiang Shaoyun.

  "Are you still not used to this yet? Don't worry. Soon, you will come to love staying with me," said Xiang Shaoyun with a smile.

  One should never overlook Yun Flame just because it looked like an ordinary clump of flame. Xiang Shaoyun was well aware of how terrifying it was. It was absolutely not something ordinary flames could compare with.

  A layer of outer energy formed on Xiang Shaoyun's body. It was an energy barrier powered by Yun Flame. After forming the barrier, Xiang Shaoyun put the human skin away. The only reason he did that was to test if Yun Flame could actually protect him from the lava.

  And Yun Flame did not disappoint him as the ruler of this place. Its energy barrier completely protected Xiang Shaoyun from the lava in his surroundings. He was elated. "Hah, I can now move freely here by relying only on myself!"

  He continued trying out Yun Flame's power, and after gaining a certain level of proficiency with it, his gaze landed on a spot not far away. There, a stalk of king medicine could be seen. It was precisely the existence of this king medicine that had helped Yun Flame take form.

  This was the first knowledge Xiang Shaoyun obtained after he fused with Yun Flame. He stared at the herb with a burning gaze as he muttered, "This is a rare king medicine! Well, you're mine now!"

  Chapter 207: Blaze Flower, Seven Scorching Sun Claws

  It was a stalk of blaze flower, which was an extremely peculiar and rare flower. It was capable of resisting the extreme temperature of lava, and it grew through feeding on the flame energy within lava. In fact, it looked more like a pulsing clump of flame than a flower. In such an environment, it would be rather hard to separate this flower from just another clump of flame.

  It had a fiery shape, and its entire body was scarlet red in color with no other colors mixed in. The most wondrous part of this flower was its petals. They spread out and closed in repeatedly, seemingly constantly absorbing the flame energy in the air. The constant movement caused the flower to look extremely lively.

  This was genuinely a top-tier king medicine. It was above these petals that Yun Flame had grown previously. This flower was very beneficial for those cultivating the power of flame. It could also transform one's physique, allowing one to have a physique possessing high intimacy with all flames, increasing the speed in which one could absorb flame energy.

  Apart from that, a peak King Realm cultivator could directly enter the Emperor Realm by relying on it. Thus, this flower was deadly enticing to any King Realm flame cultivators. Xiang Shaoyun came from a tier-7 sect and had seen many king medicines before. Still, it was his first time seeing a blaze flower. It was apparent how precious this flower was.

  If it was blended with other king medicines into a king-grade medicinal concoction, even more people could benefit from it. A wide grin was plastered on Xiang Shaoyun's face as he stared at this stalk of blaze flower. His joy was understandable. Anyone would be overjoyed upon encountering a top-tier king medicine like this.

  "Now that my astral cosmos sea has a space of 100 square meters, I can store even more items. I won't have a problem storing this blaze flower, but I don't have anything capable of storing a flower with such extreme flame power. The moment this flower leaves the lava, without proper preservation, it will start losing its medicinal power and wither away. Therefore, I need to store some lava together with the flower, allowing it to stay fresh. Only then would I be able to use it whenever I want in the future," Xiang Shaoyun muttered.

  However, he was worried that his astral cosmos sea was unable to resist the temperature of the lava. What if the lava destroyed his astral cosmos sea?

  After thinking about it for a bit, Xiang Shaoyun slapped his head and said, "Why am I so stupid? I have already fused with Yun Flame. I had even used a large amount of Yun Flame's energy to expand the astral cosmos sea. Therefore, the astral cosmos sea now has a considerable resistance to fire. It won't have any problem storing some lava and this blaze flower."

  Right after reaching that conclusion, Xiang Shaoyun prepared a space of 10 square meters in his astral cosmos before storing both the blaze flower and the lava around it. His conclusion was proven correct: when the blaze flower and lava entered his astral cosmos sea, he only felt a slight warmth and nothing else. His astral cosmos sea was completely unharmed.

  "Hahaha, I now have the vicious tiger gold lotus and blaze flower in my possession. I won't have any trouble in the future when it's my time to advance into the Emperor Realm!" Xiang Shaoyun laughed heartily.

  He would not give regular herbs his time of day, but these two herbs were precious enough to fill him with joy. Now that his cultivation level had soared straight to seventh-stage Transformation Realm, with his history of punching above his level, what would his current combat prowess be? He had the urge to leave and fight it out with a King Realm cultivator as soon as possible.

  "No, I have to be patient. Although I am now equipped with the power of flame, I have yet
to cultivate any flame battle techniques. I need to take some time and enrich myself with more battle techniques. In any case, Kings are capable of flight. I will be greatly disadvantaged since I can't fly. To really possess the ability to battle a King, I need to prepare accordingly," Xiang Shaoyun muttered to himself after calming down.

  He then emptied his mind of all emotions and sank into his cultivation once again. This time, he was not growing his cultivation level. Rather, he was cultivating battle techniques and increasing his combat prowess.

  Firstly, he needed a flame battle technique. His head was filled with battle techniques of tier-4 and above. In the past, he wasn't able to practice these techniques as he was still too weak. Now that he had grown somewhat, he would be able to handle the might of king-grade techniques.

  He searched his mind and found a bunch of tier-4 battle techniques. They were the lowest of tier-4 techniques, and he had nearly forgotten they existed. Fortunately, he had an astonishingly powerful memory. After thinking for a bit, he recalled all of them in their entirety.

  "Of the tier-4 flame battle techniques I know, there are Raging Spear Technique, Flame Wave Compounding Saber Technique, Seven Yang Restoration Swords...All these are decent techniques, but I have already comprehended saber intent. In the future, I will be further improving my saber intent. The main elements of the Overlord Skyslaying Saber are gold and lightning, so I can't practice a flame saber technique," Xiang Shaoyun muttered to himself. After a slight pause, he smiled and said, "Right, there's the Seven Scorching Sun Claws! It is a top tier-4 claw technique with astonishing might. Coupled with Yun Flame's power, I will possess the might to part mountains and rivers!"

  Xiang Shaoyun then started chanting the mantra of the Seven Scorching Sun Claws.

  The Seven Scorching Sun Claws were separated into the following stances: Iron Tearing Stance, Silver Tearing Stance, Gold Tearing Stance, Jade Tearing Stance, World Tearing Stance, Moon Tearing Stance, and Sun Tearing Stance.

  Iron Tearing Stance: Attaching flame to one's claws, creating claw energy as hard a steel. Capable of tearing apart stone and iron.

  Silver Tearing Stance: The claws assume an ashy silver color, seemingly having turned into a silver weapon. Capable of penetrating all equipment to directly tear an opponent apart.

  Gold Tearing Stance: This was the stage where the claw energy had become as hard as gold, capable of overcoming all defenses.

  Jade Tearing Stance: A stage where no weapon in existence was comparable.

  World Tearing Stance: With a claw, earth would split, river would form, an attack akin to a natural disaster.

  Moon Tearing Stance: Near the top of this claw technique. With a claw, one could crush the moon hanging in the sky.

  Sun Tearing Stance: A stage where one would be able to destroy suns and moons, possessing incredibly destructive power.

  Xiang Shaoyun was extremely satisfied with the Seven Scorching Sun Claws. He thus started cultivating.

  Finger and claw techniques had high requirements in terms of one's finger bones. Without sufficiently strong finger bones, one would not be able to unleash the real power of finger and claw techniques.

  Xiang Shaoyun knew himself well. With his physique, cultivating the Seven Scorching Sun Claws was nothing difficult. He started practicing from the first stance, the Iron Tearing Stance. He practiced each of the moves in an orderly and methodical manner, demonstrating a textbook-perfect version of the stance.

  He was not in any rush for quick results. After all, step by step progress was what was important in any battle technique one practiced. It was even more so for high-level techniques.

  Only by building a stable foundation would one be able to better unleash the power of the practiced battle technique. This place was filled with lava and was not an environment anyone else could cultivate at. But Xiang Shaoyun was able to ignore his environment as he waved his hands in the claw form over and over.

  At first, the claw he formed looked rather stiff. But after many repetitions, his motions became smoother. Due to his outstanding talent, he was able to easily discover the technique's key points.

  Time passed, and finally, he was able to fully complete the entirety of the first stance.

  Chapter 208: Who's That Immoral Person

  Another month passed, and the flame filling the Flame Mountain had suddenly receded, causing the cultivators training there to be flabbergasted.

  "What's going on? A few days ago, I had sensed the flame becoming weaker. And now, it is downright extinguishing?"

  "It can't be because someone has harvested the millennium earthcore fire, right? Otherwise, I really can't understand how this is happening."

  "Yes, that is plausible. Someone might have gotten the millennium earthcore fire for real. But why is it still so calm if that is the case?"

  "Don't waste time. Let's go take a look. With the receding power of flame, we can even approach the volcanic crater now."

  "No, it is still safer to stay away. It is a place filled with flame beasts. It is still a dangerous place."

  ...

  Still, some of them were brave and confident in their strength. These were the people that subsequently headed to the volcanic crater. The periphery of the volcanic crater was filled with flame beasts. Recently, they were becoming more and more agitated. Anyone approaching would be a subject of their relentless attacks.

  Because of that, the people were flooded with attacks when they arrived. The weak ones were all killed while the strong ones were forced to retreat. Of course, not all of them had failed to reach the crater. From a certain direction, two figures were flying toward the crater.

  These two were Skysoar Realm cultivators. They were Cloud Margin Pavilion elders, and their names were Long Hui and Xiao Wenbo. They were the ones who had been standing guard here, preventing other King Realm cultivators from harvesting the millennium earthcore fire. When they arrived at the crater, they hovered in the sky above it, looking down with confusion on their faces.

  "The extinguishing flame must be due to the millennium earthcore fire," said Long Hui.

  Xiao Wenbo replied, "Nobody has come here in recent times. The millennium earthcore fire won't change without any reason, right?" He paused for a bit and added, "Is the earthcore fire withdrawing its power by itself?"

  "No, that is unlikely. The millennium earthcore fire has only been born not too long ago. It will remain in this phase for a long time before it starts withdrawing its power," Long Hui said.

  "What's going on then? It can't be that someone has harvested it, right?" Xiao Wenbo asked.

  "I'm not sure. Let's go down there and check," Long Hui said before he started flying downward.

  Xiao Wenbo followed along as well. Each of them had a thick defensive barrier around them, their kingly presence protecting them tightly as they prepared to deal with any changes that might happen. As King Realm cultivators, they were able to directly reach the lava surface, completely ignoring the intense heat in their surroundings.

  "The temperature here has dropped a lot as well," said Long Hui after scanning his surroundings.

  "You are the one cultivating the power of flame, so you should know better. I'll trust your judgment," Xiao Wenbo answered. He then looked around before saying, "I don't see anyone, and I don't sense any signs of life either. I doubt anyone has harvested the earthcore fire."

  Long Hui did not say anything in reply. He kept staring at the lava, as he had noticed that a certain part of the lava pool was roiling about without stop.

  Xiao Wenbo followed the direction of his gaze and noticed the same. He said, "Has something really happened here?"

  But after observing the lava pool for a bit, they noticed that there were other parts where the lava was roiling about madly. Moreover, the locations of where the lava roiled kept changing.

  Suddenly, a fiery claw shot out of the lava, giving them a fright. The two quickly distanced themselves from the lava, and fear covered their eyes. They could cl
early sense that the claw earlier belonged to a human instead of a demonic beast.

  How high was the temperature in the lava? Not even King Realm cultivators could survive down there. Now that a human had suddenly sent a claw shooting out from within the lava, how could that not frighten them?

  "W-what's going on here? Is there someone down there?" Xiao Wenbo cried out in alarm.

  "No, how is that possible? Only Emperors can survive down there. But it is impossible that there is an Emperor down there. That claw is most likely something the millennium earthcore fire has coincidentally formed earlier," said Long Hui.

  Right after he said that, a series of claws started shooting out of the lava. Each claw appeared from a different part of the lava pool, but all of them were formed of lava. The claws looked extremely mythical, and the entire scene looked as if there was an expert practicing a claw technique down there.

  Both Long Hui and Xiao Wenbo were completely stupefied. The distance in which the claws flew weren't too far, but each of them possessed a destructiveness no weaker than a King Realm cultivator's attack.

  "This is a claw technique!" the two concluded at the same time.

  But where did this claw technique come from? Was there someone down there? Or was this coming from the millennium earthcore fire? They were utterly confused, not sure what was the truth anymore.

  But since they did not feel the claws were attempting to harm them, they started silently studying them. The more they observed, the more extraordinary they found the claws. They were now sure this was definitely a terrific king-grade technique, or even an emperor-grade technique.

  After a long while, the claws finally stopped appearing. The lava pool returned to its normal calm, and the two finally woke up from their reverie. They exchanged glances before attacking the lava pool at the same time.