I Am Overlord c1-962

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

  Devouring Ghost, Du Xuanhao, and Jin Wo were relieved to sense that Xiang Shaoyun was still alive. However, none of them went over to help him. They were all waiting to witness a miracle.

  And indeed, a miracle happened before their eyes.

  Suddenly, purple energy leaked out of Xiang Shaoyun's body, converging before taking the form of a tiny purple dragon. The purple dragon then started devouring the silver lightning energy around it, slowly growing itself.

  At the same time, a different figure seemed to have appeared as well. This figure competed with the purple dragon and also consumed the silver lightning energy in the area. Compared to the purple dragon, this figure seemed extremely lively. But its appearance was unclear as it looked both like a dragon and a serpent at the same time. As it swallowed the silver lightning energy, it even tried to swallow the purple dragon as well.

  What a greedy little fellow!

  The purple dragon was able to sense an aura similar to its own coming from the unknown figure, provoking it into attacking. Thus, a battle erupted between the two. The battle did not last long as the purple dragon did not stop growing stronger. Slowly, the little fellow was placed in a disadvantageous position. It no longer dared to fight, and it hid into the silver lightning stone to the side.

  Now, the purple dragon was the overlord of the area. It opened its mouth wide and continued to devour the silver lightning energy. The silver lightning energy within Xiang Shaoyun grew, and under the continuous nourishment of lightning energy, his broken bones started rejoining. Finally, his entire spine healed, turning into a purple and silver spine.

  It was apparent that after destruction and reconstruction, Xiang Shaoyun now possessed a complete lightning bone, and his innate purple lightning was now even more terrifying than it was in the past.

  With the restoration of the lightning bone, Xiang Shaoyun's vitality started surging as he slowly regained his consciousness. And when he sensed the boundless silver lightning energy around him, he circulated his Heaven Conquering Overlord Manual again, drawing all the energy into his star.

  But the amount of energy around him was too large for his star to digest alone, so he acted like he did in the past and shared some of the energy with the astral cosmos sea and the Overlord Skyslaying Saber.

  Once again, the astral cosmos sea expanded. As for the Overlord Skyslaying Saber, it underwent another tempering process, getting ever closer to full restoration. Xiang Shaoyun could sense himself growing in all aspects, feeling like he could no longer absorb any additional energy if he continued compressing and suppressing his foundations.

  In this situation, he had two options. The first was to start drawing the remaining energy into his other stars. The second was to break through, expanding his star in the process so he could absorb more energy.

  The first option would be useful for any other cultivator but not Xiang Shaoyun. He was going to cultivate nine different powers, and he could not afford having too much lightning energy in his other stars, which would make it impossible for him to store other types of energy in those stars in the future. Even if he could, the energy would be diluted and would no longer be pure.

  "When should I break through?" roared Xiang Shaoyun as he stood up and faced the sky. He erupted with all his power, unleashing both his astral energy and soul power, charging toward the stars in the sky above.

  The purple dragon formed of his first star and lightning bone took the lead, followed by a white tiger soaring out of his second star and a volcano erupting from his third star. His other six stars shone brightly as well. Although the six stars were not as impressive as the first three stars, they still did their best to assist the first three stars as they charged into the sky above.

  At the same time, Xiang Shaoyun adjusted his soul power, which had long surpassed the level of ordinary Kings. The Nether Soul Domain further boosted his soul power surging out of his body as it charged into the sky above alongside the powers of the stars. He could sense his soul soaring in the sky. It was an incomparably wonderful sensation.

  "Is this how it feels to be in the Skysoar Realm? Although I have been able to fly long before this, flying as a Skysoar Realm cultivator feels completely different than flying with the white tiger wings," muttered Xiang Shaoyun to himself.

  Just as he was about to reach the stars in the sky, a change suddenly occurred. A gust of gray wind rushed him from a certain direction. The wind seemed completely normal, yet it carried with it an astonishing corrosive power.

  Xiang Shaoyun instantly felt an intense sense of threat as his soul power started withering, giving him an extremely uncomfortable feeling. This was only the start. If he waited until the entire gust of wind blew past, wouldn't his soul power be completely obliterated by then?

  At this thought, he increased his flying speed, trying to pull away from the corrosive wind. However, the wind was like a locust that kept chasing after his soul power, seemingly not going to stop before completely devouring his soul.

  "Shit! That's a sinister eroding wind! Young Master Xiang has actually attracted this calamity? Things will get troublesome!" Du Xuanhao cried out in alarm.

  Devouring Ghost had an unsightly expression as well. Inwardly, he comforted himself, The young master should be able to survive this!

  The sinister eroding wind was an extremely rare variation of wind energy that was extremely harmful to souls. Its attacks could not be taken lightly. One's soul might wither from an attack, and one might even directly die through the complete exhaustion of one's soul.

  Chapter 361: Ignite, Fate Star

  The sinister eroding wind rarely appeared, but there were exceptions for everything, such as when geniuses with unique physiques broke through.

  Perhaps that was the workings of the natural law: to have a sort of trial for the geniuses to stop their advancement if they failed to overcome the calamity. Their failure might even result in death.

  Unaware of the workings, Xiang Shaoyun was under attack by the sinister eroding wind, and he sensed that his soul power was on the verge of falling apart. If his soul power did fall apart, he would no longer be able to ignite his fate star, and he would no longer be able to enter the Skysoar Realm.

  The sky darkened as the sinister eroding wind blew past.

  "Damn it! What in the world is this?" Xiang Shaoyun cursed.

  He could curse all he wanted, but it would not change the fact that the sinister eroding wind was assaulting him. He needed to think of a way to break free from it. The sinister eroding wind seemed to be everywhere, and no matter how hard he tried, the wind followed him, slowly eroding his soul power bit by bit.

  "Young master! You have to survive! If you can, you will reap a great harvest!" said Devouring Ghost.

  Only the cultivator attempting the breakthrough could solve a calamity such as this, and no outsider could help. Thus, both Devouring Ghost and Du Xuanhao could only watch on anxiously.

  When Xiang Shaoyun was on the verge of complete collapse, he suddenly thought of Ye Chaomu, who had just parted with him not long ago. He recalled the promise they had made to meet after seven years, and he roared, "I, Xiang Shaoyun, am an absolute genius. How can something like this stop me? Piss off!"

  With his roar, a resolute faith surged out of his mind, and his physical body that had remained on the ground seemed to react to it. His soul power erupted, once again reforming his soul high up in the sky. His soul became solid, assuming a form that was the same as his physical body, and continued soaring up while ignoring the sinister eroding wind.

  His soul had been cleansed by the soul spring, granting him a formidable soul power. And with his Nether Soul Domain and soul raising stone, he possessed a soul power that was far above his peers'.

  The soul he had first sent flying to the sky had not been formed of the entirety of his soul power, but the desperation he felt under the sinister eroding wind's assault had helped him unleash all his soul power.

  The sinister eroding wind continued c
orroding his willpower, but his soul was now incomparably solid, and not even the sinister eroding wind could stop his soul from forcing itself through the wind.

  "Haha, what can a mere sinister eroding wind do to me?" Xiang Shaoyun howled with laughter. He did not waste any time and continued soaring into the sky.

  "Good! Good! The young master has broken through the sinister eroding wind!" Devouring Ghost cried out in excitement. But immediately after, a completely different power appeared near Xiang Shaoyun again.

  "What the hell is it this time?" Xiang Shaoyun muttered doubtfully. The newly appeared power was a clump of scarlet cloud looking like a fireball. It kept changing its shape while ceaselessly emitting a scorching temperature.

  "Why is this happening? Why is a scarlet flame cloud appearing?" Even Devouring Ghost was overwhelmed with shock.

  "That's a scarlet flame cloud!" Du Xuanhao cried out in alarm as well.

  The scarlet flame cloud was even bigger of a threat than the sinister eroding wind—capable of torching any soul power it touched. This was a calamity that would usually only appear when one was breaking through into the Emperor Realm.

  Xiang Shaoyun was only breaking through into the Skysoar Realm at the moment. It was quite unbelievable that he had attracted such a calamity at this stage. Both Devouring Ghost and Du Xuanhao sank into despair.

  Xiang Shaoyun could sense that there was something weird about the red cloud. Without any hesitation, he increased his flying speed, but he was still too late as the scarlet flame cloud had already reached his side. It started torching him.

  "AHHH!"

  As he cried out in pain, his soul was instantly damaged severely. The flame's might was even scarier than the sinister eroding wind's corrosive power. After all, the power of flame was what soul power feared most. The scarlet flame cloud covered all of Xiang Shaoyun's soul, setting him on fire.

  Xiang Shaoyun sank into complete despair as he couldn't think of a way to break free. At the moment of crisis, the power of his third star, which had soared to the sky with his soul, suddenly started pulsing. An absorption force erupted from the volcano as it forcefully drew in the scarlet flame cloud.

  The volcano's devouring force was extremely terrifying and, in the blink of an eye, consumed half of the scarlet flame cloud, greatly reducing Xiang Shaoyun's pressure.

  "It's Yun Flame! Well done!" Xiang Shaoyun cried out with pleasant surprise.

  With Yun Flame's help, dealing with the scarlet flame cloud became much easier. After all, he once stayed for an extended period of time in a volcano, and his soul was still rather resistant to heat.

  He wasted no time and ignored the scarlet flame cloud before continuing to soar to the sky. He held firm to his faith, squeezing more soul power out of his body, and finally, he went beyond the sky above.

  Beyond the sky was a wide expanse of twinkling stars. The expanse was boundless and endless, and a human seemed so miniscule before it all. This was the shocking sight one saw after transcending the sky and leaving the Nine Gods Dominion. It could stun anyone.

  Xiang Shaoyun was completely dazed. He could sense the river of stars' boundlessness, the mystery of space, and the vastness of the universe. At this moment, the powers from the nine stars accompanying his soul started emitting an intense excitement, reminding him that it was time to ignite his fate stars.

  Nine stars from nine different directions amid the vast river of stars started shining brightly, telling Xiang Shaoyun where they were. The nine stars corresponded to the nine stars in his body. If one paid attention, one would notice that the nine stars formed the shape of a dragon when joined together, looking incomparably majestic.

  Unfortunately, the dragon still looked rather weak at the moment. It was barely visible amid the river of stars, seemingly awaiting the day when it could finally display its overbearing might, soar above the Nine Gods Dominion, and look down upon the world below.

  "Ignite, fate star," said Xiang Shaoyun as he fully unleashed his power, releasing the purple dragon, white tiger, volcano, and the powers of the remaining stars, sending them toward the nine stars.

  Bang! Bang!

  One after another, the nine stars were ignited, forming a silvery river of radiance that became the brightest existence amid the river of stars. The nine stars erupted and started shining upon Xiang Shaoyun's soul and inner body.

  His soul returned to the space within his head, and nine majestic mysterious beams of different colors shone down on him from the sky above. Resplendent, they wrapped around Xiang Shaoyun, making him look like an august son of heavens who had descended upon the mortal world.

  "The young master has ignited his fate star!" Devouring Ghost cried out in excitement, and Du Xuanhao waved his fists, feeling happy and excited for Xiang Shaoyun.

  Chapter 362: Skysoar Realm, Finally

  The Skysoar Realm was an important juncture in one’s path of cultivation. There was a saying that all below the King Realm were mere mortals. That saying made it clear in simple words that entering the King Realm was an extremely important step, a dividing line where once crossed would bring a qualitative transformation akin to a carp transforming into a dragon.

  With nine different powers converging on him, Xiang Shaoyun's aura rose endlessly, and a massive transformation occurred within his body. The so-called igniting the fate star was a process of fully activating the stars within a cultivator, forming a connection between one's stars and the stars beyond the skies, granting one an ability to truly borrow the power of the stars.

  One would then be able to constantly temper one's body and expand one's astral energy, greatly increasing the strength of one's stars and obtaining great combat prowess. One also obtained the ability to surpass the limitations of one's body by borrowing the power of the stars, and gained the ability of flight.

  Devouring Ghost's face was covered in shock when he saw the nine different powers converging on Xiang Shaoyun's body. He had never seen someone cultivating nine different powers at the same time. Even those nine-star physique geniuses he had seen in the past generally only cultivated one or two types of powers. None of them would attempt to cultivate in such a complicated manner.

  Cultivating so many different powers would only result in one being incapable of reaching the peak of any of the powers.

  "This can't do. After the breakthrough, I have to advise the young master to only cultivate the power of lightning like the previous master. That alone is enough," Devouring Ghost told himself.

  Xiang Shaoyun did not know what Devouring Ghost was thinking. He was focusing fully on circulating his Heaven Conquering Overlord Manual to quickly absorb the great convergence of energy that had arrived after igniting his fate star.

  The nine different powers stimulated his stars, flooding them with pure astral power, causing his nine stars to continuously expand and grow. A bright river of stars formed within his body, looking incomparably vast and majestic.

  The rich astral energy coursed through his meridians, cleansing his body of impurities, washing over his internal organs, bones, and blood, and constantly increasing his vitality and pushing his life span beyond that of an ordinary person's.

  His astral cosmos sea also transformed greatly. Like a sponge, it hungrily devoured the astral energy coming down from the nine stars. It grew unceasingly as strands of astral energy of nine different colors started appearing in it. The entire astral cosmos sea emanated a mysterious aura, nourishing the treasures stored within.

  In the astral cosmos sea, the vicious tiger gold lotus was pulsing constantly, releasing a pleasant fragrance in the air while a golden radiance swirled around it. It was absorbing the power of gold among the nine powers.

  As for the blaze flower, it was radiating a resplendent crimson radiance, absorbing the power of flame among the nine powers.

  At a different corner of the astral cosmos sea was the ghostbloom. It was emanating strands of mysterious energy as it took in the nine powers, its fragrance intensifying a
s it transformed into a flower emanating endless temptation.

  The nine powers seemed to have transformed into a sort of life force capable of supporting all living beings. It was an indescribable sight—most people wouldn't be able to form an astral cosmos sea containing unique energy. Others would be greatly shocked if they found out what was happening in Xiang Shaoyun's astral cosmos sea.

  Xiang Shaoyun noticed none of it, as he was still fully immersed in the pleasure of growing stronger. His aura gently climbed over the peak of Transformation Realm into the Skysoar Realm, and his strength kept climbing.

  Early first-stage Skysoar Realm, mid first-stage Skysoar Realm, late first-stage Skysoar Realm...

  His strength continued growing even when he reached second-stage Skysoar Realm, and after an unknown amount of time, he reached the third stage. His strength still showed no signs of stopping.

  "Young master, be careful not to seek instant benefits! Suppress your cultivation base!" Devouring Ghost's voice suddenly rang out, waking Xiang Shaoyun from his reverie.

  Xiang Shaoyun quickly suppressed his cultivation base, pushing the raging energy in his body into his nine stars. He stopped circulating his cultivation method and started compressing his cultivation base to stabilize his foundations.

  As he did so, the astral energy beaming down on him from the sky started dimming before completely withdrawing. The starlight all around Xiang Shaoyun also dimmed as he opened his eyes. At that instant, it was as if dragons and tigers were soaring out of him. An aura of an unrivalled King surged out of him, spreading everywhere, kicking clouds of dust and sending the pebbles around him flying.

  Finally, he was at the Skysoar Realm. And he wasn't even a fresh Skysoar Realm cultivator, as he had reached the third stage in a single step. It was a massive leap that very few people could replicate.

  One ought to realize that the Skysoar Realm was completely different from the Basic Realm, Astral Realm, and Transformation Realm. One needed a massive accumulation of strength to advance even a single stage in the Skysoar Realm.