Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 106 Nine-Headed Qilin
Using the marks of the gods as a furnace and the holy will of the Illusion Queen and the Evil Emperor as fire, Emperor Yi's spiritual power underwent a transformation, reaching the peak of the forty-fourth level in one fell swoop, just a hair's breadth away from becoming a half-saint in terms of spiritual power.

As Di Yi slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, he opened his eyes. The green bamboo swayed in the wind, and two figures were still playing chess on the stone platform by the stream.

"I thought that after refining the martial will of Master and Evil Emperor, you would lose control and directly break through to the half-saint level of spiritual power," Illusion Saint said lazily.

Di Yi shook his head and smiled: "After breaking through to the half-saint level in spiritual power, the martial soul is transformed into a saint soul, and it can no longer integrate into the rules of the saintly path. Wouldn't that be like cutting off one's own path in martial arts? I, your junior brother, am not that foolish."

Huan Sheng naturally understood this. She stood guard by his side, also preventing Di Yi from breaking through his cultivation level and becoming a half-saint of spiritual power. However, she was still somewhat surprised that Di Yi was able to control this degree on his own.

"How powerful are the martial wills of your master and the Evil Emperor? After you refined their martial wills, you only raised your spiritual power to the peak of the forty-fourth level? You gained nothing else?"

"Of course there are," Emperor Yi said.

The Great Sage's understanding of the Holy Path has reached its pinnacle. Even a mere trace of his lingering will is enough to bring Di Yi tremendous gains.

He wielded his fingers as swords, and the yin and yang energies at his fingertips instantly arose, emanating a unique swordsmanship charm that seemed to merge with the heavens and earth.

By tempering his sword heart with the Great Sage's martial arts will, Emperor Yi's swordsmanship made tremendous progress in just three days. He cultivated Sword Two to the third level in one fell swoop, and his sword heart was also tempered to the extreme. He began to resonate with heaven and earth, and had one foot in the unity of heaven and man.

The unity of heaven and man is the mark of cultivating a sacred path to a high level. Even among half-saints, only a handful can achieve this, and it is usually the domain of saints.

For sword cultivators, they must at least reach the fifth or even sixth level of sword cultivation before they have the opportunity to align themselves with the Dao and the world, comprehend the state of unity between heaven and man, and then comprehend the seventh level of sword cultivation to break through to the realm of sword saint.

Emperor Yi has only comprehended the second sword technique, yet he is already showing signs of reaching the unity of heaven and man, which is truly astonishing.

Huan Sheng looked slightly surprised, but quickly concealed the unusual expression on his face, not wanting to appear naive in front of Di Yi.

A Saint King with a spiritual power level of 55 was shocked by a mere martial artist in the Fish-Dragon Realm, and was somewhat embarrassed.

"Well, the third level of Sword Two is not bad. There is a chance to reach the Great Perfection of Sword Two before the Ninth Transformation of Fish and Dragon, and become the third person in a thousand years."

"However, there is still a gap between you and Empress Chi Yao, not to mention the Sword Emperor from eight hundred years ago. As far as I know, when the Sword Emperor was in the Fish-Dragon Realm, he was only one step away from mastering Sword Three to the Great Perfection. Junior Brother, you still have a long way to go."

Di Yi was not too proud of his achievements. In such a vast world, what did his cultivation level amount to?

"Don't worry, senior sister. I understand that martial arts cultivation emphasizes neither arrogance nor servility. By the way, senior sister, Master and the Evil Emperor are still playing chess. I want to take this opportunity to refine the source of spiritual fire and completely cultivate the Five Elements Divine Demon Body. Please protect me."

Huan Sheng nodded with a slightly solemn expression upon hearing this. She could see that all five sacred veins within the Emperor's Body had been activated, emanating a rich aura of the Five Elements.

The sacred body is different from the mortal body. The five sacred meridians of the sacred body, namely Yin Qiao, Yang Qiao, Yin Wei, Yang Wei, and Chong Ling, are innate. However, their cultivation was sealed at birth, and the five sacred meridians were also hidden.

Upon reaching the Fish-Dragon Realm, mortals need to open their Sacred Meridians, while Sacred Bodies only need to reopen their Sacred Meridians, which is much faster and saves a lot of cultivation time.

With the help of the martial arts will of the Illusion Queen and the Evil Emperor, Emperor Yi successfully broke through the last two sacred meridians and stepped into the eighth transformation of the Fish-Dragon. The five sacred meridians formed a complete cycle in his body, and together with the thirty-six martial arts meridians, they transformed a massive amount of martial arts true energy into sacred energy. There was no longer any need to worry about the sacred energy being exhausted due to insufficient conversion during battle.

"Junior Brother, feel free to try. With me here, I won't let anything happen to you." Huan Sheng was also somewhat looking forward to seeing what kind of power this special physique that Emperor Yi had cultivated would have after it was perfected, and whether it could surpass the legendary ten strongest physiques.

Di Yi took out the source of spiritual fire, sat down cross-legged, and began to refine it. The rich power of the fire element surged into his body and converged towards his heart.

The incomplete Five Elements Dharma Image emerged from behind him, standing nine zhang and six chi tall, sacred and majestic, with four colors perfectly round and one color slightly illusory. As the Fire Spirit Source refined it, this illusory color gradually became solid, and the aura on Emperor Yi's body also became increasingly heavy, with wisps of chaotic energy growing.

Emperor Yi refined ten jin each of the Nourishing Sacred Blood Soil, Black Water Glazed Crystal, Golden Divine Mushroom, and Purple Cloud Agarwood. Following this pattern, to completely cultivate the Five Elements Divine Demon Body, he would also need to refine about ten jin of the Source of Spiritual Fire.

After breaking through two realms in martial arts, his ability to withstand the five elemental treasures increased significantly, and he quickly absorbed and refined a large amount of fire elemental power.

However, he overestimated the amount of the Five Elements' power he could bear. He only refined five jin and six liang of spiritual fire source before his heart ignited with holy flames and his yang energy began to surge violently.

Di Yi's entire body turned crimson, like a red-hot iron, and he involuntarily released a large amount of scorching holy energy, scorching the surrounding earth black.

After several attempts, Di Yi ended his refining of the Spirit Fire Source and exited his cultivation state. "How could this be? With my current physical strength, I can only refine five and a half pounds of Spirit Fire Source."

Di Yi was somewhat discouraged. The further one progresses in refining any of the Five Elements spiritual treasures, the more difficult it becomes. Five jin and six liang may seem like only four jin and four liang more than ten jin, but the difficulty of continuing to refine it is extremely high. The gap between success and failure is not small at all. Otherwise, he would not have given up so decisively.

"Such rich Five Elements power! He's a good candidate for cultivating the path to physical sainthood." A hearty laugh came from outside the bamboo forest, drawing Di Yi's attention back.

He stood up and looked out of the bamboo forest, where he saw three figures walking out of the bamboo forest.

The leader was over ten feet tall, exceptionally robust, with arms as thick as a normal person's waist. His dark armor exuded a terrifying, wild, and ferocious aura, making him look like a savage beast king striding forward.

The head of Yipintang stood to his left, looking rather reserved, while to his right was an old man in coarse linen clothes with a long sword hanging from his waist.

"The Grand Steward has returned so quickly; it seems this trip went more smoothly than expected." Illusionary Saint smiled charmingly, revealing the visitor's identity.

Emperor Di immediately realized that the burly man in black armor was the Grand Steward of Huanyu Tian, ​​a favorite of the Evil Emperor, and was said to be the strongest person in the Eastern Region after the Evil Emperor.

The Grand Steward was not a human cultivator, but the mount of the Evil Emperor. His true form was the Nine-Headed Qilin, an ancient species with an incomparably powerful physical body.

"Chen Yuhua is old and doesn't even have the courage to come out of seclusion for a battle. Relying on a group of juniors and the great formation of the Eastern Holy City, he thinks he can leave behind the Nine Phoenix Cauldron. That's too naive." The nine-headed Qilin laughed loudly. With a wave of his hand, something flew out of his body. It was a cauldron, engraved with nine phoenixes, and exuding supreme holy power. It was the number one holy artifact of the evil path, the Nine Phoenix Cauldron.

"With the Grand Steward taking action, the Nine Phoenix Cauldron is naturally within our grasp." Illusionary Saint flattered, then glanced at the two figures playing chess on the stone platform and added, "This game of chess will probably take a while longer, so please wait a bit, you three."

"It's alright. Now that the Nine Phoenix Cauldron has been retrieved, there's plenty of time." The nine-headed Qilin laughed heartily and walked towards Di Yi. After looking him over, it said, "This generation's young master of the First-Class Hall is quite good. Long Zang, you have excellent judgment."

Fulong Zang is the real name of the leader of the Black Market's First-Class Hall. Even among the Black Market's Saints, very few know this. The Nine-Headed Qilin has been in the Black Market for over a thousand years, serving two generations of Evil Emperors. He is highly experienced and knows many of the Black Market's secrets.

Upon hearing this, the head of Yipintang laughed and said, "Even before me, the Evil Emperor had already been paying attention to Di Yi. Rather than saying that I have good eyesight, it would be more accurate to say that the Evil Emperor has exceptional insight."

The nine-headed Qilin nodded and smiled, "To be valued by two Great Sages, you are quite a figure."

"Grand Steward, you flatter me." Standing before the Nine-Headed Qilin, Di Yi felt an intense sense of pressure. This person was many times stronger than Illusion Saint and the Hall Master of the First Rank Hall. He was definitely the top existence below the Great Saint.

"You humans just love all this roundabout stuff. When I praise you, it's because I genuinely think you're good. Don't try to be humble or modest with me." The nine-headed Qilin waved its hand. "You've encountered some problems with your physical cultivation? Would you like me to give you some pointers?"

The emperor's eyes lit up, and he answered decisively, "I couldn't ask for more."

The nine-headed Qilin nodded and laughed: "That's more like it, be more straightforward."

His pair of Qilin Saint Eyes were as black as ink, and he saw through the Emperor's constitution at a glance, which surprised him slightly.

"You have already refined four of the Five Elements Treasures, and you are only one step away from cultivating the legendary Five Elements Chaos Body... No, in addition to the power of the Five Elements, there are two other powerful forces, which are intertwined with gods and demons and fused with yin and yang. They are even more sinister than the Five Elements Chaos Body."

His gaze moved, taking in Di Yi's meridians, bones, and internal organs clearly, except for his sea of ​​consciousness and primordial embryo.

"I see."

The nine-headed Qilin had an answer in its heart and said in a deep voice, "Your physical constitution is already superior to that of the ancient species in their youth. In theory, it is enough to bear the power of the five elements spiritual objects. However, your heart fire is more vigorous than the other four organs, making it more powerful in essence. The changes caused by the integration of fire-attribute spiritual objects into your body are also more intense."

Emperor Yi suddenly realized that his heart was indeed extraordinary. It was once the heart of the Flame Demon, and a golden god with a human body and a dragon tail was nurtured in the sea of ​​blood within his heart.

Although the Heart of the Fiery Demon no longer exists, its characteristics remain within the body, from which the Yang energy for cultivating the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm originates.

"Then what should I do to continue refining the source of spiritual fire and cultivate my physique to perfection?" Di Yi looked up at the nine-headed Qilin. The other party could see his problem at a glance and probably knew the solution.

"Simple. If your physical body isn't strong enough, then just cultivate it to be stronger."

(End of this chapter)