Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 113 The Battle of the Emperors Before the Ziwei Palace

The central imperial city, the Ziwei Palace.

The fairy princess presented the list of candidates for the World Prince to Empress Chi Yao.

The register was cast in pure gold, and every word on it contained the sacred aura and sacred principles of the Holy Book Scholar, making it impossible for others to forge.

Empress Chi Yao flipped through the pages one by one, holding her imperial brush, and wrote annotations on the register.

Of the candidates for the World's Child on the roster, Empress Chi Yao had only met two or three of them. However, based solely on the descriptions given by the talented woman from the Sacred Book, she could discern a person's true character and offer comments that even the talented woman from the Sacred Book could not have conceived of.

Empress Chi Yao read very slowly; she actually spent half an hour carefully studying all thirty-one candidates.

After drawing a cross in red ink under the words 'Di Yi' on the last page, she closed the register.

"Wang Shiqi, you may step back now. If there are any unusual movements on the Heaven and Earth Chess Platform, then come and report back."

"My minister retire."

Wang Shiqi bowed and took his leave, departing from the Ziwei Palace, leaving only the Fairy Concubine standing alone beneath the Emperor's throne.

The figure on the imperial throne slowly rose, enveloped in five-colored light, and descended from the nine-zhang-high Phoenix Platform.

The fairy princess stood respectfully to the side, just as always.

The five-colored holy light gradually dissipated, revealing Empress Chi Yao's majestic yet stunningly beautiful face.

Centered on her, the rules of heaven and earth within the entire Ziwei Palace gradually became active, and the imperial sacred patterns on the palace walls were fully revived.

"Like an illusion, yet not real; the mortal world is formless. I, the Emperor, was almost truly deceived by you. Empress, will you continue to pretend to be a celestial concubine?"

Holy music echoed through the Ziwei Palace, accompanied by a crisp sword hum, and Empress Chi Yao held a blood-red imperial sword in her hand.

The supreme sacred artifact, the Blood-Dripping Sword, is forged from the very essence of creation.

"I thought I could at least fool Empress Chi Yao for an hour, but I didn't expect my identity to be exposed in just half an hour."

The aura emanating from the Fairy Consort gradually changed and rose higher and higher, soon surpassing the limits of a Saint and reaching a level where she could rival Empress Chi Yao.

Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding...

The melodious sound of wind chimes rang out, and a supreme holy might also erupted from the Fairy Consort's body. It was the Illusion Queen's spiritual artifact, the Myriad Illusions Wind Chime.

The Myriad Illusions Wind Chime is a supreme treasure of the desolate Mirage Sea. Forged from the hide and bones of a mirage beast from the divine realm, it is a powerful spiritual artifact passed down for hundreds of thousands of years.

The last time it appeared in the world was eight hundred years ago.

The figure of the Illusion Queen appeared in the Ziwei Palace, dressed in a scholar's robe, her black hair flying, holding the Myriad Illusion Wind Chime in her hand.

The wind chimes rang incessantly, and the scene of the Ziwei Palace before Empress Chi Yao's eyes changed, transforming into a starry sky.

The Queen of Illusions stood in the center of the starry sky, her body becoming incredibly tall, like a god.

Empress Chi Yao was somewhat surprised. She gripped her sword even tighter and looked up at the powerful figure in the starry sky, exclaiming in admiration, "Turning the false into the real, changing the world, is this the method of the Illusion Master?"

A figure appeared in a corner of the starry sky, dressed in a scholar's robe and hat, with white beard and hair, wrinkles like thousands of ravines, and a face full of vicissitudes.

The true leader of the four schools of Confucianism and Taoism, and Emperor Wen, one of the nine emperors eight hundred years ago.

Emperor Wen's spiritual power had reached the peak of the Great Sage realm, only one step away from the Divine Realm, but standing under the starry sky, he still felt a strong sense of oppression.

“Qingxuan, it has been five hundred years since we last met. Your achievements in spiritual power have surpassed mine.”

Emperor Wen and Empress Huan were among the most renowned powerhouses in the Kunlun Realm eight hundred years ago, but few people know that they both came from the same clan and shared the surname Nalan.

The scholar-robed figure suspended in the sea of ​​stars had phantoms appearing beneath his feet: a demonic dragon, a vermilion bird, a chaotic Kun, and a Bi'an. Each phantom exuded an incomparably powerful aura, approaching the Great Sage realm, and was none other than the emperor of the desolate four seas.

Standing on the back of the Vermilion Bird, the Myriad Illusions Wind Chime in her hand still emitted a melodious sound. After exchanging glances with Emperor Wen and Empress Chi Yao, she summoned the illusory images of the four emperors and flew towards Empress Chi Yao.

The Demon Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Bixie, and Hunkun all possess the bloodline of ancient species and have fought against the Illusion Queen. Their sacred paths, battle techniques, and essence have been imprinted in the Illusion Queen's mind and transformed into her fighting methods.

The Blood-Dripping Sword unleashed a monstrous sword aura, its blood-red light stretching for miles. The blood of countless spirits that had perished beneath the sword revived, forming a dense array led by eight illusory beast emperors, resembling a holy army.

Empress Chi Yao unleashed a sword strike, the blood shadows of all the saints merging into the sword's path. The sword strike was the eleventh sword from the wordless sword manual.

Bang!
Like stars colliding and a divine bell tolling, the sword energy clashed with the phantom of the Four Seas Beast King, shattering it with a single strike.

Ripples of energy echoed in the void, disappearing at the edge of the starry sea.

This sea of ​​stars is not the real starry sky, but the mental realm cultivated by the Illusion Queen. With her spiritual power, she is able to project the mental realm, turning it into a world that is half real and half illusory, sealing off heaven and earth, and turning the Ziwei Palace into her own domain.

The Beast King of the Wilderness and Four Seas is extremely powerful, but even if his true form were here, he would not be a match for Empress Chi Yao, let alone the four phantoms condensed by the Illusion Queen with the power of the Mind Realm.

"What superb swordsmanship! Your achievements in swordsmanship have surpassed those of Xue Hongchen eight hundred years ago."

The Illusion Queen shook the Myriad Illusions Wind Chime, causing the sea of ​​stars to surge, and two illusory yet enormous shadows coalesced from the stars.

One is a five-clawed golden dragon, and the other is a nine-colored divine phoenix.

The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon is the supreme bloodline among the dragons, while the Nine-Colored Divine Phoenix is ​​the highest bloodline of the phoenix clan, extremely rare in all realms, and only occasionally born in the Southern Universe's Heavenly Dragon Realm and Demon God Realm.

These two illusory figures are not entirely illusory; they contain pieces of divine bone and two divine sources that shine as brightly as the sun.

For five hundred years, the Queen of Illusions traveled across the five regions and four seas, searching for ancient ruins, and finally found the bones and divine source of the Golden Dragon and the Divine Phoenix in an ancient battlefield.

The two skeletal bodies had already surpassed the Saint Realm in their lifetimes, making them true gods. Even though they had fallen more than 100,000 years ago, the divine power contained within their divine source still emanated a power that no Great Saint could match.

However, neither Empress Chi Yao nor Emperor Wen were ordinary Great Saints; they stood at the very pinnacle below the Divine Realm.

Millions of supreme runes on the Blood-Dripping Sword were activated, unleashing the supreme holy might without reservation.

Emperor Wen no longer stood idly by. A scroll radiating a sacred light flew out from his body. It was the supreme treasure of Confucianism and Taoism, the sacred book of the Confucian ancestor.

Confucianism and Taoism have four Confucian patriarchs, and the four sacred books of these patriarchs represent their lineage, embodying their Tao and knowledge, and containing boundless power and wondrous methods.

Driven by the peak spiritual power of Emperor Wen, the Confucian and Taoist aura he unleashed was so powerful that few below the Divine Realm could withstand it.

The Illusionary Queen attacked Empress Chi Yao with golden dragons and divine phoenixes, then turned her gaze to Emperor Wen.

“Five hundred years ago, my cousin stopped me and made a pact with me not to kill the Xue Dynasty. Five hundred years have passed, and you can no longer stop me, but I still keep my promise and do not personally deal with the Xue Dynasty.”

The Illusion Queen struck the Myriad Illusion Wind Chimes at Chi Yao, her aura shifting as a righteous energy, no weaker than Emperor Wen's, burst forth from her body.

The Nalan family were great Confucian and Taoist families, descendants of the ancestor of Confucianism. Empress Huan and Emperor Wen both came from the Nalan clan and were equally accomplished in Confucianism and Taoism.

An ancient stone tablet appeared in the palm of his hand after the illusion, and he slapped it down, striking the vast domain supported by the sacred book of the Confucian ancestor, causing the vast energy to dissipate.

"Boom!"

The clash between three supreme Great Saints was so powerful that even the Mind Realm could not completely isolate its power. The Ziwei Palace trembled, and the entire Central Imperial City was as if an earth dragon had turned over.

Wan Zhaoyi, who was guarding outside the palace, transformed into a streak of light and rushed towards the main hall, not caring whether he would collide with Her Majesty the Empress. However, he only made it to the palace gate before he was sent flying back by the power of the Holy Dao, crashing down the long steps, his body becoming tattered and torn, with holy blood flowing all over the ground.

The sinking of the Ziwei Palace triggered the revival of the entire central imperial city's formations.

A powerful spiritual force revived within the Earth Temple. The Temple Master, the Living Bodhisattva, awoke from his seclusion, stepped out of the temple gate, and looked towards the direction of the Ziwei Palace.

"Who dares to challenge the Empress in the Central Imperial City? Could it be a coalition of emperors from the four desolate seas?"

The Living Bodhisattva is one of the most outstanding figures in the Kunlun Realm over the past eight hundred years. He achieved the status of a Great Sage in less than a thousand years through his spiritual power.

Ordinary saints might not understand the power of Empress Chi Yao, but as a Great Saint, she could only describe her respect for the Empress's strength as awe.

No matter how strong the emperors of the four seas are, they might be able to fight the empress on their own home ground. But this is the central imperial city, the heartland of the First Central Empire. Even if the emperors of the four seas join forces, they will only be defeated. Moreover, in addition to Empress Chi Yao, there is also Emperor Wen, one of the Nine Emperors, in the city.

The Living Bodhisattva was about to set off to Ziwei Palace to find out what was going on, but a powerful holy might locked him in place. The night sky above the Earth God Temple turned blue, and a giant beast reached out its claws, piercing through the city's protective array and coming with the Azure Annihilation Divine Fire.

"The Azure Phoenix, the Beast King of the Northern Wilderness."

The Living Bodhisattva's expression changed drastically. He raised his spiritual energy field and met the Azure Phoenix Beast King, whose wingspan was a thousand miles and whose body was enveloped in flames, above the thick clouds.

Within the central imperial city lies a spatial wormhole connecting to the Chaotic Myriad Realms Mountain. The moment the battle fluctuations emanated from the Ziwei Palace, the Heavenly King of the Ministry of War sent out a message.

At that moment, a figure shrouded in chaotic mist emerged from the spatial wormhole.

Outside the wormhole, a wild figure, three zhang tall, was already waiting.

The Chaos Army Lord recognized his aura and his expression changed slightly.

"The Lord of Kongwu Mountain, the King of Qiongqi Beasts."

Qingluan and Qiongqi are both renowned beast kings in the wilderness, having lived for thousands of years. Although they are not as powerful as the emperors of the four seas, their strength is not to be underestimated, and they occupy hundreds of millions of miles of territory in the wilderness.

The two beast kings and the two great saints of the imperial court have not yet engaged in a life-or-death battle, but the mere clash of their auras is enough to make the saints in the city feel as if a divine mountain is pressing down on them, making it difficult for them to muster the will to resist.

Even the Grand Preceptor Wang Shiqi, whose spiritual power had reached the peak of the 59th level, dared not interfere in the Great Sage War and could only place his hopes on Empress Chi Yao in the Ziwei Palace.

Within the city, a series of subtle auras are reviving, each one incredibly powerful, at least at the Saint King level. Many of these auras are rumored to have been lost long ago.

Boom!

A crimson sword light rose from the direction of the Ziwei Palace, soaring straight into the sky, illuminating the night sky, and turning the world into a crimson hue.

The illusionary queen's mental boundaries have been shattered.

Freed from the constraints of her mind, Empress Chi Yao's holy might grew stronger and stronger, seemingly surpassing the limits of the Kunlun Realm.

Along with the crimson sword light soaring into the sky, so too did righteous energy rise.

A towering stone tablet released three thousand streams of righteous energy, like three thousand holy dragons, which attacked Empress Chi Yao.

A Confucian scholar in the city recognized the stone tablet and exclaimed in surprise, "That is... the Haoran Stele of the legendary Third Confucian Ancestor."

The Blood-Dripping Sword in Empress Chi Yao's hand was as vivid as a blood-red sword, and the soaring evil aura released from the sword was suppressed for the first time in front of the Haoran Stele.

Although Emperor Wen's spiritual power was high, he was not good at fighting. When he encountered Empress Huan, who had already reached the realm of Illusionary Dao Celestial Master, he could not break through her mental realm and was suppressed within it.

This is the first time Empress Chi Yao has felt pressure since she slew the Demon Emperor, the Buddha Emperor, defeated the Evil Emperor, and killed the eight Beast Kings of the Wilderness hundreds of years ago.

The nine emperors and three empresses of eight hundred years ago were all extraordinary individuals, and none were weak among their peers.

The Empress's mastery of spiritual power has reached the pinnacle of the Holy Path. If it weren't for the incomplete rules of the Kunlun Realm, she should have already crossed the Heavenly Gate of the Divine Realm and broken through to become a god.

The Haoran Stele is the weapon of the Third Confucian Ancestor. It was activated by the Illusion Queen with the spiritual power of a Great Sage at its peak, and it has become invincible below the Divine Realm.

Empress Chi Yao had absolute confidence in herself and did not think she would lose to Empress Huan, but Empress Huan's goal was not to defeat her, but only to buy time.

Her gaze turned north, towards Dingxuan Prefecture.

"Xue Wangchao is the founding emperor of the dynasty. No one can take his life without my permission."

The holy light surrounding Empress Chi Yao was in harmony with the laws of heaven and earth of the central imperial city, and the sacred vein beneath the imperial city was reviving.

Inside the headquarters of the Inscription Guild, the divine might of the Emperor is being revived.

The Great Sage with spiritual power awoke from the depths of the guild, sighed softly, and opened the world gate deep within the guild.

A mighty divine power, centered on the Inscription Guild, swept across the entire central imperial city.

A divine radiance of white jade rose from the ground, eventually transforming into a jade ruler that appeared before Empress Chi Yao.

Empress Chi Yao stretched out her palm and grasped the jade ruler. The world was enveloped by the rules belonging to the emperor, and the three thousand mighty dragons of the Haoran Stele were blocked by the divine light emanating from the jade ruler, unable to advance an inch.

The Illusionary Queen stood on the Monument of Righteousness, holding the Myriad Illusions Wind Chime, her gaze fixed intently on the jade ruler in the hand of Empress Chi Yao.

"To gain the approval of the Emperor's Divine Ruler, you are indeed the undisputed emperor of the Kunlun Realm."

The Jade Ruler is the Emperor's Divine Ruler, one of the Ten Divine Artifacts of the Kunlun Realm.

Only a true emperor can unleash the power of the Emperor's Ruler. Even the nine emperors and three empresses eight hundred years ago were unable to wield it.

The fact that she was recognized by the Emperor's Divine Ruler alone made Empress Chi Yao's achievements surpass those of her predecessors, making her the first emperor in 100,000 years.

With the Emperor's Divine Ruler in hand, Empress Chi Yao stepped forward and met the gaze of the Illusionary Empress on the Haoran Stele: "The Nine Emperors and Three Empresses are seniors of the Kunlun Realm, and I hold them in high esteem. But those who oppose me will only face death."

Chi Yao did not want to fight Huan Hou to the death. Huan Hou was very strong. She was a master of the Illusion Dao and had also cultivated the Dao of the Mind. After the Middle Ages, Huan Hou was enough to rank among the top three spiritual cultivators in the Kunlun Realm.

The few who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him had long since left the Kunlun Realm and become pioneers.

As the chosen one by the Venerable Monk Sumeru, Chi Yao knew many secrets of the Kunlun Realm that were unknown to others, and understood that in the face of a true enemy, even she herself was like an ant.

What the Kunlun Realm needs now is stability, to accumulate strength for the near future, and to prepare for the coming calamity.

The battle with the Queen of Illusions was merely a matter of internal strife.

But she had no choice but to take action in this battle. If she couldn't defeat the Illusion Queen, countless ambitious people in the Five Regions and Four Seas would seize the opportunity and destroy the excellent situation she had worked so hard to create.

“Chi Yao, you and I are not enemies. Hong Ting’s death was what she wanted in her heart. But as a teacher, I must seek justice for my disciple.”

"Six hundred years ago, before the Demon Emperor went to the Copper Furnace Plain, he told me at Wuding Mountain that if you could kill him, you would prove that you were qualified to unify the world. Today, I also want to see if you have the strength and courage to rule the Kunlun Realm."

The Illusion Queen's eyes sharpened as she looked at Empress Chi Yao. In the Death Ruins Realm, she had glimpsed many secrets of the Kunlun Realm from 100,000 years ago and seen a wider world beyond the Kunlun Realm.

After this battle, regardless of victory or defeat, she has no intention of staying in the Kunlun Realm.

Before leaving, she also wanted to know if this Empress of Destiny truly had the ability to support the entire Kunlun Realm.

(End of this chapter)