Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 123 Hidden Dragon, Breakthrough Saint King

Of the ten Blood Saints, six perished in the blink of an eye, leaving only Prince Xia with the strength to fight.

so horrible!

Before the great battle of Dingxuan Prefecture, the Holy King was not allowed to participate in worldly struggles, and the Holy Ones were the strongest people that could be seen in daily life.

Any saint holds a pivotal position in the Kunlun Realm and can become the sect leader or elder of a first-class sect.

Tonight, six Saints of the Undying Blood Clan perished at Spirit Cuckoo Hill.

It is conceivable that after tonight, the name of Qingyu Sword Saint will once again resound throughout the five regions, surpassing Ling Feiyu and becoming the number one female sword saint in the Central Region of the Nine Provinces.

Seeing this, Yan Kaixuan knew the time had come. He activated his ancestral [Divine Illumination Heavenly Skill], releasing a 300-foot-tall Divine Illumination Holy Image that burst out from the pile of rubble.

"Yan Jiayan has returned in triumph, coming to assist Sword Saint Qingyu in slaying the enemy!"

Following Yan's triumphant return, several more saints outside Lingjuan Hill released their holy images and unleashed holy techniques, attacking the two Blood Saints who had been severely injured by Yuan Chen's Sumeru World-Stabilizing Banner.

The fear in Xia Wangye's heart outweighed his fighting spirit; his heart pounded like a drum, and he dared not stay on Lingjuan Hill any longer.

He put away the Eight Blood God Banners and, along with Taiko-Wang, transformed into a streak of blood-red light and flew towards the southern horizon.

Yan Kaixuan killed hundreds of Undying Blood Clan Half-Saints and Fish-Dragon Realm experts with a single palm strike. His Divine Illumination Saint Image was like a giant war god, and every strike he made caused large-scale casualties among the Undying Blood Clan below the mountain.

"Tonight, we will slaughter every last vampire!"

He laughed loudly, and the sound echoed in the void.

Looking back towards the direction of the Azure Feather Temple, they found that the 'Azure Feather Sword Saint' had already returned to the temple and showed no intention of continuing to attack.

Upon returning to the temple, the holy light and spiritual power emanating from Emperor Yi dissipated, revealing a body covered in cracks like porcelain and a left hand reduced to mere bones.

The Azure Dragon Bracelet and the Heaven-Slaying Sword fell to the ground at the same time. Di Yi exhausted his last bit of strength and fell backward with his head tilted back.

Xiang Zhengfeng quickly reached out and hugged him.

Qingyu Sword Saint and Mei Huangsheng emerged from the inner space of the Azure Dragon Bracelet and, upon seeing Di Yi's condition, their expressions turned solemn.

Taking out the last Withered Wood Pill, the Azure Feather Sword Saint fed it to Emperor Yi. Nourished by the pill's energy, the cracks on Emperor Yi's body began to heal, and the flesh on his left arm slowly grew back.

Mei Huangsheng infused his spiritual power into his body to help him refine the elixir energy.

Fifteen minutes later, Di Yi's consciousness gradually returned, and he opened his heavy eyes.

After taking a look at my own condition, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the injuries were severe, they did not cause any irreversible consequences.

"Brother Di Yi, you're finally awake." Xiang Zhengfeng breathed a sigh of relief. "If it weren't for you tonight, Lingjuan Hill would have been doomed."

Despite the pain in his body, Di Yi looked at Qingyu Sword Saint and Mei Huangsheng and said, "The Undying Blood Clan is determined to obtain the Heaven-Slaying Sword. They suffered a great loss in this battle, and it is estimated that even stronger beings will arrive soon. If an Undying Blood Clan Saint King, or even one of the Ten Blood Emperors, comes in person, we will still only have one way out: death."

The Azure Feather Sword Saint nodded: "Indeed, after this battle, Lingjuan Hill is no longer a suitable place to stay."

Mei Huangsheng used his spiritual power to collect the Four Symbols Beads of the Derivation Realm, the Yuan Chen Sumeru World-Stabilizing Banner, and the Holy Sources and Holy Corpses of the six Undying Blood Clan Holy Sources.

The sacred sources of the six Blood Saints are of immeasurable value. If they were given to a Half-Saint to refine, there is a very high probability that they could create six more Saints.

The sacred corpse is also a treasure, and its value is considerable.

Mei Huangsheng had no intention of keeping them for himself, and handed them all over to Di Yi. These were Di Yi's spoils of war, and he disdained to compete with a junior.

His gaze was somewhat unusual only when he looked at Yuan Chen's Sumeru World-Stabilizing Banner. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Di Yi, is this banner a time-space treasure?"

The cracks on Di Yi's body have disappeared, and flesh and blood have grown back on his left arm. However, his meridians and flesh are still very fragile and require a long period of nurturing.

When he unleashed the Yuan Chen Sumi Stabilizing Banner, he had already anticipated that someone would see through it, and frankly admitted, "Indeed, this banner is a spacetime treasure, with the internal time flow rate being twelve times that of the outside world."

Upon hearing this, Huang Meisheng was both amazed and excited. He looked at the Azure Feather Sword Saint and said, "With this banner, if we enter the space inside the banner, I can help you remove the Netherworld King's Blood Poison in just half a day. Once your cultivation is restored, we will have enough power to protect ourselves."

The Azure Feather Sword Saint appeared very calm, looked at Emperor Yi, and asked, "Time-space treasures are extremely rare in the entire Kunlun Realm. Is there any secret within that should not be known to outsiders?"

Di Yi smiled and shook his head: "How can even the biggest secret be compared to life and death? Sect Master Mei is right. Only when Senior Qingyu recovers his cultivation and personally takes charge of the Heaven-Slaying Sword, and joins forces with Sect Master Mei, will we have enough power to protect ourselves."

Emperor Yi communicated with the spirit of the Yuan Chen Sumi Stabilizing Banner and opened a spatial door within the Holy Temple leading to the inside of the banner.

"Seniors, Brother Zhengfeng, Miss Xiluo, let's go into the inner space of the banner to heal our injuries together."

Mei Xiluo was very curious about the time-space treasure before her, but upon hearing this, she shook her head and said, "I've been inside the temple and haven't suffered any injuries. You all need to recuperate, so I'll stay outside to keep watch. If the Undying Blood Clan returns, we can react in time." "Then Xiluo, you and Changqing should guard the Azure Feather Temple well," Azure Feather Sword Saint instructed.

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As soon as I stepped into the World-Stabilizing Banner, Zhong Yao and Yin Yue came to greet me from the air.

After making some simple arrangements, Di Yi found a place to begin recovering from his injuries.

Xiang Zhengfeng's injuries were also quite severe. He didn't have time to examine the inner space of the Ding Shi Banner before he raced against time to use his internal energy to heal his injuries.

Mei Huangsheng was helping Qingyu Sword Saint expel the Hades Blood Poison from his body.

Hades' Blood Poison is extremely difficult to deal with, but fortunately, the Azure Feather Sword Saint was not deeply poisoned and was discovered in time. In addition, his own cultivation is profound, so it has not reached the point where it cannot be removed.

Having refined seven drops of divine blood in succession, Di Yi's cultivation had reached the pinnacle of the ninth transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm. He was only one drop of divine blood away from reaching the supreme realm of the Fish-Dragon Realm.

However, this last drop of divine blood cannot be refined by the marks of the gods alone; a grand sacrifice is needed to draw upon the power of the gods.

After swallowing a near-sacred herb, the abundant life essence quickly filled the void in his body, rapidly replenishing the blood that had almost been burned up.

The number of sacred rules within the Martial Soul has approached three hundred, including the two ancient paths of Truth and Origin, the supreme sacred paths such as Sword Path, Palm Path, Claw Path, and Five Elements Path, as well as many major and minor paths.

To break through from the Fish-Dragon Realm to the Half-Saint Realm, all that's needed is to integrate twelve Sacred Path Rules into one's Martial Soul. If Di Yi wanted to, he could break through to the Half-Saint Realm at any time.

It took a full five days for Di Yi to completely refine the quasi-saint medicine, raising his combat power to a whole new level. He was now confident in facing a fifth-tier half-saint, and even against a sixth-tier half-saint, he was not without the ability to fight.

The Four Symbols Holy Swords flew in all directions, and the swordsmanship of the sixth level of Swordsmanship III, combined with the White Emperor Heavenly Pivot Sword Technique, was displayed with awe-inspiring power.

Wielding the Heaven-Slaying Sword and mobilizing the Myriad Swords Heaven-Slaying Formation, Emperor Yi essentially absorbed the sword dao insights of the Azure Feather Sword Saint whole. Even though he only converted less than one percent into his own sword dao realm, he still managed to cultivate to the third level of swordsmanship in one go.

In JX3, the concept of the Three Powers (Heaven, Earth, and Man) is represented by the concept of the Three Powers. With the completion of JX3, Emperor Yi's understanding of the unity of Heaven and Man has deepened to a new level.

Xiang Zhengfeng had recovered from his injuries, and was once again shocked by the perfected Sword Technique III unleashed by Di Yi.

The Fish-Dragon Realm cultivator achieved the third level of Sword Skill, a feat that neither the Sword Emperor Xue Hongchen nor Empress Chi Yao could accomplish back then.

Seeing that Di Yi had finished practicing his sword, Xiang Zhengfeng stepped forward and exclaimed, "Brother Di Yi's talent in swordsmanship is truly unparalleled. Not to mention seeing it before, it's simply unheard of."

"Brother Xiang, you flatter me too much. I've only mastered the third level of swordsmanship. I'm still a long way from becoming a sword saint. Brother Xiang's swordsmanship is far superior to mine," Di Yi said with a light laugh.

Xiang Zhengfeng has a high level of skill in the wordless sword manual. He has already mastered Sword Four and is expected to master Sword Five before becoming a saint. However, when he was in the Fish-Dragon Realm, he only mastered Sword Two to the first level, which is no match for Emperor One.

Once Emperor Yi breaks through to the Half-Saint realm, he will soon comprehend Sword Four, Sword Five, and even Sword Six. As for Sword Seven, only Saints can comprehend it; it is absolutely impossible for Half-Saints to do so.

As the two were talking, a vast holy pressure suddenly emanated from the direction where the Azure Feather Sword Saint and Mei Huangsheng were located.

Xiang Zhengfeng said with a joyful expression, "That's great! Master has finally cleared the Netherworld Blood Poison from his body and recovered his cultivation."

Di Yi was also delighted. Mei Huangsheng had previously said it would take seven days to help Qingyu Sword Saint clear the blood poison from his body, but it had only been five days and he had already succeeded.

On the bluestone platform, the Azure Feather Sword Saint stood with his hands behind his back, his white hair flowing like a waterfall, and his breathing became long and deep.

Surprisingly, she looked twenty or thirty years younger, transforming from an elderly woman in her eighties into a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties, with traces of her stunning beauty from her youth still visible.

"Senior, has this... led to a breakthrough?"

Di Yi was surprised. In his early years, Qingyu Sword Saint had cultivated the White Emperor Heavenly Pivot Sword Technique, which had accumulated countless hidden injuries in his body. These injuries were too deep to be reversed, and his lifespan was nearing its end. Even with his profound cultivation, he could not hide the aura of decline on his body.

But at this moment, all traces of old age had dissipated from her, and she was full of vigor, showing no signs of being nearing the end of her life.

Aside from a breakthrough in cultivation and an extension of lifespan, Di Yi couldn't think of any other reason.

The Azure Feather Sword Saint was in a great mood. He turned his gaze from the distance back to Emperor Yi and said with a smile, "To comprehend a sword by observing the shape of a dragon, I have borrowed your precious land to help me take this step as my lifespan was about to end, breaking through to the Saint King realm."

Upon hearing this, Di Yi was slightly taken aback, but quickly understood. This was a cultivation area he had created by using the spatial power within the World-Stabilizing Banner. The spatial power could block the detection of a half-saint, but with the cultivation level of the Azure Feather Sword Saint, it was not difficult for him to see the true scene inside the World-Stabilizing Banner.

He gained insight into swordsmanship by observing the shape of a dragon; this was an enlightenment he received from the corpse of the dragon god, which allowed him to step into the realm of the Saint King.

Mei Huangsheng's spiritual power had been stuck at the peak of the 54th level for many years, and he had never been able to break through to the 55th level and become a spiritual power saint king. At this moment, he was also filled with emotion.

"The Kun hexagram represents the extreme of Yin, where dragons fight in the wild, their blood black and yellow. When Yin reaches its extreme, Yang is born. Entering Qian from Kun is the beginning of Yang. This corresponds to the fifth move of the White Emperor's Heavenly Pivot Sword Technique, 'Hidden Dragon, Do Not Use.' By understanding the alternation of Yin and Yang, one can step into the Saint King realm. This opportunity can only be obtained by your Zhutian Sword lineage."

The Azure Feather Sword Saint simply smiled, not revealing the secret of the Dragon God's corpse inside the World-Stabilizing Banner, and said, "Now that the Underworld King's Blood Poison has been cured, and my cultivation has improved further, it's time for me to go out."

Mei Huangsheng also laughed and said, "Then let's go out and find the saints of the Undying Blood Clan to have a good fight."

(End of this chapter)