Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 143 The Supreme Gold Element
"All sword techniques in the world originate from the Sword Ancestor, stemming from the wordless sword manual within the Sword Pavilion. The Flying Immortal Sword Technique of my Wanxiang City was created by our ancestors throughout the ages. It has eight levels, corresponding to Sword One to Sword Eight. Until the ancestor Hongchen appeared out of nowhere and achieved the Great Sage status through the sword technique, he supplemented the Flying Immortal Sword Technique to the tenth level. Only then did the Flying Immortal Sword Technique become the most powerful sword technique in the Kunlun Realm." Xue Qinghong explained to everyone present with great pride, stating something that was almost common knowledge among sword cultivators in the Kunlun Realm.

But everything needs a starting point, and as Xue Qinghong said, naturally some people in the audience followed suit.

The Sword Saint of Burial Moon feigned surprise, then turned to doubt and continued to ask: "Eight hundred years ago, the Sword Emperor mastered the Ten Swords. With one strike, he was naturally invincible. But this can only be considered the Sword Emperor's skill. It has little to do with the Flying Immortal Sword Technique itself, right? Based on this alone, I'm afraid it doesn't deserve the title of Supreme Sword Technique."

After the Middle Ages, although there were few sword cultivators in the Kunlun Realm who had mastered the Tenth Sword Technique, there were still a few. Although Sword Emperor Xue Hongchen was amazing, his sword technique, perfected by mastering the Tenth Sword Technique, was not enough to be called the Supreme Sword Technique.

Xue Qinghong smiled and nodded, then continued, "After Ancestor Hongchen mastered Sword Ten, he stood at the pinnacle of sword cultivators in the entire Kunlun Realm. To go further, he had to forge a new path on his own. In front of Flying Snow Cliff in Wanxiang City, he sat cross-legged for thirty years and finally comprehended the first three levels of Sword Eleven. He incorporated the metal element of the Five Elements into his own sword path, forging his own path to supreme power. Afterward, he turned back and perfected the Flying Immortal Sword Technique, which is why we, his descendants, cultivate the sword technique we do today."

Integrating unorthodox methods into swordsmanship is an extremely unfamiliar thing even to saints, and even the sword saints only have a vague understanding of it.

Di Yi roughly understood what Xue Qinghong meant. After breaking through to the Great Saint realm, the most important thing for a cultivator is to condense the Saintly Will.

The level of one's divine will determines their future achievements and determines whether they will have the opportunity to challenge the divine realm.

Normally speaking, most saints, even great saints, only cultivate one saintly path. When it comes to condensing saintly intent, they can only condense one kind of saintly intent.

If figures like Xue Qinghong, Jiuyou Sword Saint, and Zangyue Sword Saint have the opportunity to break through to the Great Saint realm in the future, they will most likely only be able to condense a Saintly intent related to the sword path.

The Sword Emperor was the youngest of the nine emperors and three empresses eight hundred years ago, but also the most amazing. Although he became famous for his swordsmanship, the sacred path he cultivated was definitely not limited to swordsmanship.

The element of metal in the Five Elements is likely another sacred path he cultivated. With this, he condensed a second sacred intent besides the sacred intent of the sword path, and integrated it into his own sacred intent of the sword path, causing his sword path to undergo a transformation and enter a completely new level.

The Sacred Intent is unique to the Great Sage realm. Among the Sages present, even the two Sword Dao Saint Kings, Hong Jiu and Xue Qinghong, are still quite far from the Great Sage realm. Most of the lineages behind the Sages present have never produced a Great Sage and have never heard of the Sacred Intent.

In the history of Nine Nether City, there was indeed a Great Sage of Sword Dao, who was the Evil Emperor of that generation and the ancestor of the Nine Nether Sword Saint, who was more than ten generations removed.

Even the patriarch of Nine Nether City only left behind a few words about the Holy Will.

"By incorporating the elements of the Five Elements into the sword path, one can transform it into the Supreme Sword Path?"

The Nine Nether Sword Saint asked the question that most of the people present had.

When the Emperor saw the saints looking puzzled, he was quite surprised. But after a moment's thought, he realized that he had the advantage of being prescient. Otherwise, with his current level of cultivation, he would never have been qualified to come into contact with the concept of saintly will.

Upon hearing this, Xue Qinghong hesitated for a moment, no longer as confident as before. What he said was only what he had seen in the records of Wanxiang City, not written by the Sword Emperor himself, so it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

But the saints were eagerly anticipating it, and he was unwilling to embarrass Wanxiang City, so he solemnly said, "It is not ordinary metal of the five elements, but the legendary supreme metal. Only by incorporating the supreme metal into Sword Eleven can the supreme path of swordsmanship of the ancestor of the mortal world be achieved."

These words sounded so convincing that even Emperor Yi couldn't help but wonder if the Golden Element Sacred Intent that the Sword Emperor had condensed back then had some other origin.

"Supreme Gold? What is that? Why have I never heard of it before?"

"Yes, metal is one of the five elements, associated with the west and associated with killing and warfare. But what is the supreme metal?"

The saints were bewildered, like young children learning to read, not knowing what heaven and earth were.

In terms of their level of cultivation, their view of the Great Sage is not much different from that of a martial artist at the Heavenly Realm.

Having said this, Xue Qinghong deliberately kept the conversation mysterious and stopped speaking, leaving the assembled saints to their own imaginations.

Luo Xu stood beside Zen Master Yuan and Mr. Zhu Meng Zhijie, pondered for a moment, and secretly made some guesses in his heart.

As the greatest figure of two hundred years ago, Luo Xu cultivated more than one path of sainthood. In addition to the Way of Fist, he also studied the Five Elements of Water and Confucianism.

The cultivation technique he practiced was the Qiankun Martial Secret, one of the six great books of the Kunlun Realm, which contained some rough records of knowledge related to the Holy Will.

According to the records in the Secrets of the Universe, even if the sword path is combined with the five elements, it is still not enough to be worthy of the title of Supreme.

"Zen Master, Brother Zhu, you two are both very knowledgeable. Do you know what the Supreme Gold that Lord Xue mentioned is?"

“According to Buddhist scriptures, there are five Buddhas under the Buddha Kassapa, with Vairocana Buddha in the center, belonging to the metal element. Therefore, in Buddhism, metal is the most revered element among the five elements. However, the Sword Emperor was a romantic and unconventional person back then, not someone who would be well-versed in Buddhist teachings. This supreme metal should have nothing to do with Buddhism,” said Zen Master Liaoyuan.

Meng Zhijie was the patriarch of the Book School, well-versed in all schools of thought and knowledgeable throughout history. He was the most learned man, and even the talented woman from the Book School was merely a junior in Confucianism and Taoism before him, far inferior in cultivation and knowledge. Upon reflection, he did indeed recall Confucian and Taoist stories related to this supreme gold.

"Among the four patriarchs of Confucianism and Taoism, the first patriarch of Confucianism entered the Tao through the zither and corrected the five tones with the six musical scales. It is said that in ancient times, the first patriarch of Confucianism discussed the Tao with the ancient sage Guigu from the Kunlun Realm. They used the five tones to correspond to the sixty Jiazi (sexagenary cycle) and summarized the Na Yin Five Elements, which correspond to human destiny. There are a total of thirty kinds, with each of the five elements occupying six of them."

"Taking the element of metal as an example, it is divided into six types: hairpin gold, sea gold, gold foil gold, white wax gold, sand gold, and sword-edge gold. Among these six types of metal, sword-edge gold is the supreme destiny number and is also known as the supreme gold."

The Five Elements are the supreme sacred path, and music is also a popular spiritual cultivation method in the world. However, combining the Five Elements with the Five Tones is a rather unorthodox path, and there are very few records of it in the Kunlun Realm. It was only because Meng Zhijie read extensively that he was able to find this story in the vast ancient books.

"The Golden Sword Edge is under the authority of the White Emperor. It is forged through a hundred refinements, its red light shines like the stars, and its white blade is as white as frost and snow. It is the most precious metal in the world. The Sword Emperor may have comprehended the Golden Sword Edge and integrated it into his own sword path, thus forging a supreme sword path."

"The White Emperor holds power, forged through a hundred refinements..." Luo Xu repeated Meng Zhijie's words, his gaze falling on Di Yi opposite him, and asked, "The inherited sword technique of the Zhutian Sword lineage is called the White Emperor Heavenly Pivot. Could it be related to this?"

This was something Meng Zhijie hadn't considered. Hearing Luo Xu's words, he also fell into deep thought and said in a cautious tone, "It's quite possible. It is said that when the Sword Emperor was young, he consulted the Sword Master of the Zhutian Sword at the time about swordsmanship. Perhaps when he perfected the Flying Immortal Sword Technique, he also incorporated the essence of the White Emperor Heavenly Pivot Sword Technique into it."

He spoke very softly, so that only Master Luoxu and Zen Master Liaoyuan could hear him.

If these baseless accusations were to fall into the ears of outsiders, the people of Wanxiang City would inevitably think that they were slandering the Sword Emperor of yesteryear.

Emperor Yi was quite disappointed that he could not get an answer from the saints about the so-called Supreme Gold.

But having witnessed the duel between the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sword Technique and the Flying Immortal Sword Art earlier was enough to make the trip worthwhile.

After the battle between Sword Saint Hong Jiu and Xue Qinghong ended, Meng Zhijie walked to the painting of ten thousand lights, looked around at everyone, and said with a smile, "Everyone, is there anyone else who would like to enter the painting to discuss the Dao?"

With the two Sword Saint Kings as shining examples, most of the other saints were not here specifically to discuss the Dao. After waiting for a while, no one showed any intention of making a move.

Seeing this, Meng Zhijie simply put away the painting of ten thousand lights. The several-foot-long scroll was rolled up into a single scroll and placed in his hand. The weight made him tremble slightly, and it was hard to imagine how heavy it was.

The four masters of Confucianism and Taoism are Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju. Mei, Lan, and Ju are all purely spiritual cultivators, while Master Zhu is a dual cultivator of both spiritual and martial arts. He is a saint of both spiritual power and martial arts, and has become a sword saint who has mastered the seventh level of sword cultivation.

The "Myriad Lights" painting was so heavy that even he struggled to lift it; an ordinary saint would probably not even be able to do so. This painting truly deserves its reputation as one of the two great treasures of the Painting Sect, along with the "Seven Lives and Seven Deaths" painting. It is indeed no ordinary object, and is even more precious than a supreme sacred artifact.

There's a saying that goes, "The dagger is revealed when the map is unrolled," and the same principle applies to the act of concealing one's intentions at this moment.

An elderly saint in the crowd suddenly spoke up: "Recently, news of a miraculous medicine that can bring the dead back to life has been circulating in the Eastern Region. As far as I know, the source of this news is the Death Zen Sect. Since Master Wuse and Master Xinshu are here today, let's clarify this news and dispel the doubts in the hearts of all the saints present."

The old man was the patriarch of a saintly clan in the Fallen God Mountains. He had lived for over four hundred years and was nearing the end of his life. He had come specifically for the elixir of life.

With him taking the lead, Hong Jiu Sword Saint, Huang Quan Saint, Xue Qinghong, and Zen Master Liaoyuan all turned their gazes toward him.

The abbot of Bodhi Temple is nearing the end of his life and urgently needs something to prolong it. Otherwise, once he passes away, without the Holy King presiding over Bodhi Temple, it will be difficult for it to maintain its position as one of the three major branches of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Path. There are more than ten thousand Buddhist temples in the Western Regions, and the imperial court has supported a large number of temples over the past five hundred years, all waiting to take its place.

Xue Qinghong was in her prime, and her trip was not for herself, but for the sake of the older generation of sword saints in Wanxiang City.

Back when the Sword Emperor was still alive, he had countless beauties around him, each of whom was a sword prodigy. They received personal guidance from the Sword Emperor in swordsmanship, and eight of them became Sword Saints. Together with Xue Lanshan, a genius descendant from the same clan, they became the Sword Emperor's nine Sword Saint disciples.

Eight hundred years have passed, and the Sword Emperor has vanished without a trace. Of the nine great sword saints of that time, some died tragically in foreign lands, while others, with their youthful beauty faded and their hair turned white, were buried in green tombs. Now, only four remain, all of them old and frail, approaching their twilight years.

If no life-extending treasure can be found, it is foreseeable that within a few decades, Wanxiang City, this sword city, will be solely supported by Xue Qinghong.

The Buddhist Master of Mind is a prodigy in the Ode to Heroes, achieving sainthood before the age of seventy. He is now a saint in the Tongtian Realm, but compared to these senior figures present, he is no match at all.

The gazes cast upon them created an extremely terrifying pressure.

The Buddhist Master Xinshu clasped his hands together and chanted "Amitabha." The myriad treasures robe he wore immediately shone brightly, and the holy and Buddhist power contained within the robe was activated, forcing back the gazes of the saints.

The owner of the Myriad Treasures Kasaya was the Old Ancestor Si Chan, and the Buddhist Master Xin Shu was only temporarily borrowing it. He wore the Myriad Treasures Kasaya to represent the Old Ancestor Si Chan, which was the source of the confidence that the Buddhist Master Xin Shu and the Buddhist Master Wuse dared to attend the banquet.

The formidable reputation of the Old Master Sichan was enough to frighten away anyone with ill intentions.

(End of this chapter)