Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 151 Find a new way
The battle outside the Sword Pavilion ended in victory for the Sword Saint of Burial Moon.

Judging solely from the gains, it's hard to say who the ultimate victor will be. Once the Nine Nether Sword Saint recovers from his injuries, if the Burial Moon Sword Saint doesn't make significant progress, it will be difficult for him to defeat the Nine Nether Sword Saint again.

After the great battle ended, the saints and the group of sword dao semi-saints entered the Sword Pavilion one after another, led by Ning Xuandao.

Zi Qian's cultivation level is only at the Fish-Dragon Realm, but she is now one of the Nine World Princes, which is enough for the Liangyi Sect to make an exception and allow her to enter the Sword Pavilion to read the insights of the predecessors.

Just as Di Yi was about to enter the Sword Pavilion with the other saints, the Holy Book Talent appeared in the square in front of the Sword Pavilion at some point and released her spiritual power to pull Di Yi into her spiritual power domain.

She wasn't wearing a scholar's robe today, but rather a simple white dress.

"Di Yi, we meet again."

For some reason, the moment she saw Di Yi, the image of what happened in the Tomb of Fallen Gods that night flashed through the Saintess's mind, and her heart raced, making it difficult for her to maintain the composure befitting a saint.

Di Yi looked at her with some wariness, not understanding what the talented woman of the Holy Book wanted to do by pulling him into the realm of spiritual power. Could it be that she wanted to avenge the frivolous behavior she had inflicted on him in the Forest of Fallen Gods that day?

"May I ask what business the talented lady has with me?"

Seeing his demeanor, the talented woman felt somewhat relieved. After all, she was a spiritual saint. If she hadn't been affected by the evil energy of death that day, how could she have given Di Yi the opportunity to do such a thing?

"You don't need to be nervous. I've come to thank you in person for saving my life in the Forest of Fallen Gods that day."

Di Yi breathed a sigh of relief; it turned out they hadn't come for revenge.

"You're too kind, Miss Talent. I just happened to be there and did it on a whim. It's nothing to mention."

"I, the Holy One, have always been clear about my gratitude and grudges. Originally, if you were willing, I could recommend you to become one of the nine World Princes, but it seems you have no intention of becoming a World Prince. Would you like to go to the seventh floor of the Sword Pavilion to comprehend the true text of the Wordless Sword Manual?" the Holy Book Talent asked.

"No sword cultivator in the world could refuse the opportunity to comprehend the Wordless Sword Manual," Di Yi said solemnly.

"I can ask Sect Master Ning to let you go to the seventh floor of the Sword Pavilion to study the Wordless Sword Manual with the saints. That would be enough to repay your life-saving grace, and we would be even from now on," said the talented woman of the Holy Book.

Di Yi thought for a moment, then shook his head and refused.

"With my current level of cultivation, whether I see the wordless sword manual or not makes little difference. After I become a saint in the future, I can go and see it myself."

"Moreover, the talented lady must have something else to tell me today, right?"

The talented woman remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

"In the Fallen God's Tomb Forest, you were able to see through Feng Han's disguise and recognize him as an Undying Blood Clan member at a glance. Do you possess a method to identify Undying Blood Clan members?"

Di Yi frowned slightly. He was able to see through the disguise of the Undying Blood Clan because he had the True Source Demon Eye, which allowed him to see through the illusion with the power of truth and origin.

The secret of the True Source Demon Eye cannot be revealed, but the Holy Book Talented Woman believes that he has the means to see through the disguise of the Undying Blood Clan. If she does not give a reasonable explanation, it may bring her more unnecessary trouble.

After thinking for a moment, he had an idea. He looked at the talented woman with a serious expression and said, "This is a great secret about my cultivation. If I tell you, will you keep it a secret for me?"

Seeing his seriousness, the talented woman also became solemn and said, "Don't worry, Nalan Danqing will never reveal your secret."

"If... if it's really inconvenient to disclose, there's no need to insist. Within the Kunlun Realm, there are definitely other methods to identify the Undying Blood Clan."

The emperor was somewhat surprised to see her so understanding, but he had other ideas in mind and was unwilling to let go of this rare opportunity.

"I believe that the talented lady can keep my secret."

The talented woman with the sacred book looked surprised and somewhat incredulous.

Di Yi did not give her another chance to refuse and continued, "Actually, the reason I was able to see through Feng Han's disguise and discover that he was an Undying Blood Clan member is because I cultivated a very special Holy Path. This Holy Path can see through the illusions of the world and see the essence of all things."

"Although the Undying Blood Clan's disguise methods are sophisticated, they are fundamentally different from humans. They have blood wings growing on their backs. Even if they use special methods to cover the blood wings, the bones in their backs will still be different. Under the holy path that I have mastered, they will naturally have nowhere to hide."

As the talented woman listened to his description, she gradually formed a guess in her mind and asked with surprise and doubt: "The holy path you mentioned, could it be the original path among the nine ancient paths?"

Under her gaze, Di Yi slowly nodded.

"I remember you had already mastered the power of darkness, but I never imagined you would also master the power of the origin, cultivating two ancient paths at the same time. No wonder you were able to condense the destiny of a god and achieve what even the Empress could not."

Di Yi smiled and said, "I am not the only one in the Kunlun Realm who has cultivated two ancient paths. Zhang Ruochen of the Eastern Sacred Academy is a successor of the Time and Space lineage, and he has cultivated both the Time and Space paths."

Rumors circulated that Zhang Ruochen was captured by the Little Saint Heavenly King Wan Zhaoyi because Empress Chi Yao was jealous of talent and worried that the successor of the Time-Space lineage would threaten her position once he grew up. When the Holy Book Talented Woman Jian Di mentioned Zhang Ruochen, she assumed that this was also his concern. A cultivator who simultaneously mastered the powers of darkness and origin, and had also condensed a divine destiny, indeed possessed limitless potential for the future.

It's not impossible for him to reach, or even surpass, Empress Chi Yao.

"The Empress's magnanimity is far from the narrow-mindedness that is rumored outside. Otherwise, how could she have held the World Prince Banquet and taken out treasures such as the Divine Spring to cultivate the younger generation of cultivators in the Kunlun Realm?"

"If you are worried that the secret of your two ancient paths being cultivated together will be revealed and arouse the suspicion of the Empress and the court, you are overthinking it."

The talented woman spoke in a serious tone, clearly having absolute confidence in Empress Chi Yao's magnanimity. She believed that Empress Chi Yao was a powerful ruler unseen in the Kunlun Realm for 100,000 years and would never suppress or eliminate a younger generation of geniuses just because they were too outstanding.

As for Zhang Ruochen's matter, there must be other hidden reasons, perhaps he was instigated by villains.

Emperor Yi said, "I am not worried about Empress Chi Yao. You should know that once the news that I can see through the disguise of the Undying Blood Clan gets out, the entire Undying Blood Clan will definitely regard me as a thorn in their side."

The talented woman from the Holy Book breathed a sigh of relief: "What you say makes sense. The Undying Blood Clan is currently lurking among various forces in the Kunlun Realm, and there are probably also experts of the Undying Blood Clan lurking in the black market."

"Rest assured, the secret of the Path of Origin will be known to me once it comes from your mouth. No third person will ever know it. It's just a pity that no one else can see through the disguise of the Undying Blood Clan."

Seeing that the atmosphere had been set, the Emperor said solemnly, "Actually, it's not that there's no way."

"The ancient books in the black market record a special sacred artifact called the 'Sky-Illuminating Mirror.' Only cultivators of the Origin Realm can refine this mirror. It has the ability to see through disguises and reveal the true nature of things. If a large number of Sky-Illuminating Mirrors can be refined and handed over to various forces in the Kunlun Realm, then the Undying Blood Clan will have nowhere to hide."

"Unfortunately, my mastery of the Dao of Origin is not high enough. Along the way, I can only rely on my own exploration. There is still a long way to go before I reach the mastery of the Dao of Origin required to refine the Mirror of Heaven."

The talented woman was startled, sensing from Di Yi's words a possible solution to the crisis of the Undying Blood Clan.

The imperial court governs the five regions and has no shortage of various inheritances. Even the inheritances left by the gods in the Middle Ages are numerous in the imperial court. Although the talented woman of the Holy Book cannot be certain whether there is an inheritance of the Path of Origin among them, the possibility is extremely high.

"In other words, as long as you find a way to improve your mastery of the Dao of Origin, you will be able to refine the Mirror of Illumination?"

"That's true, but improving one's fundamental path is not so easy. To be honest, my lady, I've searched the entire black market but haven't found any related inheritances," Emperor Yi sighed.

The talented woman of the Holy Book appeared confident and said, "The inheritances that the black market has, the imperial court also has; the inheritances that the black market doesn't have, the imperial court also has. Leave the inheritance of the Dao of Origin to me, I will help you find it. I only hope that you can refine a sufficient number of Heaven-Illuminating Mirrors to help Kunlun Realm solve the great problem of the Undying Blood Clan."

The imperial court's resources are naturally far superior to those of the black market. With the cultivation of the Heavenly Demon Innate Diagram temporarily stalled, Emperor Yi turned his attention to the imperial court, hoping to find the inheritance of the Path of Origin with the help of the talented woman of the Sacred Book. Perhaps there would be unexpected surprises.

As for the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror, it is indeed a special sacred artifact recorded in ancient books. It was widely circulated in the medieval period and was not particularly difficult to refine, although it required a certain level of mastery of the Dao of Origin.

"Dealing with the Undying Blood Clan is the duty of human cultivators in the Kunlun Realm. As long as it is within our capabilities, Di Yi will naturally not refuse."

The talented woman was eager to find the inheritance related to the Dao of Origin in the imperial treasury. Without saying anything to Emperor Yiduo, she withdrew her spiritual power domain and turned to leave.

But as she was leaving, she paused slightly and whispered, "I'm glad you trust me. Maybe we can be friends from now on?"

"Friends?" Di Yi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "It is my honor to be friends with a talented woman like you."

The talented woman smiled faintly: "Since we are friends, there is no need to call me 'Talented Woman,' just call me Danqing."

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After the talented woman from the Holy Book departed, Di Yi composed himself and, with an almost pilgrimage-like devotion, stepped into the Sword Pavilion.

The saints have already gone to the seventh level to comprehend the true text of the wordless sword manual. Only a group of sword dao half-saints remain in the first six levels. Disciples of the Liangyi Sect guide them from the side, pointing out the direction and bringing back the insights of the predecessors they wish to see.

Di Yi found a disciple of the Liangyi Sect, asked him a few simple questions, and after learning about the layout of the Sword Pavilion, he began to wander around the Sword Pavilion on his own.

The first six floors of the Sword Pavilion contain the insights left by generations of sword cultivators regarding the first to seventh swords of the wordless sword manual. Even though it has only been accumulated over the past 100,000 years since the Middle Ages, the insights left by generations of sword cultivators have reached a terrifying number.

Emperor Yi only selected a portion of them, but there were still more than three hundred copies, including those of Empress Qian Gu, Sword Emperor, Empress Chi Yao, the successive wielders of the Zhutian Sword, and the successive city lords of Jiuyou City, all of whom were sword saints of the Kunlun Realm in the past 100,000 years.

He also focused on comprehending the five insights of the Sword Emperor, the first patriarch of the Zhutian Sword lineage, the thirteenth patriarch of the Nine Nether City, the Thousand Bone Empress, and the Chi Yao Empress.

They were trying to glean insights into the supreme way of swordsmanship from their understanding of it.

However, after several days of contemplation, he gained no insights, but he did gain a comprehensive understanding of Sword Five, and was only one step away from mastering the first level of Sword Five.

The Sword Tournament lasts only seven days, which is a fleeting time for both half-saints and saints.

(End of this chapter)