Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 165 Further into the Central Region
half year later.

As the last wisp of divine tree energy was refined, the golden divine light that filled the sky fell back into Nangong Shi's body.

He slowly opened his eyes, his aura several times stronger than it had been half a year ago. Although he was still a Saint King, his strength had undergone a tremendous change.

"Unfortunately, the divine tree's energy was limited, and it was unable to seize the opportunity to condense a divine destiny."

Feeling a pang of regret, he released his mental energy to scan Tanggu, but failed to find the Empress's aura. He realized that he had missed the chance to say goodbye to the Empress.

"Master, I only wish you all the best."

Putting aside his melancholy, Nangong Shi took a step forward and quickly arrived at the shattered space zone.

The road leading to the outside world had collapsed and disappeared the day after the Illusion Queen entered. It is unknown whether it dissipated on its own or was severed by the Illusion Queen.

Upon seeing Nangong Shi emerge from seclusion, Huan Sheng stopped refining the Divine Essence Flower and stepped out from the Time-Flowing Land.

"Fifth Senior Brother, you've finally emerged from seclusion."

"Where's my junior brother? I can't find him."

Nangong Shi scanned the surroundings but could not find Di Yi.

"Please wait a moment, senior brother, I'll call him out." Illusion Saint walked to the edge of the chaotic space, picked up a rope from the ground, and the other end of the rope extended into the edge of the chaotic space.

Illusionary Saint tugged on the rope, and a moment later, a figure enveloped in cyan flames flew out from the chaotic space.

The azure purifying divine fire dissipated, revealing Emperor Yi's figure.

"Fifth Senior Brother, that's great! You've finally come out of seclusion."

Nangong Shi looked Di Yi over and noticed the changes in him. He was very surprised: "It's only been half a year, Junior Brother, your cultivation has improved so much."

"It wasn't just half a year. During this time, I often stayed in the slow-flowing time zone. If I calculate the actual cultivation time, it should be more than four years," Di Yi said.

"To go from a third-tier half-saint to a ninth-tier half-saint in just four years is truly astonishing."

Di Yi knew that his cultivation level could not be hidden from Nangong Shi's eyes. Half a year had passed, and his martial arts cultivation had improved to the ninth level of half-saint, his spiritual power had reached the peak of the forty-ninth level, and one hundred and forty acupoints in his physical body had been sanctified. All three paths were very close to becoming a saint.

Besides the improvement in cultivation, the greatest gain was the five-colored phoenix phantom in the sea of ​​consciousness. It was a strange phenomenon transformed from the spiritual power holy technique inherited by the Divine Phoenix Clan. It was quite similar to the Holy Body Dharma Image, but also different.

The phantom of a five-colored phoenix hovered near the fire bead of the Four Symbols Beads of the Realm of Derivation. Compared to water, earth, and wind, Di Yi's understanding of the fire of the Realm of Derivation is now significantly deeper.

In addition, he has made great progress in the cultivation of various martial arts. With the help of the golden crow's divine charm remaining in the broken space, Di Yi has mastered the fourth level of the Flowing Light Flying Rainbow Escape Technique and raised it to the level of a sacred technique.

The seawater above Tang Valley surged and began to close. Before Huan Hou brought them here, Tang Valley had already been open for half a year. Now, another half a year has passed, and it is time for Tang Valley to close.

The next opening will be two cycles of sixty years later.

"Let's go, I'll take you back to the Eastern Region."

Nangong Shi summoned the Yama Bell, which transformed into a ten-zhang-long bell. When laid flat, the bell resembled a small boat.

The three of them leaped onto the bell and, under Nangong Shi's guidance, flew out of Tang Valley, passed through the water curtain, and appeared in the sky above the East China Sea.

Di Yi looked down at the sea below. The sea was calm and still, and there was no indication that another world was hidden beneath the surface.

After a brief stop, Yama Bell headed east, returning to the Eastern Region.

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For ordinary people, half a year is equivalent to two seasons, from sowing to harvest.

For cultivators, it was a relatively short period of seclusion.

However, in just six months, the changes in the Eastern Region and even the entire Kunlun Realm have been enormous.

Among the World Lords, Kings, Prodigies, and Outstanding Individuals at the World Lords' Banquet, several have broken through to the Half-Saint realm in the past six months, rapidly growing and changing the landscape of the younger generation.

Huanyu Tian, ​​Black Market Yipintang.

The streets in the southeast area are mostly occupied by the residences of semi-saints. One of them, which is not particularly eye-catching, was the residence that Emperor Yue arranged for Emperor Yi when he first entered the First Rank Hall.

The courtyard was originally filled with peach trees, but after being baptized by the power of the gods that winter, only four trees survived.

Now they are lush and verdant, with canopies like umbrellas, and pink flowers and fruits coexist among the branches and leaves, making them increasingly exceptional in quality.

Asparagus is watering the tree roots with the spiritual spring, taking good care of them.

Inside the pavilion, Ye Honglei played the flute, pressing the gong, while Emperor Yiyi, dressed in a black robe, closed his eyes to listen.

A quarter of an hour later, the sound of the flute stopped, and Di Yi slowly opened his eyes.

"The Six Desires Mantra isn't particularly profound, but the way you play it has a unique charm, as if it can truly stir up the seven emotions and six desires within your heart."

After the battle at the Tomb of Fallen Gods, the Evil Emperor fully activated the Tower of Babel, sending all the young powerhouses from the Eastern Black Market into the tower to cultivate, and bestowing upon them many cultivation treasures.

Six months outside is equivalent to seven or eight years inside the Tower of Babel. Ye Honglei's cultivation has risen to the sixth-order half-saint level, and his spiritual power has reached the peak of the forty-eighth order.

Compared to martial arts, her talent in mental strength is indeed much higher. After consuming the Great Sage's Heavenly Tea, the gap between the two widened even further.

“If Junior Uncle likes to hear this, then keep Honglei by your side. After all, you are the Young Master, and I am the Star Envoy. The Star Envoy can only obey the Young Master’s orders,” Ye Honglei said with a light laugh.

"The Azure Dragon Ruins are about to be destroyed. Han Qiu and the others have already rushed to the Chaos Myriad Realms Mountain to seize the Holy Spirit Spring from the Azure Dragon Ruins. Why didn't you go with them?"

The Azure Dragon Ruins Realm is a superior ruin realm outside the Kunlun Realm. Living beings face calamities, and so does the heavens and earth. Every 129,600 years, there is a Yuanhui Calamity.

The Azure Dragon Ruins have existed for tens of millions of years and have survived the ninety-ninth dimensional tribulation. Now, the one hundredth dimensional tribulation is about to arrive.

Given the limited resources of the Azure Dragon Ruins Realm, there is no possibility of it surviving the Hundredth Dimensional Tribulation; the destruction of the world is inevitable. The destruction of a superior Ruins Realm is a tragedy for the beings of the Ruins Realm, but a feast for the Kunlun Realm.

Holy Spirit Spring is the main ingredient for refining Holy Essence Pill. It is only produced in large quantities when the world is destroyed. It is foreseeable that a large amount of Holy Spirit Spring will be produced in the Azure Dragon Ruins Realm, and its quality will definitely be extremely high.

A grand feast that happens only once every 100,000 years, where all the powerful figures in the Kunlun Realm will gather, especially cultivators below the Saint Realm.

“The Azure Dragon Ruins are the battlefield for the experts on the Half-Saint Ranking and the Outer Half-Saint Ranking. My current cultivation is still a bit weak, so I didn’t go with them. However, if Junior Uncle wants to go, I can go with him,” Ye Honglei said.

Holy Spirit Source Liquid is of little significance to Emperor Yi now, but it is a strategic resource for the entire Black Market. If a large amount of Holy Spirit Source Liquid can be obtained and refined into Holy Essence Pills, then the half-saints of the Black Market can rapidly improve their cultivation and have enough time to break through to the Saint Realm.

“I have other things to do, so I won’t be going to the Azure Dragon Ruins. However, I can send my Heavenly Demon Shadow with you to the Azure Dragon Ruins. The Holy Spirit Source and the Black Market must get a share.”

"Junior Uncle's Heavenly Demon Shadow?" Ye Honglei was somewhat surprised. Half a year had passed, and she still couldn't see through Di Yi's cultivation level. She figured it wouldn't be weaker than those strong people on the Half-Saint Ranking and the Outer Half-Saint Ranking. But to compete for the Holy Spirit Spring with just a Heavenly Demon Shadow showed how confident he was in his own strength.

Having witnessed the various miracles created by Di Yi over the years, Ye Honglei did not have much doubt and agreed to the matter.

"If Junior Uncle isn't going to the Azure Dragon Ruins, where does he plan to go?"

"I promised a senior that I would deliver something to the Central Region. It just so happens that my fifth senior brother is returning to the Northern Region, so he can take me there on his way."

Hong Jiu Sword Saint entrusted the Heaven-Sealing Sword to him, asking him to hand it over to Qing Yu Sword Saint for disposal. Having agreed to this, Di Yi would not go back on his word.

The Underworld Sword Tomb was besieged by the Undead Blood Clan a few months ago, but the crisis has now been resolved. Since the battle at Lingjuan Hill, the Azure Feather Sword Saint has been staying at the Underworld Sword Tomb.

Emperor Yi was very interested in the Underworld Sword Tomb, a sacred place for swordsmanship. He had spent several years comprehending swordsmanship in Tang Valley, and he had already cultivated Sword Five to the Great Perfection and Sword Six to the third level. It seemed that the distance to Sword Seven and becoming a Saint was not so far away.

After spending several days in the Heavenly Realm, Emperor Yi went to pay his respects to the Evil Emperor and the Nine-Headed Qilin, but the Evil Emperor was in seclusion in the Tower of Babel, and he only saw the Nine-Headed Qilin.

According to the Nine-Headed Qilin, thanks to the unparalleled merit of killing the two Blood Emperors, Fengtian and Huangtian, the imperial court has withdrawn the arrest warrant for the Black Market Saints, and the Earth Temple's crackdown on the Central Region Black Market has come to an end.

With the arrest warrant withdrawn and Mr. Mei promoting the story of Di Yi defeating the Ten Saints with a single sword at Lingjuan Hill, Di Yi, the young master of the black market, has transformed into a great hero praised by the world.

This aligns with the current trend in the Kunlun Realm.

At the banquet for the children of the realm, Empress Chi Yao used a fourth-grade treasure to win over the hearts of all the outstanding people in the world. Now, regardless of whether they are good or evil, they are all showing a tendency to completely side with the imperial court.

Withdrawing the arrest warrants for those in the black market is also a gesture of goodwill towards the evil forces.

Emperor Yi also wanted to see Xia Xiongtu in the Evil Emperor City, but was told that Xia was also in seclusion in the Tower of Babel and would not be able to come out for a while.

Di Yi had no choice but to leave and return to the Di family, where he met Di Yue, who had recovered from his injuries.

Di Yue has already survived his third quasi-saint tribulation and is only one step away from becoming a saint. Before long, the Di family will be able to rise from a semi-saint family back to the ranks of saintly clans.

The Five Elements Spiritual Treasures that were sent back to the clan back then have nurtured a group of talented young men and women, five or six of whom have the potential to become saints in the future, making the clan thriving.

After leaving behind some divine blood and spiritual medicine, Di Yi did not linger. He met up with Nangong Shi in the outer reaches of the universe and headed towards the Central Region.

The five regions are far apart, and even with Nangong Shi's cultivation level, he cannot cross the wilderness to reach the central region in a short time. He needs to use a space teleportation array.

The space teleportation arrays in the Kunlun Realm are all remnants from the medieval era. Only a few of the most important teleportation arrays are still usable. There are no space teleportation arrays in the Eastern Region that connect directly to the Northern Region. If Nangong Shi wants to return to the Northern Region, he needs to transfer in the Central Region first.

There is a teleportation array leading to the Central Region in the Eastern Region's Evil Land, which is guarded by people personally sent by the Evil Emperor.

After returning to the Heavenly Realm, Illusionary Saint went into seclusion in the Tower of Babel and did not travel with them.

On the Yama Bell, Nangong Shi inhaled the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and new sacred rules were constantly being born within his body. The energy of the Fusang Divine Tree helped him reshape his foundation, and his physical body became even stronger. Although his realm remained unchanged, the upper limit of the number of sacred rules he could bear increased significantly.

Although he had already reached the peak of the Nine-Step Saint King, Nangong Shi still had considerable room for improvement.

During his breaks from cultivation, Nangong Shi also chatted with Di Yi.

“Junior brother, since Hong Jiu has entrusted the Heaven-Sealing Sword to you, it means that in his eyes you are the best choice for the next generation of sword wielders. The Heaven-Sealing Sword lineage has a great history. The Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sword Technique is said to have been passed down from a sword god in the Middle Ages, but the lineage was interrupted for tens of thousands of years.”

"The sword techniques you are currently practicing are the White Emperor Heavenly Pivot Sword Technique of the Zhutian Sword lineage and the Crimson Sun Sword Technique of the Nine Nether City. In fact, they are not as good as the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sword Technique of the Fengtian Sword lineage."

The Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sword Technique is known as the most defensive sword technique in the Kunlun Realm. Although Hong Jiu Sword Saint was defeated by Xue Qinghong in the sword competition at Zhengyang Tower, it does not mean that the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sword Technique is not a top-notch inheritance.

Even without practicing it, just understanding a little bit of this top-notch swordsmanship can be incredibly beneficial. It would be a lie to say you're not tempted.

“Take the Heaven-Sealing Sword to see Su Qingyu. She will definitely persuade you to become the next swordsman of the Heaven-Sealing Sword. Although the Kunlun Realm is vast, it is not an easy thing to find someone with the potential to become a sword saint to inherit the Heaven-Sealing Sword.”

Emperor Yi said, "Let's discuss this matter after we meet Senior Qingyu."

“Junior brother, I am not a sword cultivator, but I know that sword cultivators are the most outspoken. Every sword saint in the world has been through countless battles and has been born in blood. Since the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sword Technique is right in front of us, it would be a waste not to take it.”

"You are still young and should gain more experience. Only those who survive a hundred battles can be true heroes. Before my master passed away, he told me that you are a person with great fortune and profound opportunities. You know many secrets of the world, but precisely because of this, you have to consider far more things than your peers. If you are timid and hesitant, how can you achieve great things?"

"The path to sainthood is fraught with peril. Countless young prodigies, invincible figures of their time, are blocked before even reaching the realm of Saint King. Even after becoming Saint King, the Great Saint Heavenly Barrier still stands in their way. It is common for those who are initially amazing to never advance further after becoming Saints."

"He was ordinary in his youth, but possessed an indomitable will and an unyielding ambition, yet he was able to become a king or emperor, surpassing his peers who were invincible in the past. How can this not make people sigh?"

"Whether it's the Undying Blood Clan or other forces in the Kunlun Realm, below the Saint Realm, with your current strength, what is there to fear? Above the Saint Realm, your senior brother will help you deal with them. What I cannot deal with are the Evil Emperor and the lingering power of Master's battle with Empress Chi Yao in the Central Imperial City."

He said this not only to Di Yi, but also to warn himself.

Those with the heart of an emperor will not yield to men; those with the heart of a god will never give up. Below the Great Sage level, talent is paramount; above the Great Sage level, it depends more on one's state of mind.

Nangong Shi has lived for a thousand years and has seen too many people with amazing talents, with new people replacing the old ones generation after generation.

Those who flaunt their talents often meet a violent end.

However, those who have not undergone much training often end up dying of old age at the semi-saint or saint level. Not to mention the great saint, even the saint king level is enough to stop everyone.

Di Yi pondered for a moment, then chuckled and said, "I was just about to do something, and I was worried that it would cause a bloodbath, but with your words, Senior Brother, I feel relieved."

(End of this chapter)