Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 169 Survivors and Lurkers

First, one must achieve sainthood through spiritual power. Next, one must improve one's physical body and martial arts cultivation.

After returning from the cave dwelling of the Holy Book Talented Woman to the cave dwelling arranged for him by the Ancient Prison Suppressor Clan, Emperor Yi entered the inner space of the World-Stabilizing Banner and devoted himself to refining the divine blood, attempting to sanctify the remaining four acupoints.

Once all 144 acupoints are sanctified, the first cycle of the Heavenly Demon Nine Revolutions Diagram will be completed, and the physical body will then achieve sainthood.

The process of sanctifying acupoints becomes increasingly difficult, but after breaking through the fiftieth level of spiritual power, Di Yi's speed in comprehending martial arts and refining divine blood increased several times over.

It took a month to sanctify three of the remaining four acupoints in one go. Only the Baihui acupoint remained to be sanctified, leaving only the final step to physical sanctification.

Although his physical body has not yet reached sainthood, Di Yi is confident that he can defeat a mid-level saint. Combined with his spiritual power, he can also fight against a high-level saint.

One month passed inside the Ding Shi Banner, while nearly three days had passed outside. The three-day period agreed upon with Ling Feiyu had arrived.

The Moon Worshiping Demonic Cult is indeed powerful and influential, as it delivered the dragon soul and elephant soul from the Holy Realm in just three days.

After handing over a thousand drops of divine blood to Ling Feiyu, Di Yi took the Holy Soul and then entered the World-Stabilizing Banner to begin cultivating the tenth palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.

With his current strength, subduing the two holy souls did not take much effort. In just two days, he integrated the holy souls into his arms.

The two sacred souls, one belonging to the Azure Dragon of the Azure Sea and the other to the Celestial Elephant of the Coiling Heaven, are not weak among the seventh-tier savage beasts.

With the help of the Dragon Soul and Elephant Soul, Di Yi cultivated for another half month inside the World-Stabilizing Banner, successfully cultivating the tenth move of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, Dragon Soaring Nine Heavens, to the minor completion level, thus mastering the second type of holy art-level martial skill.

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Five days passed in the blink of an eye. Inside the Sword Tomb Palace, Shi Qiankun sat in the main seat, with Shi Ren standing beside him. To his right were the Azure Feather Sword Saint and Ling Feiyu, while to his left were Wan Canglan and the Holy Book Talent, as well as two superior domain kings from the Ministry of War of the Imperial Court. The saints of the Zhenyu Ancient Clan were also among them.

When Emperor Yi entered the Sword Tomb Palace, the group had already begun their discussion.

“During this period, the outer forces of the Zhenyu Ancient Clan have been attacked by the Undying Blood Clan. Many of their vassal families have been destroyed, and the survivors are gathering towards the Underworld Sword Tomb. I asked Ren’er to settle them outside the Sword Tomb, but there are just too many survivors, and there is nowhere to settle them outside the Sword Tomb. I have invited you all here today to discuss how to settle these survivors,” Shi Qiankun said.

The head of the Shen family was an elderly man with gray hair who had lived for over three hundred years. He was a master of formations with a spiritual power level of fifty-three. He said, "These vassal minor clans are an indispensable part of the Ancient Prison Suppression Clan. If we let them continue to stay outside the Sword Tomb and ignore them, it would be disheartening. Moreover, without the protection of the Sword Tomb's formation, their lives are constantly threatened by the Undying Blood Clan."

"Does Patriarch Shen mean to put them into the Sword Tomb?" Shi Qiankun valued Patriarch Shen's opinion highly. After Wang Beilie was captured by the Azure Sky Blood Emperor, he and Patriarch Shen were now the most prestigious members of the Zhenyu Ancient Clan.

“That’s not a good idea. If there are Undying Blood Clan members lurking among the members of the Prison Suppressing Ancient Clan and they enter the Sword Tomb together, wouldn’t that be like inviting wolves into the house? The great battle from a few months ago is still fresh in our minds. We can’t repeat the same mistake.”

The acting head of the Wang family was a high-level saint who cultivated the sword path, and he did not agree with putting the outside survivors into the sword tomb.

The Wang family suffered the most severe losses in the battle four months ago, with almost all of its top combat power wiped out. The fact that a Saint Realm expert like him was temporarily appointed as the head of the family shows the current predicament of the Wang family.

Shi Qiankun was not someone whose judgment was swayed by womanly sentimentality; what the sage Wang said was exactly what he was worried about.

He pondered for a moment, then looked at the assembled saints in the palace and asked, "Do any of you have a good idea?"

Although Qingyu Sword Saint and Ling Feiyu were powerful, they were unable to see through the Undying Blood Clan's disguise.

The Martial Saint of Canglan and the two Domain Kings of the Imperial Court were only skilled in combat and had not made much progress in this area.

The Undying Blood Clan's disguise techniques are so sophisticated that even a Saint King of Spiritual Power might not be able to see through them, let alone them.

The talented woman of the Holy Book used her spiritual power to inquire with Emperor Yi. After receiving an affirmative reply, she felt somewhat relieved and stood up to say to Shi Qiankun, "This time I brought a treasure from the Central Imperial City that can distinguish the disguised Undying Blood Clan. Leave this matter to me. The Ancient Prison Suppression Clan can send a Saint to assist me. In addition, I would also like to ask for the assistance of Young Master Emperor Yi of the Black Market."

The fact that the talented woman from the Holy Book stepped forward to take responsibility for the origin of the Blood-Reflecting Mirror was her own initiative. By pushing it to the treasury of the First Central Empire, she could also prevent the First Empire from becoming a target of public criticism and being coveted by the top experts of the Undying Blood Clan.

With the Blood-Reflecting Mirror still in his hand, Di Yi naturally couldn't refuse and could only agree with a face full of righteous indignation.

Although Ling Feiyu, who was sitting next to Di Yi, was not a spiritual power saint, his holy soul was powerful and his perception was extremely strong. He noticed the previous spiritual power fluctuations between Di Yi and the talented woman of the Holy Book, and immediately became suspicious.

One is the young master of the black market, and the other is a goddess of the imperial court. How did they get together?

Moreover, if the imperial court had any treasures to deal with the Undying Blood Clan, it should have brought them out long ago; how could it have waited until now?

After all, due to the lurking undead blood clan, the greatest casualties were suffered by the Confucian and Taoist experts of the imperial court.

Nine out of ten Confucian and Taoist cultivators are purely spiritual cultivators with weak physical bodies. When faced with assassination attempts by the Undying Blood Clan, they almost certainly cannot escape death.

More than a month ago, even the governor of Qiuzhou was assassinated by the undead vampires.

The governor of a prefecture held a position no lower than that of the leader or patriarch of an ancient religion or clan, causing a great uproar within the imperial court.

“The Sword Tomb is fraught with danger, and I will go with them,” Ling Feiyu said.

Not only Ling Feiyu was suspicious, but Wan Canglan was also puzzled. When did the imperial treasury contain treasures to deal with the Undying Blood Clan?

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, she couldn't directly ask the talented woman from the sacred book.

"Danqing, I'll go with you."

The talented woman knew Wan Canglan well and worried that if she didn't bring him along, Wan Canglan would let something slip, so she agreed.

The Zhenyu Ancient Clan is an extremely ancient and large family, whose sphere of influence covers the entire Yuan Prefecture. Apart from the Shi, Wang, and Shen families, it has hundreds of affiliated small families and sects. If it were located in the Eastern Divine Land, only the Liangyi Sect, the Eastern Region Holy King's Mansion, and the Wushi Money Shop could surpass it.

The Undying Blood Clan's rampage through the Yuan Mansion dealt a blow not only to the Zhenyu Ancient Clan, resulting in the loss of their high-end combat power, but also causing enormous damage to their most basic means of survival.

If any vassal families or sects are wiped out, even if the Zhenyu Ancient Clan survives this great calamity, they will eventually become a second-rate force in Tiantai Prefecture, losing all their former glory.

The representative sent by the Zhenyu Ancient Clan was an elder saint from the Shi family who had lived for over three hundred years. His name was Shi Zhenshan, and his cultivation had reached the upper realm of sainthood. He was one of the few martial arts saints in the Shi family.

Shi Zhenshan led the way, with Ling Feiyu and Wan Canglan following behind him, while the talented woman of the Holy Book and Di Yi trailed behind quietly.

With the two stone mountains at the entrance of the Sword Tomb as the boundary, thousands of tents of all sizes have been erected outside the stone mountains.

In total, the number of survivors who escaped to the Sword Tomb is estimated to be as high as 100,000.

As soon as they stepped out of the formation, their ears were filled with wails of agony. Countless people were seriously injured or disabled, and many had died because they could not receive effective treatment. The air was filled with the stench of decay.

Taking advantage of the fact that the three people in front of him were attracted by the scene in front of them, Di Yi put a blood-revealing mirror into the hands of the Holy Book Talent. When her palms touched, the Holy Book Talent trembled slightly, but she suppressed the strange feeling and put the mirror into her sleeve.

Shi Zhenshan felt a pang of pity at the sight of the tragic scene before him. He turned to the talented woman of the Sacred Book and pleaded, "I beg you, talented woman, to help identify the undead blood clan lurking among them, so that the true members of the Ancient Prison Suppressing Clan can take refuge in the Sword Tomb."

The talented woman nodded, took out the Blood-Reflecting Mirror from her sleeve, activated it with her mental power, and sent it above the entrance of the formation with a wave of her hand, following the instructions given to her by Emperor Yi through mental transmission.

"This mirror is called the Blood-Reflecting Mirror. It was crafted ten thousand years ago by a master craftsman who devoted countless efforts and a century to studying the characteristics of the Undying Blood Clan. It was specifically designed to counter the Undying Blood Clan's disguise techniques. In a moment, I would like to ask Saint Zhenshan to maintain order and allow the members of the Ancient Prison Suppressing Clan outside the Sword Tomb to pass under the mirror one by one." "If an Undying Blood Clan member is disguised, there will be a reaction on the mirror's surface."

Shi Zhenshan had no doubts and trusted the talented woman of the sacred book immensely. He exclaimed, "Such a rare treasure exists in the world! The holy master who researched this mirror is truly admirable. Please tell me the name of that holy master, so that the Zhenyu Ancient Clan can build a temple for him and have its disciples worship him day and night."

The talented woman with the sacred book looked slightly strange and quickly replied, "That senior was a hermit who did not leave his name."

"That's a pity." Shi Zhenshan shook his head and sighed softly.

Wan Canglan looked up at the blood-red mirror hanging above his head and saw that its grade was not high, just an ordinary hundred-patterned sacred artifact. He had some doubts in his heart: could such a seemingly ordinary sacred artifact really reveal the disguised Undying Blood Clan?
But seeing the bookish genius so confident, she simply assumed it was an accidental discovery by the bookish genius and didn't think much of it.

Ling Feiyu was equally curious about the Blood Mirror. The Undying Blood Clan's minions had infiltrated major forces in the Kunlun Realm, and there must also be Undying Blood Clan spies within the Moon Worship Cult. If this mirror could be brought back to the cult, it would be extremely useful.

Although Ling Feiyu was a proud and arrogant person, he was extremely meticulous and not as easily fooled as Wan Canglan. He saw that the Blood-Illuminating Mirror was not the so-called ancient sacred artifact from ten thousand years ago, but was actually very new, and should have been made no more than a year ago.

Considering that the talented woman from the Holy Book only asked Emperor Yi for help within the Sword Tomb Palace, the answer is not hard to guess.

"Did he make this mirror?" Ling Feiyu's gaze fell on Di Yi, and his interest grew even stronger.

Shi Zhenshan lived for over three hundred years and was highly respected within the Zhenyu Ancient Clan. With him maintaining order, the Zhenyu Ancient Clan members outside the Sword Tomb were very obedient, lining up in long queues as instructed and passing through the Blood-Reflecting Mirror one by one.

Di Yi landed on the stone mountain on the left and silently activated the True Source Demon Eye. After his spiritual power became saintly, the True Source Demon Eye's insight was much stronger than the Blood Mirror.

Within just half an hour, seven or eight thousand people had entered the Sword Tomb through the array entrance.

But the blood-reflecting mirror showed no reaction whatsoever.

Shi Zhenshan gradually felt uncertain. Many of the survivors outside the Sword Tomb must be undead vampires in disguise. If the Blood Mirror failed to work and instead allowed a large number of undead vampires into the Sword Tomb, it would be another great calamity for the Zhenyu Ancient Clan.

The talented woman was also under considerable pressure, but at this point, she had no choice but to trust Di Yi.

Just then, the Blood-Reflecting Mirror, which had been silent, suddenly reacted, and a pale red light shone from its surface onto a heavily injured young man whose cultivation was only at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm.

Struck by the mirror light, a ferocious figure with overwhelming bloodlust suddenly appeared behind the boy; it was actually a saint of the Undying Blood Clan.

Almost simultaneously, Ling Feiyu made his move. The Burial Heaven Sword, carrying the profound aura of swordsmanship, arrived in an instant and killed the Undying Blood Clan Saint with a single strike before he could even react.

The corpse was thrown in two, holy blood splattering everywhere. When the corpse landed, it revealed the original appearance of the Undying Blood Clan.

The Burial Sky Sword flew back into Ling Feiyu's hand, unstained by blood.

She killed the saint with a single sword strike, yet showed no emotional fluctuation whatsoever, as if she had merely crushed an ant.

Upon witnessing this scene, Emperor Yi on the stone mountain gained a clearer understanding of Ling Feiyu's strength.

As expected of the most outstanding figure in the Kunlun Realm three hundred years ago, below the Saint King, there was probably no one in the entire Kunlun Realm who could rival her.

The fall of an immortal vampire saint filled Shi Zhenshan with both surprise and joy.

Surprisingly, this time, the one who wanted to disguise himself and infiltrate the Sword Tomb was actually a Saint of the Undying Blood Clan. What was gratifying was that the Blood-Illuminating Mirror could even see through the Saint's disguise, so the other members of the Undying Blood Clan naturally had no chance to infiltrate.

The talented woman of the Holy Book breathed a long sigh of relief. Emperor Yi had not lied to her; the Blood-Illuminating Mirror, which contained the Dao of Origin, did indeed have a powerful restraining effect on the disguise of the Undying Blood Clan.

An unremarkable young man at the Heavenly Realm was actually a Saint of the Undying Blood Clan in disguise, causing panic to spread outside the Sword Tomb.

Fortunately, Shi Zhenshan was there and reassured them, and the group continued to pass through the array entrance in an orderly manner and enter the Sword Tomb.

Emperor Yi sat atop the mountain, looking down at the survivors below. He used his True Source Demon Eye to search for the undead vampires. Once he made a discovery, he would use his mental power to transmit a message to the Holy Book Talent, who would then guide the Blood-Illuminating Mirror to point out the lurking individuals.

Then Ling Feiyu and Wan Canglan took action and killed him.

In just half a day, two Undying Blood Clan Saints and sixteen Undying Blood Clan Half-Saints died under the swords of the two.

The number of survivors gathering outside the Sword Tomb was too great, and even more figures were converging from all directions of the Yuan Mansion in the distance.

Having witnessed the miraculous power of the Blood-Reflecting Mirror, the Undying Blood Clan's spies dared not approach any further, hiding far away in the crowd, continuing to wait for their chance.

After waiting for another half hour, one of the Undying Blood Clan Saints finally couldn't hold back any longer and sent out four Thousand-Patterned Sacred Artifacts in a row, aiming at the Blood-Reflecting Mirror in an attempt to destroy it.

Ling Feiyu, who was holding the Burial Heaven Sword in his hand, finally showed an expression on his usually icy face, instantly locking onto the four figures who had unleashed the sacred artifact.

"Finally, a big fish has made its move."

She leaped out, her sword intent locking onto four figures, and unleashed the Nine Lives Sword Technique of the Burial Heaven Sword lineage, fighting against all four alone.

The four immortal vampire saints who made the move were no ordinary people; they were the four strongest individuals who were preparing to infiltrate the Underworld Sword Tomb.

The battle between sword saints was so powerful that it was a catastrophic disaster for the survivors gathered outside the sword tomb.

They all surged towards the Sword Tomb.

The talented woman of the Holy Book originally wanted to close the entrance to the formation and block them, but she couldn't bear to do so. So she could only push the Blood-Illuminating Mirror to its limit and cover all the survivors who had entered the formation's range.

Any undead vampire infiltrators attempting to take advantage of the chaos will be dealt with by Wan Canglan and Shi Zhenshan.

Emperor Yi stood on the stone mountain, quietly watching this scene, his gaze sweeping over everyone who entered the Sword Tomb.

The Blood Mirror performed exceptionally well, achieving the expected results by filtering out all the lurking members of the Undying Blood Clan and killing them before the formation could be activated.

Di Yi's gaze suddenly fell on an unremarkable-looking woman.

"Hmm? Something's not right."

The Blood-Illuminating Mirror did not react as it passed by, and Di Yi's True Source Demon Eye could not detect anything amiss.

But it's rather strange that a woman whose cultivation level is only at the Heavenly Realm could move forward at the same speed in the crowd while facing a battle of saints.

The woman seemed to notice Di Yi's gaze, glanced at the stone mountain, then quickened her pace and disappeared into the crowd.

Di Yi used his mental power to send a telepathic message to the talented woman of the Holy Book, telling her to be careful, and then he chased after her.

(End of this chapter)