Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 185 Yellow Dragon Dao Seed
Just as Nian Cang had guessed, the Nine-Headed Qilin did not come to the Central Region in person.

However, they still sent several powerful individuals.

Led by the Nine Nether Sword Saint, who had broken through to the Saint King realm, the group was accompanied by two Saint Elders from the First-Class Hall of the Eastern Region Black Market, the Spear Saint, and Murong Ye Hai.

Sword Saint is synonymous with invincibility within the same realm, as long as they do not face cultivators who have achieved physical sainthood.

Although the Nine Nether Sword Saint has just entered the Saint King realm, his strength is no weaker than that of a powerhouse who has been immersed in the Saint King realm for decades or even centuries.

With the addition of these three, the top combat force on Qingjing Mountain, though insufficient to suppress the covetous eyes of all sides, is enough to ensure their own survival.

Moreover, there is also the mountain-protecting formation.

Emperor Yi on Qinghu Lake was completely immersed in comprehending the Yellow Dragon Secret Technique.

The secret techniques in ancient books are not martial arts techniques, but spiritual techniques. They are explanations of the great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Unlike common spiritual holy arts, this secret technique requires the cultivation of a Dao seed within the body of a spiritual cultivator, which grows together with the cultivator.

The cultivation of spiritual cultivators also has its own clear direction and different strengths.

Just like martial arts cultivators, there are sword cultivators who practice swords and knife cultivators who practice sabers. The way of the saber and the way of the sword are their paths to higher levels. By following the path, they can gradually reach higher levels and become great saints or even gods.

The same applies to spiritual cultivators; if they want to improve their spiritual cultivation, they also need a path to a higher level.

Elixir, artifact, talisman, array, beast taming, corpse driving and ghost exorcism... all are pathways to heaven.

Martial arts cultivators have 100,000 minor paths, 3,000 major paths, 72 supreme holy paths, and nine ancient paths to choose from.

The cultivation paths for spiritual cultivators are numerous and varied, with many paths even being practiced by only one or two individuals.

All things under the frosty sky compete freely. Compared to martial arts, spiritual cultivation is almost unrestricted. Every blade of grass, every tree, every mountain, and every river can be used to condense a seed of the Dao and embark on the path of cultivation.

Di Yi's knowledge of spiritual power was quite diverse, encompassing various aspects, but the core remained the same: the mental realm formed by the power of the derived realm.

For cultivators of spiritual power, once they achieve sainthood, they can attempt to condense their spiritual power seed. However, once condensed, their future cultivation path will be fixed.

The leaders of the four schools of Confucianism and Taoism, for example, used their righteous spirit to condense the loyal hearts and blood of Confucianism and Taoism. Their future spiritual cultivation path can only continue to be explored along the Confucian and Taoist paths.

When a spiritual cultivator condenses a Dao Seed, it's like a martial arts sage condensing a sacred will, thus determining their future cultivation direction, which greatly increases their strength and cultivation speed.

Di Yi did not choose to condense a Dao Seed before, firstly because his own realm was too low, and secondly because his understanding of the power of the world was still quite shallow, which was not enough to condense a Dao Seed.

The power of the Dimensional Evolution is a power comparable to the Nine Eternal Paths, and it is unfathomable.

What even a sage can grasp is but a drop in the ocean, utterly insignificant.

In fact, those who can condense a Dao Seed in the Saint Realm either have insufficient potential in their cultivation path or have great opportunities and good fortune. Even ordinary spiritual Saint Kings may not be able to do it. They often have to wait until they become Great Saints to determine their final cultivation path and condense the corresponding Dao Seed.

The reason why the leaders of the four schools of Confucianism and Taoism were able to condense the "Loyal Heart and Unyielding Spirit" was because they possessed the sacred books of the four Confucian ancestors. Comprehending the great Dao of the Confucian ancestors was enough to exhaust their entire lives, and they did not need to spend time searching for their own path.

The four sect leaders who have condensed the Bloodstained Heart Dao Seed are almost invincible among spiritual power cultivators of the same realm, and their combat power far surpasses that of others.

Before Di Yi's eyes, an endless mist enveloped him, and through the mist, he could see an incredibly enormous mythical creature.

Its entire body was covered in yellowish-brown scales, with four legs and five claws, and two wings on its back. Its head alone was larger than a planet.

"This is Huanglong?"

The scene before him left Di Yi deeply shocked.

Between heaven and earth, the remnants of Huanglong's divine soul continuously poured into Di Yi's body. The Dao insights contained within were like a heavenly book. Only a very small portion was absorbed by Di Yi, which raised his understanding of the water-attribute sacred Dao between heaven and earth to an extremely high level.

Mental strength is also rapidly increasing.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the four elemental pearls of the universe are manifested. A six-colored phoenix is ​​perched on the fire pearl, while a phantom of a yellow dragon is gradually emerging on the water pearl.

It had barely appeared when it caused the six-colored phoenix to cry out in fear, shrinking tightly inside the fire pearl, not daring to show its head.

A hundred-foot-high wave surged on the surface of Qinghu Lake, and golden light emerged from the bottom of the lake, as if the door to a new world was about to open.

Ancient dragon energy emanated from the bottom of the lake, extremely thin, and was absorbed by the Azure Lake Dragon Lord.

A moment later, his dragon body swelled to several miles, his aura increased significantly, and he stepped halfway into the True Saint level.

This scene moved everyone inside and outside Qingjing Mountain.

To have such a great improvement simply by refining a wisp of dragon energy—what an incredible opportunity!
For a moment, everyone was in an uproar.

The savage beasts in the Hundred Thousand Mountains were the first to attack the formation. An eighth-order fire dragon spewed out Nanling Dragon Fire, turning thousands of miles of sky into a sea of ​​fire.

The Emperor was completely unaware of what was happening outside and was shocked by everything before him.

"Huanglong's power is too terrifying. Even though he is dead, I can only draw upon one ten-thousandth of his power. To turn this power into my own is wishful thinking. It is impossible to do so with just a fragmented secret technique."

But the power of the Yellow Dragon is right before our eyes. If we miss it, it may not be so easy to obtain it again in the future. The wisp of dragon energy that the Azure Lake Dragon Lord refined is only an insignificant part of it.

"The four elements of the Derivation Realm are earth, fire, water, and wind. With my current spiritual power, I am not yet able to condense the Dao Seed of the Derivation Realm. However, I may be able to condense the Dao Seed of one of the elements. Perhaps I can take advantage of the opportunity to condense the Dao Seed to transform the power of the Yellow Dragon into my own." Di Yi made a decision in his heart and planned to first condense the spiritual power Dao Seed corresponding to the water of the Derivation Realm.

We will use Huanglong's Dao as material.

It's not a bad thing to adapt the Dao of senior cultivators to one's own use. After all, Huanglong is one of the most powerful branches of the Dragon Clan, existing since the Primordial Era. Huanglong's Dao represents a clan, not just a single individual.

The seed of the Dao is just a beginning; it does not mean that one should completely follow the path of those who came before in cultivation.

By absorbing the insights of ancient sages and integrating them with one's own cultivation experiences, each person's spiritual seed will ultimately lead to a different path.

Just as the founders of the four schools of Confucianism and Taoism took the Tao of the four Confucian patriarchs as their own, it does not mean that their future Tao will be the same as that of the four Confucian patriarchs.

This is not surprising. Just as a group has countless different individuals, a tree will bear different fruits and seeds.

Emperor Yi opened his mind and absorbed the great power of the Yellow Dragon between heaven and earth, channeling it into his sea of ​​consciousness. He then mobilized his spiritual power to try to condense a spiritual seed.

As the power of the Yellow Dragon continued to flow in, ancient divine runes emerged within his sea of ​​consciousness, converging together. They were mysterious and obscure, with countless forms, each resembling a unique dragon shape.

They are manifestations of the Dao, the Dao runes belonging to the Yellow Dragon that have existed since the ancient times.

Martial arts cultivators comprehend the sacred rules of heaven and earth, thereby continuously strengthening their connection with heaven and earth, and ultimately confronting the sacred path, and even the heavenly path.

Spiritual cultivators, on the other hand, use these Great Dao runes to analyze the essence of heaven and earth along a certain path, thereby comprehending the natural way of heaven and earth.

Both can be said to lead to the same goal through different paths.

This transformation lasted for half a day before the illusory yellow dragon in Di Yi's sea of ​​consciousness gradually solidified, transforming into a yellow dragon about ten feet in size, its entire body composed of Dao scriptures and spiritual power, appearing incomparably sacred.

As the Yellow Dragon Dao Seed took shape, a massive amount of dragon energy surged across the void from the bottom of the lake, flowing into Emperor Yi's sea of ​​consciousness and being swallowed whole by the Yellow Dragon.

His body grew rapidly from one zhang to a hundred zhang in size. The Great Dao Scripture was ever-changing, radiating a vast divine power, as if one were facing a deity directly.

The six-colored phoenix was almost crushed by the divine power, curled up inside the fire pearl, unable even to utter a mournful cry.

Fortunately, after absorbing the dragon energy, the Yellow Dragon Dao Seed fell silent, lying on the water droplet and concealing its divine power.

Almost all of the dragon energy was absorbed by the Yellow Dragon Dao Seed, but Di Yi's spiritual power still rose from the early stage of the 52nd level to the peak of the 52nd level in one go.

Every half hour or so, a wisp of dragon energy would emanate from the surface of Qinghu Lake, which would be collected by the evil saints within Qingjing Mountain, making the various forces outside the mountain extremely envious.

But apart from the savage beasts, the other forces all seemed very patient, knowing that the real opportunity had not yet emerged and what they were seeing was just an appetizer.

Di Yi's mind was greatly shaken by the Yellow Dragon Dao Seed in his sea of ​​consciousness. He could feel the vast power within it, as if a god was hidden in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Moreover, it is a deity whose power can be mobilized at any time, provided that the deity can withstand it.

As the dragon energy at the bottom of the lake was absorbed by the Yellow Dragon Seed, it was as if a barrier at the bottom of Qinghu Lake had been broken.

On the lake surface, large columns of mist and clouds appeared, growing thicker and thicker, like angry dragons soaring straight into the sky.

In some areas, huge whirlpools began to appear, and Tianlong Island in the center of the lake was enveloped by an incredibly dense holy aura.

The land by the lake was cracking open, and the lake was expanding rapidly, as if folded space was unfolding at this moment.

"Ow!"

From the pitch-black lake, the ancient roar of a dragon echoed, carrying for millions of miles.

Standing on Qingjing Mountain, you can witness an incredibly breathtaking scene, as if it were a miracle.

The 1,600-li Qinghu Lake is expanding at a visible speed, covering a thousand li in the blink of an eye. In just a dozen breaths, it has already broken out of the range covered by the array, exceeding ten thousand li, and is still expanding.

The earth trembled violently, and all the holy cultivators in Tiantai Prefecture felt it at that moment.

When the expansion of Qinghu Lake ended, the diameter of the lake had exceeded 50,000 li, and the towering Qingjing Mountain stood on the lake shore, looking like a small hill from afar.

The lake had become too vast, and the formation had lost its ability to block it.

More dragon energy surged from the bottom of the lake and was collected by the powerful figures from various factions guarding outside Qingjing Mountain.

Ruan Feilong revealed his true form, a huge winged dragon. He opened his mouth wide and swallowed the dragon energy surging from the lake within a thousand miles, increasing his aura by half.

"That's right, it's the power of our ancestors, the Dragon God's treasure, which must be at the bottom of the lake."

He then plunged headfirst into the lake.

The heretical saints on Qingjing Mountain had already tasted the wonders of dragon energy, and now they all fell into the lake to collect dragon energy from all directions.

In an instant, all sorts of powerful forces rushed into the water, vying for this incredible opportunity.

On the lake, the small boat that Di Yi was on had long since turned to dust, and his figure had also disappeared, sinking into the bottom of the lake.

(End of this chapter)