Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 208 The Seven Realms Merit War Begins

In the end, Di Yi chose the Nameless Sword Box as his second treasure.

Its value may not be the highest, but it is one of the few things that can be used as a trump card right now.

Half an hour later, he left the treasure trove, bid farewell to Emperor Wen, and returned to the sacred land of Chiyun Mountain.

With the Seven Realms Merit War about to begin, Emperor Yi did not want to waste any time, so he took the sword box and entered the World-Stabilizing Banner to cultivate.

The Hidden Sword Technique was not complicated to learn; Di Yi mastered it in just a few days.

He took out the Vermilion Bird Holy Sword from the Four Symbols Holy Swords, intending to make it the first holy sword to be hidden in the sword box.

The Four Symbols Holy Sword in his hand was obtained from the Evergreen Saint, but it was only a replica of a Thousand-Pattern Holy Artifact and had now lost its value in actual combat.

Following the secret method of the Hidden Sword Technique, he continuously poured his sword intent and holy energy into the Vermilion Bird Holy Sword. Before long, the entire Vermilion Bird Holy Sword was covered with cracks, and terrifying destructive sword energy was emanating from it.

The aura terrified Di Yi.

He hadn't expected that a seemingly simple secret technique could allow the Vermilion Bird Sword, a Thousand-Patterned Sacred Artifact, to store eighty percent of his Sacred Qi. Combined with a sword move from the White Emperor's Heavenly Pivot Sword Technique hidden within it, once activated, it would be several times stronger than an attack launched by Emperor Yi himself.

After all, when fighting an enemy, the mobilization of holy energy is done in the blink of an eye; how could one possibly unleash 80% of their holy energy at once?

After placing the Vermilion Bird Holy Sword into the sword box, Emperor Yi did the same, also storing the remaining three holy swords in it.

Then, he carried the sword box, which was taller than him, diagonally across his body, nurturing it at any time.

"Good weight."

Before the swords were stored inside, the weight of the sword box was already astonishing. After the four holy swords were stored inside, its weight reached an extremely exaggerated level.

If Di Yi's physical body hadn't been strong enough, he wouldn't even have been able to carry the sword box on his back.

"The sword case can hold up to nine swords. However, if the weight increases, it will affect my combat ability. Four swords are enough."

While nourishing the sword box with holy energy, Di Yi was also refining the essence of divine medicine, striving to reach the peak of sainthood.

A month later, he successfully broke through and reached the pinnacle of the Saint Realm, standing at the highest level of the Saint Realm.

Then, he set about breaking through to become a half-step Saint King.

The Half-Step Saint King is a very special realm, situated between the Supreme Saint and the First-Step Saint King.

Before reaching the Half-Step Saint King realm, the number of Saintly Dao Rules within a cultivator's body is equal to the number of Saintly Souls integrated during the Fish-Dragon Realm.

Only after reaching the half-step Saint King realm will the number of Saintly Path rules begin to increase, merging into the rudimentary rules formed during the Heavenly Realm, continuously enriching them.

Once the number of rules reaches a certain level, the cultivator can cross the threshold of Saint King and officially become a Saint King.

The hurdle from Supreme Saint to Half-Step Saint King is very difficult to overcome. Many senior saints in the Kunlun Realm have been trapped at this hurdle, wasting their lives.

After more than a month, Di Yi was still just one step away from reaching the half-step Saint King realm.

At this moment, news of the Seven Realms Merit War broke out, forcing him to stop his seclusion and lead the people cultivating inside the World-Stabilizing Banner out.

The Saints' Merit War has officially begun, and the saints of Kunlun Realm, led by Emperor Wen, are heading towards the sacred path of the Ancestral Spirit Realm.

The number of saints in the Kunlun Realm is over 60,000, many of whom are newly promoted saints, whose creation was accelerated by the Heavenly Wheel Seal.

Otherwise, the number of saints in the Kunlun Realm would be at most thirty to forty thousand.

Even so, the number of saints in the Kunlun Realm is still the fewest among the seven Shatuo Realms. Even the Guanghan Realm, which ranks second to last, has 100,000 saints.

The most powerful Demon Realm, the Ten Directions Realm, boasts an astonishing 500,000 Saints, eight times that of the Kunlun Realm and five times that of the Guanghan Realm.

With such a huge disparity in numbers, it would be virtually impossible for the Kunlun Realm to win first place in the Saint Merit Battle.

Before entering the Holy Path, Emperor Wen gave each saint of the Kunlun Realm a storage bag, a common spatial treasure in the Heavenly Court, which was not of high value.

Inside the storage bag were a map and two treasure bottles. The map was of the Ancestral Spirit Realm, and the treasure bottles were used to collect the holy souls and blood of the Rakshasa Clan.

The two items are used as tokens to exchange merit points.

Of course, throughout the entire Merit Battle, there will be patrolling angels from the Temple of Merit and the Heavenly Court to supervise, and any behavior that violates the rules of the Merit Battle will be severely punished.

Di Yi opened the map, and what he saw was not a complete world, but four fragments of a world, divided into four continents: east, west, south, and north.

To be precise, the Ancestral Spirit Realm no longer exists. The so-called battlefield of merit in the Ancestral Spirit Realm is merely taking place on four fragments of the world.

Tens of millions of beings, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, the Eight Great Realm Princes... the top saints of the Kunlun Realm all gathered around Emperor Yi.

As the nominal supreme commander, Wan Zhaoyi made simple arrangements for the representatives of various forces.

After entering the Ancestral Spirit Realm, the Great Sage of the Heavenly Court will randomly send the Seven Realms Saints to four continents.

Therefore, the first thing the saints of Kunlun Realm need to do after entering the Ancestral Spirit Realm is not to kill the Rakshasa race and earn merit points.

Instead, they learned to protect themselves and reunite with other saints from the nearby Kunlun Realm.

Zhang Ruochen stood at the forefront of the 100,000 saints of the Guanghan Realm, looking towards the direction of the saints of the Kunlun Realm, his expression complex, unable to find the figure he longed to see.

He then became worried about the holy merit war before him.

The task the Moon Goddess gave him was to lead the Guanghan Realm to win first place in the Saint's Merit Battle.

But now, after witnessing the terrifying strength of the 500,000 saints of the Great Demon Ten Directions Realm, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

No matter how strong an individual is, they cannot match the killing speed of an army of hundreds of thousands of saints. Di Yi was also pondering the same question.

Even the most terrifying murderous demon king is still only at the Saint Realm. Even if he has three heads and six arms, how many people can he actually kill?

To surpass the Great Demon Realm and win first place in the Saint's Merit Battle, some unconventional methods must be employed.

Just then, a sacred voice rang out from the sky: "The Holy Path Opens."

A massive vortex appeared before the saints, eventually transforming into a sacred gate, forming a passage to the Ancestral Spirit Realm.

An hour later, all the saints of the seven realms of Shatuo arrived above a star outside the Ancestral Spirit Realm.

With the intervention of a Great Sage, over a million Saints from the Seven Realms were sent crashing down upon the four continents of the Ancestral Spirit Realm, like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.

A million saints may sound like a lot, but within the vast fragments of the world, they are utterly insignificant. Even the closest two people are more than ten thousand miles apart.

About a thousand miles above the ground, there is a special world light curtain. When you pass through the light curtain, an invisible force sweeps across it.

This is the power of the gods, meant to prevent the saints of the seven realms from entering with treasures similar to the Holy Symbol and disrupting the order of the battlefield.

The Holy Symbol of Nangong Shi on Emperor Yi's body had long since burned out; the only one that violated the rules was the Yuan Tu Ghost King left behind by the Illusion Queen.

Before coming here, he had already temporarily handed over the Yuan Tu Ghost King to the Illusion Saint, and went with the Illusion Saint to participate in the Seven Realms Merit Battle of the Saint King Realm.

During the fall, Di Yi used his True Source Demon Eye to observe the direction in which the people of Kunlun Realm were falling.

Unfortunately, Wan Zhaoyi and the Holy Book Talented Woman both fell towards the Western Continent, Han Qiu and A Le fell towards the Eastern Continent, while he himself fell towards the Northern Continent.

The Kunlun Realm Saint who was closest to him was more than 100,000 miles away, and soon disappeared without a trace.

Having just passed through the World Light Barrier, Emperor I was attacked from the ground.

A golden holy arrow shot out, intending to kill him by surprise.

Emperor Yi stretched out his palm and directly grasped the golden holy arrow, then threw it violently, sending the holy arrow flying back in the direction it came from.

"Boom!"

This arrow was several times more powerful than the original, blasting a huge crater in the ground.

"How amazing! This person must be one of the leading figures in the Saint Realm of the Seven Realms of Shatuo. Quickly go and report to the adults."

On the ground, there were more than twenty Rakshasa cultivators, three Saints, and the rest were all Half-Saints.

The one who just shot Emperor Yi with an arrow was one of the saints.

Upon realizing Di Yi's power, their first instinct was to flee.

Emperor Yi stepped into the void and slowly descended, an invisible holy might sweeping over him, accompanied by a deadly mental attack.

All the Rakshasa cultivators were instantly trapped in an illusion, and then they began to fight each other.

Half an hour later, Di Yi crushed the holy soul of the last Rakshasa Saint, taking only a wisp and storing it in the treasure bottle.

"A Rakshasa at the semi-saint level has merit points ranging from ten to one thousand, while a Rakshasa at the saint level has merit points ranging from one thousand to one hundred thousand. Even a Rakshasa at the supreme saint level is worth at most one hundred thousand merit points."

"The merit points of these twenty-odd Rakshasa clans are less than ten thousand in total. In the end, it is still more worthwhile to kill Rakshasa clans at higher levels."

"However, the most urgent task at present is to find the Merit Book Wall of the Northern Continent and prevent it from being destroyed by the Rakshasa Clan. Otherwise, the entire battle will be led by the nose by the Rakshasa Clan."

The Merit Book Wall is something placed in the Ancestral Spirit Realm by the Merit Temple for exchanging merit points.

After the Seven Realms Saints kill the Rakshasa Clan cultivators, they can only obtain merit points by exchanging the collected holy souls and holy blood.

In other words, if the merit book wall is destroyed or taken away by someone.

Therefore, even if the Seven Realms Saints kill a large number of Rakshasa cultivators, they will not be able to exchange them for merit points.

Within the Ancestral Spirit Realm, there are four merit book walls, located on four different continents.

The location of the merit book wall is extremely hidden and it is difficult to find in a short time.

Di Yi sent out several communication talismans to the powerful figures from the Kunlun Realm who had fallen into the Northern Continent, urging them to come and reunite with him.

At the same time, he also headed northwest, and from the soul of the previous Rakshasa saint, he learned that there was a large Rakshasa camp in the northwest, where hundreds of saints and tens of thousands of Rakshasa soldiers were gathered.

That's a huge amount of merit points, not to be missed.

Rakshasa cultivators who achieve sainthood can be granted the title of marquis, which is divided into ten ranks based on cultivation level and combat strength.

A Saint of the Lower Realm is a Marquis of the Tenth Rank.

Even the most sage was only a third-rank marquis.

Second-class marquises are basically beings who have one foot in the Saint King realm.

As for the First-Class Marquis, they are among the most powerful individuals below the Saint King in the Rakshasa Clan, and there are currently no more than ten of them in the entire Ancestral Spirit Realm.

Any first-class marquis possesses strength no less than ten trillion.

The Rakshasa clan camp that Emperor Yi went to was commanded by a second-class marquis, but with the saints under his command and the formation, even an ordinary first-step saint king might not be a match for him.

(End of this chapter)