Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 223 Outside the Phoenix Nest
Qiu Yu's true form is a new sprout growing from a remnant root of the sacred Wutong tree. In essence, he does belong to the sacred tree, and his true divine body comes from this.

But the sacred parasol tree is dead after all. Even if new buds sprout, they are entirely new consciousness and souls, just like an ancient corpse with a spirit. No matter how strong the physical body is, the level of the soul is far inferior.

The first thing the Devouring Power of the Twin Lotus of Return to Nothingness absorbed was Qiu Yu's Holy Soul.

The sacred soul was completely extracted, and Qiu Yu's body lost its human form, gradually turning into wood, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a thousand-foot-tall Wutong divine tree.

This is still just a sapling, not the real Wutong Divine Tree. In its prime, the Wutong Divine Tree was an ancient deity comparable to the Heavenly Tree, with a trunk diameter of more than a thousand feet.

Di Yi did not stop devouring, intending to extract the divine essence of the Wutong Divine Tree in one go.

But it ended in failure.

"It failed. It seems that the devouring method of the Guixu Twin Lotus is not without limits. Or perhaps my current cultivation level is too low. In the end, the Guixu Twin Lotus still needs me to perform its devouring method."

Qiu Yu's true form can be called the Wutong Divine Tree. It contains the residual power of the previous generation of Wutong Divine Tree, which is a true divine power. The power he cultivated himself was pitifully small and had been devoured along with his Holy Soul.

Di Yi stroked the trunk of the paulownia tree in front of him with his palm, feeling the powerful life force and the rich power of fire and wood within it.

"The phoenix perches on the parasol tree; perhaps I can use the power of the parasol tree to help me condense a second spiritual power seed."

Emperor Yi released his mental realm, took in the Wutong Divine Wood, and placed it next to the fire pearl of the Four Symbols Pearl of the Derivation Realm. It quickly took root in the void.

The six-colored phoenix on the fire pearl spread its wings and circled at the top of the parasol tree, and a seventh color gradually appeared on its body.

After circling the sacred parasol tree nine times, it landed on the top of the tree and formed a fiery cocoon with a diameter of over twenty feet.

The aura of the sacred Wutong tree was holy and magnificent, attracting the attention of everyone the moment it appeared, even Luo Sha showed a surprised expression.

"I didn't realize before that Qiu Yu's true form was so extraordinary, a genuine divine tree transformed. If we bring it back to the Underworld and offer it to the ancient gods there, we'll surely be able to exchange it for a massive amount of resources." Twenty-seven Snowflakes followed Luo Sha to the shore of the Ice and Fire Ocean, intending to cross the sea to the Phoenix Nest to compete for the opportunity left behind by the Ice and Fire Phoenix.

"He got off easy." Luo Sha snorted and turned his gaze to the phoenix nest in the heart of the Ice and Fire Ocean.

Emperor Yi stood on the shore, savoring the harvest brought by the autumn rain. Not long after, the people from Kunlun Realm arrived with Lingquan Shaojun.

"Master Di Yi, where is Qiu Yu?" Bei Gonglan asked first.

Di Yi paused to reflect, then said calmly, "From now on, there will be no more autumn rain in the world."

Having said that, he looked up at the ocean in front of him, half of which was the water of the Netherworld Winter, and the other half was the divine fire of annihilation.

"I'm going to claim the legacy left behind by the Ice and Fire Phoenix. Will you come with me?"

Everyone looked at Ming Dongshui with fear on their faces.

"The power of the Purifying Divine Fire and the Extreme Yin Nether Ice has little effect on me. Hall Master, I'd better stay and guard the Spirit Spring Young Lord." Han Qiu spoke first. It wasn't that she was afraid of the Nether Winter Water, but rather that she was focused on the path of darkness and had little interest in other powers. This was her way of cultivating.

Ah Le also shook his head: "Master, I will stay too. Fighting with the Rakshasa Clan's experts is a faster way for me to improve."

Bei Gonglan, being a sword cultivator, also chose to refuse.

“I’ll go with you. If I can integrate the power of the Extreme Yin Nether Ice into the Luo Shui Fist Technique, it should greatly enhance my combat strength,” Luo Shuihan said as she walked to Di Yi’s side.

The Devouring Demon Dragon, the Kunpeng Prince, and the Vermilion Bird Fairy are all ancient remnants with powerful physical bodies. The Devouring Demon Dragon wields the Nanling Dragon Fire, the Vermilion Bird Fairy is born with the Nanming Li Fire, and the Kunpeng Prince's true form is the Hun Kun, living in the extreme cold of the North Sea.

All three of them had a strong tolerance for extreme cold and heat and were happy to accompany Di Yi.

Leaving A-Le, Han-Qiu, Bei-Gong-Lan, and Ying-Huo to guard Ling-Quan Shao-Jun, Di-Yi released the Yellow Dragon Dao Seed, which transformed into a hundred-zhang-long phantom of a yellow dragon, floating on the surface of the Dark Winter Water.

Huanglong is an ancient water god, and Huanglong Dao Seed is the embodiment of the Dao of Heaven and Earth and Water. Even the Netherworld Winter Water cannot erode it in a short period of time.

Di Yi pulled Luo Shuihan up and leaped onto the back of the Yellow Dragon. The three Devouring Demon Dragons followed closely behind, carefully climbing up as well.

The yellow dragon swam slowly on the sea, heading towards the Phoenix Nest.

In the distance, Luo Sha launched a warship made of a special material, neither gold nor wood, which was many times more precious than the Myriad Pattern Sacred Artifact. It also floated on the surface of the Dark Winter Water without sinking.

Lei Xiao, Feng Liudao, Twenty-Seven Chongxue, and Yue Jian followed behind her, leaping onto the warship together. They used their holy energy to propel the warship closer to the Phoenix Nest.

Emperor Yi stood on the back of the Yellow Dragon, using his spiritual power to draw strands of extremely Yin Nether Ice power from the Nether Ice Sea in an attempt to refine it.

Luo Shuihan and Prince Kunpeng also used their own methods to collect the power of the Extreme Yin Nether Ice and attempt to refine it.

As long as the seed of the Extreme Yin Nether Ice Power is planted within the body, one will naturally be able to master the Extreme Yin Nether Ice Power in the future. The Vermilion Bird Fairy and the Devouring Demon Dragon, on the other hand, will wait until they reach the Sea of ​​Fire before attempting to collect the Purifying Divine Fire and condense a fire seed within their bodies.

The Nether Ice Sea contains not only a vast amount of extremely Yin Nether Ice power, but also the sacred path of the Ice and Fire Phoenix.

While refining the power of the Extreme Yin Nether Ice, Di Yi discovered that the number of Sacred Rules within the Tongtian Ruins was also increasing, and they were all rules with Yin and cold attributes.

It's only a hundred miles from the coast to the edge of Phoenix Nest, but it took us most of the day to get there.

Then, they were blocked by the formation.

Di Yi used his True Source Demon Eye to survey the area and discovered that there was a spatial array set up outside the Phoenix Nest, as well as an eighth-grade killing array called the "Life and Death Extreme Array".

The combination of these two defensive measures is extremely dangerous and forms the last barrier outside the Phoenix's nest.

"The space here seems to have become very fragile. It cannot bear the power of those who surpass the Saints, but how can those below the Saint King level possibly withstand the power of the Extreme Yin Nether Ice and the power of the Purifying Divine Fire?" Luo Shuihan frowned slightly and unleashed a Luo Shui Fist technique. As soon as the fist force entered the Phoenix Nest's range, it was swallowed up by the spatial power and fell into the boundless void.

"Of the ninety-nine sacred mountains outside the Phoenix Nest, many have time formations. Now, there are also space formations outside the Phoenix Nest. The Ice and Fire Phoenix truly lives up to its reputation as a near-divine being, having mastered the power of both time and space. Could it be that she, like Zhang Ruochen, is a successor of the Time and Space lineage?" The Vermilion Bird Fairy, petite and exquisite with a unique beauty, gazed at the enormous Phoenix Nest before her and couldn't help but sigh.

The Vermilion Bird and the Phoenix are close relatives, both belonging to the top tier of mythical birds and beasts.

The Vermilion Bird Fairy has a special affection for her predecessor, the Ice and Fire Phoenix.

"At most, they can only be considered cultivators of the two paths of time and space. They are still far from being masters of the eternal path. The Ice and Fire Phoenix is ​​a Great Saint of the Supreme Realm. This level of time and space power is of no use to a powerhouse of her level."

Di Yi said calmly, his eyes scanning the spatial array and the life-and-death array, pondering how to break the array.

Ice and Fire Phoenix is ​​the only cultivator, besides the Lord of Fallen God Island, who has visited the place where the Venerable Monk Sumeru passed away in the past 100,000 years. Moreover, he brought out the time artifact, the sundial, from the place where the Venerable Monk Sumeru passed away.

Her time and space abilities all came from the Venerable Monk Sumeru, not from her own cultivation.

Unfortunately, she found the place where the Venerable Monk of Mount Sumeru had passed away too late. The Ancestral Spirit Realm had already become a battlefield for merit, and the God of Hunting had also died in battle, leaving only the Divine Soul Constellation.

Luo Sha's interest in the inheritance of the Ice and Fire Phoenix was not as great as she showed. What she was really interested in was the soul constellation of the God of Hunting.

For a Great Sage in the Supreme Realm, refining a Divine Soul Constellation gives them a considerable chance of becoming a god. For cultivators below the Great Sage level, the Divine Soul Constellation is an invaluable aid to cultivation, capable of tempering the Holy Soul, physical body, and spiritual power, and enhancing comprehension.

The soul constellation of the God of Hunting eventually fell into the hands of the Ice and Fire Phoenix and was suspected to have been taken into the Phoenix Nest.

But the truth is not so.

Buddhism has the concept of reincarnation, and the Holy Monk of Mount Sumeru is even called the 'Future Buddha,' who is said to have the power to bring the dead back to life.

After obtaining the Divine Soul Constellation of the God of Hunting, the Ice and Fire Phoenix did not choose to refine it herself to break through to the Divine Realm, but instead clung to that faint, elusive hope.

The spirit of the God of Hunting was buried in the Sumeru Temple, the place where the Holy Monk of Sumeru passed away, in the hope that it could be reborn.

She herself chose to return to the Ancestral Spirit Realm at the end of her life, and perish together with the Ancestral Spirit Realm.

"Boom!"

On the other side, Luo Sha and his group tested the waters, but after losing several sacred artifacts, they were also blocked by the spatial array and the life-and-death dual array.

The two formations complemented each other, and even though Luo Sha was a master of space, he could not break them.

Seeing this, Di Yi was not in a hurry. He sat cross-legged on the back of the Yellow Dragon Dao Seed, refining the power of the Purifying Divine Fire and the Extreme Yin Nether Ice. He used the residual charm of the Ice and Fire Phoenix Holy Dao in the world to improve his cultivation and break through to the Martial Dao Saint King realm.

At the same time, he was also studying the formation in front of him.

He couldn't comprehend the Dao of Space, but he was confident he could break the Great Array of Life and Death.

Primal cultivators have the best understanding of the essence of heaven and earth and all things. Whether it is cultivating array formations, alchemy, or talismans, they are much stronger than ordinary spiritual cultivators.

Di Yi's mastery of formations was already quite high, reaching the level of a grandmaster. After his spiritual power broke through the 55th level, he was not far from becoming a formation saint master.

Although the Ice and Fire Phoenix possesses formidable martial arts cultivation, its spiritual power cultivation is most likely not at the level of a Great Sage, and its mastery of formations is only at the level of an ordinary Saint Master; otherwise, the formations it sets up would not be merely eighth-grade formations.

Fortunately, when the Ice and Fire Phoenix left behind its nest, the Great Sage Xuan Yuan had already perished. Otherwise, even if the Great Sage came, he might not have been able to break through the formation set up by a geomancer.

(End of this chapter)