Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 228 This time, who among you will perform the Divine Communication Spell?
Spiritual practice knows no time, and the transmission of knowledge knows no years.

Bathed in the power of extreme yin ice and the purifying divine fire, Di Yi entered a state of profound mystery.

His mental strength, physical body, and martial arts skills have all improved significantly, completely eliminating external interference.

The concept of time has become blurred.

Until a faint sound came into my consciousness.

"Crack!"

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, cracks appeared on the seven-colored phoenix cocoon on the Wutong Divine Tree.

A moment later, a lifelike nine-colored phoenix emerged from its cocoon.

The second spiritual energy seed, the Nine-Colored Divine Phoenix, was successfully condensed.

With the birth of the Dao Seed, Di Yi's spiritual power also rose accordingly, climbing from the middle of the 55th level all the way up to the late 56th level before stopping.

The sacred source of the Ice and Fire Phoenix flew into his body, but instead of entering his dantian, it hid in his heart, continuously releasing two completely different forces of extreme heat and extreme yin to temper his physical body.

The Holy Path realm of the Ice and Fire Phoenix was too high, and Di Yi dared not directly absorb her Holy Source into his Qi Sea, fearing that her Holy Path would assimilate his own Holy Path, thus transforming him into a second Ice and Fire Phoenix.

The extreme Yin Ice Power and the Purifying Divine Fire in the lake have been exhausted, revealing the bare lakebed.

Emperor Yi reached out and beckoned, causing the lakebed to split open. A beautifully crafted, shimmering phoenix crown flew out from the lakebed and landed in his hand.

The phoenix crown released an astonishing aura of sainthood, putting immense pressure on Emperor Yi.

The entire phoenix crown is made entirely of sacred rules, making it extremely holy.

This is neither a sacred artifact nor an ornament prepared by the Ice and Fire Phoenix for itself.

It is not a rule-based imperial artifact.

When one's cultivation reaches the Saint King level, the Saintly Dao rules within one's body will condense together to form a Saintly Rule Artifact.

The rule artifact within the body of the One Step Saint King is called a first-grade rule artifact.

The artifact within the body of the Second Step Saint King is known as the Second Grade Rule Saint Artifact.

……

By analogy, the rule artifact within the Nine-Step Saint King's body is a ninth-grade rule artifact.

When one's cultivation reaches the Great Saint level, the number of Saintly Dao rules within the Saintly Artifact reaches a level that even Saint King level experts cannot achieve.

The Great Sage's sacred artifact of rules is thus called the Imperial Artifact of Rules.

Under normal circumstances, there would never be a complete Imperial Artifact of the Rules left in the world, unless a Great Sage, before passing away, willingly leaves behind his Holy Path inheritance to pass on to future generations of cultivators.

The appearance of any rule-based imperial artifact will cause a huge uproar, leading to a fierce battle between the two great worlds. Even a Great Sage might succumb to temptation and join the fight.

If ordinary rule-based imperial artifacts are already of such value, then the rule-based imperial artifact left behind by a Great Sage whose cultivation is close to that of a god, such as the Ice and Fire Phoenix, is of immeasurable value.

Let alone in a weak realm like the Seven Realms of Shatuo, even in the Four Directions Ruler World, such treasures are extremely rare and beyond the reach of cultivators below the Great Sage level.

Di Yi used his spiritual power to probe the inside of the phoenix crown and understood what it meant for a firefly's flame to not dare to compete with the bright moon's brilliance.

The number of Sacred Rules within the Phoenix Crown is in the trillions, while Di Yi, even with his cultivation skyrocketing after receiving the inheritance, only has about 30,000 Sacred Rules, a difference of hundreds of millions of times compared to the Ice and Fire Phoenix.

"The path of cultivation is long. I still have a long way to go if I want to reach the heights of the Ice and Fire Phoenix, or even break through to become a god."

Di Yi felt a pang of emotion. Looking back, he was now many times stronger than the boy in the First-Rank Hall back then. But looking ahead, he was just one of the many saints in the vast Heavenly Court.

Even a phoenix, as powerful as ice and fire, is ultimately just an ant if it doesn't become a god.

Even the weakest god has at least a sliver of a chance to struggle in the face of fate. Below the divine realm, there is not even that chance; they can only perish along with their mother realm.

With the Sacred Source and the Rule Emperor Artifacts taken away, the surrounding area completely lost its divine power, becoming no different from any other place in the Phoenix Nest, showing no sign that this was the legacy site left behind by the Ice and Fire Phoenix.

"Judging by the time, the Merit Battle should only have a few days left. It's time to go out and check the situation."

……

“Your Highness, we have searched the entire Phoenix Nest, but we still cannot find the whereabouts of the Ice and Fire Phoenix's inheritance. Perhaps the Ice and Fire Phoenix's inheritance is not even in the Phoenix Nest, and we have all been deceived,” Feng Liudao said.

Luo Sha wore a crystal crown and a white holy robe. His cultivation had risen to the peak of the half-step Saint King, making him much stronger than before.

"Any news about Teiichi?"

“No, perhaps… he has perished together with Lei Xiao. Outside the Phoenix Nest, there are traces left by Lei Xiao using the Great Luo Divine Technique. After using the Divine Technique, Lei Xiao’s combat power increased tenfold. No matter how strong Di Yi is, his martial arts cultivation is only half a step Saint King,” Feng Liudao replied.

Luo Sha was unwilling to believe that Di Yi had died just like that, even though she knew it was the best outcome for the Rakshasa clan.

"Then let's not look for them anymore. Order the Rakshasa army to launch a full-scale attack on the saints of the Seven Realms of Shatuo. I haven't dealt with them during this time, and they really think they can contend with the Rakshasa army."

"Yes!" Feng Liudao accepted the order and withdrew.

Looking at the strange stone artifact shrouded in the power of time in the distance, Yuejian asked, "Your Highness, what should we do with this sundial? Protected by the power of time, we haven't been able to get close to it."

"Leave a squad of Rakshasa Marquises here to guard the area. Once we have defeated the army of the Seven Realms of Shatuo, we will come back to collect the sundial." Luo Sha was determined to completely annihilate the army of the saints of the Seven Realms of Shatuo, in order to wash away the humiliation suffered by the Rakshasa race on the battlefield of the Ancestral Spirit Realm.

……

As Di Yi emerged from the land of inheritance, he could clearly sense that the space within the Phoenix Nest was gradually becoming fragile, and even the Rainbow Vine that had built the nest was no longer stable and could be partially removed.

He showed no mercy, opened the World-Stabilizing Banner, and collected a large number of Rainbow Vine.

Rainbow Vine is a treasure for cultivation and enlightenment. Even a small section can fetch a good price in the Heavenly Court, in exchange for a large amount of sacred stones and cultivation resources.

Although the trip to Phoenix Nest yielded considerable gains, they were all far too valuable. The Holy Source and Rule Emperor Artifact of the Ice and Fire Phoenix, Qiao Zu's Flame Copper City, Holy Wood Heart, and Immortal Holy Body—any one of these items could attract the attention of a Great Sage. In the short term, Di Yi simply dared not take them out.

"Boom!" The shockwaves of battle echoed in the distance.

It was a battle between a dozen powerful figures from the Guanghan Realm and a first-class marquis from the Rakshasa Clan.

Su Qingling is the granddaughter of the Nine Spirits Great Sage, one of the three giants of the mortal world of the Guanghan Realm. Her true form is the Nine Spirits Divine Bird, possessing a near-perfect physique. She is one of the top five geniuses in the Guanghan Realm.

Accompanying Su Qingling was another Saint Realm prodigy from the Guanghan Realm, Bu Ji.

Bu Ji is a cultivator who achieved physical sainthood. He became a disciple of the Great Sage of the Savage Sword in the Guanghan Realm and refined the holy soul of a Beast King within his body.

Both of them had reached the Saintly level of cultivation, and together with more than a dozen Saintly Realm experts from the Guanghan Realm, they could easily deal with a First-Class Marquis.

"The divine envoy has chased Fengxing Hou deep into the Phoenix Nest. We need to hurry and meet up with Jiezi and the others to support the divine envoy. We're not far from gathering 100 million merit points," Su Qingling said to Bu Ji while fighting the enemy.

“It’s a pity that the person from Kunlun Realm may or may not have really perished, leaving the top experts of the Rakshasa Clan unrestrained. Otherwise, the Divine Envoy wouldn’t have taken such a risk to enter the Phoenix Nest to collect the final merit points,” Bu Ji said.

"Fortunately, the divine messengers are almost at the point of collecting one hundred million merit points, and the cultivators from the Kunlun Realm have attracted away many of the Rakshasa Clan's top experts, so the pressure on the Guanghan Realm is not that great," Su Qingling said.

“Once Your Highness has destroyed all the saints of the Kunlun Realm, the next one to go will be the Guanghan Realm. None of the saints of the seven Shatuo Realms will be able to escape.”

The first-class marquis laughed loudly, and his laughter carried far.

But suddenly, the laughter stopped abruptly.

Within the body of this first-class marquis, bluish-white flames continuously surged forth, followed by a scream. Before the eyes of Su Qingling, Bu Ji, and other saints of the Guanghan Realm, he was burned to ashes, leaving behind only a Saint Source and a Myriad Pattern Saint Artifact.

"This is... the Purifying Divine Flame." Su Qingling's eyes widened in shock as she looked at the figure in black robes who had appeared out of nowhere.

"It's him, Di Yi."

After putting away the Sacred Source and Sacred Artifact, Di Yi lowered his eyes and glanced at the people of the Guanghan Realm, asking, "In which direction are the cultivators from the Kunlun Realm?"

Bu Ji was intimidated by the holy aura emanating from Di Yi, and pointed his finger in a certain direction.

"It should be over there."

"Thank you very much."

Di Yi's voice echoed in Bu Ji's ears, but he had already vanished without a trace.

After a long while, he finally came to his senses, swallowed hard, and said to Su Qingling beside him, "Is he really Emperor Yi? Why do I feel that the holy might he brings me is even more terrifying than many veteran Saint Kings in the Guanghan Realm?"

"His aura is indeed terrifying. He feels almost as powerful as Uncle Qian. He shouldn't be the kind of combat force that appears on the battlefield of Saints' Merits."

Su Qian is a veteran Saint King of the Nine Spirit Bird Clan.

"The Rakshasa clan is about to suffer a great calamity. Let's go and quickly inform the other saints of the Guanghan Realm. It's time for the Seven Realms of Shatuo to launch a counterattack against the Rakshasa army."

……

The cultivators from the Kunlun Realm who entered the Phoenix Nest were led by Wan Zhaoyi and Jiutian Xuannv, totaling more than thirty people, all of whom were top experts above the True Saint level.

The four sect leaders of Confucianism and Taoism, whose spiritual power had all broken through the fifty-fifth level, joined forces to activate the sacred book of the Confucian ancestor, forming a textual barrier that even Feng Liudao and Twenty-Seven Snowfalls could not break through in a short time.

However, more and more top Rakshasa warriors are gathering from all sides, with more than ten first-class marquises. If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before the city is breached.

Wan Zhaoyi unleashed the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, defeating a first-class marquis of the Rakshasa clan. He then said to the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden beside him, who had merged her nine bodies into one using the power of the Nine Luminaries Divine Tears, "We can't let this stalemate continue. If more powerful Rakshasa clan members arrive, all the experts from the Kunlun Realm will perish here today."

"You all lead the others and go first. I will use the power of the Heavenly Mandate Talisman to hold them off."

The Heavenly Mandate Edict is the imperial edict of the founding emperor of the Heavenly Mandate Central Empire, a legendary figure in the Kunlun Realm. It contains the sacred path and great power of a great sage.

Wan Zhaoyi obtained the Azure Dragon Armor and the Heavenly Mandate Edict from the tomb of the Heavenly Mandate Emperor.

"No, the power of the Destiny Talisman is too domineering. Forcibly activating it would be self-destruction for you, or even courting death."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden spoke; it was the voice of the Holy Book Talented Woman.

"Big brother, you take them and go first. The nine of us will stay behind to cover the rear." This time, it was Wan Canglan's voice.

While Wan Zhaoyi and Jiutian Xuannv were arguing, Twenty-Seven Snow released the Ice and Snow Planet from her Qi Sea, shattering the textual barrier erected by the Confucian Ancestor's Sacred Book.

"There's no need for all this back and forth; none of you are leaving today."

“These cultivators from the Kunlun Realm each possess valuable treasures, which could compensate for my loss of the Cloud Ferocious Battle Diagram,” Feng Liudao said.

The four leaders of the four schools of Confucianism and Taoism—plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum—were struck by the power of the icy planet, all coughing up blood and suffering serious injuries.

Mei Huangsheng lay on the ground, gazing at the sky, and uttered a questioning sound.

"How could there be lightning inside the Phoenix Nest?"

Chu Siyuan, the leader of the Painting Sect, was completely disoriented after the fall. Just as he was about to ask if Mei Huangsheng had lost his mind, he saw a torrent of lightning pouring down from the sky.

"It really does!"

With his powerful senses and six senses, Twenty-Sevenfold Snow and Wind had already sensed the lightning before Mei Huangsheng and Chu Siyuan even saw it.

"How did Lei Xiao's Five Elements Thunder Seal end up here?"

"Boom!"

The Thunder Seal crashed down with tremendous force, and apart from the Twenty-Sevenfold Snow and the Six Paths of Wind, all the other Rakshasa Marquises were smashed into a pile of mud by the seal.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a towering figure emerged from the thunder.

"Who do you plan to use the divine communication spell this time?"

Di Yi's calm voice resounded throughout the world.

(End of this chapter)