Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 237 Tiandu Mountain Holy City

After making a trip to the Holy Pavilion of the Temple of Truth, Di Yi gained thirty-one months of cultivation time and forty-five Seals, representing forty-five places to enter the Temple of Truth.

After leaving the Temple of Truth, Di Yi sent a message to Nangong Shi, instructing him to arrange for young prodigies from the heretical path to come to the Temple of Truth for cultivation. He also instructed Nangong Shi to negotiate the remaining Truth Seals with the other forces in the Kunlun Realm.

After bidding farewell to Nie Yuan, Di Yi returned to the Shenxiao Dojo. Ling Feiyu, Luo Xu, and the other five people cultivated in the dojo, comprehending the truth and improving their own cultivation.

With the Ten Thousand Swords Converging Formation protecting their dojo, they don't need to worry about cultivators from the Sword God Realm coming to their door.

At least in the short term, the Shenxiao Dojo will be a safe haven for cultivators from the Kunlun Realm in the Realm of Truth. Even if more cultivators arrive later, they will still have a cultivation environment that is no less than that of the geniuses of the powerful realms.

As for reclaiming other dojos, Di Yi has no plans for the time being.

There aren't many cultivators from the Kunlun Realm who come to the Realm of Truth to cultivate. A single Divine Firmament Dojo can easily accommodate hundreds of cultivators.

The only thing truly valuable to the Kunlun Realm is the Chaos Space-Time Lotus left by the Venerable Monk Sumeru within the Sumeru Dojo, which is now occupied by the Heavenly Realm.

"In the next period of time, I will first thoroughly adjust the proportion of the Holy Dao rules in my body. Now that I have obtained the profound truth, I do not need to enter the Temple of Truth to efficiently comprehend various Holy Dao rules. Entering the inner space of the Yuan Chen Sumeru World-Stabilizing Banner to cultivate will make my cultivation progress even faster."

Having made up his mind, Di Yi went to a private room in the temple, took out the World-Stabilizing Banner, and entered the space inside the banner.

Arriving beneath the corpse of the Dragon God, Di Yi found a spot where the rules of the Holy Path were relatively active. He sat down cross-legged and took out the Ice and Fire Phoenix's rule-based imperial artifact.

Having crossed five layers of the Sea of ​​Truth, he obtained a full eight ten-thousandths of the profound truth.

How should the profound truth be used?

Emperor Yi attempted to mobilize the profound truth and infuse it into the Fire God Armor. Instantly, dazzling halos of flame erupted from the Fire God Armor, far more domineering than the purifying divine flames of the Minister.

"Is this the Divine Refining Fire that the God of Fire fused together back then?"

The Vulcan Armor is a mysterious suit of armor forged with profound power, and its true power can only be unleashed by using profound techniques.

Without the aid of the profound truth, the power that Di Yi unleashed while wearing the Fire God Armor and the Hundred Saints Blood Armor was not much different. However, now that the profound truth was activated, the power was two or three times greater, which was incomparable to before.

He was deeply moved, and at the same time, a bold idea came to him.

The True Source Demon Eye is his most mysterious talent. If combined with the profound truth, could it become even more powerful?
At this point, Di Yi tried to direct the profound meaning of truth towards his pupils, and specks of light gathered from his flesh and blood toward his eyes.

Soon, the world before Di Yi's eyes changed.

The heavens and earth lost their original shape and became a pure white world composed of countless particles.

It's as if we've returned to the most primal state of the world.

Between the particles, the sacred rules of alternating reality and illusion emerge, presented to us in the most straightforward way.

At this moment, the sacred rules of heaven and earth were no longer concealed, but presented in their most active form, minimizing the difficulty for him to comprehend the sacred way.

"This... is too amazing."

Di Yi let out a gasp of surprise.

Even within the Temple of Truth, where the rules of the Holy Path are exceptionally active, it is still far less effective than the combined effect of the True Source Demon Eye and the Profound Truth at this moment.

To put it simply, one is still covered by a thin veil, while the other is completely naked.

Releasing the shadow of the Heavenly Demon and the Holy Soul, Di Yi enjoyed the feeling of having a cheat code and quickly immersed himself in deep cultivation.

The wonders of the profound truths extend far beyond helping cultivators comprehend the rules of the sacred path; they also greatly aid in cultivating sacred arts and enhancing spiritual power.

He cultivated within the World-Stabilizing Banner for a year in one go, and the number of Sacred Rules within the Emperor Body approached 100,000. The ratio of Minor Rules, Major Rules, Supreme Sacred Rules, and Eternal Rules reached its most perfect state.

His spiritual power broke through to the early stage of the 57th level, and his martial arts cultivation reached the peak of the third-step Saint King, but unfortunately he failed to break through to the fourth-step Saint King.

Only when one cultivates 100,000 Sacred Path Rules can one possibly reach the Fourth Step Sacred King realm. According to Emperor Yi's estimate, he would need to cultivate approximately 120,000 Sacred Path Rules to break through to the Fourth Step Sacred King realm.

On the path of cultivation, the fourth and seventh stages are extremely important realms. The gap between the third-step Saint King and the fourth-step Saint King is quite large, and it is not easy to break through.

Most Saint King realm experts need decades or even centuries of honing their skills to cross this realm.

"I have comprehended more than three thousand Holy Sword Rules for the several Supreme Holy Paths that I mainly cultivate. The number of rules for the Dark Path and the Origin Path has also reached one thousand, and the number of Truth Rules has exceeded six thousand. However, I am still a little short of comprehending the second realm of the second level of the Temple of Truth."

Cultivating within the space of the Fixed World Banner allows for more time for cultivation, while cultivating within the Temple of Truth provides complete guidance from the Dao Diagram, making it easier to comprehend higher levels of the Dao of Truth.

Only by combining the two can the greatest effect be achieved.

Di Yi did not continue cultivating, but tried to communicate with the spirit of the Yuan Chen Sumi Ding Shi Banner.

The artifact spirit is merely a remnant spirit; its physical form was destroyed in the great war ten thousand years ago.

Di Yi still remembered that the artifact spirit had told him that as long as he reshaped his Dao body, the upper limit of the time flow rate in the core area of ​​the space inside the World-Stabilizing Banner could reach sixty times that of the outside world.

After some communication, he was surprised to receive the materials needed to restore his Dao body from the spirit of the artifact.

There were seventeen kinds of materials in total, each of which was priceless, and many of them he had never even heard of.

"The Temple of Truth is the core of the Heavenly Court, where cultivators from all realms gather. The materials I need to restore my Dao body may be rare in the Kunlun Realm, but I can definitely find them in the Temple of Truth." The artifact spirit seemed very eager to restore its Dao body.

After thinking for a while, Di Yi thought of a place.

The Heavenly Capital Holy City is the only trading market in the Realm of Truth, where cultivators from all realms of the universe, including disciples of the Temple of Truth, go to buy and sell goods.

Backed by the Temple of Truth, the Heavenly Capital Holy City is incredibly prosperous and renowned throughout the entire Heavenly Realm. The vast majority of treasures in the universe can be purchased in the Heavenly Capital Holy City.

After leaving the Dingshi Banner, Di Yi departed from the Shenxiao Dojo and arrived at a cloud boat ferry. He then boarded a cloud boat and headed towards the Tiandu Holy City.

To avoid being recognized, he took out a spiritual artifact mask, changed into white clothes, and used his original abilities to change his aura and appearance.

The Holy City of Tiandu is built on Tiandu Mountain, which is suspended in mid-air, mostly piercing the clouds, and its exact size is unknown.

Even the part that was visible was a majestic and imposing mountain range. Amidst the holy light and rosy clouds, there were many strange and unusual buildings, each with its own unique characteristics, many of which Emperor Yi had never seen before.

Each building is a sacred site established by a deity, and the deities qualified to establish sacred sites in the Holy City of Tiandu Mountain are also powerful among the deities.

He could be the master of an ancient temple or the ruler of a powerful realm.

The dojos of the Moon Goddess of the Guanghan Realm and several ancient gods from the Kunlun Realm ten thousand years ago are located here.

Upon entering Tiandu Mountain, Di Yi saw cultivators of all appearances setting up long stalls along both sides of the street, displaying a dazzling array of goods.

These cultivators are all geniuses of their realm, but in order to obtain the resources needed for cultivation, they have no choice but to set up stalls and sell goods in the Heavenly Capital Holy City.

What Di Yi needs is beyond their reach; his goal is the sacred store established by the top powerful realms.

As he traveled, Di Yi saw all sorts of cultivators, but most of them were not very powerful, only Saints, and Saint Kings were extremely rare.

The holy shops along the street were all more magnificent than the last, with the four holy shops that ruled the world being the largest, resembling huge temples and occupying the most prosperous area.

In addition, the various civilizations of the ancient civilization factions, the top 100 worlds on the Myriad Realms Merit Ranking, and the holy shops of some special and powerful realms are also very prosperous.

Suddenly, Di Yi stopped and his gaze fell on a black palace on the right side of the road. The palace was shrouded in evil mist, and outside the mist stood a stone tablet with three large characters crookedly carved on it: "Yin Yang Palace".

"This is the Moon Goddess's dojo? The Moon Goddess, who is known for her purity and unparalleled beauty, must be furious that her dojo has been occupied by a group of evil cultivators and turned into a place of pleasure." Di Yi smiled faintly.

The Moon Goddess's dojo is occupied by the Yin-Yang Realm, ranked 372nd on the "List of Merits in All Realms," along with the Black Demon Realm (ranked 891st) and the Myriad Evils Realm (ranked 1450th).

The Yin-Yang Palace is involved in many businesses, the most important of which is providing prostitution services and selling female cultivators of various races, including Rakshasa women from the Hell Realm and undead vampire women. These evil cultivators are ruthless, and even cultivators from the top 100 worlds are unwilling to provoke them.

Moreover, powerful cultivators also have desires, and many powerful cultivators are customers of the Yin Yang Palace.

Not far from the Yin-Yang Palace, there is a very special sacred shop, which is made entirely of flowers. It is the dojo of the Mandala Flower Goddess of the Thousand Bud Realm, one of the top 100 realms in the Southern Universe, and is called the Hundred Flower Palace.

The difference between the Hundred Flowers Palace and the Yin-Yang Hall is like the difference between heaven and hell.

Di Yi gazed at the Hundred Flowers Palace from afar. Within the Hundred Flowers Palace resided Ji Fanxin, one of the 'Nine Fairy Beauties' of the Heavenly Court.

Ji Fanxin's true identity is that of one of the most powerful beings in the universe, a Divine Lotus with cultivation reaching the heavens, which has existed since the ancient times.

The other consciousness that coexists with her is one of the behind-the-scenes players in the universe, an immortal being, the creator of the ten races of hell, the Netherworld race, and the ancestor of the gods of the underworld.

Ji Fanxin's state of mind at this moment should be quite special, because of the agreement with the Underworld Ancestor, he came to the mortal world to find goodness and beauty, and to observe the good and evil of Zhang Ruochen, the spirit of the Heavenly Dao.

"Of the seventeen materials needed for the spirit of the World-Stabilizing Banner to reshape its Dao body, the 'Virtual Life Flower' can only be born in the star field where the Thousand Buds Realm is located. The Hundred Flowers Palace will most likely still have to make a trip there." Di Yi thought to himself. He held Ji Fan in awe. No one knew what state he was in. He was an existence even more powerful than the Ancestor. Crushing him would be too easy. A casual strike could probably annihilate the entire Truth Heaven Domain.

"Let's try our luck at the holy shops in the top ten realms of the Myriad Realms Merit Ranking. These powerful realms have profound foundations and may be able to gather all the necessary materials directly."

It took Di Yi a whole day to visit almost every holy shop in the Holy City of Tiandu Mountain, and he spent a huge amount of money to buy thirteen of the seventeen materials.

Of the remaining four materials, two will need to wait for some time before being sent from outside the Realm of Truth.

Only the 'Virtual Life Flower' and the 'Demon Soul Stone' are still undetermined.

The illusory flower is a unique treasure of the Thousand Buds Realm, while the demon soul stone is a treasure born from the combination of the divine soul and blood of a powerful demon god after his fall, and the essence of heaven and earth. It has a great effect on demon cultivators in the Southern Universe and is extremely precious.

It is something that would make even the offspring of a demon god spare no expense to seize.

Although the Holy Shop in the Demon God Realm did not sell Demon Soul Stones, the Holy King who received him told Di Yi a way to obtain them.

Not long ago, the goddess of the Heart Moon Fox Clan in the Heavenly Fox Realm offered ten treasures as a reward for obtaining a Truth Dragon Loach.

Among these ten treasures is a Demon Soul Stone.

"Truth Dragon Loach, Demon Soul Stone".

This was the second time Di Yi had heard the name Truth Dragon Loach. Nie Yuan had mentioned that the Truth Dragon Loach was a special creature from the True Heaven Cold Pool, and that the Crimson God Lord of the Truth Temple especially loved to eat it.

The Crimson God Lord is in charge of all cultivators in the Temple of Truth in the Southern Universe. Perhaps the goddess of the Heart Moon Fox Clan wanted to use this to curry favor with the Crimson God Lord.

"Something that even a goddess of the clan would offer a huge reward for must not be something that can be found easily. Let's go to the Hundred Flowers Palace first and try to get the Void Flower."

As you approach the entrance of the Hundred Flowers Palace, the colorful spirit flowers exude a delightful fragrance.

As soon as you step inside, one after another Heavenly Fire Demon Butterflies come to greet you.

"Welcome to the Palace of a Hundred Flowers. What would you like?" one of the Heavenly Fire Demon Butterflies asked.

"Who is in charge here? This divine being needs to purchase the Void Life Flower," Di Yi said in a hoarse voice.

Upon hearing the words "Virtual Life Flower," Princess Heavenly Fire Demon Butterfly immediately exclaimed sweetly, "Uncle Demon, we have a distinguished guest."

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man wearing a purple martial arts crown stepped out. He was quite skilled and exuded an aura of authority without being angry.

Upon hearing that distinguished guests had arrived, the middle-aged man smiled kindly and introduced himself: "I am the Demon King of the Thousand Bloom Realm. I am temporarily staying in the Realm of Truth and taking care of the business of the Hundred Flowers Palace."

The Demon King's cultivation level was very high, which made Di Yi feel a slight sense of threat. He was indeed a person who could represent the Thousand Bloom Realm and guard the Realm of Truth.

Di Yi walked straight to a seat, acting as if no one else was around, appearing completely at ease. He secretly glanced around, trying to find the figure of the Hundred Flower Fairy Ji Fanxin.

However, they were unable to find it, and it is unknown whether it is not inside the Hundred Flowers Palace or is hiding deep within the Hundred Flowers Palace without showing itself.

The Demon King walked to the side and sat down, personally pouring Emperor Yi a cup of Sacred Flower Tea. Instantly, the fragrance of flowers filled the air.

"You wish to purchase the 'Virtual Life Flower'?"

“Not bad.” Di Yi nodded calmly.

The Demon King had been secretly observing Di Yi, trying to guess his true identity. He could tell that Di Yi's cultivation was only at the third or fourth step Saint King level. To be able to remain so calm in the face of an eighth step Saint King like him was something that ordinary cultivators could not do. He was probably a divine son or grandson of a god from a great world, or a true disciple of an ancient sect, with an extraordinary background.

"The Void Flower only grows in the void outside the Thousand Bloom Realm, making it extremely rare. There aren't many in the Thousand Bloom Realm either, and the Hundred Flowers Palace doesn't have any at the moment. If you really need it, I can get it for you from the Thousand Bloom Realm, but the price..."

"Demon King, just name your price. This divine son has no shortage of holy stones. As long as the price is reasonable, I can accept it. But please don't treat me like a sucker. Although the Void Flower is precious, there are other treasures that can replace what this divine son needs to cultivate the intermediate level of the Profound Realm holy technique." Di Yi spoke and laughed as if he were the divine son.

In the Realm of Truth, having a powerful backer is often more useful than one's own strength.

Pretending to be a god can at least fool most people.

The Demon King was convinced of this. As a divine son, he was of extremely high status, and his ability to cultivate a mid-level Profound Saint Technique meant that he was most likely not a cultivator from a weak realm.

Of the nearly nine thousand mortal realms under the Heavenly Court, no more than half possess mid-level Profound Saint Arts.

The so-called low-level holy arts, mid-level holy arts, and high-level holy arts are all created and perfected by generations of cultivators.

Those who can create mid-level Profound Saint Techniques are all exceptionally talented geniuses who have cultivated a Saint Path to its peak while at the Saint King Realm.

"Then I will offer you my lowest price: one hundred million holy stones."

"One hundred million?" Even though Di Yi was somewhat prepared, he was still taken aback.

You should know that many Saint Kings only have ten million Saint Stones in their entire fortune. Even a Great Saint would feel the pinch if he had a hundred million Saint Stones.

On the battlefield of merit in the Ancestral Spirit Realm, Emperor Yi reaped great rewards, obtaining a large number of sacred artifacts, sacred corpses, and sacred sources.

These items individually may not be of high value, but when put together, they become quite considerable.

The various sacred medicines growing inside the Ding Shi Banner, as well as the divine blood and bones of the dragon, are all treasures.

A single drop of divine blood is worth ten holy stones. Given the immense size of the Chenlong Divine Body, even if ten million drops of divine blood were extracted, it would only be a drop in the ocean.

"Alright, one hundred million holy stones, but we need to be quick. My cultivation of holy arts cannot be delayed," Emperor Yi said.

Seeing that Di Yi was so agreeable, Yao Jue Wang was overjoyed. Such a big customer took the initiative to come to his door and even negotiated a deal worth hundreds of millions of holy stones. It would be hard for anyone not to be happy.

"Rest assured, Your Excellency, I will have someone send the Void Flower to the Realm of Truth as quickly as possible. It will be delivered to you within ten days at most."

"By the way, may I ask how to address you? And how should we contact you?"

"My name is Long Qian. Once the Void Flower arrives, Demon King can contact Nie Yuan, a first-class disciple of the Temple of Truth. He is a good friend of mine," Di Yi said with a light laugh. Nie Yuan was one of the few connections he had with the Temple of Truth, so of course he had to make use of him.

Upon hearing this, the Demon King seemed to be deep in thought, recalling a piece of news he had heard some time ago, that a mysterious cultivator with extremely high attainments in the Dao of Truth had appeared in the Realm of Truth, and had passed through five layers of the Sea of ​​Truth in one go.

It does resemble the attire of the person in front of me somewhat.

Without exchanging many pleasantries, Di Yi left the Hundred Flowers Palace and headed towards the outskirts of the Heavenly Capital Mountain Holy Market.

Almost simultaneously, inside the Hundred Flowers Palace, a beautiful woman appeared beside the Demon King, ethereal and otherworldly, unlike anything of this realm.

"The divine prince is lurking; have you seen through his true nature, young lady?"

"His methods of concealment are extremely clever. I have only seen through part of it. If I want to see more details, I will have to get close to him."

(End of this chapter)