Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 239 Crossing the Sea of ​​Truth Again, the Origin Tower

Ten days later, the Shenxiao Dojo became much more lively.

A-Le, Han Qiu, Ye Honglei, Di Yan, Zi Qian, and other members of the evil sect.

The Holy Book Talent, the Azure Martial Saint, and the other seven Nine Heavens Mystic Maidens have all arrived in the Realm of Truth to cultivate.

The imperial court paid a huge price to buy up most of the surplus Truth Seals held by Nangong Shi and distributed them to the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, the six World Princes, Bu Qianfan, and several other rising stars of the Ministry of War.

With forty-five more people added at once, the Shenxiao Dojo exuded a sense of prosperity.

In a corner of the dojo, the Holy Book Talented Woman stood alone with Emperor Yi, gazing at the Dao of Truth left behind by the Sword God of Enlightenment.

"I didn't expect to meet you again in the Realm of Truth so soon," the Holy Book Talented Woman said softly.

"I promised to grant you and Martial Saint Canglan the qualification to cultivate in the Temple of Truth. Although you are a spiritual cultivator, comprehending the Way of Truth will also benefit your future cultivation," Emperor Yi said.

“I know that with your talent you will never be mediocre no matter where you go, but I didn’t expect that in just over a month you would get forty-five spots at once. That’s almost the total number of spots that the Seven Realms of Shatuo got this time.” The talented woman of the Holy Book recalled the shock that the news caused when it was sent back to the Shatuo Heavenly Domain, and she was still unable to calm down.

"Such opportunities only come once or twice. Only those who pass through the Sea of ​​Truth in their first year of cultivation in the Realm of Truth can receive extra rewards. Moreover, even if you pass through the seventh or eighth level, the cultivation slots you get are still far inferior to those of the powerful realms. No matter how high your personal talent is, you cannot change the vast difference in strength on your own, at least not before your talent is transformed into strength," Di Yi said calmly.

After a moment of silence, the talented woman of the Holy Book said, "It seems you have already guessed that I have come to the Realm of Truth with a special mission."

"The imperial court has offered many valuable items for cultivation quotas this time. My senior brother told me that some of these items were things he had never seen before."

“Sending so many imperial cultivators to the Realm of Truth, I suspect there’s a special purpose behind it,” Emperor Yi said.

"The Empress is now the only deity in the Kunlun Realm. Her will must be obeyed by all, whether they are cultivators of the court or not. However, the cultivators of the court are easier to manage. Extraordinary measures are taken in extraordinary times," the Holy Book Talent turned to look at Emperor Yi. "The Empress's intention is that everyone in the court, even in the Temple of Truth, will obey your orders. There is only one request: to reclaim the sacred site of the Venerable Monk Sumeru from the Heavenly Realm."

Di Yi had already anticipated this. The Chaos Space-Time Lotus within the Sumeru Dojo was a treasure of great importance to the Kunlun Realm. It could mobilize the remaining power of the Sumeru Saint Monk, allowing the Heaven and Earth Altar outside the Kunlun Realm to hold out longer and buy precious time.

"The Sword God Realm is one of the top 100 great worlds in the Western Universe. There are about 700 young cultivators who remain in the Realm of Truth to cultivate, which is more than ten times the number in the Kunlun Realm now. Danqing, do you understand what I mean?" Di Yi asked.

“I understand. The Heavenly Realm is the dominant world of the Western Universe, ten or even a hundred times stronger than the Sword God Realm. Apart from the Temple of Truth and the other three dominant worlds, no other force can rival the Heavenly Realm in the Realm of Truth. Moreover, even the Sword God Realm is a member of the Heavenly Realm faction.”

“I understand the difficulties, but as cultivators of the Kunlun Realm, we have no choice. Even if we don’t provoke the cultivators of the Heavenly Realm, they will come looking for us. In the past period, no less than a hundred Kunlun Realm Saint Realm cultivators have died in assassinations, all of whom were assassins from the Heavenly Slaughter Organization.”

"Even the Great Sage Nangong was attacked by an assassin emperor within the dojo and was nearly severely injured," the Holy Book Talented Woman said solemnly.

"Senior brother was assassinated?" Emperor Yi's face immediately turned ashen. The price for hiring an assassin like Emperor Yi was frighteningly high, even Great Sages would hesitate to do so.

Since Kunlun Realm has just returned to Heaven, the only faction willing to spend such a huge price to deal with Kunlun Realm cultivators is the Heavenly Realm faction.

“Great Sage Nangong is highly skilled and will be fine. You don’t need to worry too much,” said the talented woman of the Sacred Book.

Di Yi calmed himself down and realized that anger was the least useful thing to do at the moment.

"Attack on the Sumeru Dojo requires careful planning. At least we need to wait until I have the strength to contend with the younger generation of leaders of the Heavenly Realm factions, otherwise it would be like throwing an egg against a rock."

The talented woman nodded and sighed softly, saying, "I know I shouldn't put too much pressure on you, but according to the Empress, the Kunlun Realm doesn't have much time left, perhaps two years, perhaps one year."

"One or two years is enough for me to catch up." Di Yi was very confident in himself.

After ending his conversation with the talented woman of the Holy Book, Di Yi entered the secluded cultivation chamber alone, took out all seventeen kinds of materials he had collected, and sent them into the space inside the World-Stabilizing Banner, handing them over to the spirit of the artifact.

Soon, the spirit's energy emanated from within the banner.

"For the next period of time, I will be reshaping the spirit body of the artifact, and the space inside the World-Stabilizing Banner will become unsuitable for cultivation."

Di Yi frowned slightly: "How long will it take?"

"It can take anywhere from a year to six or seven months."

"It's been too long, is there any way to speed it up?"

The spirit pondered for a moment: "If we take advantage of the special environment inside the Temple of Truth, we should be able to succeed within three or four months."

"Three or four months? That's acceptable. I'll take you to the Temple of Truth right away. It just so happens that if you want to advance further on the Path of Truth, the Temple of Truth is the fastest way to cultivate."

……

Upon arriving at the Temple of Truth once again, Emperor Yi went straight to the second floor.

Within the cultivation cave on the second level of the Temple of Truth, there are two realms. Emperor Yi had already comprehended the first realm, 'Flower is not a flower'.

The difficulty of the second level far exceeds that of the first level, but having obtained eight ten-thousandths of the profound truth, coupled with the blessing of the True Source Demon Eye, Emperor only needed four days to comprehend it.

Within the grotto, the flowers vanished, their fragrance filling the air. Emperor Yi stood up and laughed, "This is the second realm. Flowers are life, vibrant and colorful."

As he comprehended the second level, the number of truth rules within the Emperor's Body increased to 6,561.

He practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm within the cave, and the palm technique was already able to unleash five times its power, comparable to the divine disciples of the Temple of Truth.

Having comprehended the second level of the Way of Truth, Di Yi immediately went to the third level of the Temple of Truth. All the disciples of the Temple of Truth who could appear on the third level were divine disciples.

As soon as Di Yi entered the third floor, a man and a woman stopped him.

The woman, dressed in a Taoist robe, was quite tall and exuded a cool and aloof air: "You've comprehended both levels of the second layer of the Temple of Truth?"

Emperor nodded. To enter the Temple of Truth for cultivation, one must use their true identity. To enter the third level of the temple, one must also demonstrate their level of understanding of the Path of Truth. Previously, with Nie Yuan's help, they were able to conceal it to some extent.

Now, Di Yi's attainments in the Path of Truth have surpassed Nie Yuan's, and even Nie Yuan, as a first-class disciple, is unable to reach the third level of the temple.

"Come with me to check it out."

The woman in the Taoist robe led Di Yi to the bottom of the Truth Mirror for testing. Di Yi walked up to the mirror, summoned the Truth Rules within his body, and patterns immediately appeared on the mirror's surface.

Both the man and the woman fell silent. After a long while, the woman in the Taoist robe finally spoke: "Do you know that many leaders of great worlds do not have such a high level of understanding of truth as you? You have been cultivating in the Temple of Truth for less than two months, right? Are you really the master of truth?"

Di Yi didn't offer much explanation. He did indeed have too many secrets. By tacitly acknowledging that he was the controller of truth, he might be able to avoid some trouble.

The woman in the Taoist robe said no more, "You can go to the third level of the Temple of Truth to cultivate. I am very curious to see what level you can cultivate the Path of Truth to in the Saint King Realm."

"May I ask how you should address me, Fairy?" Di Yi sensed an unusual aura emanating from the woman in the Taoist robe, suggesting that she was among the top disciples of the Divine Transmission lineage.

"The Feng family, the wind."

Di Yi was surprised, but he took his leave with great grace and went straight to the training ground on the third floor of the Temple of Truth.

The male disciple, a disciple of the divine lineage, stared at Di Yi's departing figure, his gaze shifting uncertainly, his thoughts unreadable.

……

Few monks are able to reach the third level of the Temple of Truth, making it a rather deserted place.

The first level is a secret chamber, the second level is a grotto, and the third level is a small world, totaling eight hundred and eighty-eight.

When Di Yi arrived at one of the small worlds, he saw endless yellow earth, lifeless and devoid of any vitality.

This was the complete opposite of the vibrant life on the second floor. Di Yi released the eight holy souls and the shadow of the Heavenly Demon, traversing the entire small world, igniting the Rainbow Vine, and splitting off half of the holy soul to comprehend the Dao of the Sword, the Dao of Origin, the Dao of Darkness, and the Dao of the Palm. The shadow of the Heavenly Demon comprehended the Dao of the Claw, the Dao of Flowing Light, as well as the supreme holy Dao and the Great Dao rules such as the Evil Dao, the Demonic Dao, and the Dao of the Five Elements.

The remaining four holy souls devoted themselves to comprehending the rules of truth.

Time flies, and a month and a half has passed in the blink of an eye. The yellow sand beneath Di Yi's feet forms a vortex, and the rules of truth within his body grow rapidly.

"Earth is not earth, it is empty of everything, this is the first level of the third level of the Temple of Truth."

Emperor Yi looked inward at his Qi Sea and found that the number of Sacred Dao Rules within the Tongtian Ruins had increased by 70,000, approaching 200,000, while the number of Truth Rules had reached 19,683, accounting for one-tenth, which was quite terrifying.

"Having comprehended the first level of the Thick Earth Small World, the power of the sacred technique reaches six times."

Emperor Yi glanced at the Yuan Chen Sumeru World-Stabilizing Banner beside him. The banner spirit was undergoing a profound transformation and had not yet fully condensed into a Dao body.

"Next, I will press on and comprehend the second level of the Thick Earth Small World, and then attempt to break through to the Fifth Step Saint King realm."

Only those who possess more than 300,000 Sacred Rules have a chance to reach the Fifth Step Sacred King level. Currently, Emperor Yi is still far from reaching the Fifth Step Sacred King level.

However, given his current terrifying rate of cultivation progress, it is not impossible for him to refine the 100,000 Sacred Dao Rules within the Rule Emperor Artifact in a short period of time.

In the blink of an eye, another two and a half months have passed.

The number of truth rules within the Emperor's body doubled, exceeding 40,000, and the number of holy rules within the body surpassed 300,000.

However, after entering the Saint King realm, he encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation for the first time. The speed of improvement in both the Path of Truth and his cultivation began to slow down, which was a sign of a lack of experience.

Emerging from his cultivation state, Emperor Yi looked at the fair-skinned, red-lipped youth beside him. This was the spirit body of the Yuan Chen Sumeru World-Stabilizing Banner, which had been successfully reconstructed half a month ago and had been comprehending the Dao of Truth during this time.

"As the spirit of the World-Stabilizing Banner, your cultivation level should have been quite high back then, and you should have needed to comprehend the Way of Truth?"

"You yourself said it was back then. I was just a remnant spirit. After reshaping my Dao, I completely severed my connection with the past and became a completely new artifact spirit. Now I am just a cultivator equivalent to the Seventh Step Saint King level. The Dao of Truth is one of the nine eternal Daos. Even ancient gods who have lived for millions of years have come to comprehend it. If I want to go further in the future, I naturally cannot miss such a precious opportunity," said the spirit of the World-Stabilizing Banner.

"You are now a Seven-Step Saint King?"

"With a cultivation level of seven-step Saint King, dealing with ordinary eight-step Saint Kings is not difficult."

Upon hearing this, Di Yi was delighted and said, "So, I have gained another powerful figure by my side. Judging from the timing, there is a grand event coming up soon that I cannot miss."

"What grand event?"

"The Conferred God Platform Assembly is held only once every ten years. It contains one of the most mysterious ruins of the Temple of Truth, and there are many good things there. Staying here will make it difficult to make any breakthroughs in a short period of time. Why not take a trip there?" Emperor Yi said.

"The Conferred God Platform?" Ding Shi Fan Ling seemed to be pondering.

"You know about the Investiture of the Gods Platform?"

“There are some fragmented memories, but they are not of great value. Since it is the most mysterious ruin of the Temple of Truth, it is indeed worth a visit,” said Ding Shi Fan Ling.

"This matter is not urgent for now. I want to venture into the Sea of ​​Truth again and see how many layers I can cross this time."

After leaving the Temple of Truth, Di Yi changed his appearance, transforming into Long Qian, and discreetly arrived at the Sea of ​​Truth. He boarded the Ship of Truth and sailed unimpeded into the sixth layer of the sea.

Last time, he was defeated by the gatekeeper at the sixth level of the sea.

Now, with both his cultivation level and the number of truth rules he has mastered, Di Yi easily defeated the gatekeeper of the sixth layer of the sea and entered the seventh layer of the sea.

The Ship of Truth floated on the seventh layer of the sea. Emperor Yi waited for a moment, but did not hear the ethereal voice that had previously bestowed upon him the profound meaning of truth.

"As expected, the difficulty of obtaining the profound meaning of truth by crossing the Sea of ​​Truth a second time is much higher."

That's understandable. If the reward for crossing each sea level was the profound truth, then the profound truth of the Temple of Truth would have been completely wiped out long ago.

After three hours, Di Yi slowly arrived at the gate of the seventh layer of the sea, causing a deafening roar to erupt on the shore.

In the entire Realm of Truth, apart from the divine disciples of the Temple of Truth, the number of cultivators who can reach the seventh level of the sea gate is no more than two fingers' worth.

Almost all the cultivators practicing near the Temple of Truth were drawn over, their eyes fixed on Di Yi.

At this moment, Di Yi was fighting the gatekeeper with all his might.

The guardian of the seventh layer of the sea is incredibly powerful, putting immense pressure on Emperor Yi.

Spiritual power, sword soul, the primordial path, the dark path... all sorts of methods were forced out.

“The origin takes form, and the rules solidify into a tower.”

Within Di Yi's body, tens of thousands of primordial rules surged forth, condensing into a phantom primordial tower. The tower was sixteen feet tall, stabilizing space, stabilizing rules, and even briefly stabilizing the Sea of ​​Truth beneath his feet, allowing him to unleash his full power.

Cultivators of the Path of Truth can condense the Realm of Truth, cultivators of the Path of Darkness can condense the Path of Darkness, and cultivators of the Path of Origin can condense the Path of Origin.

The grade of the Origin Dao Tower is determined by the height of the tower.

The most perfect Origin Dao Tower, ninety-nine feet tall, can stabilize the universe, determine all paths, cut off the heavenly and earthly veins, and control all phenomena and the universe.

The Five Mouths of Divine Wine had endless uses, allowing Emperor Yi to make rapid progress in his mastery of the Path of Origin, second only to the Path of Truth.

This 16-foot-tall Origin Tower was not formed by him, but rather it was naturally created when he used the divine script of the character 'Origin'.

"Dark Devourer of Gods".

Emperor Yi seized the opportunity and unleashed the Dark Holy Form, striking the gatekeeper's body.

"Success."

A look of joy appeared on Di Yi's face.

The gatekeeper was struck repeatedly by the power of darkness and the primal force, suffering fatal wounds and gradually dissipating.

After passing through the light barrier, the Ship of Truth appeared in the eighth layer of the sea, but still no profound truths were bestowed upon it.

Di Yi was somewhat disappointed and gave up hope. He continued to cross the sea, at least passing through the sixth and seventh layers of the sea. He obtained a full ninety-six months to enter the Temple of Truth for cultivation, as well as an additional one hundred and forty-four places to enter the Temple of Truth for cultivation.

This is enough to attract the young prodigies of the Kunlun Realm to the Realm of Truth, greatly increasing the power he can mobilize.

The eighth layer of the sea was extremely difficult. Even with all his strength, Di Yi could only cross twenty miles of sea before the Ship of Truth was capsized by the waves.

In the instant I plunged into the sea, that long-lost voice finally rang in my ears again.

"Entering the eighth layer of the sea in the first year of cultivation in the Realm of Truth is rare in ancient and modern times, and will be rewarded with one-thousandth of the profound truth."

Upon returning to the shore, Di Yi left immediately.

Throughout the journey, I could hardly contain my excitement.

He had initially thought the Temple of Truth was stingy, but it turned out they had saved up a huge sum, giving away one-thousandth of the Profound Truth in a single reward. Combined with the previous eight ten-thousandth, Emperor Yi now possessed eighteen ten-thousandths of the Profound Truth.

(End of this chapter)