Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 240 Thirty-Six Transformations, Another Attack
Upon returning to the Divine Firmament Dojo, Emperor Yi summoned the Holy Book Talented Woman.

The two walked to a pavilion inside the temple and sat together by the window.

The talented woman of the Holy Book took out a spatial storage bag and placed it in front of Emperor Yi, saying, "The imperial court previously traded the Seal of Truth from Great Sage Nangong. Due to the rush, many things could not be gathered together for the time being. During this period, some of them have been sent to the Realm of Truth."

"As per your request, the sages of the imperial court have gathered all the inheritances related to darkness and the primordial path that could be found throughout the Kunlun Realm. Some are original fragments, and some are rubbings."

For Di Yi, ordinary cultivation resources are useless. What he lacks most right now is a systematic cultivation method for the Dark Path and the Origin Path.

Although the Heavenly Demon Black Hole Diagram contains the dark path cultivated by the Heavenly Demon, it is primarily based on the demonic path with darkness as a secondary element, making it not so easy to comprehend.

The Path of Origin can only rely on the divine script of the character 'Origin'. If it weren't for drinking five mouthfuls of the Ascension Wine from Fan Wang, even if he cultivated in a divine cultivation land like the Temple of Truth, his progress in the Path of Origin would probably be quite slow.

Di Yi opened the Qiankun Bag and took out all the books inside, flipping through them one by one.

Most of these texts are of little value, containing only superficial understandings of the origins and the darker aspects of the universe, and are severely incomplete.

"This is?"

Emperor Yi took out a white jade tablet, which was two zhang tall and six zhang wide.

On the stone tablet, there is a line of ancient-style characters.

"Heaven and earth are formless, and their origin is without form."

"This was unearthed from a sacred land of revival in the Eastern Region. It is suspected to be the 'Thirty-Six Transformations of Formlessness and Invisibility' from the 'Four-Nine Mysterious Techniques'. The 'Four-Nine Mysterious Techniques' has thirty-six levels of techniques, thirty-six kinds of sacred arts, and thirty-six kinds of transformations. The techniques and sacred arts are only partially lost, but none of the thirty-six transformations have been preserved. The Xuanji Sword Saint once found a fragment in an ancient site and later passed it on to Zhang Ruochen, but these were only rudimentary transformation methods, not the essence of the 'Four-Nine Mysterious Techniques'," the talented woman of the sacred book slowly explained.

"Formless and shapeless, it is indeed very much in line with the Dao of Origin. I can feel the unfathomable Dao of Origin from it. Such a treasure is worth far more than the Seal of Truth, and its value is immeasurable. Moreover, the 'Four Nine Mysterious Techniques' is the Chen family's clan's treasured technique. Don't they have any objections?" Di Yi asked.

The talented woman shook her head and smiled, "The Chen family is merely a subject of the imperial court. Besides, a copy of the contents of this stone tablet has already been made and given to the Chen family. The King of the Eastern Region has no objection to this. The Chen family is hoping that you can obtain another batch of Truth Seals so that the Chen family members can also be sent to the Truth Heaven Domain for cultivation."

"So that's why the imperial court was willing to entrust such a valuable item to me. It turns out it's because of the Seal of Truth. Coincidentally, I've obtained some more Seals of Truth this time, and I was just about to discuss with you how to distribute them," Emperor Yi said with a smile.

The talented woman from the Holy Books exclaimed with delight, "It's only been less than half a year, and you've already passed the sixth level of the Sea of ​​Truth? Doesn't that mean you've obtained another forty-eight Truth Seals?"

The number of cultivators from the Kunlun Realm currently practicing in the Realm of Truth is only fifty-two, which is enough to double the number.

"It's not forty-eight, it's one hundred and forty-four," Emperor Yi said.

"What?" The talented woman was quite shocked, and then she understood the meaning behind Di Yi's words.

"You have passed the seventh level of the Sea of ​​Truth!"

Seeing that Di Yi remained calm, the Holy Book Talented Woman couldn't help but say, "Do you know what it means to pass through the seventh level of the Sea of ​​Truth? As far as I know, none of the cultivators from the entire Heavenly Realm faction who are currently cultivating in the Heavenly Domain of Truth have passed through the seventh level of the Sea of ​​Truth."

Di Yi, however, did not take it seriously: "The strength of the Heavenly Realm faction is not as simple as it seems on the surface. The group of strong people who have truly reached the peak of the Saint King Realm will not stay in the Heavenly Domain of Truth. Besides, passing the seventh level of the Sea of ​​Truth is not a remarkable achievement. The more capable disciples of the Temple of Truth can all do it. Only those who pass the ninth or tenth level have the right to boast."

The talented woman looked at him speechlessly. For her, it would already be quite an achievement to be able to pass through the first layer of the sea before the one-year deadline.

Apart from Emperor Yi, only a handful of people in the Kunlun Realm have managed to cross the first layer of the sea.

The gap between people can sometimes be so vast that it can be despairing.

"I will report this matter to the Queen. The Queen will decide how to arrange these Truth Seals. Rest assured, you will not be treated unfairly."

Di Yi chuckled softly, unable to look away from the white jade stele.

No matter how many seals of truth are added together, they cannot compare to what is right before your eyes.

"By the way, there's something I need to tell you. During your seclusion, Master Luo Xu and Sword Saint Fei Yu went to the Moon Goddess Dojo to help Guanghan Realm and Zhang Ruochen reclaim the Moon Goddess Dojo from Yin Yang Realm, Wanxie Realm, and Black Demon Realm."

"These evil cultivators from the Three Realms captured a large number of Kunlun Realm cultivators connected to Zhang Ruochen in order to threaten him. I believe that the Kunlun Realm cannot stand idly by in this matter, so I did not stop them," said the Holy Book Talented Woman.

The Emperor nodded, showing no dissatisfaction: "The Seven Realms Merit War has long ended. Kunlun Realm and Guanghan Realm are not enemies. On the contrary, both Kunlun Realm and Guanghan Realm are regarded as thorns in the side by the Heavenly Realm faction. In many cases, it is only right for them to help each other."

"It's good that you understand this." The scholar breathed a sigh of relief.

After the talented woman of the sacred book left, Emperor Yi took the white jade tablet containing the "Thirty-Six Transformations of Formlessness and Invisibility" and entered the World-Stabilizing Banner.

After the banner spirit reshaped the Dao, the rules of heaven and earth within the space of the World-Stabilizing Banner became much more active than before. Emperor Yi sensed it and was surprised to find that this inner space could also comprehend the Dao of Truth, just like the Realm of Truth.

"How is this going?"

"It was I who introduced the sacred rules of the Realm of Truth into the space within the banner. Through some means, I temporarily connected with the Realm of Truth. This was not a difficult thing. It's a pity that I couldn't connect to the ley lines of the Realm of Truth, otherwise the sacred rules here would be even more active," the spirit of the World-Stabilizing Banner explained as it appeared beside Emperor Yi.

"So, even without the profound mysteries of truth, one can still comprehend the path of truth within the space of the banner. That's good news."

He could easily bring other cultivators from the Kunlun Realm into the Dingshi Banner for cultivation, accelerating time twelvefold. Even if the activity level of the Sacred Dao Rules was not as high as that of the Truth Heaven Domain, the cultivation speed could still be at least doubled.

“If you want to bring other cultivators from the Kunlun Realm into the space within the banner to increase their cultivation speed, I actually have a better way,” the banner spirit said.

"any solution?"

"There are some time arrays left over from the Middle Ages inside the Ding Shi Banner. Although they no longer have the power they once had, they can still be repaired to achieve a time flow rate of four or five times. Placing the time arrays in the Shenxiao Dao Temple will be more effective than connecting them to the space inside the banner."

"You are the spirit of the World-Stabilizing Banner, and you must have some expertise in the Dao of Time. Could you possibly repair the time array?"

"Leave this matter to me. By the way, if you want to go into seclusion, you can go to the Dao Discussion Platform. I have increased the flow of time there to sixty times. Although it is still quite fragile, it should be more than enough to support a Saint King Realm cultivator like you," said Fan Ling.

Having paid such a high price to restore the Time-Stabilizing Banner to sixty times the time flow rate, thus gaining more time for cultivation, the moment of harvest has finally arrived. Emperor Yi was very excited and immediately rushed towards the Dao Discussion Platform.

The Dao Platform is a stone platform over thirty feet high, located at the center of the entire inner space. The platform is surrounded by statues of the twelve Yuan Chen deities, and is covered with dense time imprints, as if one can hear the murmuring of the river of time.

He walked up to the platform and placed the white jade stone tablet, the Heavenly Demon Black Hole Diagram, the Heavenly Gang Yuan Chen Token, the Reverse God Tablet, the nameless stone tablet obtained from the bottom of the Sword Tomb, the white jade Buddha statue, and other treasures that aided his cultivation around him.

He ignited the Rainbow Vine and skillfully released the Heavenly Demon Shadow and the Eight Sacred Souls.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

As Di Yi stepped out of the Dao Discussion Platform, his appearance changed constantly. In just two months, he had already cultivated the Thirty-Six Transformations of Formlessness and Invisibility to a rather high level.

The thirty-six transformations in the "Four Nine Mysterious Techniques" are not merely simple transformation methods; they are supreme skills comparable to the Thirty-Six Sacred Arts. When cultivated to the highest level, one can create thirty-six powerful clones to fight simultaneously.

Di Yi's application of it is still only at the level of changing its appearance, which is only superficial.

"The cultivation environment inside the World-Stabilizing Banner is not as good as that in the Realm of Truth, but with sixty times the time acceleration, the cultivation speed is still ten times faster than outside."

Sacrificing sixty times one's lifespan in exchange for ten times the cultivation speed is actually a rather extravagant thing, and for the vast majority of cultivators, it is unacceptable.

After all, they have plenty of time; what they worry about is that their lifespan is coming to an end and they have no chance to break through their cultivation level.

Accelerating time simply means prematurely depleting one's future lifespan, which is, in a sense, a short-sighted approach.

If simply accelerating time could create a large number of powerful individuals, then the Temple of Time would have long been the number one power in the universe.

Even in the Kunlun Realm 100,000 years ago, the cultivation model of using a sundial to establish a day in the sky as a year in Kunlun was based on the consumption of massive resources. From a normal timeline perspective, even with the accumulation of the Kunlun Realm's eternally indestructible great world, it could only sustain itself for a few hundred years.

On the path of cultivation, the most precious thing is always cultivation resources; time acceleration is just icing on the cake.

It is only because the situation currently faced by the people of Kunlun Realm is extremely special that they have no choice but to use time-related treasures without restraint to accelerate the exploitation of cultivators' potential.

The Spirit of the World-Stabilizing Banner has already repaired a simple ancient time array and handed it over to Emperor Yi. This array can maintain a time flow rate of five times, but its only drawback is that it consumes a large amount of holy stones as energy.

After stepping out of the World-Stabilizing Banner, Di Yi placed the Ancient Time Array beneath the Dao Diagram of the Sword God of Enlightenment, and then summoned the Holy Book Talent, Luo Xu, Ling Feiyu, and others to inform them of the matter.

The people of Kunlun Realm were naturally delighted. With the blessing of the time array, their cultivation speed would greatly increase. Moreover, this was the Realm of Truth, where the opportunity to cultivate was precious. The existence of the time array was equivalent to giving them more time to stay in the Realm of Truth to cultivate.

After giving a brief explanation, Di Yi walked out of the Divine Firmament Dojo alone. As soon as he stepped out of the dojo gate, a communication talisman flew over.

The talisman fell into his palm. After examining it carefully, he found it was from Nie Yuan, inviting him to a gathering at the Temple of Truth.

The Emperor originally wanted to find out about the Conferred God Platform Conference, and Nie Yuan's invitation provided a good opportunity to ask him questions.

The Island of Truth is located three thousand miles outside the Temple of Truth. The island is filled with pavilions and terraces, creating a picturesque scene. It is the residence of Nie Xiangzi, one of the ten divine disciples of the Temple of Truth.

As soon as Di Yi landed on the island, a female cultivator with the cultivation level of a half-step Saint King came to greet him. Judging from her attire, she was a first-class disciple of the Temple of Truth.

The female cultivator bowed to him with her hands clasped: "Yunxi greets Young Master Di Yi. My two senior brothers have been waiting for a long time."

"The two of you?" Emperor Yi had already guessed when he learned that the meeting place was the Island of Reality.

"Please lead the way."

Led by Yunxi, Di Yi quickly arrived at the heart of the Void Island. In a lakeside covered bridge, he sensed Nie Yuan's presence.

After several months, Nie Yuan has successfully been promoted to a Divine Disciple, and his status is completely different from before.

Upon seeing the emperor arrive, he immediately stood up and greeted him warmly.

"Brother Emperor, I've heard that a mysterious person has passed through the seventh level of the Sea of ​​Truth, and I immediately guessed it was you. Come, let me introduce you to Senior Brother Nie Xiangzi." Nie Xiangzi slowly stood up, a faint smile on his face. He lacked the arrogance of the Ten Great Divine Disciples and appeared very kind.

"In his first year of cultivation in the Realm of Truth, he has already passed through the seventh level of the Sea of ​​Truth. I had never heard of such a person before. Hall Master Di Yi has really surprised me."

"To be praised by Nie Xiangzi as someone who can pluck stars from the sky and is indifferent to fame and fortune is truly an honor for Emperor Yi." Emperor Yi responded with ease and composure.

Nie Xiangzi smiled faintly, "I invited Hall Master Di Yi here today through Nie Yuan's help. Firstly, it's to get to know him, and secondly, I want to invite Hall Master Di Yi to participate in the Conferred God Platform Conference."

Upon hearing this, Di Yi feigned confusion and asked, "The Conferring Gods Assembly? What is that?"

"The Conferred God Platform Assembly is a grand event held once every ten years by the Temple of Truth. It is hosted by the Ten Divine Disciples. All the Divine Disciples of the Temple of Truth will participate, as will some of the First-Class Disciples. In addition, the best young talents from all realms of the Heavenly Court who are cultivating in the Truth Heaven Domain will also have the opportunity to receive an invitation and participate in the assembly."

"Of course, none of that matters. What matters is the location of the Conferred God Platform Conference. The Conferred God Platform is an ancient relic that existed before the establishment of the Temple of Truth. Even the gods of the Temple of Truth have not been able to uncover all the secrets of the Conferred God Platform. It contains countless opportunities. At the last conference, someone even found fragments of a Yuanhui-level sacred medicine and a supreme sacred artifact within it."

"The rules of heaven and earth within the Conferred God Platform are extremely unique, giving rise to a large number of special sacred medicines. Consuming these medicines can directly increase the sacred rules within the body, rapidly enhancing cultivation." Nie Xiangzi concluded by giving Di Yi a meaningful look.

"In that case, the Conferred God Platform Assembly is indeed a rare and grand event. However, my identity as a cultivator from the Kunlun Realm is too sensitive, and it is not appropriate for me to participate directly as Emperor Yi. Brother Nie, could you please give me an invitation to participate in the Conferred God Platform Assembly under a different identity?"

Others may not have this ability, but Nie Xiangzi was one of the ten divine disciples who presided over the Investiture of the Gods Conference, so he definitely had this ability.

“That’s not difficult at all,” Nie Xiangzi agreed without hesitation.

"Thank you, Brother Nie."

After a brief conversation, the three quickly became acquainted, and the female saints served them fine wine and delicacies.

The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves immensely.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

After leaving the Virtual Island, Di Yi was in a rather good mood.

In any case, being able to befriend Nie Xiangzi, one of the ten divine disciples of the Temple of Truth, is a good thing for both him and the Kunlun Realm.

Nie Xiangzi is one of the most powerful figures below the Great Sage, and is a renowned figure throughout the entire Heavenly Court.

Compared to them, people like Shang Zixuan are just juniors, only good for small-time dabbling.

The journey from Xuzhen Island back to Shenxiao Dojo is over 80,000 li, but taking the cloud boat can save a lot of time.

The cloud boat sped forward, and Di Yi stood on the deck, pondering the preparations needed for the trip to the Conferred God Platform.

The supreme sacred artifact, the Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Mirror, the supreme perfect fruit, the Five Elements Earth, the Divine Spring... any one of these treasures is of immeasurable value. In other places, they would be treasures that only gods could possess.

As he pondered, he suddenly sensed a terrifying killing intent emanating from the cloud boat, which condensed into a blood wave that instantly enveloped the entire boat.

"Wow."

A black figure flew out from the stern of the cloud boat, unleashing a bolt of silver lightning from its palm. It had been brewing for a long time and was enough to pose a life-threatening threat to a Six-Step Saint King.

Di Yi did not turn around, but simply uttered the word "fixed" in a soft voice.

The Divine Thunder that broke the spell was frozen in the void, unable to advance an inch.

The power of extreme Yin Ice spread through the void and struck the black figure.

The black figure was only a fourth-step Saint King, and when struck by the Extreme Yin Nether Ice power at the intermediate Yin level, he was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture.

At the same time, another figure in black attacked from the left, faster and much stronger than the previous one.

Emperor Yi raised his palm and struck out, meeting the attack head-on. He remained unmoved, while the black-clad figure who had attacked him was sent flying backward, taking more than ten steps before regaining his footing.

"How come you are so strong?"

The figure in black stood still; it was a scholar dressed in black, holding a bamboo flute in his hand, and his cultivation had reached the sixth step of the Saint King realm.

"Before you came to assassinate me, didn't you even bother to investigate my strength? Oh, I see, you two were just sacrifices to test my strength."

Di Yi summoned the Heaven-Sealing Sword and activated the Fire God Armor, realizing that the two were merely half-dead puppets, death messengers created by the assassin Heavenly King of the Heavenly Slaughter Organization.

As he spoke, he slashed his sword at the black-clad scholar.

The sword's profound energy swept outwards with overwhelming force, enough to severely injure a Six-Step Saint King.

But just then, another powerful aura descended from the sky, along with a pile of black boulders.

The jumble of rocks blocked the black-clad scholar's path, obstructing his sword's energy, and coalesced into a stone cultivator over thirty feet tall, emanating a chilling aura.

"Boom!"

The stone giant unleashed a punch that shattered the sword's profound energy, then mobilized tens of thousands of fist-based rules to strike at Emperor Yi.

"A Stone Clan cultivator at the Seventh Step Saint King level has certainly gone to great lengths to deal with me."

Emperor Yi activated the Fire God Armor and unleashed the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, clashing with him in a single blow.

The Stone Clan cultivators possess formidable combat power, ranking among the top in their realm and far surpassing ordinary Seven-Step Saint Kings.

This palm strike felt like hitting an iron mountain, suppressing Di Yi.

"Come again!"

Emperor Yi mobilized the profound truths and activated the Fire God Armor, integrating tens of thousands of truth rules into the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, while simultaneously unleashing the two divine runes 'True' and 'Source'.

He became imposing, like a war god standing between heaven and earth, utterly fearless even when facing a Seven-Step Saint King.

The Stone Clan possesses powerful physical bodies and immense strength, making them masters of direct combat.

This stone giant was a Saint King realm overlord of the Stone Clan in the Hell Realm. He was refined into a Death Servant by Liancheng Baili. He was half-dead and completely unafraid of death, a pure killing machine.

The two figures, vastly different in strength, clashed for over a dozen moves on the cloud boat. Di Yi's fighting spirit grew stronger and stronger, and an invisible domain enveloped the surrounding area for dozens of feet.

"kill!"

Di Yi was enveloped in the Divine Flame of Annihilation, and with the force of his palm strike, he slammed into the rock giant, creating a huge hole in its chest.

With another palm strike, the rock giant's sacred body was shattered, exploding into dozens of black rocks.

The black-clad scholar was also unable to escape. Di Yi caught up with him using the Flowing Light Flying Rainbow Escape Technique, crushed his head with a single claw, and even ripped out his Saint Source.

The rock giant wanted to reunite its holy body, but it was suppressed by Emperor Yi, whose holy soul was refined by the purifying divine fire. Before long, it completely perished.

On the cloud boat, the other cultivators had long since been killed by the aftershocks, and all was silent.

Emperor Yi stood on the deck, his eyes sweeping over all directions with disdain.

There was a spatial array outside the cloud boat separating the inside from the outside, so it was definitely not just these three dead envoys who made the move; the real mastermind did not personally take action.

"Such spatial techniques must have come from Young Master Yan of the Space Temple, right?"

Di Yi shouted loudly to the surroundings.

no respond.

Not far from the cloud boat, Liancheng Baili, Xunya, the leader of the Blood War Temple, Shang Ziheng, the leader of the Merit Temple, and Mo Yan, the leader of the Space Temple, stood together, their expressions solemn.

"When did Di Yi become so strong? Even the Stone Clan Saint King, who is at the Seventh Step Saint King level, is no match for him and was directly killed." Xun Ya said in a deep voice. The Seventh Step Saint King is already a top powerhouse among the younger generation in the Truth Heaven Domain. All four people present are at this level.

Liancheng Baili's face was the most unsightly. He had lost three death envoys, but had not been able to harm Di Yi in the slightest.

"His attainments in the Path of Truth are very high. He has passed through the seven layers of the Sea of ​​Truth, and ordinary Seven-Step Saint Kings are no match for him."

Shang Zixuan, wearing a three-colored feather crown and five-colored armor, looked imposing and had been observing Di Yi.

"It's not just because of the Path of Truth. His cultivation level is at most at the initial stage of the fifth step of the Saint King realm, and he can only mobilize tens of thousands of Saint Path rules. The reason he was able to defeat the First Death Envoy is because there is an invisible battle technique domain that suppressed the First Death Envoy."

"Battle Domain? What's that?" Gongzi Yan frowned.

"Similar to the Dao Domain condensed by the Nine-Step Saint King, but different in essence, there is a legendary ancient god in the Heavenly Realm who has cultivated his own unique battle domain, invincible within ten feet."

The group had never heard of the Battle Domain, but they knew who "Invincible within ten feet" represented, and they were greatly shocked.

That one was an unparalleled god of war and killing in the Heavenly Realm, and even in the entire Heavenly Court and myriad realms. He was invincible in his own realm and generation, and even the gods trembled at the mention of his name.

(End of this chapter)