Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 253 Joining the First Class

Di Yi looked puzzled and wary, staring quietly at the uninvited guest in front of him. This person gave him a feeling of unfathomable depth and even directly revealed his true identity.

"Could it be a powerful Grand Sage from the Temple of Time, the mastermind behind controlling the two peacock corpses earlier?"

He didn't act rashly, but carefully observed the newcomer. The person who caught up so quickly was obviously no ordinary person.

After a moment of silence, Di Yi finally spoke up: "You've come for revenge?"

The girl paused for a moment upon hearing this, then laughed and said, "If I were here for revenge, you would already be dead."

With her hands behind her back, the seven-colored holy light emanating from her body was profound and sacred, making people unable to help but kneel down in worship, as if facing a deity.

“I am not a member of the Temple of Time, nor am I your enemy. On the contrary, there is some connection between us. There is the aura of a divine medicine in your body. You must have refined the essence of a divine medicine before. That divine medicine is called Seven Star Divine Poria, and it is my friend.”

"Seven-Star Divine Poria!" Di Yi's eyes shone brightly, and his heart became excited.

The Seven Star Divine Poria, who was taken away from Kunlun Realm by the Illusion Queen years ago, has been missing ever since. Today, we finally hear news about her again.

The girl continued, "Actually, I've been watching you for a long time. The reason I haven't shown myself to meet you is mainly because I want to see if you're qualified to receive the support of the Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley. You need to know that as a cultivator from the Kunlun Realm, you're facing a powerful faction from the Heavenly Realm. If they decide to support you, the Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley will have to pay a heavy price and have a good enough reason to convince the others."

The emperor was completely bewildered, first by mentioning the Seven Star Divine Poria, and then by mentioning the Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley.

Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley is no ordinary place. It is home to the eight supreme spiritual power masters of the universe, including the Immortal Crimson Cloud, who, together with the Temple of Truth and the Five Elements Temple, serve as allies of the Heavenly Palace, balancing the four directions and dominating the world.

Buddhism and Taoism have long-standing ties with the Kunlun Realm, but I've never heard of Chixia Feixian Valley having much interaction with the Kunlun Realm.

"May I ask, what is the current status of the Seven Star Divine Poria in Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley? Is there anyone else by its side?"

“If the identity of a divine herb is exposed, it will be very dangerous, and even the gods will covet it. However, I can take some risks to tell you that the Seven Star Divine Poria is now one of the eight Fate Masters who govern the mortal world of Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley. The Star Poria Fate Master is a disciple of the Star Illusion True God,” the girl said.

“Xingling Siming, Xinghuan Zhenshen…” Di Yi had a guess in his heart. Xinghuan Zhenshen must be his master Huanhou. He didn’t expect that Huanhou would join Chixia Feixian Valley after leaving Kunlun Realm. It seems that her status is not low.

Then, he looked at the girl and asked, "You've come to see me now because I'm qualified enough to have the support of the Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley?"

"There is a little, but not much; you could say it's far from it," the girl said bluntly.

Then she added, "Your performance in the Ancestral Spirit Realm Merit Battle and the talent you have shown on the Path of Truth give people hope for becoming a pawn of the gods."

"The Western Paradise Buddhist Realm, the Five Elements Temple, and the Temple of Truth are all secretly observing you, as are other cultivators from the Kunlun Realm. They have a history with the Kunlun Realm, and many of the gods hope that the Kunlun Realm can rise again. But the Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley is different. The Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley only values ​​your own worth and believes that you have the potential to be nurtured and may grow to a level that can influence the will of the gods in the future."

"They just want me... to grow into a pawn?"

Di Yi frowned slightly, finding it hard to accept for a moment.

The girl took out a scroll and handed it to Di Yi, saying, "Becoming a pawn of the gods is not a shameful thing. Only by becoming a pawn first can you become the one who plays the game in the future. The Heavenly Court is a huge game woven by those giants of the divine realm who stand at the top. It has a strict hierarchy and cruel rules. Only by showing enough value can you gain extra support."

"This contains information on powerful individuals from the Heavenly Realm faction who cultivate in the Realm of Truth. Since you and they are enemies anyway, use them to demonstrate your value."

Di Yi reached out and took the scroll, slowly opening it. It contained information about a group of powerful figures from the Heavenly Realm faction, including Shang Zixuan, Xunya, Gongzi Yan, Lianxi, Zhouyu, and others.

They listed their cultivation levels, techniques, sacred arts, and even some possible weaknesses in great detail.
A peerless tower in the mortal world, a valley of crimson clouds where immortals soar. Beyond the starry sky of the sea and stone, a pavilion of startling clouds on a divine mountain.

They are the four major intelligence agencies in the universe.

The first two are both located in the Heavenly Court, and they know everything about the affairs of the Heavenly Court and the myriad realms, which is beyond the imagination of others.

The Sea Stone Star Outer Heaven and the Divine Mountain Startling Cloud Pavilion are respectively the Sea Stone Star Dock and the Temple of Destiny in the Underworld.

With the capabilities of Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley, gathering information on these young leaders of the Heavenly Realm factions would be a piece of cake.

Di Yi carefully read through the contents of the scroll from beginning to end and gained a lot.

"What does this mean? Does Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley want me to deal with the Heavenly Realm faction?"

The girl said, "You can understand it this way: the factions in the Heavenly Realm have developed rapidly in recent years, their sphere of influence has expanded dramatically, and their voice in the Heavenly Court Realm is becoming more and more powerful, almost overshadowing the Heavenly Palace. Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley is an ally of the Heavenly Palace, so naturally it cannot sit idly by and watch the Heavenly Realm continue to grow stronger and disrupt the balance."

"If you want to be an enemy of the Heavenly Realm faction, you will not only be facing the younger generation, but also the gods behind them. They are the truly troublesome beings. You cannot be protected by just one Empress Chi Yao. Only with the backing of the Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley and the Heavenly Palace can you act freely."

"Don't feel like you're being used. In this world, most people crave the right to be used. Being used means you have value."

Di Yi's face showed a thoughtful expression. Zhang Ruochen was able to act eccentrically in the Realm of Truth and was not afraid of the factions in the Heavenly Realm because the ancient god Moon Goddess stood behind him, protecting her own.

Behind the Moon Goddess stands Bian Zhuang, the God of War, a giant of the divine realm and the leader of the Nine Great Gods of the Heavenly Palace.

Di Yi turned around to look, but there was no one behind him. As for Empress Chi Yao... she was hard to rely on. She was an emperor who put interests first and could abandon him at any time.

In short, he's just a pawn.

"Did the Star Illusion True God send you to find me, Lady Star Spirit Fate?"

Xingling Siming was surprised to see that Di Yi had revealed her identity.

"How did you tell?"

"Does the Lord of Fate not know why the essence of your divine medicine appeared in my body?" Di Yi looked at her, somewhat puzzled. It seemed that she did not know that the divine medicine came from the Kunlun Realm.

"I also want to know the answer to that question. That happened before I developed full intelligence, and I don't remember it anymore. It's not like you took it away from Master."

"I don't have the ability to snatch the essence of a divine herb from a god. It was given to me by my master," Di Yi said with a smile.

"Your master gave it to you? Could it be that your master and my master are friends? No, Kunlun Realm has only been back to the Heavenly Court for a few years. Your master must be a cultivator from Kunlun Realm. How could your master know a cultivator from Kunlun Realm?"

“I understand now. It must be that your master met you when he was traveling in the outer starry sky of Kunlun Realm. By the way, Di Yi, who is your master? Are there any hidden experts in Kunlun Realm?” Xing Ling Siming asked.

The emperor's expression changed slightly; the situation seemed to be somewhat different from what he had expected.

"May I ask, how long has your esteemed master cultivated in the Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley?"

"Although Master has only recently become a god, he has been cultivating in the Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley for at least one or two thousand years. Why are you asking this?"

"It's not her..."

Di Yi muttered to himself, "Huan Hou has only been in the Heavenly Court for a few years, how could he possibly be the Star Illusion True God who has cultivated for thousands of years in the Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley?"

Could it be that something unexpected happened after leaving the Kunlun Realm? Otherwise, how could even a treasure like the Seven Star Divine Poria have fallen into the hands of outsiders? Di Yi was filled with doubt. Judging from the current situation, that Star Illusion True God definitely knew the truth and should not have any ill intentions towards him.

"I hope Master is safe and well."

Di Yi snapped out of his daze and shook his head, saying, "It's nothing, just a moment of curiosity."

Closing the scroll in his hand, Di Yi regained his composure and asked, "What does Lord Siming want me to do?"

"Of course, it's about curbing the prestige of the Heavenly Realm faction. How exactly to do it is up to you; I'll only care about the results."

"No matter life or death?"

"How can you lose your prestige if you don't die? Just do it. If the sky falls, I, the Fate Master, and the Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley will be there to hold it up for you."

……

After parting ways with Xingling Siming, Di Yi changed his appearance and headed towards the Temple of Truth.

He was deep in thought, pondering his next move.

Kunlun Realm, Heaven Realm, Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley, Temple of Truth...

Unbeknownst to him, he seemed to have been thrust into the eye of the storm.

Is he really going to stand up and fight the Heavenly Realm to the death without considering the consequences? He is not Zhang Ruochen, neither a successor of time and space nor the chosen one of the gods of the Kunlun Realm. If he really causes trouble, will anyone help him withstand the pressure?
The promises made by Crimson Cloud Flying Immortal Valley are like castles in the air. It cannot be ruled out that they simply want to use him to deal with the Heavenly Realm faction, and then pretend nothing happened, so that they will not suffer any losses.

Di Yi's thoughts were in a state of utter confusion.

"Forget it, at this stage, I am still too weak. Even if a god takes notice of me and is willing to bet on me, the role I can play with my current strength is still too small."

After comprehending the changes in the third layer of the Temple of Truth, the Thick Earth Small World, one can understand that earth is the mother of all things and the true meaning of matter. The number of rules of the Way of Truth reaches 59,049.

Emperor Yi possesses the profound meaning of truth within him, allowing him to comprehend the subsequent changes of the Way of Truth without entering the Temple of Truth. His previous seclusion within the Banner of Fixed World had already allowed him to comprehend the third level, and the number of rules of the Way of Truth within his body exceeds 80,000.

The fourth and final level of the Temple of Truth is called the Sea of ​​Mist, which contains only eighty-eight islands, each a precious place for cultivation.

Having comprehended the truth of the third level, one can be counted on one's fingers across the entire Heavenly Court Realm, especially among Saint Kings.

In the entire Temple of Truth, apart from the ten divine disciples, there are no more than ten disciples who can enter the Sea of ​​Mist for cultivation.

However, most of the eighty-eight islands have cultivators present, not only Saint Kings, but also many Great Saints.

The Great Sage is an emperor in the mortal world. The Great Sage of the Temple of Truth rarely appears in public. He almost always cultivates inside the temple or trains in various star battlefields.

Encountering dozens of Great Saints from the Temple of Truth at once is a rare occurrence in any great world.

The cultivators in the first three levels of the Temple of Truth are all at the Saint and Saint King level, and their cultivation is generally not high. However, this does not mean that the Great Saints of the Temple of Truth who cultivate in the Sea of ​​Mist are the weakest among the Great Saints.

The Sea of ​​Mist is the fourth and final layer. For the Holy King, it contains the profound truth that leads directly to the Holy King's Great Perfection; for the Great Sage, it hides the secret to the realm of gods.

He found an uninhabited island, hung the Time Crystal on his waist, and the flow of time around him accelerated to three times the normal speed.

Then, he skillfully divided the Holy Soul into several parts and studied the "Boundless Truth", the "Original Dao Manual", the tenth sword technique of the "Wordless Sword Manual", and the twelfth palm technique of the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm" called "All Heavens Dragon Elephant"...

The fragrance of the Rainbow Vine enveloped the surroundings, and the Primal Saint Image, the Truth Saint Image, the Dark Saint Image, and others flew out of his body one after another. Emperor Yi sat cross-legged, circulating the Heavenly Demon Stone Carvings. Within his Qi Sea, the Heavenly Ruins grew larger and larger, and countless Saintly Dao Rules emerged, densely covering his Qi Sea.

As time passed, the unique environment of the Fog Sea, coupled with the blessing of the profound truths, allowed Di Yi to comprehend the rules of the Holy Path at an extremely fast pace, surpassing the imagination of any Saint King realm cultivator.

Midway through, a few days before the one-year deadline, Di Yi left the Temple of Truth, passed through the eighth level of the Sea of ​​Truth, and reached the gate of the ninth level, but failed to defeat the gatekeeper and stopped there.

Even so, they still gained 12 ten-thousandths of the profound truth and a large number of truth seals.

Adding to the 18,000ths of the profound truth he had previously obtained, the amount of profound truth within him had reached 3,000ths, enough to make even some gods drool.

After entrusting the Seal of Truth to the Holy Book Maiden for processing, Emperor Yi returned to the Misty Sea to continue his cultivation.

A year passed in the blink of an eye. With the blessing of the Time Crystal, Di Yi cultivated in the Sea of ​​Mist for a total of three years.

Another rule of truth flew out from the rule artifact of the Ice and Fire Phoenix and merged into the Tongtian Ruins. With the merging of this rule, the number of rules of truth within the Emperor Body broke through a critical value, and the aura of the person became much stronger.

Around his body, a realm of truth appeared, with twinkling stars stretching to the horizon, truly a 'boundless sea of ​​stars'.

Within the realm of truth, countless rules of truth are arranged in an extremely mysterious pattern, numbering 531,441.

Emperor Yi raised his palm and unleashed the twelfth palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, 'Dragon Elephant of the Heavens,' which was in its nascent stage, unleashing nine times the power of the palm technique.

Theoretically, the limit of the amplification of sacred arts by the Path of Truth is tenfold. To achieve this in the Saint King realm, one needs to cultivate the Path of Truth to its Great Perfection or condense the strongest 'Boundless Universe' Truth Realm Form.

None of the ten divinely inspired disciples of the Temple of Truth were able to achieve either of these two things.

In terms of mastery of the Way of Truth alone, Di Yi is no less than the ten divine disciples of the Temple of Truth, standing at the pinnacle of the contemporary Saint King cultivators' mastery of truth.

"With 4.5 million Saintly Dao Rules, I have reached the mid-stage of the Eighth Step Saint King realm, the mid-stage of the Fifty-Nineth Rank of Spiritual Power, and my physical body has been greatly strengthened by refining a large amount of Divine Spring and Divine Blood. It is time for me to emerge from seclusion."

After retrieving his Holy Soul and Holy Image from his body, Emperor Yi stood up and left the Sea of ​​Mist.

After he left, two figures materialized in the mist.

“He might have a chance to cultivate the Path of Truth to its peak at the Saint King Realm, or even reach the peak of the Saint King Realm,” one of the figures said.

"You're tempted? You want to take him as your disciple?" another figure asked.

"It's not the right time yet. We can consider it when he crosses the tenth level of the Sea of ​​Truth and climbs the Divine Mountain of Truth."

"The formation outside Kunlun Realm is about to be broken. I'm afraid he won't have enough time to stay in the Temple of Truth and cultivate in peace."

"That's perfect. The Great Perfection of the Path of Truth and the Great Perfection of the Saint King cannot be achieved through secluded cultivation."

The two figures exchanged a few words before dissipating into mist, completely unnoticed by the Great Saints of the Temple of Truth who were cultivating in the sea of ​​mist.

(End of this chapter)