Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 83 Death Ruins
The Realm of Death is located in a dark and chaotic void, extremely far from the Kunlun Realm. Even a saint would have to fly for a long time to reach it, and only by using a spatial wormhole can one arrive quickly.

The ships in the Void Realm were all crafted by master craftsmen from the Imperial Divine Crafts Department, combining the principles of weaponry and array formations to a high degree, making each one a powerful weapon of war.

The ship emerged from the wormhole and violently collided with the atmosphere of the Death Ruins, igniting a crimson cloud.

Jia Yi War City is one of the ten major bases built by the Ministry of War in the Death Ruins Realm, and a semi-saint level expert is stationed in the war city.

The city walls are hundreds of feet high, and countless array patterns are engraved on them, enough to withstand attacks from Saint Realm experts.

The pitch-black Void Realm ships flew out from the crimson clouds, swooped down towards the ground, and finally landed in the port of Jia Yi Battle City.

Di Yi stepped off the warship and stood on the ground. Looking up, the sky was as yellow as a desert, and the land outside the war city was as black as ink, stretching endlessly to the ends of the earth.

In the sixty-four hexagrams of Taoism, the sixth line of the Kun hexagram depicts dragons fighting in the wild, their blood being black and yellow.

Xuanhuang refers to the colors of heaven and earth; heaven is yang and earth is yin, representing the greatest yin and yang in the world.

Dragons fight in the wild, their blood is black and yellow, hence it refers to the battle between yin and yang, which is an ominous sign.

What should have been a dark and yellow earth is now a dark and yellow earth in the Death Ruins, where yin and yang are reversed, making it extremely dangerous.

A warrior from the Void Realm said from the side, "The Death Void Realm is different from other Void Realm battlefields. The abominations within it are all ferocious creatures that only know how to kill. Once you encounter them, it can only be a fight to the death. There is absolutely no other possibility. Some of you are here for the first time and do not know the rules. I have only one piece of advice: never be soft-hearted."

"Oh, by the way, Jia Yi Battle City is located on the eastern continent of the Death Ruins Realm. The continent is 70,000 li in diameter. The native aborigines on the land have been cleared out by Lord Demon King several times, so the danger level is not too high. There are very few aborigines at the semi-saint level. However, once you leave the continent and enter the Death Ruins Sea, it becomes extremely dangerous. Even Lord Demon King does not dare to venture too far into it. We are all warriors from the Kunlun Realm. Regardless of which faction you come from, since you have come to the Death Ruins Realm, you are warriors of the Death Ruins Realm. I do not want any of you to kill each other. If you are discovered, you will be punished according to military law!"

Before arriving, Di Yi had naturally reviewed the relevant information about the Death Ruins Realm. Unlike other Ruins Realm battlefields, which are inhabited by various races similar to those in the Kunlun Realm, the Death Ruins Realm only has the Abomination Clan. The Abomination Clan is a special race born in the depths of the Death Abomination Sea. Once they reach adulthood, they have strength equivalent to the Earth Realm. They are not very intelligent, but they are extremely bloodthirsty. Once they encounter the Ruins Realm warriors of the Kunlun Realm, they will go berserk and surround and kill them.

In other Void Realms, one might be able to experience the customs and culture of another world, but in the Death Void Realm, all one will face upon arrival is endless slaughter.

In contrast, in the Death Ruins Realm, as long as one is strong enough, the speed at which military merits are accumulated is unmatched by other Ruins Realm battlefields, making it the most suitable battlefield for breaking through to the Heavenly Realm and the Supreme Realm.

The Demon Suppressor is a mid-level Domain King in the Ministry of War of the Imperial Court. His cultivation has reached the ninth level of Half-Saint. He has been stationed in Jia Yi Battle City for more than sixty years and is one of the top five strongest warriors in the Death Ruins Realm of Kunlun Realm.

The Sea of ​​Deathly Sin was so formidable that even the Demon King hesitated to venture there, which meant it must contain powerful members of the Sin race comparable to those at the Saint Realm.

Di Yi's target was naturally not the Sea of ​​Death and Sin; his real targets were the Heavenly Realm and Fish-Dragon Realm abominations on the Eastern Continent.

After reporting to the military camp in the city, Di Yi joined a squad of Void Realm warriors at the Heavenly Extreme Realm and left the war city with them.

The number of members in the Void Realm Warrior squads varies greatly. The squad that Di Yi joined was relatively small, with only thirteen people including him.

Unlike the army of the Imperial Court's Ministry of War, these idle Void Realm warrior squads mostly come from various regions of the Kunlun Realm. Some are scions of large families who come to train, while others simply want to accumulate military merits in the Void Realm of Death in exchange for a good future or to exchange for the treasures they want.

Military merit points are recognized by the rulers of Kunlun Realm throughout history. With military merit points, one can exchange them for various cultivation resources from the Ministry of War camp, and even for titles, becoming a regional king, domain king, or even a heavenly king.

Over the past few centuries, the imperial court has expanded its territory within the Kunlun region, establishing tens of thousands of prefectures and kingdoms, more than half of which were granted titles due to military achievements.

In the Kunlun Realm, Empress Chi Yao is renowned throughout the five regions and four seas, so opportunities to make meritorious contributions are not many. The vast majority of the princes who are enfeoffed as kings based on their military merits are based on their military merits in the Void Realm battlefield.

In this world, the heirs of powerful families and ancient sects are ultimately a minority; most are ordinary martial artists struggling on the path of martial arts.

The elixirs, martial arts artifacts, cultivation methods, and martial arts skills required for cultivation all require them to pay a heavy price to obtain.

The Kunlun Realm has never lacked warriors who are not afraid of death; what it lacks is only the ladder for them to climb. Empress Chi Yao has only been on the throne for a few hundred years, yet she has already gained prestige in the Kunlun Realm that has not been seen in ten thousand years. This is by no means solely due to her strength.

She gave opportunities for lower-level martial artists to rise, and cultivated a large number of martial artists loyal to the behemoth that is the imperial court in every part of the Kunlun Realm. They are the beneficiaries of this system, and naturally they will do everything they can to maintain its operation.

In this respect, the nine emperors and three empresses of eight hundred years ago are far inferior to them.

The team leader was named Zhou Yunfei. His cultivation had reached the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm. He had been in the Death Ruins for nearly twenty years. He looked to be in his forties, but in reality, he was over sixty. His face was weathered and covered with scars, clearly indicating that he had been through countless battles.

Di Yi talked with him for a while and learned that his military merits were enough to exchange for a lower-level county king title in a remote place in the imperial court. However, he wanted to try again and strive to break through to the Fish-Dragon Realm before leaving the Death Ruins Realm, accumulate enough military merits to exchange for a middle-level county king title, and have his own territory in the Kunlun Realm in the future, laying a great foundation for his descendants.

Although the black market and the imperial court were in an adversarial relationship, Emperor Yi still had some sincere respect for these veterans who risked their lives to earn a future on the battlefield of the Void Realm.

The saints are high above and powerful, but they are not omnipotent. The countless ruins outside Kunlun Realm are mostly supported by these inconspicuous and weak martial artists.

Besides Di Yi, there were two other people in the team who were visiting the Death Ruins for the first time, so Zhou Yunfei gave them a special talk about some things they needed to be careful about.

The farther away from Battle City, the stronger the abominations encountered become. Within 3,000 miles of Battle City, there are generally no abominations. Between 3,000 and 80,000 miles, most abominations are at the Earthly Realm to the Heavenly Realm. Between 8,000 and 20,000 miles, abominations at the Fish-Dragon Realm become quite common. Beyond 20,000 miles, abominations at the Fish-Dragon Realm's seventh, eighth, and ninth transformations also increase. Occasionally, abominations at the Half-Saint level will even come ashore to hunt down warriors from the Void Realm.

Seeing that he was very young, Zhou Yunfei guessed that he was probably a genius from a major family or sect who had come to the Death Ruins to train and wanted to break into the Heavenly Ranking.

He then advised, "The Death Ruins are fraught with danger, with a much higher casualty rate than other Ruins battlefields. You could actually switch to another Ruins battlefield."

Di Yi knew he meant well. As a pure veteran of the battlefield, he had none of the bureaucratic airs of people in the court, which did not make him repulsive.

Di Yi humbly said, "Brother Zhou, you've been in the Death Ruins for so long, you should be quite familiar with it. Why don't you tell me about it in detail?"

Seeing that Di Yi was determined, Zhou Yunfei knew he couldn't persuade him and stopped pressuring him. He then explained to the other newly arrived Void Realm warriors, "The Death Void Realm is vast. Although it is only a medium-sized Void Realm, in terms of area, it is actually larger than some high-sized Void Realms. It is only rated as a medium-sized Void Realm because of the defects in the heavens and earth."

"The Sea of ​​Death Occurrence occupies 99% of the area of ​​the Death Ruins Realm. Besides the Sea of ​​Death Occurrence, there are nine continents: East, South, West, North, Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow, as well as the largest continent, the Sea of ​​Death Occurrence, located in the heart of the Sea of ​​Death Occurrence."

"The Ministry of War of the Imperial Court built ten war cities on these nine continents. The first war city was built and has been in operation for hundreds of years, so the Eastern Continent is considered the safest place in the entire Death Ruins Realm."

"The last two cities built on the continent of Death and Calamity, Gengjiu War City and Xinshi War City, are the real front lines of war, where half-saints and saints often clash. The two war cities are guarded by a superior domain king and a inferior heavenly king from the Ministry of War. In such places, even experts at the Fish-Dragon Realm can only become cannon fodder, and those at the Heavenly Extreme Realm are simply courting death."

"That's a bit of a stretch. If you just want to climb the Heavenly Ranking, it's best to stay within 8,000 li of Jia Yi Battle City. That would be relatively safer."

Di Yi listened attentively, keeping Zhou Yunfei's words in mind. As they spoke, the Ministry of War's flying boat had already left the Battle City by five thousand miles and entered the area inhabited by the Fiend Clan, gradually slowing down.

The amount of military merit required to obtain the title of a mid-level county prince is not small. This time, Zhou Yunfei is taking a risk and plans to go to an area 8,000 miles away from Jia Yi Zhan City to hunt down the native tribes.

Suddenly, Di Yi spotted a small flying boat in the distance. Using his True Demon Eyes, he saw a familiar figure on the boat – it was Bu Qianfan.

"He's actually in the Death Ruins too?"

Di Yi smiled, stood up, flew off the Ministry of War's warship, and landed on the dark ground. At the same time, he said to Zhou Yunfei on the warship, "Brother Zhou, I still have important matters to attend to. We'll meet again when we have the chance."

Zhou Yunfei looked at the inconspicuous flying boat in the distance and recognized the unique symbol of the Bu Sheng Clan. He pondered for a moment, thinking that he was a member of the Bu Sheng Clan. No wonder he came to the Death Ruins for training.

The high-ranking domain king of the Ministry of War who was stationed in Gengjiu War City was a saint from the Bu Sheng Clan.

(End of this chapter)