Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 92 The Way of the Mind, the Primordial Spirit Sumeru World-Stabilizing Banner
Emperor Yi couldn't see through her cultivation level. He felt as if he had lost all his cultivation in front of her. He couldn't muster any strength in either martial arts or spiritual power, and he couldn't even instinctively muster the will to resist.

He recalled what the woman had just said.

Being a teacher?

She claims to be her own master, but since she embarked on her cultivation journey, she has never formally become a disciple. Instead, she was accepted as a disciple by the Illusion Saint on her behalf, becoming a disciple of the Illusion Queen eight hundred years ago.

Could it be... that she is the Empress of Illusion?
"What, now that you've joined my lineage and learned the methods of the Mind Realm, you still don't want to acknowledge me as your master?" the woman in the Confucian robe chuckled.

At this moment, Emperor Yi was certain of her identity; who else could she be but the Illusionary Empress?

"Disciple Di Yi greets Master. Ninth Senior Sister has never mentioned anything related to Master to me. Disciple thought..."

"You thought I had already passed away, didn't you?" Huan smiled, in a rather good mood. "You can't blame your Ninth Senior Sister for this; I told her not to tell you about your master's situation."

"Why is that?" Di Yi asked, puzzled.

The Empress Dowager looked at him, without releasing any holy might or spiritual power. Just a simple glance was enough to make Di Yi feel immense pressure.

"In my life, I originally only planned to take in nine disciples, but you were able to achieve the Purple Mansion Consciousness Sea with the Nine Revolutions Refining God Technique, and have the qualifications to cultivate the Mind Realm. You are truly a rare gem."

"The threshold of the Mind Realm is too high. Before you, only Hong Ting was able to cultivate it. With Hong Ting gone, when my time comes, the Mind Realm will be lost to the world."

Di Yi seemed to be deep in thought, and said, "The reason why Master is only seeing me now is because he has been testing me all along? And the test was about my mental realm?"

The Illusion Queen nodded. "Indeed, you have comprehended the world of the heart, which means you have met the requirements for inheriting the second half of the Heart Realm. That is why I have come to see you."

"The second half of the Heart Realm?" Upon hearing this, Di Yi couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation. The power of the Heart Realm had already surprised him. If it were combined with corresponding spells and secret techniques, what kind of power would it possess?

"Now that your world of the heart is complete, I will pass on the second half of the chapter to you."

The Empress chuckled softly, then pointed a finger, the tip landing on Emperor Yi's brow.

The scene before the Emperor's eyes immediately changed; the yellow sky and black earth disappeared, leaving only a magnificent and illusory world.

This world is dreamlike and beautiful, as if it really exists. It contains all the beautiful things in the world, and all emotions and desires are stirred up, making people unable to help but fall into it.

In comparison, the world of the heart within Emperor Yi's sea of ​​consciousness is more like a prototype, far less complete than the world before him.

"The second half of the Heart Realm is actually based on the illusionary arts inherited from the world of the heart, and is divided into five realms: [Soul Seal], [Puppet Master], [Mind Control Spell], [One Mind Connection], and [Myriad Aspects of Life]."

"I have been studying for thousands of years and have only reached the third level. Your talent is very high, higher than Hongting and higher than me. In the future, you will have the opportunity to achieve even greater things than me."

The voice of the Illusion Queen echoed in Emperor Yi's sea of ​​consciousness, along with a massive amount of information: the cultivation method for the second half of the Heart Realm.

In addition to cultivation methods, it also contains the experiences and insights of the Illusion Queen, which can be described as endless.

After an unknown amount of time, Di Yi finally managed to process the information, and his head felt somewhat swollen.

After briefly reviewing the content of the inheritance, the shock in my heart became even stronger.

The cultivation method in the second half of the Mind Realm should actually be called the "Path of the Mind".

This is a cultivation path that can rely on spiritual power but can also stand alone. It is somewhat similar to the illusion lineage, but it has already transcended illusion and formed its own system.

The casting of illusions relies more on mental strength, while the cultivation of the path of the mind relies more on the cultivator's own will.

Whether a martial arts cultivator or a spiritual cultivator, to become a strong person, one must possess a powerful and unwavering willpower, also known as a Dao heart.

People like Luo Xu and Wan Zhaoyi may not have high levels of spiritual power, but their martial will and Dao heart must be incredibly strong.

The path of spiritual cultivation that the Illusion Queen passed on to him is based on the world of the mind, and can be considered one of the cultivation methods of the spiritual path.

Di Yi then thought of another being in the Kunlun Realm who was suspected of mastering the Dao of the Mind, the Blood Queen among the Three Queens.

He remembered that Qiu Yichi, a disciple of the Blood Queen, had cultivated the Path of the Mind, enabling her to control those whose cultivation far surpassed her own and use them for her own purposes.

The Way of the Mind emphasizes the mind and will, and the five realms passed down by the Illusion Queen are naturally related to will.

The Soul-Capturing Seal controls souls and can turn living people into puppets.

The [Puppet Master] is a step further than the Soul Seal, allowing the puppet to be manipulated flexibly to do anything, like a clone.

The Mind Control Mantra is even more sophisticated. It is not just a simple control, but a complete change in a person's thinking and consciousness, making the person under the spell obey the caster from the bottom of their heart.

In short, it boils down to two words: loyalty!

Absolute loyalty.

As for the higher levels of [One Mind Connection] and [Myriad Forms], even the Illusion Queen has not reached them, and Emperor Yi is currently unaware of their specific power.

Even so, the first three realms alone were enough to broaden Emperor Yi's horizons.

Even the first level, the Soul-Seizing Seal, uses the seal to seize and control the Martial Soul or Sacred Soul. Once controlled by it, there is almost no chance of regaining freedom.

Unless the one who cast the seal actively removes it, or the Great Sage intervenes to sever the Soul-Seizing Seal and the souls affected by it.

However, the damage caused by severing the soul is irreversible, and it is highly likely that the genius will become mentally impaired, making it almost a solution of mutual destruction.

It can be said that once one is controlled by the Way of the Mind, there is almost no way to escape it.

Emperor Yi snapped out of his shock at the Dao of the Mind, only to see that Empress Huan was holding the Heavenly Gang Yuan Chen Token in one hand and a banner in the other. His expression immediately froze.

With the Empress's strength, even without the Heavenly Dipper Token, it wouldn't be difficult for her to forcibly open the space inside the banner and discover its secrets.

"You have quite the luck to have found the [Yuan Chen Sumeru Stabilizing Banner] and the divine corpse of Chenlong." The Empress's tone was somewhat surprised.

Emperor Yi didn't know much about Empress Huan and was unsure of her character, so he was somewhat at a loss.

Seeing his expression, the Illusionary Queen chuckled and asked, "Do you know the origin of the Yuan Chen Sumeru World-Stabilizing Banner?"

Di Yi shook his head.

"It is said that during the Middle Ages, the Venerable Monk Sumeru visited the Taiji Dao. The Twelve Yuan Chen sought his guidance. Although the Venerable Monk Sumeru was a Buddhist, he had no sectarian prejudices and lectured the Twelve Yuan Chen for ten days."

"The Twelve Yuan Chen gained a great deal, and their cultivation advanced further. In order to repay the Venerable Monk Sumeru, they each took a piece of the Divine Realm World and gave it to the Venerable Monk Sumeru as a token of their gratitude."

"The Venerable Monk Sumeru declined the offer, but the Twelve Yuan Chen were determined to give it to him. In the end, the Venerable Monk Sumeru had no choice but to accept the twelve divine worlds. However, he did not take them with him. Instead, he fused the twelve divine worlds together and took a branch of the Bodhi Tree, a Buddhist treasure, and refined it together with the divine worlds of the Twelve Yuan Chen to create the spacetime treasure, the Yuan Chen Sumeru World-Stabilizing Banner, which he left in the Taiji Dao."

(End of this chapter)