Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 11 Why is this martial spirit emitting black smoke?
Having completed the fourth stage of transformation, Di Yi clearly felt that his control over his mental power had become much stronger.

Without rest, he devoted himself to condensing the fifth vortex. Half a day later, the fifth vortex was successfully condensed, and a wisp of purple light appeared in the golden sea.

Five vortexes arranged vertically in the sea of ​​consciousness, like five nebulae, ethereal and dreamlike.

Di Yi felt his consciousness was clearer than ever before, and he could easily explore the previously hidden places within his body.

Gradually, he vaguely sensed the location of the soul vein that he had been searching for for a long time.

The Soul Meridian is a very special meridian that connects the physical body and the Martial Soul. It does not exist in the flesh and blood, but exists between the virtual and the real. It is also the most difficult meridian to open. I didn’t expect that I could sense something after only condensing five vortexes. I felt that the Nine Revolutions Refining God Technique was extremely mysterious.

Upon realizing this, Di Yi immediately continued to immerse himself in it, focusing all his attention on condensing the sixth vortex in his sea of ​​consciousness.

The sixth vortex was more difficult to condense than the previous five combined, and Di Yi felt the pressure for the first time.

It took him two whole days to successfully condense the sixth vortex, and the purple aura in his sea of ​​consciousness became even more intense.

The soul vein, which had been hidden deep within the realm of reality and illusion, now shed its mysterious veil and appeared clearly in Di Yi's perception.

He immediately stopped cultivating, got up and left the meditation room, called Ziyuan who had been waiting in front of the meditation room for a long time, and set off to return to his residence.

Although the Wenqu Hall has senior members from the Yipin Hall stationed there, it should be quite safe in theory. However, opening up the soul meridian will bring out the martial soul, and no one can predict what changes will occur at that time.

Even if it was only a one in ten thousand chance, he was unwilling to take the risk. Returning to his own residence to break through was the safest course of action.

As he stepped out of the meditation room, in an inconspicuous corner in the distance, Ye Honglei, dressed in red, appeared out of nowhere and quietly watched his departing figure.

"I wonder how many revolutions he has reached in the Nine Revolutions Refining Spirit Technique?"

Ye Honglei was a little curious, but she didn't pay too much attention to it. In her opinion, Di Yi's martial arts talent might be the best in the Black Market this generation, but her mental talent was not weak either.

Outsiders only know that she has refined the Nine Revolutions Refining God Technique to the seventh revolution, but they do not know that she has also forged the Golden Sea Foundation in her sea of ​​consciousness. Otherwise, why would the Illusion Saint value her so much and want to take her as his disciple?

As Di Yi departed, a powerful holy thought retreated silently from the vicinity of the meditation room.

"He mastered the sixth level in just three days, and it seems he hasn't reached his limit yet. How high can he cultivate the Nine Revolutions Refining God Technique? Seventh or eighth level?" the holy thought murmured to itself, unaware that it had ever descended.

Upon returning to Yipintang's residence, Di Yi immediately went into seclusion.

In the quiet room, he sat cross-legged, his aura contained, while a huge wave of true energy surged in the energy pool between his eyebrows.

The Soul Meridian is the most mysterious and the most difficult to open among the thirty-six meridians.

This trip to the Wenqu Palace allowed him to use the Nine Revolutions Refining God Technique to discern the location of the soul meridians, and the gains exceeded his expectations.

The soul meridian is special because it connects the physical body and the soul. Although it is real, it is invisible and intangible to ordinary martial artists, let alone opening it up.

Di Yi calmed his mind and focused his spirit, activating his True Source Demon Eye. In an instant, he broke through the barrier between truth and illusion and saw this deeply hidden meridian.

It was a mysterious power that separated from the blood energy within the Emperor's body, like a thin, blood-red river flowing through the energy pool.

This is the soul vein.

One end of the soul vein is connected to the physical body's energy pool, while the other end is connected to Di Yi's soul.

With the infusion of blood and spiritual energy, the soul meridian gradually solidified, leaping out of the energy pool and appearing above the head.

A phantom soul emerged from the deepest part of the sea of ​​consciousness and appeared in the quiet room. Influenced by the power of the soul, gusts of cold wind blew around it.

"Martial artists who haven't opened their soul meridians can only achieve the ability to separate their soul from their body by cultivating to the Heavenly Realm and transforming their soul into a martial soul. With a soul meridian, I am already able to do it even though I am only at the Yellow Realm."

Di Yi muttered to himself, then looked up at his martial spirit. After a moment, his expression turned very strange.

This martial spirit... something's not right!

How do I make it emit black smoke?

If he were to use this against an enemy later, wouldn't it be immediately obvious that he is a villain?

Di Yi found it hard to accept. Did being born into the black market mean he was destined to never be a good person?
Each person's soul is different, and the abilities they possess after transforming into a martial spirit are also different.

Some can control wind and thunder, some can manipulate corpses and demons, and others are not good at fighting, but instead shine in other fields, such as alchemy and weapon crafting, and are respected by all sides.

But after thinking it over, Di Yi couldn't imagine what kind of martial soul would be as black as ink, cold and evil as the one before him. Could it be that he was truly a once-in-a-century demon, whose martial soul was also so malevolent?

He felt slightly displeased. How could he, a model youth nurtured by nine years of compulsory education, have given birth to such a martial spirit?

Suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Di Yi carefully observed the martial spirit above his head and suddenly made a surprising discovery.

The quiet room was sealed off, preventing outside light from entering, so it was decorated with dozens of spirit crystals, which also served as lighting.

The spirit crystal embedded in the array emitted a stable fluorescent light, but at this moment it suddenly dimmed considerably. The light it released fell around the martial soul was swallowed up and completely disappeared.

Martial spirits are formless and intangible, and ordinary martial artists cannot see them. Only martial arts masters who have reached the Heavenly Realm and those with profound spiritual power can see them.

Influencing the light of the outside world with one's martial spirit is something that even martial arts legends at the Heavenly Realm cannot do.

What's even more astonishing is that the fluorescence emitted by the spirit crystal is essentially a slowly released spiritual energy. The fluorescence is being absorbed, meaning that his martial soul is absorbing spiritual energy and turning it into its own.

This was beyond Di Yi's limited understanding. Martial Souls originated from the Soul. Although the martial arts legends of the Heavenly Realm could use their Martial Souls to mobilize the power of heaven and earth for combat, they had never heard of Martial Souls being able to absorb the power of heaven and earth themselves.

The improvement of a martial soul is a gradual process, only evolving little by little as one's cultivation level increases. Only when one becomes a half-saint does the martial soul transform into a saintly soul, at which point it gains various unpredictable powers.

With only the cultivation level of the Yellow Extreme Realm, how could the martial soul he summoned by opening his soul meridians compare to the holy soul of a half-saint?

After much thought, the only explanation must be the strange martial spirit itself.

Di Yi was astonished and a bold guess arose in his mind: "Could it be the legendary Dark Martial Soul?"

There are many kinds of sacred paths in the world, including the saying that there are 100,000 minor paths, 3,000 major paths, and 72 supreme sacred paths, but the most powerful ones are the nine ancient paths.

Time, space, light, darkness, truth, nothingness, destiny, origin, and morality—these nine sacred paths were born at the beginning of the universe and are the source of all paths in the world. Each one is unfathomable and infinitely powerful.

The reason why Zhang Ruochen was able to be invincible among his peers and defeat all his opponents along the way was largely because he was a successor of the Time and Space Dao, and had mastered the power of both time and space, two ancient paths.

Martial spirit is a reflection of a martial artist's own martial arts path, influenced by multiple factors such as cultivation techniques, divine martial marks, and one's own physique.

Just like Zhang Ruochen, who mainly cultivated swordsmanship in his previous life, possessing fierce true qi, and whose martial soul was a lightning martial soul that could control thunder.

Eight hundred years later, he was reincarnated and chosen by the Holy Monk of Sumeru to be given the Divine Martial Mark of Time and Space, becoming the successor of Time and Space. He reactivated his Martial Soul, which then became a Time and Space Martial Soul containing the power of time and space.

The divine martial mark that Emperor Yi possessed was the Five Elements Divine Martial Mark, and he also had the Five Elements Sacred Body. Logically speaking, the martial soul he transformed into should be related to the Five Elements. However, due to some unknown mutation, it became a dark martial soul.

There are countless martial spirits in the world, but those that can master the power of the ancient Dao are definitely the best among them.

Compared to the immense power of the Dark Path, minor flaws in appearance are insignificant.

(End of this chapter)