Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 268 The Great World of Rules

The Eastern Holy City returned to peace. After the previous battle, for a long time to come, no force dared to make any rash moves.

Thirty-one districts.

Di Yi and Zhang Ruochen sat facing each other.

The location they were in was the headquarters of the Silver Sky Mercenary Group, which was founded by Silver Moon Sky years ago.

The silver moon hangs in the sky. It is the first cultivator that Emperor Yi enslaved after he mastered the Soul-Capturing Seal of the Heart Realm. It has been following him for many years and has been cultivating inside the Yuan Chen Sumeru World-Stabilizing Banner for a long time. Its cultivation level has been raised to the Saint King level.

After many years, seeing the silver moon in the sky again, the mercenaries of the Silver Sky Mercenary Group were filled with emotion and kept reminiscing.

Di Yi and Zhang Ruochen sat on the top floor of the Silver Sky Tower, undisturbed by the crowd.

Di Yi poured himself a glass of wine, stood up and walked to the window, saying leisurely, "Zhang Ruochen, I heard you've been searching for divine stones everywhere?"

“That’s right, I am indeed collecting divine stones. If Hall Master Di Yi has any divine stones, I am willing to pay a high price for them,” Zhang Ruochen said.

Di Yi turned around and laughed, "A divine stone is worth a billion holy stones. I naturally don't have any. However, I did manage to collect some from the powerful figures in the Heavenly Realm faction. Not many, only seven."

"Seven of them! No wonder they're cultivators from the Heavenly Realm faction; they're truly wealthy," Zhang Ruochen remarked upon hearing this.

The divine stone is extremely valuable, but it is of little use to cultivators at the Saint King realm. A cultivator who can carry the divine stone with him at all times must have wealth many times greater than the divine stone itself.

Most of the powerful figures from the Heavenly Realm faction were killed by Emperor Yi, and their spoils naturally fell into Emperor Yi's hands.

“The divine stone is very important to me. Please, Hall Master Di Yi, name your price,” Zhang Ruochen said earnestly.

"I can give you the seven divine stones, and you don't need to pay any price for it. There is only one condition."

"What conditions?"

"The place to activate the sundial will be located within the Eastern Holy City. I need a number of places to cultivate there."

Zhang Ruochen's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. The existence of the sundial was one of his biggest secrets. Only by using the sundial could he catch up with the older generation of experts in a short period of time.

After the sundial was completed, he only used it once in Wangshan, Yunwu County, and very few cultivators knew of its existence.

“I have inherited the legacy of the Ice and Fire Phoenix, so I know exactly what’s in the Phoenix Nest. As for what happened at the Sumeru Dojo that day, I can guess a thing or two,” Di Yi said.

Zhang Ruochen slowly stood up, his gaze sweeping over Di Yi.

To be honest, he didn't trust Di Yi. For a long time, they were even rivals to some extent.

After careful consideration, Zhang Ruochen made the most appropriate decision at the moment.

“I can meet your conditions, however, the area covered by the sundial is limited, and I can only give you ten spots to enter and cultivate.”

"Ten spots are enough."

After reaching a deal with Zhang Ruochen, Di Yi sent a message to Han Qiu, A Le, and Zi Qian, instructing them to come to the Eastern Holy City immediately. At the same time, he sent Shen Ya to Luoshui to assist Blood Bee Asura King in managing the situation at Tianmo Ridge.

He then sent a message to Huan Yutian, ordering Huan Sheng and Ye Honglei to come.

In just two days, the group arrived at the Holy City of the Eastern Region.

Within the branch of the Holy King's Mansion where the Flame Tower is located, Emperor Yi mobilized the power of the Zhou Tian Grand Array, gathering the holy energy of heaven and earth from the entire Eastern Region Holy City to create a man-made Awakening Holy Land.

The sundial was placed beneath the Fire Tower, inlaid with divine stones, gathering a massive amount of time imprints and changing the surrounding time flow to 365 to 1.

Han Qiu, A Le, Zi Qian, Huan Sheng, Ye Hong Lei, Luo Shui Han, Di Yan, Gu Feng, and the last spot was reserved by Di Yi for Zi Yuan.

Ziyuan's talent is not high, and her future achievements cannot be compared with others, but her relationship with Di Yi is very special. They are like siblings, and Di Yi should do his best to support her.

The area that a sundial can cover is only a hundred feet in size. Even a Saint King realm cultivator needs a certain amount of space to cultivate, no matter how extreme their cultivation is. The ten people of Emperor Yi occupied half of the space.

Zhang Ruochen and the others around him occupied the other half of the area, without interfering with each other.

"As expected of the legendary treasure held by the Venerable Monk Sumeru, the flow of time can reach such an exaggerated level. It is truly a case of one day on the sundial being equal to one year in the outside world," the Illusionary Saint exclaimed.

"The sundial is indeed a treasure for aiding cultivation, but the price to pay is also very high. It consumes one divine stone every day it runs, which is not something that ordinary cultivators can afford," Emperor Yi said.

In fact, for the vast majority of cultivators, time is not as precious as imagined. Time-related treasures can only accelerate the flow of time, but cannot help cultivators comprehend the Dao. For cultivators who are stuck in a bottleneck, time-related treasures will only cause their lifespan to be wasted.

Moreover, the cost of opening time-limited treasures is often extremely high; a single divine stone is equivalent to the entire fortune of many Great Sages.

Without much conversation, everyone quickly began their own practice.

In addition to the seven divine stones obtained from Di Yi, Zhang Ruochen also obtained five more divine stones from other sources.

In other words, this sundial will operate for thirteen days, which is equivalent to thirteen years of cultivation time.

Moreover, it is located beneath the Tower of Incineration, within the Awakened Holy Land where the rules of the Holy Path are active.

During this seclusion, Emperor Yi's primary task is to break through to the Ninth Step Saint King realm and condense a small world of rules, or even a large world of rules.

As for the Dao Domain, thirteen years may seem like a long time, but the possibility of condensing a Dao Domain is too low. Being too eager to improve one's cultivation level may not be a good thing.

Di Yi plundered a large amount of cultivation resources from the powerful figures of the Heavenly Realm faction, including seventeen ancient sacred herbs that were 100,000 years old. One of them had reached the level of a quasi-Yuanhui sacred herb and was a treasure that could help cultivators improve their cultivation level.

Even for a Great Sage, a 100,000-year-old ancient sacred medicine is an extremely precious medicine. Only in the now-revived Kunlun Realm, where 100,000 years of accumulation have been unleashed in a single day, could so many be produced.

This is naturally a good thing for the cultivators of the Kunlun Realm, but it has also attracted top experts from the Heavenly Court and Hell, resulting in the current chaotic situation of dragons fighting each other.

This is the worst of times and the best of times.

The more turbulent the times, the more likely it is that fish will leap and transform into dragons.

The Emperor only took a portion of each of the 100,000-year-old sacred herbs, without refining them directly.

With the aid of divine springs, sacred pills, imperial artifacts of rules, and profound truths, one can accelerate their cultivation to the extreme.

In the fourth year of his secluded cultivation, the number of Sacred Rules in Emperor One's Qi Sea exceeded eight million, reaching the peak of the Eighth Step Sacred King. He began to go all out to try to condense the rules of heaven and earth and break through to the Ninth Step Sacred King realm.

It took two whole years for Di Yi to successfully break through his cultivation level.

The reason it took so long is that the construction of the rule-based microcosm is related to the subsequent cultivation path and must be in line with one's own cultivation path.

The microcosm of rules woven by Emperor Yi is based on the three ancient principles of Truth, Origin, and Darkness, with the Five Elements as its framework, and further incorporating a host of supreme holy paths, great paths, and minor paths. It is undoubtedly the most top-tier microcosm of rules in the world. In just six years, he broke through from the eighth-step Saint King to the ninth-step Saint King, which is considered astonishing even in the Heavenly Court Realm, where geniuses gather.

The sundial continued to operate, but Di Yi did not slacken his efforts. He continued to refine various cultivation resources, comprehend the sacred path, increase the number of sacred rules within his Qi Sea, and set out to challenge the Great World of Rules.

The five realms of the Nine-Step Saint King, from the Small World of Rules, to the Great World of Rules, and then to the Dao Domain, are all processes of continuously perfecting one's own Saintly Dao Domain.

After condensing into a complete Dao Domain, one connects one's own Dao with the Dao of Heaven, connecting with the Dao of Heaven, and using one's own Dao to influence the rules of Heaven and Earth.

These five realms are interconnected, forming a bridge between the Holy King and the Great Sage.

There is no major bottleneck between the small world of rules and the large world of rules; the only difference is the number of sacred rules.

In just five years, the number of Sacred Rules within the Emperor's Body exceeded twelve million, successfully breaking through to the Great Rule World.

Once the thirteen divine stones were exhausted and the surrounding time imprints dissipated, the number of holy rules within his body had increased to fifteen million, more than double that before his seclusion, and his strength had undergone a qualitative improvement.

If they were to face Xia Wenxin again, she would definitely not be able to retreat so easily.

Feeling the Holy Dao rules circulating within his body, Di Yi's face lit up with a bright smile.

He now possesses over 600,000 rules of truth, nearly 200,000 rules of origin, and over 100,000 rules of darkness.

The rules of swordsmanship, palm techniques, claw techniques, flowing light, and demonic arts have all exceeded 500,000, making them extremely powerful.

In particular, the number of sword rules has exceeded 700,000, making it the holy path with the most rules.

Among the supreme holy paths cultivated by Emperor Yi, his mastery of swordsmanship is the highest. He had already cultivated Sword Nine to the Great Perfection a long time ago and had begun to comprehend Sword Ten.

During his thirteen years of seclusion, he devoted a great deal of energy to studying sword techniques and the wordless sword manual, successfully elevating the White Emperor Heavenly Pivot Sword Technique to the level of a high-ranking sacred art, and also cultivating Sword Ten to the sixth level.

With a wave of his hand, the Heaven-Sealing Sword flew out from his dantian and landed in his hand.

After fusing with the hilt of the Stellar Divine Sword, the Heaven-Sealing Sword has been continuously improving its grade over the years. Now, the number of inscriptions that can be activated within the sword body has exceeded 120,000, making it a Twelve Luminaries Myriad-Inscription Sacred Artifact, reaching the pinnacle of Myriad-Inscription Sacred Artifacts.

Going a step further, it can be transformed into a weapon of war for kings.

Of course, the power that the Heaven-Sealing Sword can unleash now is no weaker than that of a One-Yuan Monarch weapon, after all, its essence is a fragment of a divine artifact, which is much stronger than a Monarch weapon.

However, what merged with the Heaven-Sealing Sword was only the hilt of the Stellar Divine Sword. This kind of growth was ultimately limited, unless the blade of the divine sword that suppressed the Underworld King in the Underworld Sword Tomb was also seized and put together to form the complete Stellar Divine Sword.

"The Stellar Divine Sword is nominally meant to suppress Hades, but in reality, it has been refined by Hades. Not to mention taking the sword from Hades, I also have to be wary of Hades breaking free and attacking me in order to reclaim the hilt."

Thinking of this, Di Yi couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. He naturally couldn't just hand over the Stellar Divine Sword, but how to seize it was another somewhat unsolvable problem.

Zhang Ruochen put away the sundial and did not linger, taking his leave of Di Yi.

Watching Zhang Ruochen and his group walk away, and having experienced the benefits of the sundial, Han Qiu transmitted his voice to Di Yidao: "Hall Master, should we take the sundial from Zhang Ruochen? Such a treasure can only be of the greatest value if it remains in your hands."

Di Yi simply shook his head slightly, showing no intention of taking action; at least, now was not the time to seize the sundial.

“A time-traveling treasure that can only be opened by a divine stone is actually of limited value right now. If you need to go into seclusion for a longer period of time, I can send you into the Dao Platform inside the World-Stabilizing Banner. The time flow rate is sixty times faster, which is not slow at all.”

Han Qiu thought for a moment, then shook his head and refused.

"After thirteen years of seclusion under the sundial, I feel that my cultivation level has reached a bottleneck, and it is not advisable to continue seclusion for the time being."

"Time is a precious treasure, but it should not be used without restraint."

Di Yi did not delve further into this matter. Time-related treasures naturally have their own special value, especially top-tier time-related treasures like sundials.

As your cultivation level increases in the future, the value of the sundial will also increase.

In the universe, there are many time-limited treasures that can support the cultivation of a Saint King, but there are very few that can support the cultivation of a God.

A complete sundial is a time-saving treasure that ranks among the top five, or even the top three. It is not only a treasure to assist in cultivation, but also a terrifying weapon of the gods.

If possible, Di Yi would naturally like to wield such a treasure, but that's something to consider later. For now, the Yuan Chen Sumeru Stabilizing Banner can already meet his basic needs.

After more than ten days, the Luo River has fully recovered.

Several days ago, Mr. Shenya and the Blood Bee Asura King had already sent a message to the Holy City of the Eastern Region.

They have already taken the lead, entering the Luo River to seize the stars deep within it.

The Luo River has deep connections with the Tianchu Civilization and Taoism, and is also involved with cosmic secrets such as the Holy Race from 100,000 years ago.

Importantly, on the Nine-Bend Heavenly Star in the Luo River, there is another half of the Rebellious God Stele.

The Reverse God Stele is part of the Void Cauldron among the Nine Cauldrons. It was made by Kasyapa Buddha using the clay of origin as a base and refining it with Brahma fire, and contains unfathomable power.

Even a broken Reverse God Stele, once activated, can erase all inscriptions in the world, even the rules of the Holy Path.

If it were in the hands of a top-tier Saint King, it might even be able to forcibly break through the Zhou Tian Grand Array of the Eastern Region Holy City.

Di Yi naturally wanted to keep such a treasure firmly in his own hands.

Leaving behind the Heavenly Demon Shadow, who held the Fire-Burning Token and remained to guard the Eastern Holy City, Emperor Yiben immediately set off for Luoshui.

Han Qiu, A Le, and others did not accompany them. Some stayed in the Eastern Divine Land to train, while others returned to the Eastern Evil Land. The Eastern Land was too large, and many places needed someone to take charge of the overall situation.

Only Luo Shuihan went to Luoshui with Di Yi.

After teleporting several times through the spatial wormhole, the two arrived at the banks of the Luo River.

On the banks of the Luo River, they met Shi Kai, who had been waiting for them.

"Is this the Stone Clan?" Luo Shuihan became wary upon seeing Shi Kai.

But then he stopped not far in front of him and bowed to Di Yi beside him: "Greetings, Master. Blood Bee Asura King and Mr. Shenya have gone to the depths of Luoshui and asked me to wait for your arrival here."

Di Yi nodded slightly and explained to Luo Shuihan, "These are servants I recruited before, so don't worry."

"Lead the way, and while you're at it, tell me about the current situation in Luoshui."

(End of this chapter)