Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 53 The Heavenly Demon Black Hole Diagram, Returning to the Void Twin Lotuses

Emperor Yi activated his True Source Demon Eye and looked at the corpse of the four-winged earth dragon. The original overwhelming pressure disappeared without a trace, replaced by a huge, withered dragon corpse as large as a mountain. The flesh and blood had disappeared completely, with only the skin and scales covering the skeleton.

Emperor's face paled slightly, feeling that this underground space was strangely eerie, as if it were alive and had devoured all the saints.

Don't stay here for long.

As he thought this, he turned around to take Zixi back the way they came, but was horrified to find that the tunnels that had been dug in the rock wall had disappeared, as if new rock walls had grown back.

"What the hell is this place?"

Di Yi felt like crying but had no tears, his feelings were complicated.

After her initial shock, Zi Qian quickly regained her composure. For some reason, even though she knew she was in an unknown and strange place, she felt at ease with Lord Yi by her side.

If I were to die here, being able to die alongside him would be a blessing.

As she thought this to herself, a smile unconsciously crept onto her lips.

"You have a really good attitude; you can still laugh in this situation."

Upon seeing her like this, the emperor felt somewhat relieved. Since he was already there, he decided to make the best of it and see what was going on here.

He still has the imperial edict left by the head of Yipintang, but can the edict really take him away from here?
Di Yi had some doubts.

"There seems to be something over there, let's go take a look."

After passing the corpse of the four-winged earth dragon, the scene before us changed again.

A stone platform about ten feet tall stood tall, and beneath it grew all sorts of rare spiritual herbs. Di Yi recognized one of them as the Nine-Leaf Sacred Qi Grass, which only grows in places where saints fall. It has endless uses for martial artists, especially for the descendants of saints. Consuming the Nine-Leaf Sacred Qi Grass gives them the chance to awaken their sacred blood and transform into a sacred body.

On the stone platform stood an ancient stone tablet, its demonic energy rising like a black hole, devouring everything around it.

Emperor Yi recognized him at a glance and was greatly shocked.

[Image of the Heavenly Demon Black Hole]

The thirty-six Heavenly Demon Stone Carvings are scattered throughout the Kunlun Realm, held by various forces.

The black market controls the most, possessing nine of them, while the rest are collected by various factions such as the Moon Worshiping Demon Cult, the Blood God Cult, the Imperial Court, and the Martial Market Money Exchange.

However, the total number of Heavenly Demon Stone Carvings held by these forces was far less than thirty-six, and many of them were buried deep in the earth in the mists of history.

Di Yi had seen a rubbing of the Heavenly Demon Black Hole Diagram in the Black Market's Yipin Hall and had also cultivated the Heavenly Demon Prison Suppression Diagram, so he was naturally very familiar with the aura of the Heavenly Demon Stone Carving.

This mysterious underground space, besides containing the inheritance of the Four Symbols Heavenly Technique, also contains an authentic copy of the Heavenly Demon Stone Carving.

Di Yi was somewhat eager to try.

But just then, an old voice suddenly rang out.

"Kid, don't go if you don't want to die."

Emperor Yi was startled and looked around, but saw no one.

"No need to look, I'm inside the bracelet in your hand."

Upon hearing this, Di Yi looked at the metal bracelet he had picked up from the skeleton.

"Senior, you're still alive?"

A bluish light shimmered on the surface of the metal bracelet, and a phantom figure was projected out.

He wore a Taoist robe, had a white beard and white hair, and had a rather otherworldly and ethereal air about him.

The illusory figure sized up Di Yi and Zi Qian, and sighed softly: "One cultivated the Heavenly Demon Stone Carving, and the other cultivated the Four Symbols Heaven-Reaching Technique. They are both young geniuses, but unfortunately they have fallen into this deadly place."

Upon hearing this, Di Yi felt a chill run down his spine. A death trap?

"I wonder what you call me, senior?"

"This is the eternal saint."

"Evergreen Saint, are you really Evergreen Saint?" Ziqian exclaimed in surprise.

Di Yi also felt the name was somewhat familiar. After thinking carefully, he remembered. "Senior, are you the Evergreen Saint of the Four Symbols Sect who perished in the Heavenly Demon Ridge during the hunt for the Four-Winged Earth Dragon?"

"After all these years, it's not bad that there are still people in the world who remember my name," the illusory figure of the Evergreen Saint said with a smile.

"You have the bloodline of the Purple Saint in your veins; you are her descendant. Is she still alive today?"

“Our ancestor passed away more than two hundred years ago,” Ziqian said, shaking her head.

The Evergreen Sage felt somewhat saddened upon hearing this.

"What a pity, this place is easy to get in, but difficult to get out."

Di Yi had been secretly observing him and saw that he seemed to have only a trace of consciousness left, and even his holy soul had dissipated. Di Yi's apprehension lessened considerably.

"If it weren't for the Four Symbols Heaven-Reaching Technique Turtle Shell created by our senior, we wouldn't have been led to this place."

Upon hearing this, the Evergreen Saint said solemnly, "When I was chasing the Four-Winged Earth Dragon, I accidentally entered this place and discovered the complete Four Symbols Heaven-Reaching Technique, which had been lost for many years by the Four Symbols Sect. On my deathbed, I did not want the sect's divine skill to continue to be lost here, so I came up with this method. If you were not greedy, how could you have come here?"

Di Yi sneered and exposed him, saying, "If you really don't want your divine skill to be lost, you should send the entire tortoise shell away. I just saw that the most important part of the skill recorded on the tortoise shell is still in your hands."

"If I'm not mistaken, senior intends to use the Four Symbols Heaven-Reaching Technique to lure in disciples of the Four Symbols Sect, and then use your Holy Soul to possess their bodies, right?"

The soul of a saint has been transformed into a holy spirit. Even if the physical body perishes, the holy spirit can survive for a long time. If a suitable vessel can be found, it may not be impossible to continue to live.

The Evergreen Saint glanced at him with interest and suddenly laughed, "Little brat, you're quite clever. When I was critically injured and on the verge of death, I did have this plan. Unfortunately, I waited hundreds of years to see the two of you. Now, my holy soul has dissipated, and I only retain a trace of consciousness thanks to the fragments of the Luo River. I can no longer be reborn in another body."

Upon hearing this, Zi Qian felt a chill in her heart. She had cultivated the Four Symbols Heavenly Technique and was considered a half-disciple of the Four Symbols Sect. Wouldn't she also be a suitable candidate for possession?

No wonder this Evergreen Saint cared so much about her before; she had thought it was because of her ancestors.

Upon hearing the words "fragments of the Luo River," the Emperor couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was truly a case of "when you think you've reached the end of the road, a new path opens up." It was only natural that the Evergreen Saint had collected fragments of the Luo River during his participation in the Battle of Heavenly Demon Ridge.

His consciousness resided within the metal bracelet, and the fragment of the Luo River was also within this bracelet.
This metal bracelet, capable of holding external objects, could it be a spatial treasure, or even a powerful sacred artifact with an inner space?
The Evergreen Saint saw through Di Yi's thoughts and laughed, "Boy, I can sense the aura of the Heavenly Demon Stone Carving on you. You are either from the Black Market or the Moon Worshiping Demon Cult. Others who enter this place will die ten times over, but you have a sliver of hope."

"The Azure Dragon Bracelet is a spatial artifact passed down from the Middle Ages. It contains all of my treasures. If you agree to one thing, I can erase my mark on it and do my best to help you leave this place."

Di Yi was somewhat tempted upon hearing this, but he didn't quite trust this saint from the Four Symbols Sect. A saint who could devise the idea of ​​possessing his own disciple didn't seem like a good person.

"What do you need me to do, senior?"

"Help me send the ninth level of the Four Symbols Heavenly Technique back to the Four Symbols Sect." The Evergreen Saint sighed softly. "Back then, during the battle of Heavenly Demon Ridge, I came to the Eastern Region with the two War Gods of the First Central Empire. On the surface, it was to conquer the barbaric lands of the Eastern Region and expand our territory, but in reality, it was to hunt down the Golden Dragon under the Buddha Emperor."

"The Golden Dragon was severely injured by Empress Chi Yao and was chased all the way from the Western Regions to the Central Regions by the Xue Dynasty and the Fire Demon Xiao Sheng. Finally, it disappeared in the Heavenly Demon Ridge. The Four-Winged Earth Dragon was the Golden Dragon's junior. When the saints came to pursue it, it was naturally affected as well."

The Evergreen Saint glanced at the withered dragon corpse in the distance and sighed, "The Four-Winged Earth Dragon was quite a man of principle; it never revealed the whereabouts of the Golden Dragon until its death."

"The Four Symbols Sect is a branch of the Taiji Dao. For tens of thousands of years, it has not only surpassed the Taiji Dao main sect, but also the Liangyi Sect and Bagua Sect. The reason for this is that the ninth level of the Four Symbols Sect's supreme divine skill, the Four Symbols Heaven-Reaching Technique, was completely lost tens of thousands of years ago, and no one has been able to cultivate it to the Great Sage realm since then."

"If you return the ninth level of the cultivation technique to the Four Symbols Sect, even if you are from the Black Market or the Moon Worshiping Demonic Cult, the Four Symbols Sect will definitely not treat you unfairly."

After numerous calamities, the inheritances of the major powers in the Kunlun Realm have become incomplete. For example, the Chen family's family-inherited cultivation technique, the "Four-Nine Profound Technique," lacks the crucial fourth level, which has prevented anyone in the Chen family from breaking through to the Great Saint realm.

The complete Four Symbols Heavenly Connection Technique is of immeasurable value to the Four Symbols Sect, and could even change the entire landscape of the Kunlun Realm.

At this moment, Di Yi only wanted to know how to escape from this hellish place, so he casually agreed: "If senior can help me escape, I will send the divine skill back to the Four Symbols Sect."

The Evergreen Saint said nothing more. He now only had a remnant of his consciousness left, and he had no power to force Di Yi. He could only hope that Di Yi would keep his promise.

"This place should be an ancient ruin, perhaps left by a great sage or even a god from the Middle Ages. With the Heavenly Demon Black Hole Diagram on the altar as its core, it devours the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the earth's veins in order to cultivate the flower on the altar."

"flower?"

When the emperor looked up, he saw that apart from the Heavenly Demon Black Hole diagram, there were no flowers on the high platform.

The Evergreen Sage pointed to an inconspicuous dark light floating in front of the Heavenly Demon Black Hole Diagram and explained, "This flower is born of darkness and contains the meaning of eternity. It represents all destruction and death in the world and is related to the legendary ancient path of darkness. It is known as the Flower of Darkness and has been recorded in the ancient books of the Kunlun Realm."

"Legend has it that during the chaotic ancient times, the Heavenly Demon once entered the Sea of ​​Return to the Void and brought out a twin lotus flower. The Heavenly Demon planted the lotus flower in the Heavenly Demon Sect. After the Heavenly Demon died, the twin lotus flower withered and died, leaving only a few lotus seeds. The one on the altar should be one of them."

"This place is shrouded in special rules of heaven and earth, and no living thing can leave, not even a saint. Only by gaining the approval of this dark flower can one be accepted by the rules of this world and thus find a way to leave."

(End of this chapter)