Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 74 Is there a traitor in the Holy Academy?
While the Divine Lotus absorbed the Earth Elemental Qi, A-Le and the others had completely cleaned up the Sacred Earth Palace, sweeping away all the treasures accumulated within over a thousand years.

The most valuable of these is naturally the Nourishing Sacred Blood Soil, weighing over 1,200 jin, enough to nurture 120 precious bodies.

The reason why the Three Saints Palace and the Two Evil Palaces collect the Five Elements Spiritual Treasures is because of the attributes of their respective cultivation techniques. Therefore, the Holy Soil Palace only contains the Nourishing Holy Blood Soil and not the other four types of spiritual treasures.

Fortunately, he had obtained enough Black Water Glazed Crystals for Emperor Yi's refining in several cities of the Thick Earth Federation, which did not prevent him from refining the second type of Five Elements Spiritual Treasure.

Tens of thousands of students from the Martial City Academy, all at the Heavenly Realm, stormed into the Five Elements Ruins Realm, bringing annihilation to the entire realm.

Cities were breached and reduced to ashes, completely wiped off the land; rivers of blood flowed.

When Di Yi and his group made their move, they only killed the powerful cultivators. However, the students of the Martial Market Academy were a mixed bag, including many with a strong bloodlust. When they got carried away with killing, they didn't care about the strong or the weak, the old, the weak, women, or children.

Darkness will always exist in this world, and the line between good and evil is often just a thought away.

The blood on the hands of righteous martial artists is never less than that on those of evil ones.

In half a month, Di Yi refined ten catties of Black Water Glazed Crystal, and stepped into the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm, reaching the pinnacle of the four realms of martial arts.

While breaking through his cultivation level, he also led Ah Le and his group to successively conquer the Holy Fire Palace and the Holy Water Palace, obtaining a large amount of spiritual fire source and black water glaze crystal.

Zi Qian had joined their team ten days ago, entering the Five Elements Ruins Realm along with many other students from the Martial City Academy.

"Young Master, nearly a thousand students from the Martial Market Academy have gathered outside the Evil Gold Palace and are launching a joint attack. What should we do?" Han Qiu's long hair cascaded down her back, and she held a tenth-tier True Martial Treasure sword that she had obtained from the students of the Martial Market Academy.

Aside from the Five Elements Spiritual Treasures within the Three Saints Palace and Two Evil Palaces, searching for other scattered spiritual treasures in the Five Elements Ruins Realm is too much trouble; it's much faster to snatch them directly from the students of the Martial Arts Academy.

As the saying goes, "My neighbor buys grain, I buy guns; my neighbor is my granary."

With such strength, one can be so willful.

After a moment's thought, Emperor Yi instructed, "Ziyuan, take them to the Evil Gold Palace and try to seize the Golden Divine Mushroom."

“Young master, what about you?” Ziyuan asked.

"I went to the Evil Wood Palace alone."

After refining the nine catties and nine taels of Nourishing Saint Blood Soil, Zi Yuan's cultivation level has been raised to the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm. She was originally a genius of the Five Absolutes, and now that she has cultivated the Earth Spirit Treasure Body, she has combat power close to that of the Six Absolutes. She is enough to defeat a strong person of the first transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm, and she can also put up a fight against a person of the second transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm.

Ah Le, Zi Qian, Han Qiu, and the others also made rapid progress in their cultivation. Below the Dharma King, almost no one in the Five Elements Ruins Realm could threaten them.

Although Ziyuan felt it was inappropriate to let Di Yi go to the Evil Wood Palace alone, she also thought that with his cultivation and strength, no one in the Five Elements Ruins Realm could rival him, so she didn't say anything more.

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The Evil Wood Palace is located on the other side of the Five Elements Continent.

Half a month ago, a large number of students from the Martial City Academy entered the Five Elements Ruins Realm, and the Evil Wood Palace was naturally affected as well. However, unlike the other forces, the Evil Wood Palace found a backer as soon as the Martial City Academy arrived.

The Xu Sheng Clan is a ten-thousand-year-old clan of saints in the Holy City of the Eastern Region. It has a long history and is said to be related to the ancient divine beast Kunpeng. The core members of the Xu Sheng Clan all have Kunpeng blood flowing in their veins.

Several members of the Xu Sheng Clan participated in the Holy Academy's assessment this time. They were all young geniuses. In addition to passing the Holy Academy's assessment, they had an extra task.

Excluding Zhang Ruochen, one of the six kings of the new generation.

Zhang Ruochen originally had no enmity with the Xu Sheng Clan, but his master Lei Jing had a deep grudge against the Three-Sword Half-Saint of the Xu Sheng Clan. Lei Jing was demoted to Tianmo Ridge because he offended the Three-Sword Half-Saint.

Now, Lei Jing and Zhang Ruochen have made a powerful comeback, and their reputation as the new generation of kings is quite impressive. Naturally, they are regarded as a thorn in the side by the Xu Sheng Clan and are listed as targets that must be eliminated.

If Ziqian hadn't held back her strength and performed only moderately in the first two rounds of assessments at the Holy Academy, she would most likely have been targeted as well.

Zhang Ruochen was naturally not so easy to deal with. After entering the Five Elements Ruins Realm, he first subdued a fifth-order low-grade savage beast, the Demon Ape, and then refined the Black Water Glazed Crystal to cultivate the Water Spirit Treasure Body. His cultivation level rose to the minor extreme position of the Heavenly Extreme Realm, and his strength increased greatly. Instead, he killed all the disciples sent by the Xu Sheng Clan to deal with him.

After eliminating the threat from the Xu Sheng Clan, Zhang Ruochen set his sights on the Xie Mu Palace.

Upon entering the Five Elements Ruins, the spirit of the Heavenly Ranking artifact revealed the secret of the Five Elements Spiritual Treasures to all the martial arts academy students participating in the assessment.

The original spiritual objects within the Five Elements Ruins were originally opportunities left to this year's students by the several academy masters of the Eastern Domain Holy Academy, but unexpectedly, Emperor Yi interfered.

The specific details of the Holy Academy's assessment will not be disclosed to outsiders except for a few academy heads before the final announcement. Logically speaking, it is impossible for various forces to make arrangements in secret in advance. However, Di Yi has the perspective of God and has seized the loophole in the rules.

Thirty or forty miles outside the Evil Wood Palace, a stream flows across the area. After crossing the log bridge spanning the stream, one can see a vast expanse of lush, green bamboo forest.

An array surrounded the bamboo forest, isolating it from the outside and concealing the presence of those inside. Heavy footsteps echoed through the forest as a towering demonic ape trod on the thick layer of fallen leaves, making a rustling sound as if it were walking on snow.

It patrolled along the edge of the formation, occasionally glancing at the simple bamboo house deep in the bamboo forest.

This place is not far from the Evil Wood Palace, so we can monitor it and react immediately if anything happens.

Inside the bamboo building, five or six figures sat around, all with extraordinary bearing. In particular, three women possessed both elegance and beauty; any one of them could be a rare fairy or goddess in this world.

"The Divine Remains King activated the palace-protecting holy array five days ago and sealed the palace gates. He has no intention of showing his face at all. It seems that our plan to attack the Evil Wood Palace will not be able to be realized."

Zhang Ruochen sighed softly, his tone full of helplessness.

Reborn, he is now just a weak mortal. Even after reaching the Supreme Realm three times, he has only been elevated from a mortal to a level where he can contend with a Saint. To advance further, improving his physique is of paramount importance to him.

After refining the Black Water Glazed Crystal and cultivating the Water Spirit Treasure Body, Zhang Ruochen's physical physique improved significantly. Having tasted the benefits, he naturally wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to collect all five elemental treasures in order to prepare for cultivating the legendary Five Elements Chaos Body in the future.

As one of the five most powerful forces in the Five Elements Ruins Realm, the Evil Wood Palace must possess a large quantity of Purple Cloud Agarwood, a temptation no one can resist.

"With the Holy Soil Palace, Holy Fire Palace, and Holy Water Palace successively breached, it would be strange if the Divine Remains Dharma King didn't seal off the Evil Wood Palace after receiving the news. After all, no one knows if the group that destroyed the Three Holy Palaces will attack the Evil Wood Palace." Huang Yanchen was a beautiful woman with snow-white skin and long sapphire blue hair, naturally possessing a cold and elegant temperament.

"I heard that the person who destroyed the Three Holy Temples was not a student of the Martial Market Academy, but a young expert from the Black Market. It is possible that the young master of the Black Market, Di Yi, came in person." Duanmu Xingling was a girl who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old. She was petite, but her breasts were high and her body proportions were extremely exaggerated.

Her true identity is Mu Lingxi, the Holy Maiden of the Moon Worshiping Demon Cult and one of the six new generation kings of the Eastern Region.

"Di Yi..."

Zhang Ruochen frowned slightly upon hearing this. He had never met the young master of the black market, but had only heard some news about him from the Eastern Region News and Xia Shaoyang.

Back then on the Tongming River, he fought a great battle with Xia Shaoyang and almost lost. He reached the supreme realm of the Earthly Realm with the help of the Golden Dragon's Dragon Pearl, and only after breaking through to the Heavenly Realm was he able to defeat him.

Xia Shaoyang is the most powerful enemy he has encountered among his peers since his rebirth.

However, in the clashes within the black market, Di Yi was able to defeat him with just three blows. His strength was so great that even just hearing about it put Zhang Ruochen under immense pressure.

"The fact that the Five Elements Ruins Realm was chosen as the examination venue for the third round of assessments at the Eastern Region Holy Academy should be a top secret. How did Di Yi know about it in advance? Has the black market infiltrated the Holy Academy to this extent?"

Zhang Ruochen couldn't help but feel worried. He had a feud with Xia Shaoyang and was also a student of the Martial Arts Academy, so he had long been on the black market's kill list.

If the location of the Holy Academy's entrance examination venue, such a closely guarded secret, were easily known by people in the black market, wouldn't the Eastern Region Holy Academy be fraught with danger for him? Perhaps a spy from the Fish-Dragon Realm would suddenly appear and assassinate him.

"This should just be a coincidence."

Luo Shuihan was dressed in a simple white dress. Unlike Huang Yanchen's icy coldness and Duanmu Xingling's quirky and mischievous nature, she exuded a detached and otherworldly aura. Yet, she was so beautiful that she was flawless, peerless and independent, inspiring the thought that she could only be admired from afar.

"As far as I know, the examination venue for the third round of assessments was selected by the Xuanji Academy Master and the Void Ancestor. No one knew about it before the assessment content was announced. From the announcement of the assessment content to the students entering the Void Realm, such a short time could not have allowed the Black Market to react so quickly, even if they had received the news."

"Unless one of the Xuanji Academy Masters or the Xu Zu is a spy sent by the black market."

The Xuanji Academy Master mentioned by Luo Shuihan is the Xuanji Elder, the head of the Sword Dao Department of the Eastern Region Holy Academy and one of the three great sword saints of the Eastern Region.

And Xu Zu naturally refers to Luo Xu.

Both of them are heads of the Eastern Region Holy Academy, belonging to the highest level of the Holy Academy, so they could not possibly be spies from the black market.

"So, Di Yi really just happened to enter the Five Elements Ruins Realm?" Zhang Ruochen still couldn't believe it.

"Whether it's a coincidence or not, we have two of the six new generation kings of the Eastern Region. No matter how powerful Di Yi is, he's just one person. The advantage is on my side!" Chang Qiqi said confidently.

“Junior Brother Chang is right. Junior Brother Zhang and Junior Sister Luo are both new generation kings. Although Di Yi is known as the head of the six kings, I don’t believe he can fight two against one. If it really comes down to it, we can all go together.” Si Xingkong also chimed in, very confident in the strength of Zhang Ruochen and Luo Shuihan.

Si Xingkong and Chang Qiqi are both genius students from the Tianmoling Martial Arts Academy. They came with Lei Jing to participate in the admission assessment of the Eastern Sacred Academy.

Zhang Ruochen wasn't as optimistic as they were. As the young master of the black market, how could Di Yi not have other young experts from the black market by his side?

However, he was not afraid of Di Yi. On the contrary, he was eager to see what kind of person could defeat Xia Shaoyang with three palms.

"I'll take the demonic ape to investigate the area around the Evil Wood Palace again, to see if we can find any flaws in the palace's protective array."

(End of this chapter)