Invincible Divine Destiny Selection System

Chapter 2042: Chapter 2042: Heavenly Gourd

A middle-aged man wearing a colorful robe emerged from the gourd, exuding remarkable nobility.

This was also the visage of the Heavenly Power that forged him.

Even though the middle-aged man was merely an Artifact Spirit, his cultivation was incredibly strong, a pinnacle Heavenly Emperor, far surpassing even the sheer power of the Martial Emperor.

Though he hadn’t comprehended the will of the heavens, he possessed the Divine Artifacts to compensate, ranking among the strongest beneath the heavens.

“Who are you!”

The middle-aged man, witnessing Chu Yuan’s relentless devouring of everything within the Heavenly Tomb, was utterly shocked, for he could never have imagined someone so insane.

The curse and malice swirling inside the Heavenly Tomb were something even the heavens preferred to avoid.

He dared not be careless.

“An Artifact Spirit of the Divine Artifacts, very well.”

Chu Yuan ignored the man’s exclamation.

Eternal and invincible, as he appeared, a force of overwhelming might twisted the universe, illuminating the heavens and earth, as the Emperor’s giant hand fiercely grasped toward him.

“How dare you!”

Though he was not the celestial realm, his powerful strength instilled deep pride in the middle-aged man.

He conjured a colorful hand and fiercely clashed with Chu Yuan.

Boom! To the middle-aged man’s dismay, his power had just emerged when an even stronger force crushed it.

With a mere wave of his hand, Chu Yuan shattered all resistance.

“How could it… be so strong!”

The middle-aged man struggled to fend off Chu Yuan.

He watched Chu Yuan, that magnificent figure, with profound terror, as he was locked in place.

This fearsome scene was like beholding a true Celestial God, and even his strength could only tremble before it.

The empire’s vastness engulfed the middle-aged man, trapping him with no escape.

“I cannot fight him head-on, I’m no match if I persist—he’s ascending to become the greatest Celestial God!”

Transforming into a radiant beam of divine light, the middle-aged man tried to escape, lighting up the sky and unleashing the gourd’s fullest power.

As an Artifact Spirit, he knew the gourd intimately.

Yet as the gourd attempted to pierce through the barriers of the Eternal Kingdom, an intense attractive force kept him stuck, unable to escape.

“Destructive Heavenly Force!”

The middle-aged man opened the gourd, unleashing a colorful river with extraordinary sharpness, capable of piercing through and destroying even the celestial heavens.

And an emperor would be turned into a sieve by this force.

The Tower of Eternity emitted its most intense divine light, stabilizing and suppressing the kingdom.

Chu Yuan, with a hand like that of God, wielded the most domineering power.

Standing firm, despite the colorful river’s onslaught, he remained unyielding, allowing no path of escape.

“Transmutative Heavenly Force!”

The middle-aged man fought desperately.

Upon activation, the Transmutative Force transformed into a brilliant mist, capable of nurturing worlds. Yet, should it touch another world, its nature would invert, dissolving the realms of others.

Once dissolved, it could transform into another energy, absorbed by the gourd.

This was a very powerful Artifact, with multiple capabilities.

“Transmute the heavens, nurture the heavens.”

Chu Yuan saw through the gourd’s function.

The divine power of empire devoured it, and the mist, upon touching the Eternal Kingdom, under his will, was directly absorbed.

Absorbing and refining this transmutative mist, Chu Yuan converted it into nurturing mist.

“You… you…”

The middle-aged man, shocked by Chu Yuan’s ability to transform his power, cried out, “You can actually absorb my transmutative mist! Who exactly are you!”

Chu Yuan dominantly overlooked him.

With a grasp of his celestial will, he seized the gigantic gourd, floating in an ocean of energy, firmly in his hand, unable to break free.

The gourd trembled fiercely, shooting out various divine lights.

The middle-aged man repeatedly attempted to let the gourd escape, but each time he failed and began to panic.

“Do not force me into a fight!”

The middle-aged man reserved his strongest and final move, the self-destruction of the gourd, using the destruction of a Supreme Divine Artifact to perish together with the enemy.

But at the cost of his own annihilation.

Chu Yuan’s divine light shone upon the gourd, and the fall of his hand suppressed the array within, preventing the middle-aged man from initiating self-destruction.

A powerful attraction force suppressed the gourd, sweeping it into the Eternal Kingdom.

He possessed Divine Artifacts, and so did Chu Yuan.

On a level of power, Chu Yuan vastly exceeded him.

“It’s over!”

Once the middle-aged man entered Chu Yuan’s kingdom, he knew he was finished. Like a sheep into a tiger’s den, he was to be suppressed, never to escape again.

“I offer you an opportunity: give up all resistance, integrate your power into my empire. I will preserve your consciousness, make you part of the empire. If stubborn or ungrateful, I will obliterate your consciousness, leaving only the Supreme Divine Artifacts.”

Chu Yuan’s voice was imposing and undeniable.

After all, the middle-aged man possessed the cultivation of a peak Heavenly Emperor and was an original Artifact Spirit. Keeping him would enhance the empire’s strength.

But he was not a soft-hearted man either.

Disobey, and there is only death.

“I…”

The middle-aged man hesitated for a brief moment, then, sensing a sudden surge of destructive force, exclaimed, “I yield, I yield! I am willing to follow your commands. I know you will become the greatest Celestial God!”

The wise man adapts to circumstances.

The middle-aged man was indeed such a wise man.

The heavenly power that forged him was already dead, and upon pondering, aligning himself with the greater Chu Yuan was no shame for survival.

“Emperor, my name is Hu. The Celestial Power that created me perished in the celestial battle.”

Hu respectfully stated.

“Your abilities.”

As Chu Yuan fiercely continued to devour the Heavenly Tomb, he inquired about his abilities.

“This is the Gourd of the Celestial Heavens, also known as the Sky Gourd. My former master received guidance from the Celestial King, forging his own celestial path, placing his Celestial Realm inside the Sky Gourd. Within the gourd remains a perfectly intact celestial world, where he also died for the Celestial King.”

Hu explained earnestly.

“A complete celestial world.”

Chu Yuan nodded.

This resembled the celestial path of the Eternal Path.

One existed within its own body.

The other placed the world within an artifact.

But it was precisely because the celestial world was placed within an artifact that it remained remarkably intact, proving a tremendous boon to the empire.

Chu Yuan had no intention of extracting the celestial world from Hu.

There was no need for it.

The gourd belonged to the empire, and so the world would belong to the empire too.

Since all belonged to the empire, there was no distinction.

“With the world inside a gourd, I possess various abilities: emitting celestial light, releasing nurturing breaths, reversing to transmutative forces, deploying heavenly devouring power, or navigating and defending within the world as a divine artifact.”

Hu described his abilities in detail.