Chapter 845: Special Side Quest Selection
The Curse Artifact was incredibly powerful.
Perhaps at first you could suppress it, but its evil would gradually grow until one day you could no longer hold it back, leading to a complete backlash that would devour you completely.
So it was with the gods of the Demon World as well.
The Enlightenment Book also feared the Curse Artifact, too strange and sinister.
"Ding! The current side quest has been released. Due to the special nature of this side quest, the host may freely choose."
[Option one for the side quest: Collect nine Curse Artifacts, which will open the cursed space-time, appearing in a similar manner to a Treasure Map.]
[Option two for the side quest: If the nine Curse Artifacts are not collected, the system will issue new Treasure Map collections.]
A rather special collection side quest was released, and upon seeing it, Chu Yuan's eyes subtly changed.
This was a very unique opportunity, but uniqueness often implied huge benefits. Previous Treasure Maps had been automatically issued by the system without giving a choice.
Danger and profit sometimes coexisted.
"If nine Curse Artifacts are collected, what will they bring to me?"
Chu Yuan had already made a choice, raised his hand, and said, "The Curse Artifacts are unpredictable and powerful, but all that is strange is merely lacking powerful enough force to suppress it; otherwise, any force can be used for oneself. Under supreme power, no waves can stir. Enlightenment Book, it seems you know some locations of the Curse Artifacts."
"Your Majesty is going to collect the Curse Artifacts!"
The face of the Enlightenment Book shook, increasingly unable to fathom Chu Yuan's thoughts.
"Indeed."
Chu Yuan said.
"Ding! The current side quest has been released: Collect nine Curse Artifacts."
"Actually, the whereabouts of some Curse Artifacts are not a secret. I had obtained one long ago. It was a Book of Curses, brought back to the book universe, but I vastly underestimated the power of the Book of Curses, and the curse power erupted!"
The Enlightenment Book said with lingering fear, "If I had not used the power of the universe to suppress it, this book universe would have transformed into a cursed world. Later, I threw it into the depths of the starry dimensional space, not wanting to be tainted by it again."
That the Enlightenment Book was forced to such a state also sufficiently demonstrated the power of the Book of Curses.
It wasn't that the Book of Curses itself was immensely powerful, but rather that the curse power, once it seeped into the body of the Enlightenment Book, would assimilate its mana, inevitably becoming a powerful Book of Curses itself.
"The depths of the starry dimensions."
Chu Yuan pondered for a moment and then said, "Enlightenment Book, you brought the book universe into my empire, and if it stays here, it will eventually be discovered by the powerful and immortal."
"That's simple, the book universe itself was cultivated by me, all the books are here, and now that I have joined the empire, naturally, I will not stay here."
Chu Yuan and the Enlightenment Book arrived beyond the stars.
Suddenly, a vast enlightening book appeared, enveloping the book universe.
"Now I will take His Majesty to find that Book of Curses."
Actually, the Enlightenment Book was curious about how this God Martial Great Emperor would retrieve the Book of Curses. Although he had joined the Divine Martial Empire, he did not understand the methods of the Great Emperor at all.
"Lead the way," Chu Yuan said.
"Your Majesty, follow me!"
The two immediately traveled through the depths of the starry dimensions.
Layer by layer of dimensions were peeled open by them — the universe contained too many dimensions, and the Enlightenment Book, fearing the Book of Curses would once again sweep through the book universe, had thrown it in a very deep position.
Half a month later.
"Your Majesty, the Book of Curses is at this location; shall we open it directly?"
The face of the Enlightenment Book was solemn; after so many years, he did not know how strong the power of the Book of Curses was now.
"You are by my side; I have already seen where the Book of Curses is located."
Chu Yuan's eyes shot out a startling void divine gleam as he saw a black ancient book deep within the dimension. It was adorned with numerous black patterns and emitted an extremely bizarre and terrifying aura.
The power of the curse did not seem very strong, but even cosmic gods would not want to be contaminated by such primal energy.
"Found it,"
Chu Yuan's expression was solemn.
The collection of the Nine Extreme Divine Lights Treasure Map had brought him the key to enter the Divine Vessel Beyond.
He could not imagine, once the nine immortal Divine Artifacts were truly assembled completely, what they would bring to him, but it would certainly be more precious than the key to the Divine Vessel Beyond.
"Heavenly Hand!"
Chu Yuan's Heavenly Hand grabbed towards the Book of Curses with overwhelming force, causing countless dimensions to explode.
Bang!
The power of the curse erupted, and the starry sky was immediately enveloped by the cursed black mist, and a storm swept through it, possessing the most evil power between heaven and earth.
"The power has been sealed in this dimension for too long, suddenly bursting out all at once!"
The Enlightenment Book exclaimed in shock.
It was unclear what means the Great Emperor of Divine Martial would use to resist.
"Suppress."
Chu Yuan was expressionless, merely activating the Heavenly Hand.
His palm dominated time and space. The cursed black mist surged over, trying to completely devour this brilliant mana, and within it, there was a force of assimilation.
Dark clouds rolled in, and the curse descended.
In this curse, if a normal cosmic god entered, they would immediately be cursed to death, with pus-filled poison blood all over their body, dying miserably.
Chu Yuan was fearless. He stepped directly into the storm of the curse, and his supreme majesty swept out. Wherever his eyes went, the curse storm evaporated, instantly sweeping across the domain of Divine Martial.
"The Great Emperor is confronting the curse head-on!"
The Enlightenment Book was horrified, understanding Chu Yuan less and less.
"The best way to face a curse is to crush it with the strongest force and then take complete control,"
Chu Yuan said indifferently, as if speaking for the Enlightenment Book to hear.
He reached out his hand, he dominated the heavens, he was the supreme human Sovereign, any bizarre curse power that struck before him was dissolved by a stronger devouring force, purified into a pure primal energy.
The heavenly time and space shattered.
The Enlightenment Book saw that it was not the master of the curse cursing the Great Emperor of Divine Martial, but the Great Emperor of Divine Martial seizing its power.
Boom! His hand finally caught the Book of Curses, erupting with a power ten times more violent than before.
Curse heaven, curse earth, curse people, every tangible or intangible existence, to be completely cursed.
But Chu Yuan was fearless and undaunted; his Emperor's power burst forth, infinite majesty, infinite radiance transformed into the most overbearing and fierce Emperor's power, thunderously suppressing down, directly suppressing these cursed powers.
The Book of Curses was still fighting back!
Wisps of black air drifted out, coalescing into various cursed characters, which spoke of the horror of the curse, the omnipresent threat, and roared out the sound of the curse.
Boom!
But Chu Yuan did not indulge the Book of Curses.
No matter how powerful you are, with one fierce palm, Chu Yuan struck the Book of Curses, causing the cursed characters to collapse; then clenching his hand fiercely, the curses inside the book were all suppressed into it, his magnificent power directly suppressed it.
The Book of Curses was ultimately grasped in Chu Yuan's hand, casually flipped through.