Invincible Divine Destiny Selection System Chapter 2039: Power [4 Updates]

The Sinister Celestial initiated his assault.

His intent was to refine Chu Yuan into a powerful combat puppet. From the perspective of a great Celestial, even an Emperor at the absolute peak of Cultivation was considered vastly inferior.

With a sweeping gesture, turbulent storm clouds saturated with the foulest thoughts surged toward Chu Yuan. This overwhelming force descended with the weight of a collapsing sky, vast and inescapable.

While the Emperor remained bound within the laws of this world, the Celestial was a sovereign entity who had transcended heaven and earth. The energy wielded by the Sinister Celestial differed fundamentally from standard martial force; it lacked the direct aggression of typical martial arts, manifesting instead as an eerie, soul-penetrating malice.

Chu Yuan met the tempest with a storm of his own.

Far from fearing the Celestial’s strike, he embraced it, treating the enemy's power as a whetstone to sharpen his own foundation. Had the Sinister Celestial realized he was being used as a tool for self-improvement, his fury would likely have known no bounds.

The two tempests collided violently in an instant.

Their battle unfolded within a mysterious domain of shifting light and shadow. To the inhabitants of the Land of Sin, only two indistinct, titanic silhouettes could be seen clashing, their true struggle hidden from mortal eyes.

The Palm of Sinister!

Manifesting suddenly, the Sinister Celestial brought down a palm that felt like the heavens falling upon Chu Yuan. It erupted into a freezing darkness, infused with terrifying, invasive evil thoughts.

Standing with a majestic posture that seemed to anchor the world, Chu Yuan released the eternal river. It swept forth, shimmering with the colors of immortality. He appeared as a supreme being, rendered immune to any corrupting thoughts that attempted to reach him.

As his power surged toward its zenith, his five fingers acted like pillars of heaven, forming a palm that collided head-on with the Palm of Sinister. Despite the Sinister Celestial utilizing the crushing weight of his Celestial status, Chu Yuan held his ground firmly in this frontal engagement.

The Sinister Celestial felt a flicker of surprise. This opponent’s ability to resist his power was unsettling; for a Celestial to fail in subduing an Emperor was a humiliating prospect.

Suddenly, the Sinister Celestial shifted into a colossal dark shadow that blotted out the firmament, teeming with countless swirling vortexes. From each vortex, a pale, sinister hand emerged. Accompanied by echoes of despairing cries, these hands reached out to seize Chu Yuan and drag him into the bottomless abyss.

Confronted by this reaching malice, Chu Yuan erupted with a blinding radiance. This light served as the ultimate bane of evil!

Sweeping forward with his Celestial will, he caused the vortexes to detonate and the ghostly hands to crumble into fragments. He advanced with an indestructible will, his presence boundless and overwhelming. The Emperor’s power stirred the smokes of war as he struck out proactively, his palm wreathed in the fierce flames of battle.

Any evil touched by these flames ignited instantly, burning with the intensity of dry kindling.

"Celestial will! You actually possess the will of a Celestial!"

The Sinister Celestial finally recognized the true nature of his foe's capability. He had appeared because he sensed something extraordinary, but he hadn't expected to find someone who could be classified as a half-Celestial. This was no ordinary master.

"Sinister, you are incapable of stopping me," Chu Yuan declared, his voice ringing with domineering authority.

"Very well. Even a half-Celestial is not a true Celestial. Since you have come here, you are worthy of my full strength. Your value is beyond measure, and soon, everything you possess shall be mine!"

The Sinister Celestial’s eyes burned with avarice, as if he were gazing upon a priceless treasure. In the path of Cultivation, increasing the power of a Celestial was an arduous and slow process.

While the Sinister Celestial could not easily kill a fellow true Celestial, refining a being who possessed Celestial will like Chu Yuan could potentially increase his own power by half.

A sense of extreme peril descended!

The Sinister Celestial materialized above Chu Yuan, unleashing a torrent of sinister energy backed by the endless origin of a Celestial. What kind of cataclysmic force does the full-strength strike of a Celestial produce?

Chu Yuan remained unnervingly calm. He threw a punch toward the heavens, releasing a burst of eternal divine light. He used raw force to challenge the sky, striking the blow directly.

Once again, the Sinister Celestial failed to gain the upper hand in the confrontation.

Hmph!

He attempted to suppress his foe using the combined power of heaven and earth. Though his methods were not as straightforward as martial arts, he refused to let an Emperor find a weakness in his clash.

The sky seemed to fracture, and the very fabric of time and space surrounding Chu Yuan began to shatter. Sinister energy took the form of demonic shadows that darted through the void.

Yet, under the pressure of the Sinister Celestial’s maximum effort, Chu Yuan’s excitement only grew. A chance to battle a Celestial so directly was a rare and precious opportunity.

An eternal phenomenon manifested.

As Chu Yuan’s fist moved, the sound of war drums and horns filled the air. An illusory army of thousands seemed to charge alongside him, intercepting the Sinister Celestial’s power. He fought like a sovereign personally leading the charge on the front lines.

The strength of his Eternal Kingdom tore through the sinister energy. He was relentlessly domineering, seeking to crush all evil and establish a realm of pure light.

The Sinister Celestial sensed Chu Yuan’s incredible persistence. He launched a continuous barrage of Celestial techniques, attempting repeatedly to trap Chu Yuan within his Celestial domain. However, the Emperor’s power was too fierce and ever-growing; even the Celestial could not pin him down.

Doubt began to cloud the Sinister Celestial’s mind. He noticed that this man bore no mark of any known world; he was a free agent who belonged to no specific realm. Logically, such a powerhouse should be famous. Where had he originated?

Pushing the thought aside, the Sinister Celestial prepared an even more devastating offensive.

"No matter how great an Emperor's realm is, it is a futile struggle before a Celestial!"

A massive vortex formed behind the Sinister Celestial, linking directly to his Celestial world. A tidal wave of Celestial origin, carrying the absolute weight of a world, crashed down. This was a direct suppression of primal power.

He realized that Chu Yuan possessed too many complex Divine Abilities to be defeated by simple combat. Therefore, the Sinister Celestial changed his tactics. He abandoned subtle maneuvers and relied on the sheer dignity and origin of a Celestial to crush his opponent at the source.

While such a collision of origins might be common between two Celestials, it was an unbeatable trump card against anyone in the Emperor realm.

"You seek to suppress me with raw power?"

Chu Yuan’s eyes flashed with brilliant light. His eternal river surged forward. With a thrust of his hand, he unleashed a beam of light like an Eternal Cannon, a blinding force designed to purge all evil.

The Sinister Celestial, as a Celestial of moderate standing, served as the ideal whetstone for Chu Yuan's growth.

"To challenge a Celestial in a contest of strength—you truly have no concept of death!" the Sinister Celestial thought fiercely. He pushed forward with his Celestial origin, exerting his maximum influence.

"Eternal Kingdom, devour the heavens!"

In the heat of this clash against a Celestial, Chu Yuan’s aura only became more terrifying!