Invincible Divine Destiny Selection System Chapter 8: Chapter 8 The Event Ends_1

"Departing? You dare to ignore my presence and leave without my permission!"

Witnessing the path they chose, Chu Yuan’s eyes shimmered with a lethal light as he suddenly broke the silence.

"Oh? Have you had a change of heart? Are you prepared to discuss the ceding of lands, reparations, and the marriage alliance?"

Lin Ye halted his retreat, casting a mocking sneer toward Chu Yuan, who sat upon the throne.

"I have indeed readied a gift for your Great Emperor," Chu Yuan replied, his voice echoing with a chilling frost.

"What sort of gift?" For a brief moment, Lin Ye was visibly perplexed.

"Your head."

From the second Chu Yuan heard Lin Ye demand Princess Chenxi’s hand, a violent murderous intent had been stirred within his heart. Mercy was out of the question, and taking them as prisoners would be a pointless drain on resources.

The only solution was execution!

Since a conflict was unavoidable, it was far better to deliver the first blow.

"My head?" Lin Ye barked back, "Ha-ha! Emperor of the Great Wu Dynasty, seeking to slay this prince? This is nothing short of a blatant provocation—a formal declaration of war!"

"Killing you is more than enough."

Whoosh!

Chu Yuan vaulted from his throne and descended, his titanic imperial aura erupting like a tidal wave, instantly suppressing everyone in the hall.

"Hmph! I was told your cultivation level was a mere ten Meridian Infusion stage," Lin Ye snorted with pure disdain.

Boom!

Like the explosion of a volcano, Chu Yuan released the full force of his cultivation, shockingly revealing himself to be at the eighth stage of Soul Refinement.

"Eighth-stage Soul Refinement!"

The expressions of Shangguan Qingyun and Li Yun twisted in shock upon sensing this. They remembered vividly that just days prior, Chu Yuan was only at the Meridian Infusion stage. To ascend to the eighth stage of Soul Refinement in such a short span was utterly inconceivable.

"Eighth-stage Soul Refinement... you were concealing your true power!" Lin Ye was stunned. "However, I am at the ninth stage of Soul Refinement! Even with your hidden strength, it is still not enough!"

"It is enough. It is more than enough!"

As Chu Yuan spoke, violent lightning surged around his hands, coalescing into a massive hand of thunder that lunged straight for Lin Ye.

"Dragon in the Deep!"

Lin Ye let out a low growl, a sinister thought crossing his mind. Despite the gap in their cultivation, Chu Yuan had dared to attack him first. If he could seize this moment to kill the Great Wu Emperor, the entire Great Wu Dynasty would collapse into absolute chaos.

Aside from Chu Yuan, no one remained in the Great Wu Dynasty who was fit to inherit the throne.

In an instant, his powerful spirit surged forth, resembling a feral dragon as it charged forward with savage intensity.

The Great Thunder Technique!

The moment Chu Yuan engaged, he unleashed his absolute dominance. Through his mastery of the Great Thunder and Great Devouring Techniques, his status as a Thunder Controller amplified his lightning divine abilities, allowing him to instantly shred the Dragon in the Deep to pieces.

Bang!

Lin Ye was sent flying backward, completely blindsided by Chu Yuan’s sudden dominance.

As if a tempestuous sea was churning in his chest, Lin Ye was filled with shock. Despite his higher stage, he could not gain the upper hand. He never could have guessed that Chu Yuan possessed the Emperor Sword, which boosted his power by an entire stage.

"You are courting death!"

Lin Ye slammed his foot onto the floor, emitting a terrifying aura that caused his robes to tear. He curled his fingers, transforming his hands into a pair of dragon claws capable of pulverizing anything they touched.

Chu Yuan, continuously moving, channeled the Great Thunder in his left hand and the Great Origin in his right. As the two divine abilities merged, his power completely eclipsed that of Lin Ye.

"Great Heavenly Dragon Technique!"

Sensing Chu Yuan’s lethal intent, Lin Ye unleashed the most powerful divine ability of the Great Hidden Empire: the Great Heavenly Dragon Technique. His spirit fully manifested as a celestial dragon, merging with his body to harness the technique’s maximum potential.

This secret art of the Great Hidden Dynasty was one of the three thousand Great Daos.

The reason the Great Hidden Dynasty was more formidable than Great Music, Great Sheng, or Great Cure was not merely their national strength, but the Great Heavenly Dragon Technique itself. It allowed the rulers of the Hidden Dynasty to be far more effective than the leaders of the other three empires, even when restricted by their divine abilities.

"The Emperor blesses humanity! My heart carves a new era!"

The power of the immortal emperor radiated outward like an eternal, brilliant light.

Chu Yuan’s hands clamped directly onto Lin Ye’s frame.

Tear!

A sickening ripping sound filled the air, followed by a gruesome sight that paralyzed the courtiers with fear. Lin Ye, who had looked like a majestic heavenly dragon, was ripped in two. His body was torn apart in a spray of blood, as if he had been pulled asunder by five horses.

Lin Ye, a Ninth-stage Soul Refinement expert, had been torn to pieces by Chu Yuan in the middle of the court, right before the eyes of the assembly.

The remaining envoys from the Great Hidden Dynasty trembled in terror at the sight. The Great Wu Emperor was no helpless lamb, but a predatory tiger. Even the seventh prince, a renowned genius, had been butchered by him in just a few exchanges.

Paralyzed with fear, they screamed, "Great Wu Emperor, you are inciting a war between two nations! This is a disgrace, a profound insult! War! We must have war!"

Drip, Drip!

Fresh blood continued to roll off Chu Yuan’s hands. With an expressionless face, he declared, "Since a war between our nations is inevitable, then let it begin. Wu Guards, execute them. Leave no one alive."

The moment the order to "leave no one alive" was issued—

Within the Divine Martial Hall, hundreds of savage guards clad in golden armor rushed in from all sides. They began beheading the envoys, leaving a pile of corpses in their wake.

There were two elite forces in the Great Wu Dynasty that served only the Emperor.

The first was the Divine Martial Troop.

The second was the Wu Guards.

While the Divine Martial Troop marched on foreign campaigns with the sovereign, the Wu Guards were stationed inside the Royal Palace to safeguard the Imperial City. Chu Yuan’s ability to endure for years was largely credited to the loyalty of the Wu Guards.

This was why, even with the General controlling the bulk of the military, he remained cautious of Chu Yuan’s authority—the Wu Guards were a force to be reckoned with.

"Eunuch Wei."

Hearing Chu Yuan’s command, Eunuch Wei immediately arrived with a basin of water so the Emperor could cleanse the blood from his hands.

"Ding! The Host has successfully completed choice three. Awarding one hundred Destiny Points!"

"Ding! Event finalized. Additional reward of one thousand Destiny Points granted, along with a random draw."

As the melodic chimes of the system notifications rang out, Chu Yuan felt a surge of surprise.

The rewards for finishing the entire event were what truly caught him off guard.

"It appears that these choices are not simple. I can view the entire sequence—from the start of the court session to the execution of the envoy group—as one singular, massive event. Had I skipped the court, ignored the envoys, or refused to kill them, the event wouldn't have been 'completed,' and I would have missed these extra rewards."

Chu Yuan reflected on the mechanics of the Destiny Choice System; his intuition was beginning to grasp its logic.

Every event was interconnected, and every decision was a vital piece of the puzzle that influenced the final payout.

"To wipe out the Hidden Dynasty within three years—the looming multinational alliance is clearly the primary event. While the rewards are currently hidden, given the system's generosity, they are bound to be exceptional. Furthermore, there will be smaller, parallel events within that grand objective that can yield handsome rewards."

Chu Yuan had previously wondered how to accumulate more Destiny Points, but he now saw that completing full events provided massive bonuses.

The one thousand Destiny Points he just received were more than the sum of all the individual choices made during the session.

Checking his current balance, he saw a total of one thousand two hundred points—enough to push his cultivation to the tenth stage of Soul Refinement.

However, what interested Chu Yuan most was the new random draw. His last draw had granted him the Great Devouring Technique, and he was eager to see what treasure awaited him this time.

A system-tier item was guaranteed to be top-tier; it was unlikely to let him down.