Yao Mu originally didn't need so much dignity.
In the face of death, it's insignificant.
He had struggled through life-threatening difficulties to breakthrough to the realm of a Cosmic God, who wouldn't die until the universe itself was destroyed. How could he willingly fall?
As long as he was alive, he would give up everything.
"If everyone who loses expects me to let them go, how many people would I have to spare? Making mistakes comes with a price."
Chu Yuan was infinitely ruthless and tyrannically fierce.
He would not let Yao Mu off.
Having a Cosmic God submit and align seemed like it would strengthen the power of the Divine Martial Empire, but Chu Yuan knew better—the true source of the empire's strength was him.
By devouring him, his own power would become even greater.
"Ah, I begged you for mercy, and you still won't spare me?"
Feeling Chu Yuan's ruthlessly iron will, Yao Mu's face twisted, his body suddenly swelling, his power violently extreme. Knowing he would not survive, he decided that even in death, he wouldn't let this man have an easy time.
The Great Sealing Technique.
Chu Yuan's hand came down with a seal.
All the frenzy stopped instantly.
This was the terrifying power of the Great Sealing Technique.
A Cosmic God in a berserk state could be tremendously frightful, but with the Great Sealing Technique, Yao Mu couldn't unleash his fury; all his energy was locked up.
Ultimately, Yao Mu was eradicated by a palm strike from Chu Yuan.
Four Cosmic Gods were completely obliterated, all devoured by him.
"Ding! Host completes option two, gains five thousand Destiny Points, and a random draw opportunity x1."
The Nine Divine Tribulations and the beams of life and death descended, but they were easily dispersed by Chu Yuan. With the energy of four Cosmic Gods at his disposal, his breakthrough to Cosmic God had become inevitable; no other mishaps occurred.
Chu Yuan had reached the realm of a Cosmic God.
His power shocked the cosmos.
With a single glance, the terrifying power of his eyes evaporated the starry sky, destroying everything. From then on, he existed as long as the heavens and the earth, enduring until the end of this cosmic cycle—an unimaginably lengthy lifespan.
Standing there, even without actively unleashing his power, the oppressive might of supreme authority alone could subdue the strongest of beings.
"Ding! Host breaks through to Cosmic God, gains six hundred thousand Destiny Points, Divine Abilities fruit x1024, Cosmic Artifacts advancement card, two mini chaotic universes, Binding God Strap, Immortal Spirit Door, Supreme Divine Ability Epoch Reincarnation, random draw chance x1, and Treasure Map section eight x1."
"Ding! The current main quest has been released: Breakthrough to the second step of Cosmic God — Space-time."
Chu Yuan's realm had finally broken through to a Cosmic God.
Only at the level of a Cosmic God did he understand the mystique and marvel of this realm. Resonating with heaven and earth, it triggered unbelievable fluctuations. Every single action could cause the destruction of cosmic space-time.
The so-called steps of a Cosmic God are exactly the divisions of the realms of a Cosmic God.
World God goes through five steps: Legendary, Yin-Yang, Heaven-Earth, Endless, Creation.
Cosmic God has four steps: Existence as Old as Heaven and Earth, Space-time, Chaos, Destruction.
Existence as Old as Heaven and Earth is easily understood; anyone who breaks through to a Cosmic God possesses a lifespan as long as heaven and earth.
If one breaks through to the second step of a Cosmic God, their power radiates and can already twist and interfere with time, creating cosmological law of space-time within their own universe.
"Ah, the realm of a Cosmic God."
The Five Steps of the World God, the Four Steps of the Cosmic God, together make nine steps.
After nine steps, one's path becomes immortal, possessing an everlasting lifespan. Even if a universe were to be destroyed, they would not die, living on and transitioning into the next cycle of Epoch Reincarnation.
But how few can truly attain immortality through their path?
With Chu Yuan's current combat power, amplified by the Human Emperor Sword, even the seventh-step Cosmic Space-time is no match for him.
The rewarded Divine Fruit was used by him to enhance the Great Devouring Technique to level twelve.
Minor Chaos Universe: A small universe without any other properties, filled with dense chaotic power, capable of shaping one's own small universe.
This Minor Chaos Universe immediately caught Chu Yuan's eyes.
He could distinctly feel the dense and pure origin power contained within the Minor Chaos Universe. If gifted to World Gods at the threshold of the fifth step, they would be very likely to break through to the realm of the Cosmic God.
He already had an idea on how to distribute it.
Shen Youzhe must have one.
And the next one would go to Yao Mu, helping him to break through to Cosmic God as quickly as possible.
The emergence of many formidable forces such as the Feathered Divine Dynasty, the Deicide Temple, the Death Sea, and the Misty Forbidden Area... Chu Yuan keenly sensed that peace would not last in this universe, and that a vast, sweeping war engulfing a universe was imminent.
And this vast war is now connected to the origins of the Feathered Divine Dynasty.
His Divine Martial Empire also existed in this starry sky and naturally couldn't escape unscathed.
Immortal Spirit Door!
This was a portal radiating spiritual light, seemingly lacking the extreme offensive properties of a celestial gate, but Chu Yuan discerned that this was a portal inclined towards attributes.
He waved his hand to open the Immortal Spirit Door, and immediately a surge of energy engulfed the area, filled with rich Spiritual Energy, even revitalizing desolate worlds, causing dead wood to sprout anew and burst forth with fresh vitality.
Chu Yuan repeated the word "good" twice.
He now lacked not the means of attack, but the means to aid an empire had dwindled as his empire developed, and the previous auxiliary means could no longer keep up.
However, with the emergence of the Immortal Spirit Door, he could open the portal and summon endless Spiritual Energy, flooding his controlled territories, transforming every place into a blessed land, a most suitable holy ground for cultivation.
With the Immortal Spirit Door, perhaps there might not be a significant improvement in his own strength, yet the enhancement for the entire empire was immense.
The rewards of the Cosmic God were indeed terrifying.
God Binding Belt: A Cosmic Artifact, a component of the immortal artifact set, assembling seven pieces of artifacts unveils the power of the immortal artifact.
Another Cosmic Artifact!
Like the Divine Bow, it belongs to a component of the immortal artifact set.
In his hand appeared a belt, engraved with immortal runes and twinkling with light, much like a typical belt. But this was a Cosmic Artifact, completely different in properties and powers from the Divine Bow.
Chu Yuan activated the God Binding Belt with the power of a Cosmic God.
Instantly, countless runes converged, instantly forming a God Binding Formation, entering his domain.
In his eyes flashed a light, as he fastened the God Binding Belt around his waist, at this moment endowing him with a grand and limitless majesty, overlooking the vast and endless void.
"Divine Bow, God Binding Belt, seven pieces of Cosmic Artifacts, after the seven pieces, possessing the power of immortality, this set of seven Cosmic Artifacts appears to be tailored for one person. I'm looking forward to what the next Cosmic Artifact will be, perhaps it's a set of seven artifacts created specifically for one individual."
Rewarding him with an ordinary Divine Artifact would make little difference, but this set of artifact intrigued him.
Epoch Reincarnation: An ancient Divine Ability from a time when the universe was new. After the heavens and earth restart, a new civilization is born, then it enters a cycle of development, destruction, and reincarnation, much like a series of Epoch Reincarnations, endlessly repeating and cycling.