All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 272: Divine Artifacts and Quasi-Divine Artifacts

“Quasi-divine artifacts… are probably treasures refined from damaged divine artifacts. Although they’re not as miraculous as divine artifacts, the material itself is still the incomplete remains of a god, far more powerful than other treasures. Although divine artifacts and quasi-divine artifacts differ by only one word, the difference is like heaven and earth. In the Second Era, a hundred quasi-divine artifacts couldn’t be exchanged for one divine artifact. But that doesn’t mean quasi-divine artifacts are useless. A thousand top-tier treasures couldn’t be exchanged for one quasi-divine artifact. Your little girlfriend’s medicine cauldron seems to be a quasi-divine artifact,” the woman continued to explain, then walked forward to end this absurd battle.

“I see, so the gap between divine artifacts and quasi-divine artifacts is so large, but quasi-divine artifacts are also rare treasures,” Zhanyue couldn’t help but think of the few treasures he possessed. The Earth Mother Golden Cauldron, Silver Moon Armor, and Heaven Punishing Demon Sword all seemed to be quasi-divine level artifacts. As for divine artifact level treasures, he didn’t seem to have any? No, the Heavenly Book was already his contract object, and this was a true divine artifact, but for some reason, he didn’t seem to have fully mastered it.

The Spirit of the Heavenly Book, the wisdom of the Heavenly Book itself, and the original owner of the Heavenly Book all seemed to have ownership of the Heavenly Book. He was like a newly joined major shareholder. Zhanyue understood the current situation. At present, the Heavenly Book was jointly controlled by multiple wills. Although he was the nominal owner, he didn’t have actual control. To master the Heavenly Book, he would naturally have to reclaim the Heavenly Book’s “shares” from the other “shareholders”.

“Indeed, it’s not so simple to fully own a divine artifact,” Zhanyue turned his gaze to the distant star ship. “It’s also a divine artifact.” Instantly, Zhanyue was scared by his own bold idea. He had actually developed greed for this star ship. Unlike the Heavenly Book, the mysterious woman named Lei Ying clearly had absolute control over the star ship. Wouldn’t obtaining the star ship be equivalent to making that charming woman acknowledge him as her master?

At this moment, a fire rose in Zhanyue’s heart again. Such a peerless beauty should naturally belong to him. Then he suddenly sobered up, shaking his head. That endless greed had affected him again.

“No… if I dare to reveal such thoughts, I’m afraid I’ll be directly blasted to death by Senior Lei Ying. This is a path to death,” Zhanyue still had self-awareness. Lei Ying was likely a figure from the Second Era, how could she easily take a liking to him? Obviously, even the former Void Emperor hadn’t caught her eye.

Outside the world, the Spirit of the Heavenly Book was gnashing her teeth in anger. She hugged her tails and looked at the snowy screen in front of her, finally sighing helplessly. The Heavenly Book world was very complex, not something she, as the Spirit of the Heavenly Book, could control. At present, she was just a gatekeeper, only able to decide who could enter the Heavenly Book world. As for the operation of the Heavenly Book world itself, that wasn’t something she could decide.

“Hmph, an old woman who’s lived for who knows how many years. If you don’t want to look, then don’t. Who cares,” The Spirit of the Heavenly Book, Wu Yunmeng, could only turn her gaze to other worlds.

In that battle back then, the situation was critical. To prevent her soul from being completely destroyed, the Void Emperor had no choice but to refine her into the spirit of the Heavenly Book. Although her life was extended, she was also imprisoned within the Heavenly Book. The Void Emperor naturally had no other choice, at that time only the marvel of the Heavenly Book could save his daughter. After all, in the end, even he himself fell in that battle.

Thinking of the past, Wu Yunmeng found it amusing. As the saying goes, “The fallen flowers are willing, but the flowing water is heartless.” Her old man had taken a liking to Lei Ying, but unfortunately, this big sister wasn’t interested in him at all. At the final moment, the Void Emperor forcibly pulled the star ship into the Heavenly Book world, not for himself, but because he was afraid Lei Ying would run away. For humanity to step out of this remote galaxy and recreate human glory, the star ship was indispensable. Although he couldn’t make the star ship acknowledge him as its master, he hoped someone in the future could do it. Only then would humanity have the possibility of stepping out again.

Obviously, Zhanyue knew nothing about this. His agreement with Lei Ying was to help her leave the Heavenly Book world, which was contrary to the Void Emperor’s intentions.

The thunder bird spread its sky-covering wings, forcibly breaking open the cage, but no longer had any desire to continue fighting. It knew it had lost, and continuing to fight might endanger its life, so it tried to escape.

“This simulation by the Heavenly Book’s wisdom is so annoying, even simulating the thunder bird’s fear of death perfectly,” Lei Ying finally couldn’t help but comment as she watched the thunder bird trying to flee.

In the distance, on the star ship, a cannon tower appeared on the top floor. The cannon instantly locked onto the thunder bird, then fired a purple beam. The beam hit the thunder bird directly. Compared to the thunder bird, the beam seemed tiny, but where it hit, purple began to spread, expanding to the entire body at a speed Zhanyue couldn’t imagine. The golden thunder bird turned purple, then with a wail, it vanished into nothingness, just like that.

“What kind of attack was that!” Zhanyue was dumbfounded. One attack from the star ship had directly eliminated that terrifying creature. Was this the power of a divine artifact?

“Space decomposition cannon. The thunder bird couldn’t withstand it,” Lei Ying smiled.

Now she appeared beside Zhanyue again.

Baizhi had also come to her senses. She had finally absorbed all the newly gained power, feeling reborn. Compared to before, her combat power had finally soared, especially with her mastery of the Divine Might Lightning. Lightning power could be used to temper pills, and of course, also to destroy enemies.

“Little sister, your task is complete. It’s time to fulfill your promise,” Lei Ying said to Baizhi beside her.

Then, the three returned to the star ship.

“Are we going to send the star ship into the divine ability space?” Zhanyue wasn’t sure either. The star ship was really too big, he didn’t know if the divine ability space could really contain it.

“What about these people on the star ship?” Baizhi asked innocently.

“They’re all fake.” With a wave of Lei Ying’s hand, all the people on the star ship disappeared. Whether it was children playing, people watching underground fights, wealthy people in high positions, or penniless poor people, they all vanished into thin air, no longer existing.

“All fake.” Although Zhanyue knew they were all fake, all created by the Heavenly Book, just like NPCs in a game, all just data, Zhanyue still felt a sense of unreality. His sneaking onto the star ship, his interactions with the people on the ship, were all fake. Real and fake, giving Zhanyue a kind of mysterious insight, just like when he fell into a dream before, feeling that everything about his transmigration to another world was fake. What exactly is real, and what is fake?

“Wake up!” Lei Ying hurriedly interrupted Zhanyue’s state of enlightenment.

“Senior, what’s this?” Zhanyue was a bit confused. He seemed about to understand some principle, but was suddenly interrupted by Lei Ying.

“Do you want to stay here forever? Enlightenment isn’t a good thing for you right now. One enlightenment might take ten thousand years to pass. Some Dao is not for you to master now, understand?” Lei Ying said with a serious face.