Chapter 6621: High Heaven Physique

“What?!” Calamities couldn’t believe it: “He had them? No one in this world could do so, not even the three immortals and the six redemption grounds.”

Such a being bearing countless tribulations couldn’t be born.

“Because he’s no man.” Li Qiye said.

“What? Then a demon, ghost, god?” Calamities responded: “What is he then?”

Li Qiye smiled and pointed at the sky.

Calamities looked at the sky for a long time before glancing back at Li Qiye: “Boss, you’re saying... our progenitor is the heaven... the high heaven.”

When ordinary people heard “high heaven”, they would think of it as an abstract concept. However, an overlord knew this was not the case.

The high heaven was real, ruling over all existences including immortals.

“My-my progenitor is the high heaven.” He stammered.

“It depends on what you mean by that.” Li Qiye smiled.

“I don’t understand.” He said.

“There are many high heavens that we refer to. The high heaven himself but more often than not, people are talking about his tribulation vessel and avatar vessel.” Li Qiye said.

“Tribulation vessel and avatar vessel?” He looked down at his chest and said: “Boss, you mean my progenitor is the tribulation vessel? Did the high heaven choose him?”

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

This shocking revelation astounded him.

“Not that the high heaven chose him, he chose this mortal world.” Li Qiye said.

“What do you mean by that?” He had a good idea but wanted clarification.

“Just like its name, the tribulation vessel descends to scout the mortal world.” Li Qiye said.

“What comes after?” He had a bad feeling about this.

“Destruction.” Li Qiye said.

“Of the whole world?” He asked.

“The destruction you think of is mere child’s play.” Li Qiye let out a sigh and gazed at the sky.

This answer was ample. It would be more than the destruction caused by overlords. Immortals would also cease to exist. Nothing would be left, the end of history.

“What’s next after the destruction?” Calamities asked. Something must have happened or the tribulations would have ended his world.

“This world, flawed as it may be with darkness, filth, and suffering, still has a bright and lovable side. It makes people want to live even as an ordinary mortal.” Li Qiye said.

“Our progenitor chose to stay.” He understood.

“He self-severed just to remain in the mortal world and enjoy this wonderful life.” Li Qiye smiled.

“The tribulation vessel became Jiao Heng, our progenitor.” He murmured.

“Sounds simple, right? The truth was far from it. Self-severing was incredibly difficult even after destruction because he wasn’t the true self, so how could he have a self at all?” Li Qiye said.

“Makes sense.” He said.

The tribulation vessel was still under the high heaven’s jurisdiction. The self was the high heaven; the tribulation vessel had none.

Therefore, severing the tribulation vessel and becoming a mortal were virtually impossible. He could only imagine the methods his progenitor had employed to reach success.

Perhaps this was why he chose to be a merchant despite being so powerful. He wanted to stay close to the mortal world and enjoy life.

“The high heaven didn’t make it easy. The severing was incomplete.” Li Qiye smiled.

“So that’s why we have this.” He looked at the stone.

“Your progenitor was a genius. He traded for this stone and used it to keep the tribulations at bay. That’s when he became free.” Li Qiye said.

“Now they’re in my body.” He turned pale and said: “Does that mean I’ll become the new tribulation vessel?”