This did fit the characteristics of a treasure artifact. After all, an artifact's durability depended on the materials used to forge and refine it.
For example, during Shrouding the Heavens, even when Ye Fan's cultivation was weak, beings two major realms above him could not smash his Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron.
The tougher and more resilient the Treasure Gourd was, and the better it could grow on its own, the more it resembled a mature, sensible companion treasure.
"My darling, my precious gourd, you're a future Innate Spirit Treasure, an Innate Supreme Treasure. Keep it up!"
Xiao Tian put away the Treasure Gourd, used the Sixth Calabash Brother's Innate Divine Ability, and vanished from the spot, returning to the Heaven Mending Pavilion.
The outside world was too dangerous. Venerable-level monsters peered toward the Heaven Mending Pavilion from time to time. He could not get too reckless. He had to quit while he was ahead, stockpile grain, delay claiming kingship, and build high walls-lie low when he should, and run wild when he could.
Even Xiao Tian's physical body had nearly caught fire under the lightning strikes just now, turning him into a humanoid bolt of lightning. Fortunately, a ceaseless supply of Venerable-level divine essence nourished his body, even though his flesh had been charred black, the bones in his limbs shattered, fragments of his ribs blasted out, and his internal organs cooked medium-well.
But after being nourished by the tribulation lightning liquid, his body now crackled as his flesh and bones rapidly knitted back together. Like a shattered porcelain vessel made whole again, he returned to his original state. His nearly cooked organs underwent nirvana as well, becoming even more crystalline and translucent. The bone dust and powdered organs shed during his transformation became impurities and were expelled through