Dongxu Gourd

The Dongxu Gourd is a rare natural treasure that grows from an earth vein over tens of thousands of years. Its later spirit claims to be a sealed legendary beast, but the supplied corpus never reveals that original form; the claim should therefore remain the gourd's own account rather than settled identification. (Chapters 1,343–1,346, 2,017)

History

Harvest and division of the vine

Luo Xuanqing leads Zhang Xuan to a hidden grade-9 formation protecting the growing gourd. Zhang ultimately obtains the treasure and keeps both fruit and vine. When Zhao Ya's meridians must be reconstructed, he sacrifices the extraordinary vine, whose spatial and lightning-absorbing vitality provides a stronger replacement than ordinary plant or saint-beast material. The vine remains part of Zhao Ya, leaving Zhang without it after ascension. (Chapters 1,343–1,358, 1,524–1,525, 1,912)

Awakening as a voracious artifact

The retained gourd later resides in Zhang's dantian and awakens with an argumentative artifact spirit. It devours enormous quantities of energy, including High Immortal-tier swords, and releases force capable of cracking the Forsaken Continent's stable space. It repeatedly asks for pills, blood essence, or weapons to gather enough power to break its seal, but remains in gourd form through its final cited appearance. (Chapters 2,000–2,017, 2,101)

Abilities and properties

The vine absorbs lightning, contains spatial power, and can replace a cultivator's meridian network. The gourd can swallow and assimilate weapons and other concentrated energy with little visible strain, emit an overwhelming aura, and fight as an independent artifact. Its appetite and poor judgment make it unreliable, while its ultimate species, full strength, and sealed form remain unknown. (Chapters 1,524–1,525, 2,000–2,017)

Ownership and custody