Sect Master Tongtian's eyes flashed brightly, and he could not help but let out a low cry. His tone even carried a trace of admiration and gravity from one "battle fighter" toward another.
Even he found the Demon Ape's aura alarming.
The Chaos Demon Ape ignored the companion that had been effortlessly slain before it. Its eyes held only that giant who was opening heaven.
Its long staff carried the might to shatter stars and destroy all laws, wrapped in the entirety of its life essence and battle laws as it smashed ruthlessly toward Pangu's head!
This strike was enough to severely wound or even destroy an ordinary Saint!
Pangu finally gave it a proper look.
That gaze was like a creator looking down upon an ant attempting to shake a divine mountain.
The first axe!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a plain and unadorned arc sweeping through the air.
The Chaos Demon Ape's black iron staff, capable of clashing head-on with an Innate Supreme Treasure, snapped in two like rotten wood!
The violent battle intent and laws contained within the staff were instantly dismantled and assimilated by the true intent of "creation" contained within the axe light.
The Demon Ape's assault was forcibly interrupted, and a flash of incredulous horror crossed its eyes.
The second axe!
Pangu moved so quickly that he reached the limit of time itself. It was as though the trajectory of the first axe had yet to fade when the second axe light had already flared forth.
This time, its target was the Demon Ape itself.
Ssh!
The faint sound seemed utterly insignificant against the violent backdrop of Chaos.
The Chaos Demon Ape's colossal body, towering between heaven and earth, suddenly stiffened.
A straight line of light spread downward from the center of its head, piercing through its entire body.
Immediately afterward, a third, crossing axe light flashed almost at the same instant.
Pfft!
The incomparably enormous body of the Chaos Demon Ape was sliced with the precision of the finest blade, instantly turning into four massive fragments!
Its violent battle intent, indestructible demonic body, and boiling bloodline were as fragile as sandcastles before the Sky-Opening Axe light.
The four severed remains were swept up by the raging Chaos Gas Flow and hurled toward the forming directions of the four extremities of the Prehistoric World.
Its physical body had actually not been annihilated!
Even Pangu seemed surprised for a moment.
But only for a moment!
Silence!
A deathly stillness enveloped the Six Saints.
Even across the vast distance of time and space, witnessing those three axes in the span of a lightning flash sent chills down their spines as if they had experienced it themselves.
As powerful as the Chaos Demon Ape was, before Pangu, it had died to two axes and been divided into four by the third!
Laozi remained expressionless, but the depths of his ancient well-still eyes rippled ever so slightly.
It was as though he were deducing the supreme Dao Rhythm contained within those two axes, which eventually turned into an almost inaudible sigh.
Perhaps he lamented the difficulty of the Great Dao, or perhaps he was confirming some deduction within his heart.
Primeval Lord of Heaven's expression was cold and stern. Jade Purity Immortal Light circulated around him as he did his utmost to resist the pressure of heaven's creation transmitted across time and space.
He glanced at the Two Sages of the West, his tone carrying his usual reserve and a trace of barely perceptible contempt.
"Hmph. Born of Chaos, mindless and witless. Even with some brute strength, they know nothing of heavenly calculations and understand not the Great Dao. In the end, they are merely ants trying to shake a tree, courting their own destruction."
"How could Pangu Father God's divine might possibly be fathomed by such brutes?"
Sect Master Tongtian, meanwhile, was far more excited. He gripped the hilt of Qingping Sword at his waist tightly, his knuckles whitening slightly from the force.
His blazing gaze was fixed on that towering figure Opening Heaven and Earth, his voice filled with excitement and yearning.
"Good! What a single axe that opened heaven! What an Apex of Strength! Shatter all laws, sever all Daos, overcome ten thousand techniques with sheer force alone! Such might is the Great Dao!"
"Even if one dies and suffers Dao Annihilation, to witness this sight and feel this power would still be the supreme opportunity for Dao Seekers like us! This is the true meaning of 'severing'!"
Sword Qi burst forth from his body, as though it wished to resonate with that axe light.
Empress Nuwa stood nearby, her peerlessly beautiful face filled with deep worry.
Her gaze was not entirely focused on the battlefield's heaven-destroying center. Instead, it drifted toward the embryonic Great Desolation Continent that was struggling to take shape beneath the axe light, nurturing boundless life opportunity.
Her fingers unconsciously twisted her sleeve. All she could think of was the child who bore all her love, yet whose future remained uncertain after defying fate and changing destiny.
Pangu's strength alarmed her, but the uncertainty of the path ahead made her worry even more for the future.
The Two Sages of the West exchanged a glance. Daoist Jieyin's sorrowful expression deepened, as though he mourned the fallen Demon Gods and pitied the tribulations of all living beings.
Daoist Zhunti's eyes, however, gleamed with shrewd light as he stepped forward.
His voice carried a strange power of persuasion, drowning out Chaos's roar and reaching the ears of the other Saints clearly:
"Dao Friends! Great God Pangu is Opening Heaven and Earth, and his divine might is immeasurable. He is indeed beyond what we can match at present."
"Yet does this very scene not prove that the opportunity to follow that path leading to heaven still exists?"
"Only by tracing back to this point of origin, crossing beyond the beginning of heaven's creation, and leaving our marks in the age of Chaos can we establish the foundation of the Grand Unity Dao Fruit of 'One Attainment, Eternal Attainment' and 'Eternal and Undying'!"
"We are Heavenly Dao Saints, bearing the fortune of the Prehistoric World and comprehending Great Dao Principles. How can we possibly be compared to those Chaos Demon Gods?"
He paused, his gaze sweeping over Laozi, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Sect Master Tongtian before finally settling on Empress Nuwa. His voice grew more impassioned, carrying a bewitching force:
"Look at that axe light! Within destruction lies boundless life opportunity! This is the Power of Creation, and also the chance for transcendence!"
"The Great Luo we seek is not for selfish gain. It is to seek an eternal path to transcendence for all living beings of the Prehistoric World!"
"To open an immortal Smooth Path for the myriad spirits of future generations! This is supreme merit and a Great Vow!"
"How can we shrink back because of the obstacles before us? Pangu Father God is certainly incomparably powerful, but his Opening of Heaven and Earth is meant to stabilize heaven and earth and create a world, not to slaughter!"
"With reverence in our hearts, we may undertake the matter of attaining the Dao in the bodies of Saints. Perhaps we may yet earn a trace of his recognition!"
"Even if... even if we must pay some price, if we can glimpse the true essence of the Eternal Dao Fruit and lay an unchanging foundation for the Prehistoric World for all ages, it would still be boundless merit!"
Daoist Zhunti's words were like adding fuel to the ambition already burning in the Saints' hearts.
He cleverly avoided the direct consequence of "being injured by Pangu" and instead blurred the meaning of "price."
He elevated the goal, doing everything he could to urge them onward, to strike at that seemingly impossible path of "gathering and returning to one."
He knew well that only by having the Three Pure Ones and Empress Nuwa, the strongest Saints, charge ahead and endure the most direct impact of Pangu's axe light—
Could the Two Sages of the West have that slim chance to leave their own marks amid the chaos, or even... reap the benefits as the fisherman.
The Chaos Gas Flow churned, while Pangu's heaven-opening axe light continued to shine in the distant front.
Every flash was accompanied by the wails of Chaos Demon Gods and the embryonic shape of a newborn world.
Primeval Lord of Heaven cast another sidelong glance at the Two Sages of the West, and the contempt on his face became even more obvious.
How could he possibly fail to see through the little schemes of those two Saints?
They merely wanted the others to draw Pangu's fire head-on while they handled their own affairs.
"Heh. Since the two of you wish to attain that Eternal Grand Unity, then we shall congratulate you both in advance on your success."
After saying that, he deliberately turned slightly and pointed toward the time of heaven's creation.
"You two, please proceed!"
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