The instant Ji Xiaoyu grasped the axe handle, she felt the Heaven-Severing Axe's immense weight. That weight struck directly at her soul, stirring an instinctive sense of awe within her.
The reason for this was Gu An's mana at work.
Realizing that she could not possibly lift the Heaven-Severing Axe, she immediately mobilized the power of the Innate Dao Talisman.
This was the result of her cultivation in the Seven Stars Spirit Realm. Before, she could only trigger a faint trace of the Innate Dao Talisman's power, but now she could wield its power on her own.
As the Innate Dao Talisman's power flooded into her muscles, bones, and every limb, her aura abruptly changed.
Zuo Yijian looked at her in surprise. The other Great Cultivators nearby were also alarmed, all their gazes converging on her.
Gu An silently took a step back, avoiding being remembered by the others.
Even if Ji Xiaoyu mobilized the Innate Dao Talisman's power, she still could not hope to pull out the Heaven-Severing Axe.
Before the Seven Stars Spirit Realm was destroyed, no one could lift the Heaven-Severing Axe!
After a while.
Ji Xiaoyu released her right hand. Though she had failed, she had not appeared as strained as Xuan Tianyi throughout the process. Even after invoking the Innate Dao Talisman's power, her posture remained steady, as though she had not exerted herself at all.
No one found her failure surprising. They were merely curious about the aura she had just emitted.
She turned and walked to Gu An, then softly asked, "As expected, I failed. Do you want to try?"
Gu An shook his head. "If even you can't do it, there's no need for someone with my cultivation to make a fool of himself."
"Perhaps this inheritance does not test cultivation, but