From the mouth of this "Xuanhua Mountain-Opening Axe," Li Ye heard another version of the story—or rather, a version that differed from Blue Fox's account at several crucial junctures.
Its birth had actually been an experiment by the Scholars of Cognition.
They altered and revised the crucial points of myths to create divine artifacts and Spiritual Treasures that had never existed in those myths, yet could be pieced together from scattered fragments.
Just like this Xuanhua Mountain-Opening Axe.
The legend of the Lotus Lantern naturally existed, and the Xuanhua Mountain-Opening Axe naturally had ties to that great figure who split open a mountain to save his mother. But all of those were unverifiable myths and legends.
Yet as myths passed from mouth to mouth, they gained a trace of spirituality.
The Scholars of Cognition stitched together different myths within one world, piecing together a relatively complete story, then deliberately guided the Heavenly Dao into exhausting itself to nurture the corresponding Treasure.
Its origin might truly have been that renowned "Sky-Opening Divine Axe," but in truth, it was merely an imitation pieced together from myths.
Giving it the identity of the Sky-Opening Divine Axe's predecessor had been an indispensable link. If the myth could truly be passed down for long enough, it really could obtain a trace of the Sky-Opening Divine Axe's power.
This nearly insane notion had actually succeeded.
This imitation "Xuanhua Mountain-Opening Axe" possessed the power to open nearly any hidden place. Even the patriarchs had never expected that there could be a creation specifically aimed at the laws of heaven and earth.
And so the Earth Wish Spirit Foxes had made a fortune beyond measure.
But then came the twist. Although the Earth Wish Spirit Foxes had madly worshipped this object, and the seed of divine power belonging