World Venerable Ancient Axe, Source Wisdom Corpse

Behind him, the Immemorial World trembled as ten thousand Daos rang in unison. This disturbance of the myriad Daos was even more intense than when he controlled them in his capacity as the Heavenly Dao.

The shock on Dao Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable's face gradually turned to horror.

He already knew what the black axe in Hongjun's hand was.

A World Venerable ancient artifact.

This was an ancient artifact usable only by a World Venerable—or rather, a weapon belonging to a half-step Transcendent, or even a Transcendent.

Even within the Chaos, such a weapon was among the absolute finest, enough to incite countless World Venerables to fight over it.

As for its original owner, that was already glaringly obvious. It had belonged to none other than the fallen Primordial Grand World Lord.

That was precisely why the appearance of this World Venerable giant axe had triggered phenomena within the Primordial Antiquity.

Dao Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable had never met the legendary Primordial Grand World Lord. After all, by the time he was born, the Primordial Grand World Lord had already fallen an unknown number of years ago.

Yet he was no stranger to that Grand World Lord's aura.

For the very root of his birth—the Primordial Antiquity Heavenly Dao itself—bore the imprint of the Primordial Grand World Lord's aura.

Even the Land of Origin was saturated with that same sort of aura.

Toward that fallen Grand World Lord, he felt both reverence and longing. He revered him because the Grand World Lord had been far too powerful, while he longed to become a Grand World Lord himself and inherit everything that Grand World Lord had left behind.

It was this longing that had driven him to grow ever stronger, leading to this final battle today.

Though he had made countless