Gulanxiu

"Ladies and gentlemen from all cosmic nations!"

"This highly anticipated battle is about to begin. Please place your bets quickly!"

"Gulanxiu wins! 1 to 1.05."

"Yanyan wins! 1 to 50."

"If both perish together, 1 to 25."

"Since Gulanxiu has already achieved 999 victories, this match will be his last regardless of the outcome. Today, we may witness the birth of a Cosmic Level Giant Axe Warrior, or perhaps see an even stronger genius rise. Let us wait and see!"

On an island within the Axe Fighting Arena plane of the virtual universe, loud voices rang out one after another!

The island was abuzz with noise, as everyone discussed and placed their bets.

Of course, even though the odds on Gulanxiu were very low, most people still bet on him.

After all, even with low odds, there was still profit to be made. Aside from a few gamblers hoping to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, almost no one believed Yanyan could be a match for Gulanxiu.

Gulanxiu's past record was simply too brilliant. Among his previous opponents, 121 had achieved 900 wins, and three had even reached 999 wins—needing only one more victory to earn the title of Giant Axe Warrior. Yet all of them had ultimately died under Gulanxiu's axe.

Moreover, even the abilities Gulanxiu had publicly displayed were terrifying: he was at Cosmic Level, Stage Eight, with a Ninth Stage Domain, and had comprehended the Earth Origin Law. Such a configuration was essentially invincible at the Cosmic Level.

So even though his opponent today was a genius from the mysterious Yan God Race, no one thought he had a chance...

On a massive planet covered in ice, a tall, broad-shouldered young man with a resolute face sat with his eyes closed in meditation. Beside him stood a giant battle axe taller than his own body, radiating a fierce aura.

This man was the much-discussed Gulanxiu. Though his eyes were shut, his heart was far from calm. If he won this battle, he would regain his freedom and finally experience the world he had only read about in novels in his past life.

In his previous life, Gulanxiu had been nothing more than an ordinary young man on Blue Star. He never expected that while going out to buy groceries, he would be sent through a transmigration by a reckless youth with dyed yellow hair, riding a ghost-fire scooter and carrying a punk girl.

After transmigrating, Gulanxiu quickly realized this was the world of the novel Swallowing Starry Sky he had read in his past life. But to his disappointment, he hadn't been transported to Earth, nor did he have any overpowered cheat. There was a withered seed in his sea of consciousness, but Gulanxiu had no idea what use it had.

Fortunately, Gulanxiu's cultivation talent was decent. Even though the humans on his birth planet had only a ninth-grade bloodline, he still reached the Planetary Level in less than ten years.

Unfortunately, not long after, a group of space pirates descended on the planet and carried out a brutal plunder.

All humans on the planet became slaves of these pirates. Those above the Planetary Level had chips implanted to control them and were sold across the universe. Those below the Planetary Level were assigned to mineral planets for grueling mining work.

Facing those powerful space pirates, Gulanxiu had no power to resist and was captured, implanted with a chip, and made a slave.

Afterward, Gulanxiu was bought and sold multiple times. Fortunately, his cultivation talent was good. Even without cultivation resources as a slave, he reached the Cosmic Level in just a few hundred years.

A Cosmic Level slave was a huge asset to any master, and the Cosmic Level was not Gulanxiu's limit. After reaching it, he continued to improve rapidly, advancing to Cosmic Level, Stage Seven in just a hundred years.

This put Gulanxiu's master in a blissful dilemma. As his master, the stronger Gulanxiu became, the happier he was. But the slave chip could only control slaves below the Cosmic Level. Given Gulanxiu's displayed talent, he was very likely to break through to Domain Lord.

Gulanxiu's master didn't dare gamble on whether Gulanxiu would turn against him after breaking through to Domain Lord. After weighing the pros and cons, he had no choice but to sell Gulanxiu to the Axe Fighting Arena to participate in battles.

According to the Axe Fighting Arena's rules, once Gulanxiu earned the title of Giant Axe Warrior, he would gain his freedom.

Having lost his freedom for several hundred years, this was now his final battle. How could Gulanxiu not be excited?

Gulanxiu took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes, looking at the ten-meter-tall Yan God Race youth before him, waiting for the battle to begin.

Meanwhile, Gulanxiu's opponent, the Yan God Race youth Yanyan, looked at Gulanxiu across from him with a flicker of fear in his eyes.

As members of the Yan God Race, they were naturally physically powerful, far stronger than other human races at the same level. Their chieftain, the Yan Emperor, was one of the super existences in the Axe Fighting Arena.

Thus, the Yan Emperor decreed that every Yan God Race member must earn the title of Giant Axe Champion after reaching the Cosmic Level, as a rite of passage.

Yanyan had already won nine battles and needed only one more victory to earn the Axe Fighting Arena Champion title. But he never expected his final opponent to be a quasi-Giant Axe Warrior.

Having watched videos of Gulanxiu's battles, Yanyan knew clearly that he was far from a match for Gulanxiu. Fighting him would only lead to death.

Now, under Gulanxiu's gaze, he felt his legs go weak.

With the host's announcement to begin, Gulanxiu strode forward and closed in on Yanyan.

He raised his giant axe high and swung it down toward Yanyan's head.

Facing the axe suspended above him, fear flashed in Yanyan's eyes, but he instinctively raised his fist to meet it.

But then he felt a terrifying binding force tightly restraining him, rendering him unable to move. The space around the edge of Gulanxiu's axe blade twisted slightly. Before the blade even reached him, a sharp yet heavy force bore down on Yanyan's head.

Yanyan's eyes were filled with terror and unwillingness, but he was powerless. He could only watch as his body was split in two.

"Gulanxiu wins! Congratulations on your thousandth victory! You are now an honored Giant Axe Warrior!" A somewhat ethereal voice came from above the planet. A three-eyed youth with water-blue hair and a faint cyan droplet mark on his forehead descended like a gentle breeze, landing before Gulanxiu.

Gulanxiu bowed slightly and said, "Greetings, sir!"

The man before him was the supervisor of this battle, a Realm Lord level expert who had gained recognition from the Origin Laws.

Supervisors were mostly peripheral members of the Axe Fighting Arena. Their role here was to oversee the normal conduct of battles. If someone tried to flee the planet before the battle was decided, the supervisor would kill the escapee.

The Giant Axe Battle was that brutal. Once you joined, it was either victory or death—no third option.

Normally, supervisors for Cosmic Level battles were Domain Lord level experts.

Domain Lord battles were supervised by Realm Lord level experts.

As for Realm Lord battles, Immortal Gods personally served as supervisors.

But because this was Gulanxiu's thousandth battle, and victory would grant him the title of Giant Axe Warrior, a Realm Lord was specially assigned as the supervisor.