Break Through to a Broad Path

At this moment, in a special plane of the Virtual Universe, five Universe Venerable, renowned among the Human Race, sat around a round table discussing various matters.

Seated at the head of the table was a tall, strong-looking female Venerable. She spoke first to the other four Venerable, saying, "Gentlemen! Gulanxiu, a Domain Lord -level member of the Axe Secret Realm Domain Lord, has now completed the Highest Points Mission for Domain Lords, achieving a record-breaking 100% victory. According to the rules, our Axe Fighting Arena will bestow a special reward upon this genius with a win rate of over 80%. Let's discuss the reward for Gulanxiu!"

At this moment, a Yan God Race Venerable, eight meters tall, covered in scales, and with long horns on his head, spoke up, "Lancang! There's nothing to discuss! Just reward them according to the rules of our Axe Fighting Arena. According to the rules, those with a win rate of 80% to 90% will be granted a set of Amplification Secret Method, and those with a win rate of over 90% will be granted a Divine Inheritance Slot! Coincidentally, there's still one spot undecided for the Demon Sound Divine General Inheritance 20,000 years from now, so let's give that spot to him!"

Before Venerable Lancang could speak, a golden-haired lion-man Venerable beside the Flame Yan God Race Venerable shook his head and said, "Yanhuo, your suggestion is inappropriate! Gulanxiu's win rate isn't just over 90%, it's an unprecedented 100%. Under such circumstances, the reward for over 90% is naturally inappropriate! Besides, what use is there in giving a Warrior the slot of Demon Sound God General?"

Hearing the words of the golden-haired lion-man, the Yanhuo Venerable retorted, "Golden Lion! I asked you, isn't 100% or more? How can I be wrong for following the rules? As for the Demon Sound Divine General Inheritance, it's just the most recent Divine General Inheritance! Otherwise, let him wait for the Four Directions Divine General Inheritance ten million epochs later!"

The Golden Lion Venerable roared, "Yanhuo! I know you're resentful that Gulanxiu refused to become Emperor Yan's disciple, but don't forget that Gulanxiu is a peerless genius of our Human Race. Our Human Race is currently in a crisis; don't ruin such a genius because of your selfishness!"

Venerable Yanhuo replied calmly, "Golden Lion! What did I say wrong? The rules are there, so everything will be done accordingly! At worst, I'll compromise and let Gulanxiu choose between the Demon Sound God General from 20,000 years later and the Four Directions God General from 10 million epochs later."

The Golden Lion Venerable turned to the other two Venerable seemed indifferent and said, "Langxie, Youpu, you two, say something! Are you just going to stand by and watch such a peerless genius as Gulanxiu be ruined?"

The other two Venerable exchanged a glance, a hint of helplessness flashing in their eyes. They didn't want to get involved in the dispute between Venerable Yanhuo and Venerable Golden Lion. The five of them sitting here were obviously not ordinary Venerable.

In fact, the five of them represent the five major forces within the Axe Fighting Arena. Venerable Lancang's teacher was the Giant Axe Founder, so his status is quite extraordinary!

Originally, all affairs within the Axe Fighting Arena were handled by the Golden Lion Venerable's teacher Void Gold Lord. However, the Emperor Yan suddenly rose to prominence within the Axe Fighting Arena, displaying immense strength and boundless potential. After being recognized as the most promising universe lord among Human Race, the Yan God Race Clan became increasingly powerful within the Axe Fighting Arena, and now they are showing signs of vying for influence with the Xujin Clan.

As for the Rock Lord Langxie and Dark Absolute Lord behind the two Venerable Langxie and Youpu, they are both quite indifferent and do not vie for the management of the Axe Fighting Arena. Therefore, the two Venerable Langxie and Youpu rarely speak unless it involves the interests of their own lineage.

Now that they've been forced into this situation by the Golden Lion, they have no choice but to make a statement. Venerable Langxie said, "Yanhuo is naturally fine following the rules, but the Golden Lion's words also make sense! Why don't we first give Gulanxiu a spot in the Divine Inheritance Slot, and then ask our teachers if we should give Gulanxiu anything extra!"

Venerable Youpu nodded and said, "Langxie is right! It is indeed rare for Gulanxiu to be invincible in every battle! But our Axe Fighting Arena has no precedent for this, so let's ask the esteemed Lords of the Universe for guidance!"

The Golden Lion Venerable roared, "How could the Lords of the Universe, who are so busy with countless affairs, concern themselves with such a trivial matter? Do you even know the true value of being invincible? This is something even the Emperor Yan couldn't achieve back then!"

It's no wonder that Venerable Golden Lion Venerable angry. Venerable Langxie and Youpu seemed to be neutral, but in reality, they were on Venerable Yanhuo's side. After all, the probability of successfully applying for a higher reward after the initial reward was already distributed was not high.

Hearing this, Venerable Yanhuo was also enraged and questioned, "Golden Lion! Do you dare say that Gulanxiu can become the Lord of the Universe even if he has enough resources? If so, I will give him whatever he wants! How dare you slander my Lord Emperor Yan? Besides, my Lord Emperor Yan only lost because of the special talent of the Nether Race. Gulanxiu didn't have the chance to encounter the Nether Race Clan, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to win either!"

The Nether Race was originally an ordinary race living in the edge of the universe. This race was a rare soul-type life form that could completely ignore physical attacks. Of course, they could not use physical attacks either. As soul-type life forms, the only way to deal with them was to use Soul Attack. Emperor Yan suffered from this and was eventually defeated by the Nether Race.

Unfortunately, this amazing race was targeted and wiped out by that madman North Prison Domain Lord, countless eons ago. Now, only a few individuals remain, kept by some super-powerful beings.

Venerable Lancang felt a headache watching the other four Venerable arguing endlessly. As the disciple of the Giant Axe Founder, she held a rather transcendent position. In any case, as the only strongest Human Race in the universe, their lineage's resources and interests would never be withheld!

That's why she doesn't really care about these meetings. What she wants is to break through and become the Lord of the Universe. Her strength has long reached the limit of the Universe Venerable. In terms of secret techniques alone, she is the strongest among the Human Race Venerable. Even the two Top-tier Universe Overlord are not as good as her in terms of secret techniques. She has created several sets of Ultimate Secret Art of Universe Overlord. It can be said that she is only one step away from becoming the Lord of the Universe.

That's why she felt somewhat annoyed by the argument Venerable the four Venerable! In her opinion, the topic of their debate was ridiculous! The right to speak is linked to strength! Who dares to contradict the Lord of the Universe? Instead of focusing on improving their strength, they're arguing here over trivial matters; their path to becoming powerful has come to an end!

But she had no choice but to speak up, otherwise the four of them would have been arguing for who knows how long!

After a brief moment of contemplation, Venerable Lancang spoke up, "Alright! Stop arguing! Let's give Gulanxiu a spot in the Ice God General Inheritance for now! The Ice God General Inheritance begin in 20,000 years! By then, Gulanxiu will have almost broken through to the Realm Lord, so the timing will be perfect. As for where his spot will come from, I'll handle that!"

After pausing to stop the Golden Lion Venerable from speaking, Venerable Lancang continued, "Gulanxiu's undefeated record in a hundred battles is indeed a rare achievement and shouldn't be confused with a win rate of over ninety! He comprehended the first level of the Beast God Path in just five hundred years, and his talent in the Beast God Path is second to none among our Human Race! I will apply to the clan for a Beast God Inheritance Token for him as a reward for his undefeated record! Alright, that's all! Meeting adjourned!"

Without waiting for the other four to say anything, he logged off and disappeared from the room.

The other four Venerable exchanged glances, then shook their heads and left. After all, Venerable Lancang was far superior to them in both strength and background, and generally, once she made a decision, no one else had the right to object.

Moreover, Venerable Lancang's handling of this matter was relatively impartial.

Given Gulanxiu's demonstrated talent, there is a high probability that he will be able to apply for the Beast God Inheritance Token. However, since Gulanxiu lacks a background and powerful figures to endorse him, there is still a possibility of failure.

If Venerable Lancang intervenes this time, the outcome is practically guaranteed.

Gulanxiu was naturally unaware of the discussions among the Universe Venerable. At this moment, he had already returned to his own manor in the Axe Secret Realm. He knew that his undefeated record in the mission would inevitably be known to the higher-ups of the Human Race. Since that was the case, he did not intend to hide his strength anymore. Under these circumstances, the more talented he appeared, the more attention he would receive from the higher-ups, and the fewer people would have designs on him.

He also wanted to test just how difficult Heavenly Mountain was, which was hailed as the benchmark of the strongest geniuses among Human Race!

With this in mind, Gulanxiu's consciousness entered the Virtual Universe and was teleported to the Tongtian Mountain Plane of the Axe Fighting Arena.

In the Tongtian Mountain Plane, there is only one towering mountain on this vast land. On the mountainside, there are golden characters that read "Great Axe". Unlike the Heavenly Mountain of the Virtual Universe Company in the original work, the Axe Fighting Arena has only one Heavenly Mountain. The difficulty and even the guardian of the mountain are the same as the Primal Heavenly Mountain of the Virtual Universe Company.

"Whoosh!"

Gulanxiu, who appeared out of nowhere on this land, quickly flew towards Heavenly Mountain.

Gulanxiu landed at the foot of the mountain, looked up at the Great Axe Heavenly Mountain reached into the clouds, and then looked down at the tall Bullhead was sleeping soundly on a large rock not far away. Beside him was a dark purple Great Axe that looked like countless pieces of congealed blood, which made people's hearts tremble.

"Wake up, Bullhead! Call the Ape Man and the Snake Woman over. I'm going to challenge the Heavenly Mountain!" Gulanxiu shouted.

The tall, sleeping Bullhead suddenly sat up, blinked, looked around, and saw Gulanxiu: "You... want to challenge the Heavenly Mountain?"

"Hmm." Gulanxiu nodded in reply.

"Ah!" The Bullhead's eyes widened, and he roared, "Someone has broken into the Heavenly Mountain!"

Two streaks of Flowing Light flew in from afar; they were the Ape Man psychic and the Snake Woman Illusionist. The three Gatekeeper at the foot of the mountain gathered and looked at Gulanxiu. At the same time, they quickly obtained detailed information about Gulanxiu.

"Gulanxiu? You've passed the 13th level of the Sky Bridge?" The Snake Woman smiled seductively. "Your Highness Gulanxiu, you still think your strength isn't enough?"

"Enough talk. Take this!" With that, Gulanxiu struck first, slashing at the Ape Man. After all, this Ape Man was the one Gulanxiu hated most —the Controller a habit of flying kites.

Gulanxiu brandished his blood axe, leaving spatial rifts in the air, and instantly arrived in front of the Ape Man.

The Ape Man's expression changed, and he controlled his Psychic Force weapon, transforming it into a streak of Flowing Light to meet Gulanxiu's attack.

With a deafening boom, the Psychic Force weapon was sent flying by Gulanxiu, and the Ape Man was also pulverized.

It was clear that the Gatekeeper at the bottom of the mountain were no match for Gulanxiu. After the Ape Man died, the Snake Woman and the Bullhead were also killed by Gulanxiu with a single axe blow.

Then Gulanxiu flew towards the mountainside.

The Gatekeeper on the mountainside were significantly stronger than those at the foot of the mountain, each roughly at the level of the Fourteenth Layer level of the Sky Bridge to Heaven. Gulanxiu, having fully comprehended the first level of the Beast God Path, was at roughly the level of the fifteenth level of the Sky Bridge to Heaven in terms of comprehension. Therefore, after using some methods, Gulanxiu successfully passed the mountainside barrier.

Gulanxiu continued flying towards the mountaintop, and soon arrived at the summit.

The three Gatekeeper had been waiting on the mountaintop for quite some time.

The Snake Woman smiled and said to Gulanxiu, "Your Gulanxiu! Your strength is indeed impressive; you managed to pass the first obstacle halfway up the mountain. But if you had used all your strength just now, I'm afraid it would have been difficult for you to pass this obstacle."

The Ape Man powerhouse nodded and smiled, saying, "Indeed! But this era has truly produced a few talented Human Race! Not long ago, Princess Yunmiao of the Virtual Universe Company also successfully reached the summit! However, her attempt was even more difficult than yours!"

Gulanxiu said with a smile, "Since we're already here, we might as well give it a try! What if we succeed!"

As he said this, Gulanxiu wielded the Blood God Axe and swung it at the Bullhead.

A faint phantom of a Beast God Phantom around the axe blade.

The Bullhead laughed loudly, "Well done!" As he spoke, he swung his Great Axe and charged towards Gulanxiu. Judging from the initial movement and the power of the Great Axe, it was clearly the fifth strike of the complete Great Axe.

With a deafening boom, both Gulanxiu and the Bullhead were sent flying backward. The axe blow had resulted in a draw.

Just then, a streak of Flowing Light attacked Gulanxiu, who was in mid-air. With nowhere to gain leverage in the air, Gulanxiu had no choice but to forcefully turn around and swing his Great Axe to meet the Psychic Force weapon.

"Boom!" Gulanxiu coughed up blood, and the hairs on his body were shaken so badly that they bled. His entire body was stained red with blood, but he barely managed to withstand the attack of the Psychic Force weapon.

As for the Snake Woman's illusion, it was once again ignored by Gulanxiu.

The Bullhead rushed forward, about to deliver another axe blow to Gulanxiu, while at the same time the Ape Man's Psychic Force weapon attack followed closely behind. It seemed that Gulanxiu had nowhere to retreat and nowhere to avoid it.

"Hoo!" A roar, like a thunderclap, rang in the ears of the Gatekeeper! All three paused in their movements!

Taking advantage of the moment, Gulanxiu swung his axe at the nearest Bullhead, and the image of the Beast God on the axe blade seemed to become clearer.

The Bullhead had just broken free from the influence of the Beast God Roar, and faced with Gulanxiu, he could only barely raise his axe to meet it.

With a deafening boom, the Bullhead was thrown backward, crashing squarely into the equally out-of-control Psychic Force weapon.

Under the powerful attack of that Psychic Force weapon, the Bullhead was instantly cleaved into a cloud of blood mist.

The death of the Bullhead signified the end of the battle. Under the Beast God Roar Gulanxiu, the Ape Man could hardly exert their full strength. In just a short while, Gulanxiu successfully killed the Ape Man and Snake Woman one by one.