Within Zixiao Palace, currents of chaos surged silently.
Naturally, Hongjun had considered the World-Destroying Mill and the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
In fact, he had coveted these two supreme treasures long ago.
Especially the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
It was the unsurpassed treasure Great God Pangu had wielded to cleave heaven and earth apart. The powers of creation and destruction it contained were enough to drive any being who had achieved Primordial Unity mad with desire.
Thus, when Gu Changqing had gathered the Taiji Diagram, the Pangu Banner, and the Chaos Bell to reforge the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, Hongjun and the Xuanmen Saints had all burned with envy.
As for the World-Destroying Mill, that went without saying.
Although it was merely a fragment of a complete Chaos Supreme Treasure, it had first appeared in the lands of the Western World and should rightfully have belonged to the Western World.
Yet Gu Changqing had intervened with overwhelming force and wrested it away.
This had left Hongjun and the others nursing a deep, bone-deep hatred.
These two supreme treasures were like a thorn lodged in Hongjun's throat, impossible to swallow or spit out, tormenting him every moment.
Now, the Elder of Chaos had taken the initiative to propose joining forces to seize them.
To Hongjun, this was undoubtedly a temptation difficult to refuse.
However...
Hongjun's gaze darkened slightly.
How could he fail to see the Elder of Chaos's selfish intentions?
The man spoke of the World-Destroying Mill and the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, but what he truly cared about was probably the Chaos Bead.
It was the Elder of Chaos's innate companion treasure, yet Gu Changqing had forcibly taken it from him, and it had since become one of the foundations anchoring the Interception Sect's fortune.
The Elder of Chaos's proposal ostensibly aimed to help