In an instant, the auras surrounding Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos both faltered.
Their gazes shifted sharply as they stared at the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe before them.
Even greater waves surged through their hearts.
There was only one reason!
The instant the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe had trembled, an indescribable, profoundly mysterious divine resonance of the Great Dao had swept out!
Weathered by the ages!
Ancient!
And yet... it also carried an unrivaled dominance that could crush eternal epochs and grind the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths into oblivion.
This strange aura clearly exceeded the expectations of Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos.
"What is going on?!"
The Elder of Chaos looked at Hongjun and asked tentatively.
At first, Hongjun said nothing.
Only after pondering for a moment did he speak:
"This... may be some underhanded trick Gu Changqing left behind."
"We need only continue refining it. We will surely erase it completely."
The Elder of Chaos remained somewhat dubious.
But a moment later, he could only accept that explanation.
Neither spoke further. Once again, they formed Mudra Seals with their hands and began refining the axe.
Within the main hall of Zixiao Palace, Dao Rhythm flowed like the tides.
Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos each occupied one side, laws interweaving around them and transforming into towering Dao flames that engulfed the plain, ancient Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, burning it furiously.
Both stood among the foremost beings of the Primordial World. The might of their combined efforts was easy to imagine.
The Elder of Chaos summoned his own source power, a force of chaos more ancient and primal than ordinary laws, gray and hazy, carrying the aura of the time before the heavens were opened.
Hongjun, meanwhile, empowered himself with Heavenly Dao Authority. Purple qi came from the east for