At this moment, Zixiao Palace was no longer peaceful.
The extraordinary phenomena within Zixiao Palace had persisted for an unknown length of time.
Rumble...
Heavenly sounds like rolling thunder still burst and echoed through the timeless main hall, shaking the entire palace into a faint tremble.
Visible ripples in the void spread outward in layers like waves on water. Wherever they passed, space-time shattered inch by inch, exposing vast stretches of deep Chaos beneath.
Vast swathes of laws and order circled and danced high above like countless golden dragons, intertwining and blazing with light.
Every one of the Chains of Order was inscribed with densely packed runes, imprints left by the fusion of the power of the Heavenly Dao and Chaos laws, revealing an indescribable terror.
It seized the soul.
It stole the breath.
Had an ordinary Sage stepped into this place, the might permeating the air alone would have been enough to shake their Dao heart and send their blood qi surging, making even breathing difficult.
And now, at the very center of Zixiao Palace's main hall, ten thousand rays of divine radiance interwove into a brilliant curtain of light. Within it, an ancient, unadorned great axe floated silently.
The Heaven-Opening Divine Axe!
It rose and fell, turning slowly without pause, a soul-seizing dark-golden gleam flowing across its body.
That cold gleam was not particularly intense, yet it possessed a supreme edge that seemed capable of severing time and cleaving destiny.
Wherever that edge reached, even the Heavenly Dao laws gave it a wide berth, releasing deep hums of reverence.
Along the axe's edge, a thread of light as fine as a strand of hair flickered in and out of sight. It was the manifestation of Heaven-Opening power, the true majesty unleashed after this supreme treasure of Pangu had