All living beings stood rooted to the spot, dumbstruck, no longer knowing how to react.
That Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, the greatest killing weapon of all eternity, whose might had just oppressed heaven and earth and made all living beings bow and tremble.
Now it hovered quietly before Gu Changqing, dark-gold runes flowing ceaselessly across its body.
Like a tamed ancient beast, it rested meekly within its master's palm.
From Gu Changqing reaching out to grasp empty air, to the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe suddenly breaking free of Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos's control, to Pangu's Will awakening with a thunderous surge, the Elder of Chaos staggering back and spitting blood, and Hongjun turning deathly pale.
Only a few breaths had passed.
It had been too fast.
So fast that everything had already happened before anyone even had time to think.
As though everything had long been destined, everything falling into place as naturally as water flowing into a channel.
No.
More precisely, it had been only right and proper.
A long while passed.
The deathly silence broke.
An unknown secluded mighty expert spoke in a hoarse, trembling voice, as though squeezing out those words had drained every ounce of strength from his body.
"Hiss..."
"The Wine Sword Immortal didn't reclaim the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe..."
"Rather... he never lost this supreme treasure at all!"
Those words fell like an immense boulder into a placid lake, instantly stirring towering waves throughout the Primordial World Heaven and Earth.
Everyone awoke as if from a dream, overwhelmed by shock and awe!
"Exactly!"
"He never lost it!"
"From beginning to end, the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe never truly belonged to Hongjun or the Elder of Chaos!"
"Their so-called refinement, their so-called imprints, their so-called control... all along, they were merely working for the Wine Sword Immortal!"