"No, I can't die!" Blood vessels bulged in Gu Erduo's eyes. His fear of death caused the Inner Scenery world within him to swell, showing faint signs of a breakthrough to Earthly Immortal.
As the being who possessed the Heavenly Slaying Axe, he was undoubtedly a pawn, one Mother of No Birth had deliberately left behind long ago.
His talent and aptitude were beyond question.
This world had many outstanding talents.
But not just anyone qualified to catch the eye of Heavenly Will. Among the countless trillions of beings in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, the vast majority were merely a patch of blank space in a painting, part of the backdrop.
Only those with genuine talent and will qualified to become NPCs with a line or two in the story.
In the Buddhist Sect's words, this child possessed great wisdom, great perseverance, and great opportunities, and thus qualified to become a pawn of Other Shore Heavenly Will.
An insignificant pawn.
Though he could not compare to the first-class pawns used in reduction and emptiness, those with the potential to become Ancient Ones, he was still a talent of the second tier.
Had he gone to the Immortal Mountains to seek a master and learn during the Mythological Era, he might have managed to become a Heavenly Venerable's disciple. At worst, he could have attained the Dao as an Immortal Venerable at the Legend realm. With better luck and greater opportunities, becoming a Fortune Heavenly Venerable would not have been impossible.
Now, at the brink of life and death, Gu Erduo unleashed everything he had accumulated over the past several decades. Taking advantage of the opportunity afforded by wielding Qin Tian's Heavenly Tribulation, he showed signs of leaping into the Earthly Immortal realm.
But he knew full well that Qin