Heavenly Mandate Immortal Realm!
A burly man in leather armor held a battered iron axe as he chopped firewood.
Suddenly, a powerful thought surfaced in his mind. His face froze as he looked in a certain direction and said, "The Void Token has seen the light of day again. Lu Ren truly has gained Master's recognition!"
"Nine-Bladed Sky-Splitting Axe, I've wronged you by making you chop firewood all these years!"
With a sweep of his hand, the rust on the battered iron axe automatically scattered away. Its plain exterior washed clean, transforming into an incomparably sharp nine-bladed giant axe that exuded astonishing might.
At the same time, an incomparably powerful aura of shattering erupted from his body. His leather armor gleamed brilliantly, transforming into a suit of pitch-black battle armor.
"Still, in that battle back then, we truly had the will but lacked the strength!"
The burly man let out a long sigh, countless thoughts churning through his mind.
Back then, their ability to contend against the Heavenly Mandate Palace while following Lu Aoxian had relied entirely on Lu Aoxian and the four war generals. As for them, their strength had been of little use in that great battle.
Now, after so many years, their cultivation had long since become incomparable to what it once was.
But waging war against the Heavenly Mandate Palace was not something he could accomplish alone, so he had been waiting all this time.
Though he knew of Lu Ren's affairs—how Young Master Tianming had oppressed him, how he had ultimately defected to the Demon Immortal Clan, and how he had now risen powerfully to establish the Reverse Fate Immortal Palace—
he had still continued to wait.
Because Lu Aoxian had once said that only when the Void Token appeared could their group of Heavenly