Chapter 27: The Divine Axe That Split the Heavens

Ancestor Wu Tianwu and Ancestor Wu Qiangliang each consumed a Wind and Thunder Immortal Apricot.

Only a short moment passed.

The assembled crowd watched as, within the bodies of the two Ancestor Wus, the laws intertwined, seeming to harbor two exceptionally fierce forces about to surge forth.

Suddenly, an immense whirlwind manifested out of nothing, centered on Ancestor Wu Tianwu, appearing instantaneously.

Immediately after, everyone witnessed two wings of flesh emerge behind Tianwu, entwined with endless innate Dao patterns. When his wings unfurled, the wild wind transformed into azure divine blades, swirling across the sky with astonishing power and sharpness.

At the same time, behind Ancestor Wu Qiangliang, two wings of thunder appeared.

Whether Tianwu or Qiangliang, both saw their strength advance rapidly, reaching new heights.

“So that’s how it is!”

Ancestor Wu Tianwu spoke with sudden enlightenment, “So the Wind and Thunder Immortal Apricot fruit, though it appears as two fruits, actually contains the mysteries of nurturing spiritual treasures. I consumed the Wind Apricot and immediately, relying on my physical strength as the source, I nurtured my own wings of wind.”

“Not only that!” Tianwu continued, “Originally, the fruits of the Wind and Thunder Immortal Apricot had flaws. By rights, even if I consumed the fruit and used my physical body to nurture the wings of the wind god, they would at most be treasures between high-grade and supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures. Yet, within me, with the god-demon body of the Ancestor Wu of Wind as the vessel, and merging my ancestral law, the flaws were completely mended, raising it directly to the supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure level.”

“Though, among all supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures, it is relatively weaker.”

Ancestor Wu Qiangliang, beaming, said, “My situation is much the same!”

“However,” Qiangliang mused, “I sense that this treasure, nurtured by my god-demon physique, seems to have fused with my physical strength, becoming one. I can use the Thunder God Wings to comprehend the innate Thunder Dao, and the Thunder God Wings can absorb my god-demon origin to continuously grow stronger!”

“Having just entered the supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure level, these pairs of divine wings are not the ultimate end. Perhaps one day, they may, with our power, advance further, reaching the level of the fruits borne by the innate Gourd Vine.”

“How marvelous!”

Hearing the two Ancestor Wus speak thus, all twelve Ancestor Wus were filled with joy.

This was tantamount to the twelve Ancestor Wus directly obtaining two supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures—how could they not be delighted?

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Next, everyone merged the “Three-Colored Meritorious Clouds” acquired from the upgraded Wind and Thunder Immortal Apricot into the Pure Yang Vermilion Fruit.

As expected, just as Emperor Cang and the others had anticipated, the Pure Yang Vermilion Fruit was incapable of nirvana. Yet, with the power of the Three-Colored Meritorious Clouds, it nurtured spiritual intelligence within itself, soon to embark on the path of cultivation.

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At this moment, the Wu Tribe of the Great Wilderness possessed five innate spiritual roots.

The Innate Gourd Vine, Four Symbols Banana Tree, and Wind and Thunder Immortal Apricot—these three innate spiritual roots were either supreme-grade by nature or had, through various fateful opportunities, reached the supreme-grade level.

The Thunder God Tree and Pure Yang Vermilion Fruit were merely high-grade innate spiritual roots, but both began to nurture spiritual intelligence and embark on the Dao. After countless millennia of cultivation, they might well advance further and become supreme-grade innate spiritual roots.

Moreover, their emergence of spiritual intelligence was entirely due to the Wu Tribe, naturally making them the best allies of the Wu lineage.

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After careful deliberation, the twelve Ancestor Wus decided that Houtu would take the newly intelligent Pure Yang Vermilion Fruit, Vermilion Sun, as her disciple.

Thus, the power of merit obtained by the Ancestor Wus through founding their faith, apart from a single Three-Colored Meritorious Cloud left to the Ancestor Wus, was completely expended, leaving not a trace behind.

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Next, everyone turned their attention to Xingtian’s Chaos Golden Halberd.

The twelve Ancestor Wus first took branches from the Wind and Thunder Immortal Apricot, Pure Yang Vermilion Fruit, and Thunder God Tree, merging them into the Chaos Golden Halberd, supplementing its extreme Yang aspect.

Afterward, they took half a river of Weak Water and fused it into the Chaos Golden Halberd, supplementing its extreme Yin aspect.

With Yin and Yang united, the laws within the Chaos Golden Halberd began to transform, evolving to unfathomable depths.

Its power not only advanced further but its form also began to change, evolving from its original blade-like shape into a divine axe.

Though not a true Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, it was a fallen piece from the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, imbued with the power of creation, and thus could rightly bear such a name.

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The twelve Ancestor Wus then took out a head-sized Chaos Stone, obtained during their travels across the Great Wilderness and into Chaos—an exceptional material for forging weapons, capable of creating high-grade postnatal spiritual treasures, and possibly even advancing to the supreme-grade postnatal level.

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Each Ancestor Wu took a piece of their own divine bone, combining it with the Chaos Stone and merging it into the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, further enhancing it and completing its offensive aspect.

As for the power of stars, the crowd present had no means to provide it.

However, with the aid of Chaos and Yin-Yang force, the treasure’s power soared. Even through mere sacrificial refining, it could, by virtue of its own strength, absorb the power of the stars and undergo transformation.

Of course, if the Star Origin Power of the Nine Heavens could be obtained, it would be even better!

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Emperor Cang pondered silently, considering how he might obtain the Star Origin Power from Emperor Jun and Eastern Emperor.

Suddenly, Ancestor Wu Dijang turned to Emperor Cang, smiled, and said, “Now, among my Wu Tribe, Houtu, Emperor Cang, Xingtian, and Mengyu possess primordial spirit power, while the others are still far from it!”

“It is precisely for this reason,” Dijang said, “that we must ensure our tribe’s excellent bloodline is passed on!”

Emperor Cang was just pondering that Ancestor Wu Houtu would have to bear the burden alone, dispersing her essence to combine with the power of three individuals, nurturing Wu Tribe offspring with primordial spirits.

He did not expect that Ancestor Wu Dijang would then smile and say, “Houtu and Emperor Cang’s essence can combine to give rise to true Wu Tribe with primordial spirit—this needs no further explanation!”

“Xingtian and Mengyu should each find a goddess within our tribe with comparable talent and potential, so that their bloodlines may also flourish!”

Emperor Cang was taken aback.

Shouldn’t it be that female Wu Tribe members possessing primordial spirit, when combined with the essence of male Wu Tribe members, would find it easier to birth Wu Tribe with primordial spirit?

Houtu gently explained, “No matter who among the Wu Tribe, essence is exceedingly precious. Over ten thousand years, being able to nurture a single drop is already the limit!”

“Moreover,” Houtu said, “in the past, when karma clung to us, we could ignore it. Now, nurturing primordial spirit, flawless and perfect, we can clearly discern cause and effect. Within the Dao, there is causality. How could we recklessly expend essence to derive many offspring?”