Chapter 1701

Zhang Taixuan: "No problem, there's plenty of time—hurry and gather points. At most, I'll give you a discount later: one billion per go, and I'll reverse your Postheaven into Primordial. But first, you'll need to forge a Postheaven Ultimate Treasure, won't you?"

Su Xiao: "Yay! Add that benefit Taixuan Brother promised me earlier, and I'll only need one billion more to collect all three Primordial Ultimate Treasures!"

Xiao Mai: "Little Miss, your math is brilliant. He just said he'd give you a benefit, and you turned it into a one-billion-per-go deal—how did you even calculate that?"

Su Xiao: "Hehe…"

Zhang Taixuan: "Of course she has her own calculations—but it doesn't matter. Collect the materials and forge them yourself. We'll see then."

Hu Yifei: "Husband, you're truly indulgent with Xiao Xiao!"

Su Xiao: "Indulgent? Taixuan Brother is the one who indulges you two!"

Hu Yifei: "We're different!"

Xiao Mai: "Exactly! You're an outsider—how dare you compare yourself to Lady?"

Su Xiao: "An outsider?"

Xiao Mai: "Could you possibly be an insider? Or… have you finally figured it out?"

Su Xiao: "Eh? You're so dirty!"

Daluo Heaven.

After ending the chat, Zhang Taixuan began processing the rewards from this lottery draw.

【You comprehended the Chaos Bell, and your understanding of sound and spacetime laws increased.】

【You comprehended the Taiji Diagram, and your understanding of Yin-Yang Dao increased.】

【You comprehended the Pangu Banner, and your understanding of the Path of Annihilation increased.】

【You diligently comprehended the three Ultimate Treasures, discerned their harmony, and uncovered the method to fuse them.】

The three Primordial Ultimate Treasures rose and transformed in his hands, finally becoming a great axe.

Dark aura condensed upon the axe—even he felt a chill.

"Mid-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure!"

Zhang Taixuan exclaimed, "And the blade is saturated with Heavenly Dao energy."

Condensed Heavenly Dao energy is the very foundation capable of slaying beings above Hunyuan.

But compared to the original Pangu Axe, this one is still incomplete.

Gaps mar the haft and blade.

Otherwise, its quality could have been higher—perhaps reaching Upper-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure in its complete form.

"Then perhaps this axe isn't the original Pangu's."

After all, an axe capable of slaying three thousand Chaos Demons must be at least a Chaos Ultimate Treasure.

【You comprehended the axe's blade, and your understanding of Heavenly Dao energy deepened significantly.】

As Zhang Taixuan meditated, he took out one by one the Huang Zhongli trees and fused them into the Pangu Axe.

Huang Zhongli, though a top-tier spiritual root, bore fruit of extraordinary rarity.

But for Zhang Taixuan, it held little use.

Even if his wives wished to eat them, he could always create more later when free.

Now, better to fuse all twelve Huang Zhongli spiritual roots into the Pangu Axe and restore it fully.

Though inferior to the original, if it reaches Upper-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure, it remains a decisive trump card capable of suppressing all heavens.

"Good thing it wasn't Pangu's primordial Dao-bound treasure—otherwise, I'd have drawn nothing but emptiness."

Dao-bound treasures can be recalled even after dismantling, and can be controlled remotely.

Keeping such a thing nearby is far too dangerous—let alone forging it into Three Corpses.

Isn't that just suicide?

The chat group, at least, is reliable—it didn't offer lottery rewards you can see but never use.

The fusion of twelve top-tier spiritual roots transformed into streams of primordial essence, merging into the Pangu Axe.

The dark aura on the Pangu Axe grew denser, radiating even more terrifying might.

【You comprehended Huang Zhongli, achieving profound mastery over its spiritual root—and created a method to condense Huang Zhongli.】

While restoring the Pangu Axe's primordial essence, Zhang Taixuan also meditated on Huang Zhongli's mysteries, so he could later create new Huang Zhongli roots and plant them in the Taixuan Realm, enriching its foundation.

Activated time external device: one instant, one aeon.

Boom—

A piercing, razor-sharp sensation surged forth; all life in the Taixuan Realm sensed an existential crisis.

Even Hunyuan Saint-level beings felt it.

Yunxiao gazed at Zhang Taixuan in seclusion, seeing a shadow of an axe, her heart shaken: "He actually forged Pangu Tianzun's weapon!"

In Zhang Taixuan's hand, a heavy axe—weighted as if gathering billions of great worlds—radiated terrifying vibrations.

The weight was secondary.

For Hunyuan-level beings, mass mattered little.

This heaviness was merely for comfort—if needed, the Pangu Axe could weigh even more, or become as light as a feather.

Most crucial was the shimmering light—(mama hao)—flowing along the axe's blade, the true source of this Upper-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure's lethal power.

"One swing—and even a Hunyuan master falls. This is the true way of high-level combat."

【You comprehended the Pangu Axe, understood Pangu's Way of Opening Heaven and Earth, and your understanding of creation increased.】

【You comprehended the Pangu Axe, understood Pangu's Dao, and deepened your understanding of cultivation for Heavenly Dao-level beings.】

【You comprehended Pangu's Dao, and the Taixuan Dao advanced rapidly.】

Zhang Taixuan drew forth the Taixuan Ruler, stripped away the Pangu imprint from all his insights, and infused them into the Taixuan Ruler.

He then extracted the primordial essence of the Epoch Ruler, the Creation Spear, and the Ten Thousand Calamity Star Crystals, fusing them into it, preparing to transform it into an Upper-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure.

The Pangu Axe may be powerful, but it's still an external object.

Using it occasionally is fine, but one's own Dao-proving artifact is what matters most.

PS: I had insomnia today, so it's a bit late. I'll try to come back with another chapter around nine-something.