Chapter 75

As for me, Fengxi, I'm not the Holy Emperor Fuxi.

Starting with the eight trigrams is fine enough, but then it can expand and extend, upgrading to the sixty‑four hexagrams… that is truly the 'cheat' god walking between heaven and earth.

As for me, Fengxi, wandering Honghuang, I rely entirely on my own wit and intelligence, maybe with a bit of luck… that's why I wouldn't cheat!

Fengxi touched the glittering miniature Houtu on his forehead, suppressing the urge to try it out, the impulse to ponder and mimic the Nine Axes of Opening Heaven, as he watched Suichu facing Chao Xi, his gaze gradually deepening.

——He suspected that this Suichu…… might not be the secret hand of some nameless ancestral witch, who, after creating one coincidence after another, had sent the Nine Axes of Opening Heaven before him, so that he could comprehend it.

After all……

'Cheating also has to follow the basic law…… Who besides the ancestral witches could possibly master the existence of the Opening Heaven Axe style?'

Fengxi felt that he had already pieced together a corner of the truth behind it.

But, speak of it outside? That's impossible.

Moreover, from now on, as long as the miniature tattoo of the Ancestral Witch Houtu lights up, this Killer's Trick cannot be used.

'I'm sinking deeper and deeper……' Fengxi sighed inwardly, 'Heaven and earth can bear witness, sun and moon can attest, I am wholeheartedly devoted to Lord Houtu, loyal and brave…… Alas, fate toys with people!'

'It's not that I lack loyalty; it's truly that Pangu's dharma form paired with the Nine Axes of Opening Heaven…… they're just too tempting!'

'Without these two forbidden methods, I'm just an ordinary Taiyi who recently broke through…… but once I use them, even an all‑out attack could hope to rival a Taiyi of multiversal scale——that's practically a Chaos Pearl!'

'Moreover, the key is, they grow as my own strength grows, with no upper limit……'

Fengxi thought this way, and increasingly felt his spirit had fallen, corroded by profit and benefit.

He blamed himself, felt sorrow and shame, loathed himself to the utmost, and then……

Fengxi stared at Suichu's eyes as he performed the Nine Axes of Opening Heaven, widening them further.

……

Let's not mention the remorseful Fengxi for now.

On the other side, Suichu and Chao Xi, locked in peak confrontation, had already fought to madness.

First, Suichu performed the Way of Opening Heaven, axe rising and falling, cleaving the primordial chaos of heaven and earth, the Way domain of the cosmic primordial; then Chao Xi followed suit, using this great destruction and great opening to break and then establish, creating a vaster, more extraordinary new world! In that brand‑new world, Chao Xi freely performed, wielding the brush of creation, inked with the three thousand laws, painting the world of her heart! Although not long after, this new world was pierced by Suichu, the scroll torn apart.

But even the observing Fengxi could see——the situation was tilting toward Chao Xi! 'Suichu, awaken!' Chao Xi seized the upper hand, her spirit soaring, 'Indeed, speaking of offense, your Opening Heaven Axe technique is the strongest.'

'But you mustn't forget either!'

'What is the purpose for which this set of axe techniques was created, and the mission of its execution!'

'It is to accomplish a perfect heaven and earth!'

'In other words, the more ferocious you act now, the more you are actually strengthening me…… In the end, the enemies you face will not be just me, but also a part of yourself!' Chao Xi lifted her head and puffed her chest, 'How pathetic!'

'Give up!'

'Your Way of Opening Heaven can never defeat my "Nest" Way!'

'No matter how hard you strive and struggle, the one who ultimately reaps the victory will be me!'

Chao Xi had victory in hand, 'Just like the ancestral god Pangu.'

'Heaven and earth appear, Pangu hides…… he is the strongest, the greatest.'

'But now the one who rules the world is certainly not him!'

'So, surrender!'

'This is not a situation you can break…… Don't say you only have the Nine Axes of Opening Heaven; even if you had twenty‑nine or forty‑nine axes, you could not turn the tide!'

Chao Xi, full of pride, glanced down with a lofty look, tiptoeing to look down on Suichu from above.

By her side were countless shattered worlds, each cleaved by axe after axe, now beginning to encircle the sole intact, true universe, starting a resonance and sublimation.

Between the seen and unseen, a world‑shaking mighty force was being transmitted; one multiverse, with the most arrogant momentum, pressed down to suppress Suichu!

Just as Chao Xi said.

After all the killing, what Suichu faced in the end was not only her, but also a part of the power he himself had created to open heaven!

Watching this scene, Suichu was speechless.

He gazed at the collapsing universe, his pupils shifting, and suddenly laughed.

It was not a bitter smile, not a forced grin of joy, but a heartfelt, unreserved laugh.

'Exactly, even if I now unleash my potential, peerless talent, and suddenly comprehend the Forty‑Nine Axes of Opening Heaven, I truly cannot change any of this.' Suichu acknowledged Chao Xi's words, agreeing with her statement.

However, precisely this cooperative Suichu instead made Chao Xi nervous; in an instant she unleashed various divine abilities to defend herself.

Suichu ignored her, merely casting a faint gaze upward at the descending universe, casually swinging the already battered stone axe.

'However, I have comprehended the Fiftieth Axe…… that changes everything.'

'Pangu opened heaven, cutting forth a total of fifty axes.' The stone axe burst with radiance, a light indescribable—eternal, immortal, yet constantly shifting.

Fengxi was astonished to discover——this axe, he actually couldn't understand!

'Clearly, the first nine axes I grasped instantly…… why can't I comprehend it here?'

Regarding this, Feng Wugua Xi expressed great regret.

'Among the fifty axes, the first forty‑nine are actual cuts.' Suichu looked at Chao Xi and said lightly, 'Their corresponding Way and principle are already fixed.' 'Only the last axe is different—it has been cut but not made real, existing in a state of eternal progression.'

'This axe is both transcendent and ordinary.' Light of divinity began to shine on Suichu's face, 'Transcendent enough to encompass all realms; ordinary enough that even the weakest ant can touch its edges.'

'That is a beautiful wish, a blessing from Pangu.'

'For heaven and earth, for all beings.'

'Hope they forever ascend, forever advance…… with the most resolute spirit, to change heaven and earth, to create a beautiful world.'

'Above the heads of all beings, gods, buddhas, demons and monsters have no right to stand, let alone the power to act wantonly and issue commands.'

'Now, I hereby tell you a principle with this axe.' Suichu faced Chao Xi, showing a gentle, warm smile, 'Compared to me, you still understand human hearts so poorly.'

After speaking, his form turned illusory, merging with the axe as he sliced into the vast universe pressing down! In an instant, that universe grew hazy.

The power of time boiled, raising mist.

And within that mist, transformation was gestating.

At last, in a daze, Fengxi seemed to hear countless beings shouting; initially tiny, yet like a spark, it could set the world ablaze!

In Chao Xi's incredulous gaze, that side of the universe shone, breaking free of her control—this was the yearning of countless thoughts within that world, unwilling to be a blade in others' hands, a meaningless sacrifice.

She tried to turn it, but found herself powerless…… the blaze burned, consuming all shackles, overturning heaven and earth!

Although this burning harms others and self, even the source universe where she dwells would be scorched to ruin—otherwise, she could not shake off Chao Xi's authority and seize her own fate.

But after the great destruction, comes a brand-new rebirth!

In the shattered universe, the light of humanity shone forth.

Faintly appearing and disappearing, Fengxi saw Suichu's silhouette flash there, igniting the fire of civilization, kindling the flame of the universe's sublimation! 'Go on……go on!'

A lofty, weathered voice sounded; the guiding prophet chanted, also bidding farewell, 'Having cast off the shackles, seen the path ahead……to freely roam the ocean of the void……'

'I look forward, I bless, that one day I may see your civilization's spark, its brilliant blaze, on a broader stage……'

A most splendid axe light appeared here.

The axe light cut a sliver of the bond of battlefield spacetime, propelling this universe into the eternal void, becoming a part of the endless ocean of worlds!

Pangu opens heaven — the fiftieth axe! 'Sui……Sui……Sui……'

The receding universe echoed with such a sound, perhaps gratitude toward a living being……maybe this sound will last forever.

……

"Cough cough!"

Suichu reappeared.

He coughed lightly, his strands of hair somewhat gray-white, his breath also feeble.

In a brief battle, having broken Chao Xi's forbidden move, he felt as if he had traversed tens of millions of years, his essence about to be exhausted.

Naturally, his sorry state, his opponent was no better off.

Chao Xi's gaze stared blankly, her face blood-red……the forbidden move was completely broken, the backlash naturally extremely terrifying, inflicting internal injury on her as well.

Fortunately, Suichu seemed to have held back——when breaking Chao Xi's killing move, he could actually have done more, making the backlash damage increase a thousandfold.

But he did not do so, letting things take their course.

'How?' Suichu chuckled, 'Are you convinced or not?'

Though his figure was somewhat frail, he now bore an extraordinary aura, facing Chao Xi, displaying his full vigor.

Chao Xi pursed her lips, furrowed her brows, somewhat unconvinced.

But in the end, she nodded, spoke her concession, 'This time, you have won.'

Chao Xi can pick it up and also put it down.

'Then……should you step aside?' Suichu smiled, eyes narrowed, 'I still need to go about spreading the fire!'

'Hah……spreading fire.' Chao Xi snorted coldly, casually tossed an object over, 'Going to save those three fellows?'

'Since you want to go seek death, that's fine too.' She turned her head, 'But you can tend to your wounds first……so you won't complain later that our victory was not honorable.'

Suichu took the object, and lo and behold, it was a precious pill.

Fengxi nearby merely sniffed it, feeling his origin increase a little, his eyes blazing, 'What a fine thing!'

Suichu played with the pill, raised an eyebrow, quite amused, 'Not victorious by force……no, I wouldn't think that way.'

'You still have tricks?' Chao Xi instantly turned her head, 'Fengzi and Haoyan……are each held back by us!'

'Heh!' Suichu chuckled, 'Although Plan A failed, I still have Plan B! Now it's time to activate it!'

He flicked his sleeve, and a light screen rose, showing the grim Wind Sacrifice trio, facing a thousand-strong encirclement, already at the end of the road.

Yet within the light screen, they showed no trace of hesitation; instead, they laughed loudly.

'Haha…' Qinghao complacently, hands on hips, 'I mock Lingwa's folly, Nüxi's short wit, Xiance's clumsy strategy……'

(End of chapter)