Chapter 51

The Wu clan do not cultivate the primordial spirit or comprehend the Dao; they revere only their innate, mighty physical forms and innate divine abilities.

They take heaven and earth as their forge, feed on malevolent qi, and hammer their bodies into weapons rivaling divine arms.

The Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Axes is one of the supreme body-cultivation techniques of the Wu clan!

This technique was not created by any single Ancestral Wu.

It was jointly deduced and forged over countless years by numerous Wu clan masters who observed the supreme divine might of Pangu’s creation of heaven and earth, blending their own understanding of power.

Its core is the imitation of Pangu’s single axe-strike that split heaven and earth!

Though merely an imitation, it captures less than one ten-thousandth of its divine essence.

Yet for postnatal beings, this is already an ultimate power capable of destroying heaven and earth!

The Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Axes consists of thirty-six axe forms.

These thirty-six forms are not mere techniques.

Each form corresponds to a method of circulating blood and qi, a technique for generating force through muscles and bones, and a way to temper the physical body.

It treats the human body as a microcosm.

The spine is the celestial pillar, the limbs the four extremities, the five zang and six fu organs the five elements, and every acupoint a star.

By practicing these thirty-six axe forms, one draws in the malevolent qi of heaven and earth to temper the body, shattering physical constraints and continually evolving toward Pangu’s supreme physical realm.

According to the technique’s summary, this divine art has six realms.

Each time six axe forms are mastered, one triggers a “Star Malevolent Qi” body tempering, bringing a cataclysmic transformation to the flesh.

After the first transformation, the body can withstand magic treasures directly and possesses boundless strength, making it invincible within the same realm.

After the second transformation, the body can regrow severed limbs; its vitality far surpasses that of immortals and gods of the same realm.

…

When all thirty-six axe forms are mastered and the body has undergone six transformations,

the cultivator, relying solely on physical strength, can directly clash with a Taiyi Jin Xian—and even overpower ancient great demons who specialize in body cultivation!

Fuck, this technique is insane!

Su Chen’s spirit cried out in shock within his mind.

To withstand a Taiyi Jin Xian with sheer physical power alone?

What does that even mean?

Taiyi Jin Xian are beings who have condensed the Three Flowers atop their heads, escaped the Three Realms, and transcended the Five Phases.

In today’s Three Realms, beyond reclusive Pretender Saints and Saints, the strongest known are Da Luo Jin Xian; Taiyi Jin Xian stand at the pinnacle.

The ancient celestial deities of the Heavenly Court—such as Li Jing, the Four Heavenly Kings, and the various Heavenly Lords—are mostly at this level.

And this technique claims that, once perfected, one can match them in combat using only the body?

This is outright defiance of heaven!

Yet what shocked Su Chen even more lay ahead.

At the very end of the technique’s summary was another passage.

“When all thirty-six forms are unified into one, one may comprehend the True Meaning of ‘Creation.’ If one can unleash that ultimate axe-strike with this meaning, one may condense a ‘Pseudo-Pangu True Body,’ whose physical power can rival Da Luo Jin Xian!”

Da Luo Jin Xian!

Those are beings said to be immortal, unyielding to countless calamities, gazing across the river of time, second only to the Saints who roam beyond heaven and earth!

In the entire Three Realms, Da Luo Jin Xian are the most exalted beings.

Who among those who have attained Da Luo is not a titan whose very footstep shakes the Three Realms?

And this technique claims that, if one can unleash that final axe-strike, one can gain a body capable of contending with Da Luo Jin Xian?

Even if it only forms a “Pseudo-Pangu True Body,” this is still horrifyingly astonishing!

I’ve hit the jackpot!

This time, I’ve truly hit the jackpot!

The Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Axes perfectly fills the gap in my lack of a protective divine art.

I cultivate the Hunyuan Jin Dan Zhenjie, a orthodox Daoist scripture emphasizing dual cultivation of life and spirit.

Though it can temper the body, it ultimately prioritizes the primordial spirit; my physical strength surpasses that of cultivators in the same realm, yet still falls short against demonic races and divine beings with naturally powerful bodies.

This is the common weakness of Daoist cultivators.

But now, with this Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Axes, this weakness will vanish.

It will become my strongest trump card!

Imagine: when an enemy thinks I’m merely a spellcasting Daoist, I suddenly unleash a body rivaling ancient great Wu, charging in with fists and kicks…

Just picturing it makes the thought thrilling.

“It’s like a mage learning warrior skills—no, a mage learning the ultimate secret of a berserker!”

Su Chen cried out in excitement within his heart.

He also understood why this scroll had circulated outside but no one had ever unlocked its secrets.

This technique follows the pure path of proving the Dao through raw power.

In today’s Three Realms, where primordial spirit and the orderly Dao reign supreme, it is heresy!

Naturally, no one could comprehend its true meaning.

“Huh…”

Su Chen exhaled slowly, calming himself.

He knew he had gained a tremendous boon—but also borne immense risk.

This technique must never be revealed lightly.

Otherwise, possessing it would invite disaster!

Merely being associated with the Wu clan would cause ancient demonic races to turn hostile toward him.

“Yet no matter the risk, I must cultivate it!”

Su Chen’s gaze was unwavering.

In this world of gods and buddhas everywhere, and masters abound, without power, one has nothing.

To control one’s own fate, one must spare no cost to grow stronger!

And the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Axes is the best—and strongest—divine art he can currently obtain.

Moreover, it aligns perfectly with the true meaning of axe Dao he has already comprehended.

“I must cultivate it—and immediately!”

Su Chen resolved within his heart.

Yet before beginning cultivation, one problem remained.

That was: the weapon.

Since the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Axes is named after axe techniques, it naturally requires a powerful axe as its instrument.

But all he currently possessed was the ordinary axe he had taken from a woodcutter in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

Though that axe had absorbed a trace of Dao essence from his axe Dao comprehension and become a magic treasure,

it was still forged from mundane iron—its rank far too low.

This technique is so brutal; the axe would likely shatter under the force of creation-splitting power and be ruined in short order.

“I need to get myself a better axe.”

Su Chen stroked his chin, pondering.

Where could he find a suitable axe?

Ask Monkey?

Have him raid the Dragon Palace again?

No, that’s too extreme—and the Dragon Palace likely has no top-tier axe magic treasures.

“Got it!”

Su Chen’s eyes suddenly lit up.

He remembered: when the Seventy-Two Demon Kings came to pay homage, they brought mountains of gifts.

Those gifts still lie piled up in the Water Curtain Cave.

Among them are many rare spiritual ores and heavenly treasures.

I can simply use those materials to upgrade my chopping axe.