Chapter 243: Reminder About the Giant Axe

Whoosh~

Deep within the Universe Boat Inner Region, a turquoise palace hurtles through the air.

It has been nearly 1,300 years since Zhou Yang emerged from the Wanku Gorge cavern space, and after those 1,300 years he has only barely approached the boundary of the Core Land; the distance to the location of the Universe Boat Silver Token Space has advanced by less than a tenth.

There's no choice; the deeper one goes into the Universe Boat, the more perilous zones the surrounding space spawns, and the greater the danger.

Moreover, unlike the vast expanse of the Outer Realm, where perilous spots are numerous but the space is ample enough to find safe passages between them.

Yet near the Core Land, the hazards merge into almost a continuous field; even the occasional relatively safer routes are only relatively safe.

If an ordinary Fifth-Order Universe Lord without the Peak Palace Supreme Treasure for protection entered such a region, he would likely be struck down by the harsh environment of the hazards in an instant.

After all, even at the Core Land of the Three Great Forbidden Lands, a Universe Strongest who can command Words Become Law and make operational rules retreat must act with extreme caution; a moment's lapse can cause a fall, let alone Zhou Yang, whose true realm is merely that of a Universe Master.

Even with the New Universe as a trump card, it only grants him an almost god‑defying chance of survival; traversing the hazards still depends on his own strength! Inside the palace, Zhou Yang was concentrating most of his awareness on the myriad secret patterns etched on the 'Dustless' Divine Sword.

The 'Dustless' Divine Sword bears a total of eighteen layers of secret technique patterns, its ceiling already far beyond the limits of the Universe Strongest, making it the highest‑level secret art Zhou Yang can currently access.

While 1,300 years have passed in the outside world, the New Universe Time Acceleration Zone has already elapsed ten million years.

During such a long span, continuously studying the 'Dustless' Divine Sword's secret patterns and cross‑verifying them with his own Fusion Secret Method has granted Zhou Yang many new insights.

Now not only has the power of his Fusion Secret Method further increased, it has reached a level extremely close to the realm of the Universe Strongest's secret arts.

Moreover, he can now barely trigger the power of the seventh layer of the 'Dustless' Divine Sword's secret pattern.

The seventh layer of the 'Dustless' Divine Sword truly corresponds to the power of the Universe Strongest rank! Of course, this merely means that after activating that seventh layer, Zhou Yang can at most barely reach the ordinary Universe Strongest's limits in attack and domain.

Things like Words Become Law or the Universe Strongest's ultra‑strong divine body defense are far beyond Zhou Yang's reach.

"The artificer who forged this 'Dustless' Divine Sword is truly a genius; such exquisite secret pattern combinations and such highly efficient conductive circuitry are simply marvelous!"

Zhou Yang couldn't help but repeatedly praise the exquisite secret patterns within the 'Dustless' Divine Sword.

At that moment, something stirred in his mind: a doppelganger in the Original Universe had received an email from the Chaos City Lord.

"Zhou Yang, hurry to the Giant Axe Temple. The Giant Axe has luckily obtained a Supreme Strongest Treasure; our Human Race finally has a Supreme Strongest Treasure as well. Numerous Universe Masters are about to celebrate this!"

Seeing the news, Zhou Yang's eyebrows lifted slightly.

"Has the Giant Axe Founder finally obtained that Supreme Strongest Treasure Divine Axe?"

He had already spent more than 15,000 years in the Wanku Gorge caverns, and after emerging, the journey added another nearly 1,300 years.

During this long interval, many events occurred in the Original Universe that were enough to shake the Xingkong.

And the most dazzling of these was Luo Feng, who returned from cultivating in a small universe under the Primordial Star Giant Beast Ancestor; in the Primordial Star Battlefield he consecutively slew several Universe Overlords, displaying extraordinarily great power!

However, his brilliant display also provoked the jealousy of the three peak races—the Demon Race, the Insect Race, and the Mechanical Race. With Zhou Yang's brilliance already in the picture, these three groups did not wish to see another peerless genius like Zhou Yang rise again.

Thus, even though the Giant Axe Founder's warning from ten thousand years ago existed, the alliance of the three peak races still decisively launched a series of assassination attempts on Luo Feng!

Not only did they summon a lone Universe Strongest—the Void‑True Demon God—to perform a soul‑eradication on Luo Feng, but after failing they dispatched several Universe Masters to besiege Luo Feng on the Primordial Star!

After enduring multiple targeted assassinations by the three peak race camps, Luo Feng, whose power surged greatly after acquiring the Star Tower, finally fully erupted!

In the end, during the Primordial Star peak battle, Luo Feng used a micro‑universe strike to directly slay nearly six thousand alien Universe Venerables! Subsequently he faced a Universe Master from the Bug Race Alliance head‑on, displaying combat power not weaker than the Universe Master rank!

Thus, the three races' another encirclement operation was once again declared a failure.

And Luo Feng, not long after, also ventured into the Universe Sea; now over a thousand years have passed, "Luo Feng obtained a fragment map of the Qingfeng Realm, and the Giant Axe Founder used it to luckily acquire a Supreme Strongest Treasure Divine Axe within the Qingfeng Realm Inner Domain."

Zhou Yang's gaze flickered slightly, "It seems the emergence of the Duan Dong River inheritance isn't far off. After that inheritance, the Giant Axe will face the peril of the realm beast."

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but in the end he did not dwell on them further.

A thought sparked; the doppelganger in the Original Universe projected a strand of consciousness into the Virtual Universe, then swiftly teleported to the Giant Axe Temple.

In the Virtual Universe—the independent plane where the Giant Axe Temple stands—super‑beings of the Human Race have already gathered.

"Since the Ancestor was suppressed, our Human Race has endured in silence. Today, with the Giant Axe Founder holding a Supreme Strongest Treasure, our Human Race's position in the Original Universe becomes unshakable,"

"I was a bit dazed when I first received the news; only now can I be certain,"

"Since the Ancestor was suppressed, the Demon Race, Insect Race, and Mechanical Race—who never dared to fight us—have constantly tried to crush us, especially the Demon Race! Now that the Giant Axe has a Supreme Strongest Treasure, those two Demon Ancestors probably won't be so brazen,"

On the long table, plates of delicacies and jars of fine wine were presented.

The Giant Axe Founder and the various Human Race Universe Masters sat there, drinking fine wine while speaking freely and exuberantly.

Especially the Giant Axe Founder, who at this moment could truly be described as high‑spirited.

In countless past years his strength was great, yet he never possessed a Supreme Strongest Treasure, causing him to act with reservations and often feel constrained in battle.

Now, not only has he finally obtained a Supreme Strongest Treasure, but it is a 'axe‑type' Supreme Strongest Treasure perfectly suited to him! With this treasure in hand, the Giant Axe Founder's power can certainly reach a new height, and from now on, both he and the entire Human Race can act far more boldly.

The Giant Axe Founder, together with twenty Human Race Universe Masters including Zhou Yang and Luo Feng, sat there, drinking heartily and speaking loudly with great excitement.

Shortly after, Luo Feng, just as in the original work, contributed a fragment of the Traction Silk Map left by the ancient Universe Strongest 'Jie Fanzi' that he obtained in the Qingfeng Realm, further elevating the banquet's atmosphere to a climax.

The banquet lasted a full three days, after which the Universe Masters slowly drifted away, still a little reluctant to leave.

After everyone had departed, Zhou Yang alone sought out the Giant Axe Founder. (End of Chapter)