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Chapter 820: Chapter 812: Celestial Mandate Person

The black-clad youth came before the Heaven-Splitting Axe, looking at the ancient axe that had weathered countless millennia. He smiled with a radiant exuberance.

“Hey, kid, where are you from? Do you also wish to challenge the ancient inheritance?”

An elderly voice echoed. The black-clad youth turned his head upon hearing it and smiled brightly, saying, “My name is Su Ling. I just joined the Supreme Sect, and I believe I am qualified to receive the world’s greatest opportunity!”

Hearing this, the surrounding old cultivators opened their eyes, their expressions varied. Some were disdainful, others amused, some expectant, and others displeased.

After responding to the old cultivator, Su Ling shifted his gaze to the Heaven-Splitting Axe, his eyes full of passion. He reached out directly and grasped the axe handle.

Heavy!

This was Su Ling’s first impression.

At sixteen, he had already reached the Core Formation Realm. Among the new disciples of the Supreme Sect, his talent was considered outstanding, especially since he was not born into a cultivation family.

Although the Heaven-Splitting Axe was very heavy, Su Ling felt a mysterious power in the dark assisting him in lifting the axe. The sense of weight was rapidly diminishing.

Indeed!

The Heaven-Splitting Axe has been inherited for so many years without anyone succeeding. It clearly tests not cultivation level but fuyuan!

Su Ling always believed he had deep fuyuan. When he was young, a calamity struck his entire village, yet he survived. He always felt grateful to the heavens, carrying a thankful heart from a young age. He had a fervent spirit, always ready to help those in need, earning a reputation for chivalry while young. It was this chivalry that drew the attention of the Supreme Sect’s cultivators. After an entry test, he turned out to have extraordinary talent.

He felt his good fortune and talent had special significance, with a grand mission awaiting him.

Gaining the Heaven-Splitting Axe’s inheritance would assist him in completing this great mission.

“If there is celestial mandate in the mystery, let it help me lift it!”

Su Ling looked down at the Heaven-Splitting Axe, shouting in his heart.

He exerted his strength, moving his left foot sideways, his form full of power. He did not stop, his eyes resolute.

The Heaven-Splitting Axe started to shake!

Although the movement was slight, it caused the hundreds of cultivators at the Heaven-Repairing Platform to open their eyes, all turning their heads to look at him.

The Heaven-Splitting Axe trembled more violently, prompting the cultivators to stand up one after another.

“How is it possible!”

“Could he truly be the legendary Celestial Mandate person?”

“He’s only at the Core Formation Realm. How can he budge the Heaven-Splitting Axe?”

“I’ve heard from my ancestor that even the legendary Divine Thought True Immortal couldn’t lift the Heaven-Splitting Axe. Perhaps it’s not cultivation level being tested after all.”

“For someone so young to reach Core Formation is already first-rate talent. If his cultivation years are only a few, it is unfathomable. Maybe that’s why the Heaven-Splitting Axe chooses him.”

The cultivators began to excitedly discuss. If this youth truly obtains the inheritance of the Heaven-Splitting Axe, the Supreme Sect would soar to new heights.

To them, the Supporting Dao Sword Venerable seemed too distant, but the Heaven-Splitting Axe was real!

Su Ling was not thinking about that much. He concentrated all his attention on the Heaven-Splitting Axe, putting in all his effort, but he still couldn’t lift it completely.

Just a little bit more!

Su Ling thought through gritted teeth. In merely a few dozen breaths, he had exhausted all his qi power.

But he didn’t want to give up!

The ensuing time felt endlessly long and agonizing for Su Ling, but he refused to quit.

Finally, the Heaven-Splitting Axe began to rise, causing the hundreds of cultivators watching to hold their breath, not daring to exhale.

Su Ling hadn’t noticed this scene. He only wanted to persevere.

As the Heaven-Splitting Axe continued to ascend, strands of spiritual energy rose from the earth’s crevices, increasingly forming surging winds, blowing Su Ling’s black clothes.

Boom!

Su Ling only felt a white light erupt from beneath the Heaven-Splitting Axe, rushing fiercely toward him, turning his vision completely white, his consciousness following into a daze.

It felt as if he had a brief dream, quickly awakening.

He found himself standing on a mountainous terrain, surrounded by rolling green hills, with a broad view that made him feel relaxed, clearing away his inner confusion.

“Kid, catch!”

A voice suddenly sounded in his ear, immediately followed by the sound of something slicing through the air. His pupils shrank abruptly, and he turned instinctively, raising a hand to catch.

The Heaven-Splitting Axe landed in his hand, pressing him backward with its immense power as his boots kicked up twin trails of dust.

With this catch, Su Ling was completely awake, as if returning to the real world.

Once he steadied himself, his right hand was still trembling, almost dropping the axe. He looked up, seeing a figure standing on the peak of a mountain in front.

The figure leapt, like a bird taking flight, swiftly landing before him.

What a handsome man!

Since arriving at the Supreme Sect, Su Ling had seen many Immortal Masters, yet this was his first time seeing a man as handsome and full of immortal aura as Gu An.

“Four thousand two hundred million years, finally waiting for someone fated.”

Gu An looked at Su Ling, laughed, and said.

Su Ling cautiously asked, “Who are you? Where am I?”

Having just embarked on the path of immortal cultivation, he understood little, unable to distinguish reality from the Illusion Realm.

Gu An’s mention of four thousand two hundred million years directly stunned him, making him lose his usual judgment.

Gu An smiled and said, “Who I am doesn’t matter, what matters is that you have passed the test of the Heaven-Splitting Axe. Now, I will teach you the secret skill hidden within it. Are you ready? Once you learn it, you can return. This is not a dream. This is your opportunity.”

Su Ling calmed down. He gripped the Heaven-Splitting Axe and lifted it slightly, saying, “I’m ready!”

Gu An raised his right hand, forming an axe, then began teaching Su Ling the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe, move by move.

The Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe is divided into nine forms: Life Breaking, Demon Breaking, Ghost Breaking, Mountain Breaking, Broken Sea, Breaking Technique, Immortal Breaking, God Breaking, Heaven-Splitting.

This axe technique was once the supreme inheritance of the Tai Cang Continent, capable of sweeping the world.

With high comprehension and Gu An’s Dao Intent, Su Ling quickly memorized the nine forms of the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe.

After roughly learning it, Su Ling’s expression showed hesitance. He occasionally glanced at the Heaven-Splitting Axe in his hand, then at Gu An, wanting to say something but stopping.

Gu An asked with a smile, “Are you disappointed?”

Su Ling nodded and said, “It seems the power is not much different from the swordsmanship my master taught me.”

“Indeed, I have modified it. Do you wish to learn the new Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe?”

Gu An looked at Su Ling, his smile unchanged, warm like a spring breeze.

Su Ling quickly replied, “Of course I want to. This is the Supreme Sect’s ancient inheritance. If it’s not more powerful than my master’s swordsmanship, it would be embarrassing, not just for me but for the whole Supreme Sect!”

He had already thought it through. Gu An must either be the Artifact Spirit of the Heaven-Splitting Axe or the legendary Supporting Dao Sword Venerable.

Either way, there must be a deep connection with the Supreme Sect.

Gu An nodded with a smile, then raised a hand pointing toward Su Ling.

Su Ling’s eyes widened, his whole body frozen in place, as images of a figure wielding an axe appeared in his eyes.

Gu An watched him, murmuring to himself, “Choosing him might also be a good choice.”

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