Chapter 1087: The True Identity of Huang Long

“Good!” Huang Long nodded indifferently.
Having a Hunyuan Sage as a servant wasn’t bad either.
Upon hearing Huang Long’s agreement, the Confucian Sage’s anxious heart finally settled.
Although the Hunyuan Sage was not dead, that was before the World Tree appeared. Now that the World Tree existed, everything had changed.
Though the World Tree had not yet regained its former strength, the Confucian Sage knew it was only a matter of time.
Immediately, the Confucian Sage swore in the name of the Heavenly Dao before Huang Long, pledging allegiance to him. Then, with the help of the World Tree, restrictions were placed within him.
From then on, the Confucian Sage no longer harbored any hopes of luck and could only submit completely to Huang Long.
Standing behind Huang Long, the Confucian Sage wore a respectful expression.
After subduing the Confucian Sage, Huang Long turned to look at the spirit of the Creation Axe.
“Your name is Huang Long?” the spirit of the Creation Axe spoke.
Huang Long nodded.
The spirit of the Creation Axe glanced at the Chaos Bell on Huang Long’s head, hesitating to speak.
“Hehe, Creation, what’s on your mind? Do you think I don’t know?” At that moment, the World Tree flew out of Huang Long’s sea of souls and stood atop the clouds above his head.
The entire alternate space was filled with the World Tree’s green and golden light.
An aura of divine power enveloped everything around.
The Confucian Sage stared at the World Tree in fear.
The Creation Axe, on the other hand, snorted coldly at it.
“Do you want the Chaos Bell to be your true form?” The World Tree directly revealed the Creation Axe’s intention, then added, “But it’s not impossible!”
Both Huang Long and the Creation Axe were stunned.
However, Huang Long said nothing—there must be a reason for the World Tree to say so.
“If you want the Chaos Bell as your true form, fine. Then be its spirit!” the World Tree continued.
“What? World Tree, you bastard!” As soon as the World Tree spoke, the Creation Axe erupted in fury, roaring as its blade glowed intensely. Giant cracks appeared in space around it.
Become its spirit?!
That meant the spirit of the Creation Axe would merge with the spirit of the Chaos Bell to become its sole spirit, thus falling under Huang Long’s control! In the Creation Axe’s view, this was no different from the Confucian Sage swearing to be Huang Long’s servant.
No wonder it was so enraged.
But as the Creation Axe’s light intensified, the World Tree’s light also flared brightly. Green and golden lights clashed and collided with each other, creating a standoff.
“What? Creation, do you want to fight?!” the World Tree sneered, its voice echoing through the heavens and earth.
The Creation Axe’s light paused momentarily.

Obviously, with his current strength, he is no match for Huang Long or the World Tree.
“If it weren’t for us, you would have fallen into the hands of Wu Tian and his two companions long ago!” the World Tree continued. “Your fate would be even worse than becoming the spirit vessel of the Chaos Bell!”
The Heaven-Opening Divine Axe remained silent.
After all, what the World Tree said was true. If Huang Long hadn’t come just now, he would have already fallen into Wu Tian’s grasp, and his fate could be easily imagined.
“If you don’t want to become the spirit vessel of the Chaos Bell, that’s fine,” the World Tree said coldly. “We won’t force you. But since Wu Tian and his companions can find you, more Holy Ones of Hunyuan will eventually find you as well. Without a physical body, your fate will be the same sooner or later!”
The Heaven-Opening Divine Axe snorted coldly but didn’t speak in protest.
As the World Tree said, without a physical body, he would eventually be captured, sealed, and refined by the Holy Ones.
It wasn’t easy for the spirit vessels of sacred artifacts to find a suitable physical body, as not everything was suitable for such roles.
Otherwise, the spirit vessel of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe wouldn’t have remained in that form for so many eras.
“And following Huang Long isn’t a disgrace to your status!” the World Tree said, changing tone. “In the future, Huang Long will surely comprehend the Cosmic Heavenly Dao and achieve the state of nothingness!”
If someone else had said this, the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe would have laughed heartily, but coming from the World Tree, it was different.
Who was the World Tree? The one who once controlled the Heavenly Dao—the only being at the level of Hunyuan Nothingness since the birth of the universe.
Moreover, now that Huang Long had merged with the World Tree, with its help, he might indeed achieve the state of nothingness!
“When Huang Long attains nothingness, he will surely help you regain your former strength!” the World Tree continued. “And do you think Huang Long’s identity is that simple?”
The World Tree stopped speaking here.
Huang Long was puzzled. Did his identity really not seem simple? Besides being a minor dragon god of the Pangu Dragon Clan, did he have other identities?
For so many years, Huang Long had wondered why the World Tree had chosen him out of all the countless beings in the universe. After all, he was just a minor dragon god of the Pangu Dragon Clan.
But now, with what the World Tree said, everything made sense.
“The secrets of the heavens cannot be revealed. In the future, when you achieve the state of nothingness and reach the level of Hunyuan Nothingness, you will understand your true identity!” the World Tree said, knowing of Huang Long’s doubts.
Secrets of the heavens cannot be revealed?!
Huang Long was silent.

Upon hearing the World Tree’s words, the Celestial Axe’s blade emitted flickering light, clearly also considering the World Tree’s “proposal.”
“How about it?” the World Tree asked.
However, the Celestial Axe did not reply, still hesitating. After all, this matter affected its future fate.
“Hey, since that’s the case, we won’t force you, Yellow Dragon. Let’s go!” the World Tree said coldly upon seeing this.
Yellow Dragon nodded, and the World Tree retracted itself before taking to the air to leave.
“Wait!” Just as Yellow Dragon was about to leave, the Celestial Axe suddenly spoke, “Alright, I agree!” With that, the Celestial Axe paused and added, “But I have one condition—I must take control of the Chaos Bell!”
Taking control of the Chaos Bell meant that the Celestial Axe would become its spirit vessel, causing the original spirit vessel, the Bell Emperor, to disappear or merge into the Celestial Axe, becoming one with it—thus, the Celestial Axe would be all that remained.
“Agreed!” Yellow Dragon replied after a brief pause.
Yellow Dragon had already refined the Chaos Bell, and as long as he maintained a mental connection to it, whether the Celestial Axe controlled it or not had no impact on him.
At that moment, Yellow Dragon offered the Chaos Bell.
Then, the spirit of the Celestial Axe soared up and entered the Chaos Bell, using secret techniques to merge with its original spirit, the Bell Emperor.
As the spirit of the Celestial Axe merged with the Bell Emperor, immense power emanated from the Chaos Bell, causing it to undergo drastic changes.
At first, this power consisted of both the Chaos Bell’s strength and the Celestial Axe’s power. But gradually, the Celestial Axe’s power overshadowed that of the Chaos Bell, until eventually, only the power of the Celestial Axe remained.