Pangu tried to look around for his old axe, but it had disappeared. It had likely broken after shouldering the burden of Pangu's last attack.
Pangu shrugged and inwardly hoped that the new axe in front of him was better.
He bent over and picked up the axe. It was a lot heavier than his last axe, but that was to be expected due to its size.
Although he didn't know much about weapon forging, Pangu had a feeling that this axe was much better than his old one.
In order to test it out, Pangu ran his finger over the sharp part of the axe.
In an instant, it broke through his skin and a drop of blood fell onto the axe. After coming in contact with the blood, the axe began to emit a green glow.
Pangu was nearly blinded for a moment, but the axe's glow quickly calmed down.
Immediately, Pangu could feel a connection with the axe. It was as if it was a part of him.
After swinging the axe a few times inside the cave, Pangu nodded. It was many times better than his old axe. As expected from such a mystical trial.
After getting used to his axe, Pangu bent over and picked up the pamphlet. As he lifted it off the ground, he saw a ring under it.
Pangu had never seen such a thing, but he picked it up and wore it before going through the pamphlet.
On one side, there was a picture of a green axe on the top half and a picture of the ring he had picked up on the bottom half.
Underneath those pictures were explanations of what the axe and the ring were.
The pamphlet stated that the axe was a growth weapon, something that would grow stronger as Pangu did. All it needed was a drop of blood, which it had coincidentally got.
The pamphlet even stated that, if Pangu willed it, the axe would grow in size as he did.
Pangu once again nodded his head as he realized how good the axe actually was.
Below the picture of the ring, there was an explanation that shocked him more than the axe.
Apparently, the ring was called a spatial ring. It contained a separate space that could be used to store anything that wasn't living. Any item that could be put inside would need to be light enough to be lifted by Pangu.
Pangu felt more excited about the ring than the axe, although the axe could easily be considered a greater reward.
Just as Pangu was about to leave the cave, he remembered that he saw some words on the other side of the pamphlet and flipped it over.
On the top of the pamphlet was a picture of a spider-like creature with yellow eyes covering its entire body.
As Pangu read it, he learned that it was named, "The All".
Apparently, it was a beast that currently only existed at the foundation establishment realm, causing its abilities to be severely limited.
According to the pamphlet, at a level that it could display its full power, it could slow down and speed up time by many more times than it had shown in the trial.
Its speed up ability would only work on its own body, but it could release a domain of time that slowed down anything, including itself.
There was also one more ability, and just reading about it was enough to terrify Pangu.
Once it reached an extremely high cultivation realm, it would be able to see parts of the near future. Due to the future never being set in stone, it would see thousands of possible futures, allowing it to make the best move, even if it can only see a few seconds into the future.
As he learned about the ability, Pangu also learned a bit of how time worked.
'It seems that there is no such thing as a single, set in stone future, and any action could create a new future. While the all's ability sure sounds overpowered, it cannot be considered unstoppable.' Pangu thought.
In other words, the future was a nearly pointless concept to consider. It would take someone incredibly powerful to actually see a true future, if there even was such a thing.
As for the idea of time travel, such a thing was ridiculous.
Zhou Fan had thought of it, and if he was right, one would need the power to create an entirely new existence in order to do such a thing.
Going back in time was simply impossible.
After finishing the pamphlet, Pangu sighed. It seemed he was right to guess that there was a wider universe.
He was only glad that the all was likely to be some powerful beings experiment. That was what he was able to guess from the words.
If such beings were able to freely run rampant and reproduce, nobody would stand a chance.
Now finished with his trip, Pangu stuffed the pamphlet and his axe in his spatial ring and walked back to the fiendcelestial village.
The journey was short and the mountain climb was treacherous, and Pangu got home safely.
Without making any pit stops, he entered the house and began to cultivate.
After 5 weeks, he reached the sixth level. After 6 weeks, he reached the seventh level.
After six months, he reached the tenth level of the foundation establishment realm.
As soon as he did, he walked towards Dave's house. He kept the axe in his spatial ring as he knew Dave would fight with his fists.
Pangu stopped in front of Dave's door and banged on it with his fists. His fists rang after that, but he ignored the pain and stepped back.
"Took you long enough. I broke through yesterday and was expecting you to already come." Dave said as he walked through his door.
Although he spoke calmly, fire Qi was already covering his fists.
Pangu and Dave ran towards each other, Pangu jumping in the air and coming down with force as Dave let out a punch.