Beastmaster of the Ages

Strong astral winds blew past their ears. The astral battleship slowed down and cruised toward some shining mountains. There was rain here, but it didn’t rain fire like it did on Orderia. Instead, it looked like meteor showers were almost constantly landing across the entire world.

Schools of fish and sea creatures could be seen in the clear and glowing oceans beneath them, glowing from the nova source they absorbed. As the ship crossed the ocean, it streaked waves across its surface. Ahead of them was a large landmass of immeasurable width, but only one city was constructed on it. In fact, the city spanned a myriad miles, constantly basking in starlight. It was none other than Myriadmile City.

The seemingly boundless city occupied the entire continent. It was at least ten times wider in area than the Myriaddragon Mountains, which showed how much more impressive the Violetcloud Imperium was compared to the Xuanyuan Dragon Sect. They also had half a billion troops, all of whom were fifth-level constelliers and above, being on the same level as the celestial orderians. Their faction occupied half of the star, including the Mystgod Pavilion and many other smaller subordinate sects that came under their protection for tribute. Needless to say, Myriadmile City was among the most prosperous places on the Violetglory Star, being located at its south pole. The capital of the Divineglory Dynasty, on the other hand, was situated opposite, at the north pole. Like the sun, the two main factions of this nova source world were on different poles.

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Tianming was utterly shocked by the beauty of the city.

”It looks like the cultivators here love beauty as much as cultivation itself.” Qingyu had spent much time in the celestial orderian heartland before, so she knew the difference. Most of the celestial orderian territory was covered in flames. The Ninemoon Palace and Moonfang Sea, where she had stayed, were the quietest places on the entire sun.

”I like this place!” Feiling, now looking like she was in her mid teens, had shed her childish appearance and was growing into a charming woman. While her face was still smooth and tender, she was starting to develop more womanly charms. Notably, her figure had turned even more curvy compared to her former self, though Tianming would like to claim credit for it.

As they continued taking in the beauty of the city, the ship left the waters once more and soared higher. As they passed the many buildings of the shining city, they felt like each tile of their roofs seemed to glow. What surprised him was how the countless people on the streets seemed to know about their arrival. The streets were filled with oceans of people, all of them curious about Tianming’s arrival. His real name had proven far more impressive than his pseudonym, ‘Lin Feng’, and only someone magnificent would be worthy of such a name. As such, hype had begun building around him even more since its revelation. Loud cheers sounded out in waves the moment the ship arrived. Tianming was almost deafened by the sound of his own name.

”They’re too passionate!” he said.

”It’s only fitting for someone like you, a nonabane genius! Nobody has ever had so much potential!” Gong Xiong said.

Tianming didn’t dare to tell him that his sister was also a nonabane; he wanted to let Lingfeng and the rest live a more modest life here. Otherwise, things would be unpredictable with Ye Chen in the picture. All the Violetcloud Imperium needed was to even things out with Tianming, not to gain a huge edge over the Divineglory Dynasty, thus striking a fine power balance to reduce the risk of conflict.

The ship flew past the crowd like it was under close inspection, with countless curious gazes aimed their way. Tianming felt a little embarrassed from all the attention as he smiled and waved. ”Hey everyone....” It was really awkward.

”You must defeat Ye Chen!” many cried. It seemed like the presence of Ye Chen had applied quite a lot of pressure on the subjects of the imperium. Just like that, Tianming was brought to the center of the city where a pillar of violet nova source was bursting out in a similar fashion to the Voidsky Flame Pillar. However, there was a divine astralship above the pillar that diffused and spread the nova source across the city in much the same manner as the Divine Sun Palace. It also served as the palace of the sovereign.

”Tianming, the imperium has decided to give you Violetpeak, the place that’s closest to the sovereign and the best place for cultivation in all of the imperium,” Gong Xiong said after he received a transmission stone.

”Please thank the sovereign for me,” Tianming said.

”No need. The sovereign will see you after you rest for a day. I’ll take you to the Kilostar Capital tomorrow.” Kilostar Capital was also the name of the divine astralship of the Violetcloud Imperium. Tianming could see it hanging in the sky, located right in the center of Myriadmile City. It was shaped like a tower that had a thousand stars embedded into it, each of them containing a lot of nova source. At the center of the tower was a violet miniaturized nova source. Though as impressive as it was, the Divine Sun Palace was possibly more powerful than the Kilostar Capital, as it had one extra miniaturized nova source.

”Alright, then I’ll thank the sovereign in person.” At this point, there was no avoiding such a meeting. The sovereign had proclaimed a desire to make Tianming the number two figure of the Violetcloud Imperium, whereas Ye Chen was merely a servant of the Divineglory Dynasty. He was called Sovereign Starfeather and was a little bit older than the sovereign of the Divineglory Dynasty.

As they spoke, they reached Violetpeak, which was right next to the thousand-starred tower. It was a huge complex of beautiful castles and had more than enough area. There was plenty of space for even tens of Lan Huangs to run around as they pleased.

Gong Xiong handed him a transmission stone and said, ”Seek me out if you need anything. I’ll be at your beck and call. Settle in and make yourself comfortable. Violetpeak will be your home from now on, while I, on the other hand, shall go see my dear wife. We haven’t met in quite a while, so goodbye!” He left with a loud laugh. Everyone knew why he was in such a rush.

”Our new home, eh?” Tianming’s eyes glazed over as he looked at the dreamlike castle. Thus far, he felt like a card being used to counter the Divineglory Dynasty’s rising star, so would he really come to call this place home? Sometimes he still felt like Flamehaven or the Grand-Orient Sect were his real homes; however, he’d had bad experiences in Flamehaven. It was only home to him because his mother was there.

”It doesn’t matter where I am. Home is wherever my family lives.” He turned to the four companions who had traveled along with him and looked at the lifebound beasts in his lifebound space before those thoughts faded away. ”As new as this home of ours is, what’s important is that we’re all together.”

”Alright! Enough wishy-washy words!” Ying Huo flew over his head and right into Violetpeak in a rush of excitement. ”Woohoo!”

Lan Huang, Meow Meow, and Xian Xian swiftly followed. Yin Chen also swarmed and spread out into the surroundings.

”Big Brother, stop waiting and come in!” said a beautiful girl in a blue miniskirt from down below.

”I’m coming!” He had just arrived on a new battlefield, but this time he was filled with confidence. ”Let’s go!”

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Violetpeak was far too big, and they could stay anywhere they wanted. Their lifebound beasts, Lingfeng’s Soulfiend included, all had a proper place to rest and play. As they settled down, the first thing Tianming had to do was spread four million Yin Chens around. They turned into forty million invisible cockroaches and spread throughout Myriadmile City. It could infiltrate anywhere that wasn’t protected by a top-grade defense formation.

”Bathing! Bathing!” The countless cockroaches charged ahead.

”The Violetcloud Imperium needs me, but I need them, too. The Xuanyuan Dragon Sect didn’t have good ore veins, caeli imperius, or divine hazard sword ki, but there’s all of that here. I won’t have to hold back, either!”

The first bit of information he received from Yin Chen was about his security detail. There were around a hundred top elites constantly protecting him since the moment he had arrived; they blended in with the darkness. Each of them was more powerful than a member of the Sunscorch Guard and they were hard to detect. Only Yin Chen was able to spot them with its surveillance abilities.

”Looks like the Violetcloud Imperium really values me highly. I believe these guardians are probably the direct subordinates of Sovereign Starfeather.” Before a day had even passed, a lot of information flooded toward Tianming. There were tens of millions of people in his welcome parade, and all of them were discussing his arrival even now. Most of them were comparing him to Ye Chen. At the very least, they all had favorable impressions of Tianming.

”When I see Sovereign Starfeather, I’ll request divine ores and universal manna. You guys will be able to evolve then!”

”Long live Little Li! Xian Xian wants meat!”

It seemed like he was in the prime of his life. To the two main factions of the Violetglory Star, Tianming and Ye Chen were already beyond the level of genius. Thus, their growth was of the utmost priority.