Beastmaster of the Ages

”You’ve heard of it? Your knowledge is pretty good. Many people in Myriadpath Valley haven’t!”

Li Fan paused, then continued, ”Chaotic power is the opposite of nova source. Legend has it that it’s a mirror image of our world. We have order, which is our cultivation system and the rules of our world, while that world... is chaotic, without rules!

”I wonder what the people in that world are like? Some people have been to the Welkin Plane before. They said that the Realm of Chaos also has a vast ocean of stars, but if it’s chaotic, how can stars form an ocean? I don’t understand!” Li Fan had recently been chatting more with Tianming, talking about anything and everything.

”No rules?” Tianming thought of his chaos worldbangle and Comma Girl. She had talked about guarding something for a hundred thousand years, as well as grandparents, elder brothers, and so on.

Li Muyang had also said not to go to the Realm of Chaos unless it became absolutely necessary.

”Well, let’s save the lives of the inhabitants of the Sun and Ebonia first! And Sixth, Qingyu, and Little Feng.” That was what mattered now.

”Oh right, Ling’er!” Above the Xenoabyss was the Ordered Sea. Tianming could see the Upper Star Ruins even above Myriadpath Valley, but what about here? He looked up and saw a gold, crystalline star right below the Ordered Sea.

”What kind of place is the Upper Star Ruins that allows me to see her anytime?” It was so strange; only Tianming could see her.

”It’s possible that you’re just delusional,” Ying Huo sneered.

Tianming’s gaze touched that golden crystal star and Feiling seemed to sense him. Hold on, Ling’er... he silently prayed in his heart.

”Oh right.” He heavily patted Li Fan’s shoulder, startling the specter.

”What’s wrong?” Li Fan asked.

”I came in through the stareye, so I don’t need to be tied up, right?” Tianming looked down and, obviously, there was no interdimensional line and no one pulling him. The one pulling him was gone.

”Of course not. Coming in through the stareye is truly coming in. It’s more convenient to move around that way, while coming in through the interdimensional and coordinates is said to be a strange intrusion. I don’t really understand it. Anyway, you can just treat the Xenoabyss as an external mundus,” Li Fan said.

”So, if I encounter danger, I can’t retreat through the line?”

”Of course not.” Li Fan nodded, then said, ”Of course, there’s also benefits. You have the myriadpath ring and thus the identity of a Myriadpath Valley disciple. We’re different from the small fry of other mundi when dealing with these Xenoabyss clans, and everything can be negotiated with them.”

”Got it.” Tianming wasn’t in the Ninth District now. He could swagger around the capital, and those Xenoabyss races who were used to living with bodies hundreds, or even thousands of meters tall would be quite polite when they saw the ring on his hand.

”I wonder if Zi Zhen’s still in the Ninth District?” As soon as Tianming came in, all the Yin Chens in the capital woke up, then spread out and started working.

Tianming no longer had to hide with his new identity. Before, it was Li Fan who had issued the bounty for him in the New Shrine. But now Li Fan was beside him, so the bounty had naturally been rescinded. Of course, he still didn’t mess around or randomly wander around.

He waited near the stareye relay for news from Yin Chen. ”Any news about the Oldgod Domain?” he asked.

”No. Everyone... thinks it’s... just a... legend. No... one knows... where it... really is,” Yin Chen said.

”The Xenoabyss clans are very ignorant. Perhaps only the high-level antiquiteans know,” Li Fan said.

”Yeah!” Unfortunately, Tianming didn’t have enough status to contact the high-levels antiquiteans yet.

He released more Yin Chens. The nine hundred billion merged Yin Chens were gone, but the trillion Yin Chens for reconnaissance could be subdivided into tens of quadrillions, or even hundreds of quadrillions in Antiquitas Mortis. It was truly endless.

”Let’s fill the capital first before we talk. There are no formations here, so Yin Chen can even invade the Imperial Palace.” The capital was just too big. Without astralships, it took a long time for Yin Chen to move. Fortunately, this time Tianming wasn’t in a hurry.

Three months later, Yin Chen had spread out a bit more in the capital. It told Tianming that, because someone could solve the xeno fatigue, many people had come to the capital, making the entire place fall into chaos.

Many people, upon hearing that order fragments were useful, had personally brought them in.

The more order fragments there were, the more people there were to rob. Besides the Ninth District that was sealed off, other places often erupted with robbery, killings, and other incidents. Most of those who brought the order fragments didn’t see the ‘Godly Doctor’ before losing their lives. Tianming couldn’t do anything to save people; he wouldn’t risk his life to save them.

”Pay attention and see if there are any suitable people we can get order fragments from without exposing myself or affecting Zi Zhen,” Tianming said.

”At least... grade five?” Yin Chen asked.

”Yes! Only grade-five order fragments will be useful to me!” Tianming said.

”Got it.”

There weren’t many people with grade-five or -six order fragments that Tianming could suppress without revealing himself. Those with such order fragments were either strong themselves or were accompanied by strong family members.

It required Yin Chen to screen thousands upon thousands of people.

”Any news about Zi Zhen?”

”Not yet.”

Tianming continued waiting. He hadn’t had time before, but this time he completely spread Yin Chen throughout the entire capital.

Another three months passed and he still hadn’t heard news of Zi Zhen.

But fortunately, the antiquiteans were still searching the Ninth District inch by inch, sealing off everywhere and even releasing various messages to lure her. That meant they hadn’t found her yet, either.

”She’s pretty good, hiding so well....” But Tianming was still uneasy not seeing her. What if other forces capture her? He needed a response! Half a year in, he had almost given up.

But what he didn’t expect was that she appeared on that day. As Yin Chen was moving and spreading out, covering more and more areas, she should have noticed.

”Found her,” Yin Chen said.

”Take me to her!” Tianming hurriedly said.

”Looking for... a suitable... meeting place.” Once it found one, it would bring Tianming there.

”Shall I come?” Li Fan asked.

”No need. Wait for me here.” Thinking that Zi Zhen might not want to see outsiders, Tianming decided not to bring him.