Beastmaster of the Ages

”He can’t be trying to do that, can he?”

”It isn’t possible! Nobody has ever inherited two sigils, nobody!”

”He’s already done something we thought impossible. Are you afraid to see him try?”

”I am! My expectations will be completely overturned!”

Tianming went to the Pentagram Stele as the crowd chattered. His eyes were filled with resolve to conquer that one as well.

”Heavens, he’s insane!”

”He’s really going to challenge the Pentagram Suishen Stele....”

”How will all the eminents of House Suishen dare to show their faces now, being totally surpassed like that?”

Such a sign was a huge mental blow to the millions of myriadpath saints. It was also a huge shock to eminents of the Three Exalted Houses.

”Isn’t he a little too daring?”

”He already succeeded before, so....”

They all turned and looked at Eminent Ranxing. A few elderly eminents asked him how he saw the matter, to which he replied, ”How do I see it? With my eyes, of course!”

The other eminents could feel the huge blow to Eminent Ranxing, and they fully understood how he felt.

”Forget it. He’s a monster, alright. We have to keep watching and see what other tricks he has. Us old guys just have to sit back and watch sometimes.”

”If he really obtains the legacies of two great Suishen steles, it conclusively proves he has a pure bloodline from Myriadpath Valley. I’ll have to rethink my position on him.”

”It’s far too outrageous and dangerous.”

Their feelings could scarcely be described as mere shock. Soon, Tianming began entirely focusing on the Pentagram Stele, completely aware that many people were watching his performance. The entire valley had been shaken from the news of his former success, and word of his next challenge drove many sub-foundationeer disciples like Suishen Zhao wild. It was a shame that they couldn’t witness it with their own eyes.

”I should ignore the others and just focus on myself!” Tianming stilled his mind. The eminents around the Pentagram Stele had left, leaving him alone there to soak up all the attention.

The Pentagram Stele looked like a gigantic pentagonal star. It shone with a divine radiance that formed a bestial projection from divine celestial patterns of various colors. Tianming wasn’t actually comprehending the intricacies of the patterns; instead, he was just stealing, so having the right mindset and foundation didn’t really apply to him.

He stretched out his hand and closed his eyes. Then he used his Sky Plundering Eye to seek out the vital points of the patterns, grabbing them and pulling them into his body. The first beast projection was easily assimilated.

The crowd erupted into cheers when they saw him so easily assimilating one beast projection. Soon came the second, then the third. The rate only continued increasing as Tianming grew more and more familiar with it.

Unprecedented history repeated itself almost as soon as the previous precedent had been set, and this time it unfolded even faster! Tianming already had experience with the previous stele, so his beasts were fused with him from the beginning this time around.

”I didn’t think practice would make perfect for something like this.” It had been some time since he’d used his Sky Plundering Hand so much, so he had been feeling a little rusty. As time passed, the many saints, reverends, and eminents watched the beasts enter Tianming’s body without slowing down.

In a day, he absorbed more than two thousand, even faster than last time. This time around, there seemed to be no bottleneck to slow him down at all.

”How can someone be able to comprehend two great Suishen Steles with about the same speed?” ”It must mean that he has talent in the orders of both those techniques, and really good talent at that!”

”But he isn’t even a hundred years old! If he’s as powerful as Eminent Ranxing and the others right now, wouldn’t he be able to achieve three folds for each stele instead of just one?”

”He’s far too terrifying.”

”Can he really get two sigils?”

Many people asked the same question. But as time passed, the answer seemed to become more and more certain.

On the third day, Tianming had around seven thousand beast projections in his body. People were beginning to count down, a sign of their confidence in him. Eminent Ranxing and the others’ doubts had been answered. Last time, they hadn’t witnessed it happening, but this time they watched without even blinking.

The twenty-odd eminents were stunned the entire time, with not a single word being exchanged. In a few short days, Tianming had achieved what would have taken them thousands of years. If it weren’t for Tianming’s much lower cultivation level, he wouldn’t just stop at one fold.

”Eminent Ranxing...” said an eminent when the number of beast projections reached around eight thousand.

”Don’t speak!” Eminent Ranxing rebuked.

”Yes, Sir.”

The eminents and reverends of the Three Exalted Houses knew much more about the implications of what they were seeing and were all deathly silent.

The countdown continued intensifying.

”There’s only a thousand left!”

”Insane! Insane!”

”It’s just crazy!”

”Eight hundred!”

Though things had been quiet at the start, people grew more and more certain in Tianming’s chances and were filled with a sense of worship for the miracle unfolding before them.

”This is what peak martial talent looks like!”

”That’s what it truly means to be a member of Myriadpath Valley! Didn’t our ancestors come here to continuously challenge and surpass themselves?”

”He really achieved it!”

”The current generation is truly lucky to have lived to witness a divine miracle like this.”

There were no sides; everyone just marveled at what was happening regardless of affiliation. Even myriadpath saints who were older than five thousand couldn’t hold back their voices and loudly cheered for Tianming.

”Nine thousand eight hundred!”

”Nine thousand nine hundred!”

Countless people loudly counted down with each additional beast projection, completely unworried about disturbing Tianming. They trusted him that much.

”Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety!”

It was time for the final ten. The crowd was at its most excited state, letting out one deafening cheer after another. It was so loud that younger disciples in the lower levels could even hear them. Some eminents that’d arrived a bit later had to get people to move out of the way to see it for themselves.

When the final beast projection entered Tianming’s body, he obtained the stellar sigil and all of Myriadpath Valley went wild.