Beastmaster of the Ages

Suishen Yao hadn’t calculated it before, but now that she did, her eyes began to shine.

”Tianming, are you sure you can beat Yaoyao? Although letting you take first place would indeed help increase your marital assets, it might lead to criticism if Yaoyao holds back,” Eminent Jiguang said.

”Her? To be honest, I’ll easily take her down,” Tianming said.

”Hey, hey, hey! Have you lost your mind?” Suishen Yao, who had been considering the matter of marital assets, suddenly grew angry upon hearing his words.

”We’ll find out how crazy I am at the Fortuna Arena. I want to take first place fair and square,” Tianming said.

”Alright, I’ll satisfy you! Damn it!” Suishen Yao couldn’t hold back any longer. She was determined to teach Tianming a lesson and assert her authority as the wife, while Tianming intended to crush her hopes.

”Alright then, whoever wins will be in charge of this household from now on,” Eminent Jiguang laughed so hard she nearly choked. She liked the pair of quarrelsome lovers.

”Then it’s agreed—whoever loses must submit,” Tianming said.

”I have a condition!” Suishen Yao shouted.

”According to the rules of the Fortuna Ranking, if I challenge you, you’re not allowed to set conditions. But in honor of Auntie, I’ll give you a chance to set one,” Tianming said.

”Since when do you call her Auntie?” Suishen Yao gritted her teeth.

”Do you want to set a condition or not?” Tianming asked.

”Fine!” Suishen Yao’s eyes lit up as she continued, ”If you lose, you have to hand over half of your springwater and merit as family funds....”

Tianming almost spat blood upon hearing that. ”How’d your math arrive at that?”

”Dare to accept? If not, forget it. I won’t force you,” Suishen Yao arrogantly said, rolling her eyes.

”Heh heh, that doesn’t scare me. But what if you lose?” Tianming asked.

”Then I’ll hand over half of my springwater and merit!” Suishen Yao replied.

Tianming laughed and said, ”Do I look like I need charity?”

”Hey, are you looking down on me?” Suishen Yao said, feeling displeased.

”I’m not looking down on you, but the bet’s unfair to me. You need to come up with something equal,” Tianming said.

”Like turning our fake marriage into a real one and giving Tianming a baby,” Eminent Jiguang teased from the side.

”Auntie!” Suishen Yao’s face turned bright red and she stomped her foot.

Before Tianming could say anything, she refused, saying, ”No way, that isn’t a good deal. I’m still a baby myself and don’t want to have a baby. If anyone’s going to have one, Auntie should do it. She’s more suited for childbearing—”

”Hey, hey, Little Yaoyao, why are you dragging me into this?” Eminent Jiguang interrupted, laughing and crying at the same time.

Tianming listened in awe, thinking that this cheeky wife of his really had a wild imagination.

After saying that, Suishen Yao felt a bit unsatisfied. She thought for a moment, then said, ”Alright, how about this: if you win, I’ll allow you to cultivate with Auntie using the Soulblend Formation.”

”What?” Tianming was stunned.

”Yaoyao....” Eminent Jiguang was also taken aback.

”Auntie, didn’t you say last time that he might be of great help to you, possibly helping you overcome the hurdle you’re facing? After thinking it over, I realized that it’s actually quite important,” Suishen Yao said seriously.

”This... it doesn’t seem right. I’m worried that if something like last time happens again, it won’t just be one dad wanting to kill me,” Tianming awkwardly said. Eminent Ranxing still hadn’t calmed down. If another old patriarch came after him, Tianming would be torn to pieces.

”That won’t happen. I’m different from Yaoyao and can control the pace. If any changes occur, I’ll immediately stop. I just didn’t have time to react last time as it was too sudden.... However, as it turned out, not stopping led to a good outcome for you two,” Eminent Jiguang said.

”Is that so?” Tianming was still a bit confused.

”Just think of it as doing me a favor! My aunt is only one step away. If she succeeds, her influence will soar, which will benefit you as well. She’s incredibly powerful, you can’t go wrong with her,” Suishen Yao said, narrowing her eyes and gritting her teeth. ”Little Li, don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking. Don’t pretend to be unwilling, my aunt is so beautiful!”

Tianming could only say that his cheeky wife was truly remarkable. ”If it’s to help, I won’t refuse!” he coughed.

”You’re secretly happy, aren’t you? You dirty-minded man, you’re thinking with your second head,” Suishen Yao teased.

”I’m just repaying Auntie for her great kindness to me. Don’t get any weird ideas.”

“Sure you are.”

In any case, the battle was now set, and it seemed like the motivation had increased a bit. Since everything was settled, Tianming didn’t waste any time. The ”young couple” headed straight to the Ascension Colosseum.

When Suishen Zhao and the others heard about it, they were all very excited.

”What? Domestic violence? I love this plot!” Suishen Zhao rushed over.

”What kind of lousy brother are you? Yaoyao’s treated you so well all these years, and now you want to see her get beaten up,” Suishen Shuang said, laughing and crying.

”So well? She’s beat me up at least a thousand times in the past hundred years. When I was a kid, she even hung me up and spanked me!” Suishen Zhao complained.

Suishen Shuang was speechless.

If Suishen Zhao was so excited, imagine how the others in Myriadpath Valley felt.

House Yumo had organized a second, and even third search over the past five years, but since the first attempt had failed and the Myriadpath Celestial Formation wasted a lot of time, the number of participants in the subsequent searches had decreased by more than half. Yin Chen had been keeping an eye on the Myriadpath Celestial Formation, and so far, no one had gone to Intrepidus or Skydome. So most cultivators were still in Myriadpath Valley.

If they heard the news, they would definitely want to see the final battle of Tianming, the black ring disciple, as he ascended to the top! However, he didn’t want too many people watching him fight his ‘wife’—and Suishen Yao was also a bit afraid of losing face—so the two of them agreed not to publicize it. They went straight to the Fortuna Arena and started their battle!

At that time, there were only a few people in the Ascension Colosseum.

Suishen Yao wielded her mid-fortuna-class artifact, the Kilostar Pearls, and summoned her totems, the flaregod starsouls. Ten swords circled around her, sword ki violently surging!

Her pink totems were of the Greatsun Suishen Stele’s system, and her fierce personality was actually related to her totems and bloodline.

Eminent Jiguang’s aurora nymphs, on the other hand, were much gentler.

Suishen Yao’s fighting style was grand and aggressive, with a sharpness to it. However, amidst the fierceness, her sword techniques had delicate and nimble qualities that made her difficult to deal with.