Beastmaster of the Ages

Seven women were in the group that surrounded Qitian Muchen. They smiled and giggled and gave him their full attention and gazes. Some were bashful, while others were sexy and daring. Qitian Muchen, on the other hand, welcomed their advances with a smile and even told a joke or two. Needless to say, all the girls laughed.

Among them were names like Liu Xinyi, Qi Xishuang, and Pu Zitong, all of whom received quite a bit of attention from Myriadpath Valley. They were princesses from august houses, and, being prospective eminents, they were far more than what Huang Daosheng could ever aspire to be.

However, their status didn’t matter much before a scion of the Three Exalted Houses. As such, they exerted their wiles on the son of the valley lord while they had the chance. Even if it didn’t necessarily result in a relationship, it would never hurt to get familiar with the valley lord’s son in any capacity.

Having grown up in Myriadpath Valley, they naturally knew of Qitian Muchen’s proclivities. He was quite a casanova and he’d had quite a few fun romantic episodes. Even though he would never actually marry someone from outside House Qitian, he wouldn’t refuse anyone that made advances on him as long as they looked good and carried themselves well.

The women were quite a bit older than Qitian Muchen, with some already being married as well. Their husbands were also elites in Myriadpath Valley, but the women themselves seemed to flirt without holding anything back. In fact, even if their husbands were cuckolded by the son of the valley lord, it would be considered an honor in Myriadpath Valley!

Tianming stared at them from the stareye as Qitian Muchen continued chatting with the women.

”What?” Tianming heard something from Yin Chen that was so ridiculous that he almost thought his ears were playing tricks on him. He dug into his ears before asking again, ”Wait, so you’re saying that Qitian Muchen has scored with about eight thousand girls in Myriadpath Valley, ranging from those aged around four thousand years old to those as young as a hundred?”

”Scored with? No, they... scored him... by willingly... jumping into... his embrace,” Yin Chen said with a snicker.

Ying Huo laughed, ”What? I’m sensing some jealousy here.”

”Jealousy?! So what if he has quantity? Does he have quality?

They’re nowhere close to the likes of Yaoyao and Auntie Jiguang, right?” Tianming said, grinding his teeth. ”Don’t be... so sure. Beauty is... subjective, but... he has... quite a... few who... would be... on the... same level... as them.”

”Holy shit...!” Qitian Muchen was definitely the casanova of Myriadpath Valley!

”Damn, now that’s life. Little Li, you should take a few pages out of his book!” Meow Meow said.

”What’re you talking about? I’m not some kid with a rich dad like him. He’s the valley lord’s son, while I’m just some guy who married into a big family! If I don’t stay loyal to my spouse, Auntie will come and kill me even if Yaoyao doesn’t care!” Tianming said.

”Oh, so you’re only holding yourself back because you don’t have a choice, but you actually want to let loose,” Xian Xian said with a smirk.

”Oh? Are you hungry again?” Tianming asked.

”I’m full.” Xian Xian’s spiritform was still round and bloated.

”If you’re full, keep your mouth shut,” Tianming snapped.

”Men are all scum,” Ji Ji said from within the lifebound space as its spiritform shot him a middle finger and a contemptuous gaze.

”Hey, don’t lump me in! I’m not a man, I’m just a male chicken!” Ying Huo said.

”Male chickens are also all scum,” Ji Ji said, eyes rolling.

As their bickering reached a peak, Qitian Muchen and the group of women finally entered the Outer Yin. Yin Chen also told Tianming that Qitian Muchen had decided to not let Tian Nu and three other eminent escorts follow him. Instead, he would be traveling with those seven women. It would be rather inconvenient for him if there were four additional bodyguards in the group.

”Is he really that bold? Doesn’t he fear the Mistrunners at all? Quite a few people in Myriadpath Valley consider them a serious threat, right?” Tianming had a feeling that Qitian Muchen was trying to appeal to the women using reckless bravado.

However, Yin Chen soon told him what Qitian Muchen had said to Tian Nu: he actually had a mini Lumistar Formation with him that he could use in a dangerous situation. It would allow him to open a gate much like the actual Lumistar Formation for Tian Nu and the others to rush to his aid, should he need it. He was afraid of dying, after all, and wouldn’t be foolish enough to risk his life over some fun. He hadn’t accomplished so much and earned the respect of so many by being a fool that let his desires overrule his reason.

”One shouldn’t shit where they eat. Women from House Qitian have rather high status, so if Qitian Muchen makes a mistake, he has to take accountability for it. That’s why he prefers women that aren’t from his house. In fact, he loves married women even more, since he could just chalk any pregnancies up to the husband. Those girls know that they won’t be able to marry into House Qitian, so if there are those who approach him despite that, they must be willing to do it—even if they appear unwilling on the surface,” Ying Huo surmised with a serious look on its face.

”How’d you learn so much about him?” Tianming asked.

”Well, I talked it out with Yin Chen, of course!”

”You didn’t talk about anything else, did you?” Tianming nervously asked.

”Are you scared?” Ying Huo knew that Yin Chen was hiding something, but it had always been pretty tight lipped about it.

”No way!”

With Qitian Muchen now gone, the Lumistar Formation was deserted and Tianming took the chance to slip into the Outer Yin. The path ahead was filled with yin-yang essence storms, as was characteristic of the Outer Yin.

Tianming squinted and said, ”I’ve finally reached the Foundation stage and grown much stronger! I can kill even more people now. House Yumo, just you wait!”

Tianming transformed into the Mistrunner and headed toward the depths of the Outer Yin with Yin Chen guiding him. The slaughter would continue!

This time around, Tianming didn’t completely kill off the Yumos. He merely destroyed their physical bodies to free the baleful souls within, leaving a single cosmic chart behind. That way their subsouls wouldn’t be extinguished and House Yumo would only be alerted about the presence of the Mistrunner much later. And the cosmic charts would have a hard time making it to safety, anyway. A single mistake would see them torn by the essence storms and killed all the same.

When the slaughter had first started, Tianming would make sure to let his victims know that he was behind the deaths of all those eminents to make them despair even more. But now, he didn’t care to do that anymore, as he had grown bored of their displays of agony.

Within two short years, quite a few reverends of House Yumo had had their bodies destroyed by Tianming and been left for dead. He also managed to collect two kegs of Yin-Yang Baleflame. Eventually, Yin Chen gave him a special news update.

”It has to do with Qitian Muchen again? You’re telling me he ran into a weird nova wildbeast with something in its belly with those seven women?”

Yin Chen said that Qitian Muchen had defeated the wildbeast and was in the process of cutting open its stomach, within which seemed to be a palace!

”Wait, so the Outer Yin has something other than Yin-Yang Baleflame and essence storms after all!” Tianming immediately followed Yin Chen’s directions toward where it was all happening.