Beastmaster of the Ages

Within the Blissful Union, Tianming watched the two beauties leave through the stareye that was powered by a hundred skypiercer-class worlds. It wouldn’t take too long for him to return to Myriadpath Valley with the ship, either.

”I guess I should check my spoils before I do that!” Tianming had enough legacies to be able to rival the Three Exalted Houses, from the Four Dao Paths, to the monochrome giant, to the Yin-Yang Baleflame, and even the planet-class order.

He stood in the vast, empty ship and immediately opened his lifebound space, but he made sure to shut his eyes and cup his ears in anticipation of the rampage. However, there was no sound after quite a while. He opened his eyes and saw a little chick, kitten, two-headed dragon, two maiden spiritforms, and many little metal insects staring at him.

”Hey guys! How’re you all doing?” Tianming weakly asked.

Ying Huo flapped its wings in rage and spat, ”Brothers and sisters, fry that guy!”

”Fuck!” Tianming was immediately knocked down by Lan Huang and all six of his lifebound beasts ravaged him from top to bottom. ”Hey, this is a mutiny against your beastmaster!”

”Castrate him!” Ying Huo passionately exclaimed. They took a good while venting everything before they finally stopped. Ying Huo perched on top of his head and kept on interrogating him, however. ”Speak! What’ve you done in the past ten years?!”

They were suddenly let out into the astralship only to see Tianming doing fine. He recalled that he had sealed off his lifebound space before being sucked into the baleflame vortex, so they didn’t know what was going on outside at all. Fortunately for him, he wouldn’t have to live a life embarrassed by their mockery over what had happened.

He cleared his throat and pointed at the astral giant. ”There was an accident that knocked me unconscious for ten years. When I finally recovered, I managed to take control of this ship,” he lied without batting an eye.

”You were out cold for ten years?” They looked at each other as if they didn’t believe him. ”Where are the boobas?” Xian Xian asked, menacingly squinting.

”What boob—” Only then did he understand what it was talking about. ”Xian Xian, what’re you saying? We have to address our seniors with respect!” As he said that, some memories surfaced in his mind. He struggled to suppress them before making a stern expression. ”When we woke up after ten years, we found Yaoyao’s mother. I just sent the two of them to the stareye.”

”All you did was stay knocked out for all ten years?” Ying Huo asked, still staring at him with suspicion.

Tianming gave it a slap. ”Alright, stop messing around. I got a huge haul this time around. You should all take a spin around the ship to see if there’s any treasures that suit you.”

Ji Ji’s eyes immediately brightened. It wasn’t that interested in what had happened over the past decade, so the mention of treasures in the ship immediately grabbed its attention. Its spiritform immediately ran off.

”Little Ji Ji, wait for me!” Xian Xian said as it tried to catch up. Tianming almost did a double take at the nickname! [1])

”So pointless....” Meow Meow was the only one that had really enjoyed the ten years locked up in the lifebound space; it felt like a mere nap to it. After messing with Tianming for so long, it felt sleepy once more.

The others left and only Ying Huo remained on Tianming’s head. It smirked and said, ”I’ve got a feeling that you need to unburden yourself.”

”Shut up. Don’t judge me based on your own low standards,” Tianming said.

”Tsk tsk...” Ying Huo chuckled as if it had gotten hold of dirt on Tianming, who couldn’t be bothered by the chicken as he focused on the growth of his order.

Thanks to my nourishment, Auntie benefited so much that she reached the major zenith. Even though she got more out of it than I did, my orders also grew. I think the third floor of my foundation fortress is almost formed!

He sat down and cultivated his eight streams of order. His imperial order was the one that had grown the most, which wasn’t surprising since the astral organ in which that order resided had been in her body for ten whole years. The black-and-gold hexagonal sigil glowed bright with vigor.

Tianming relied on it to complete the third floor of his foundation fortress and had his lifebound beasts absorb yin-yang essence to break through with him. He had absorbed a large amount of baleflame during the ritual, so his body had become accustomed to the yin-yang essence. Even without using the essence storms outside, he already had more than enough yin-yang essence within the Blissful Union to cultivate for a long time.

”The Blissful Union really has a huge energy capacity. I wonder if I can transport yin-yang essence to the Sun using it....” The reason for the rampant storms was that the Yin-Yang World was a collapsed world. The Sun, however, still had an intact fusion formation and could grow much more. Infusing an ether-class world with fortuna-class energy would greatly transform it. Perhaps the Sun could become an infinitum-class world like Ebonia.

Still, it was currently too far away for Tianming’s idea to work out.

”I’ve finally reached the third level! Coupled with the breakthrough of my totems, I should be able to fight ninth-level eminents. Maybe I can even rival major pathkeepers on the level of eminents.”

Suishen Yue had died before he could become an eminent. Yumo Diyan’s son, Yumo Qiangming, however, was ranked first on the Maniverse Ranking, making him the strongest disciple in Myriadpath Valley.

”Thankfully I’m not old enough to leave the Fortuna Ranking and go to the Maniverse Ranking yet. Otherwise, killing Suishen Yue might make me take third place and expose me.”

When he had first reached Myriadpath Valley, he’d only been a seventh-level cosmic cartographer. He rose all the way and could fight ninth-level foundationeers on the same level within a few short decades, exponentially growing. It was all thanks to order fragments and the myriadpath idols on the Prehistoric Path.

”All in all, Myriadpath Valley, Xenoabyss, and Yin-Yang World played a huge part in my growth. Auntie did the most to help me break through a few times, including the ten years I spent with her.... From now on, I’m a true top elite in Myriadpath Valley, not just a genius with potential!”

Young geniuses were still vulnerable, but Tianming was already past that point and could rely on his own capabilities to determine his own fate. ”I can rival the likes of eminents like Tian Nu, Fen Nu, and Tiangui. And thanks to Fiveway Blitzrun, nobody in Myriadpath Valley should be able to kill me.”

1. Little Ji Ji is pronounced Xiao Ji Ji, which is a homophone for the euphemism for ’dick’. ☜