Beastmaster of the Ages

Qitian Muyue was the only one remaining. Tianming looked at her, groveling beneath his feet. Her long black hair was completely unkempt and tears of terror flowed nonstop from her face. She was once the proudest woman in Myriadpath Valley who couldn’t stand anybody else in her sight!

If Tianming had only been a smidge stronger than her, there was no way he would be able to terrify her to this degree. However, she had witnessed Yumo Dinai’s horrible fate of being refined within the Yumo Blood Crucible.

”Master, if you spare my life, I’ll no longer belong to House Qitian! I’ll kill my father and brother without batting an eye just to survive. Please use me to deal with House Qitian.” She crawled closer and hugged Tianming’s thigh, tears still flowing. It was a rather moving sight to see someone like her fall to depths like that.

”You’d even kill your own father?” Tianming’s voice sounded like loud booms in her ear.

”I will!” she answered without thinking.

”Are you that afraid of death?”

”Of course! I’m utterly terrified of death, so much so that it’s laughable! Everyone only has one life! Who knows if reincarnation is real? Even if it is, would I be able to reincarnate into heights like these again in the next life? If I become just another speck of dust in the mortal world, I might as well not live! I’m really fortunate in this life, so I don’t want to waste it by dying. I’ll do anything to survive!”

Tianming lost it and laughed, ”Looks like the valley lord didn’t teach his children what having a spine looks like.”

”Of course he didn’t! All he did was teach us to order people around as their rulers!” Qitian Muyue said. Different houses of different standings raised their children with different standards. Qitian Muchen and Qitian Muyue could hardly be blamed for having a father like Qitian Xiao. They seemed upstanding on the surface, but were corrupt within. The strength of a bloodline had nothing to do with a faction’s character or dignity.

Tianming suddenly chuckled, ”I didn’t think you’d manage to convince me. Even though I want to kill you to end things, I do need a dog that can help me take down House Qitian. A female dog!”

He looked down at the pitiful woman, his eyes glowing like blazing suns that burned within the charred, corrupted heart of Qitian Muyue. ”Your dad killed his wife and ruined his master. It isn’t a problem for me to ask you to take up this tradition of your kind and kill your father and brother, right?”

”No problem at all! As long as you spare me, I’ll have nothing to do with House Qitian and Myriadpath Valley any longer! I’ll be yours, just like those two. Only you will be my pride!”

Qitian Muyue turned to look at Suishen Jiguang and Suishen Xiyue, still terrified. She completely misunderstood and thought that they had also been subdued by Tianming in similar fashion—especially Suishen Jiguang. Even though Qitian Muyue had no clue about who had taken her Suishen Blood, a possibility surfaced in her mind that made her fear him even more.

Tianming’s words gave her a silver lining of hope. The more powerful and highborn one was, the more they had to lose and the more they feared death. The converse was also true; people who had nothing to lose had nothing to fear. With that in mind, she could bring herself to betray everything—her family, her bloodline, and her faith—for the sake of survival!

”Here’s the issue—” Before Tianming could finish, a small, crimson-red phoenix covered in sword feathers popped out on his shoulder.

Ying Huo pointed at the curled up ninesource beast. ”You became Little Li’s dog, so I’ll need your birdie to kneel before me. That’ll make it even.”

Qing Huang, the green phoenix, reacted with absolute rage. It had much more pride than Qitian Muyue. It was meant to be the master of all but a very select few, so it had never imagined it would be put in this position!

Qing Huang knew that Ying Huo was Tianming’s lifebound beast, and myriadpath sourcebeasts had always seen lifebound beasts as nothing but food. As such, it still thought that Ying Huo was nothing but fodder, even though Ying Huo had a similar star count as it and was also a phoenix in its own right. How could it bring itself to kneel before food?!

”Qing Huang, if you want to be refined and killed in the Yumo Blood Crucible, I won’t stop you,” Qitian Muyue said, pouring cold water over it. It was the truth! It felt as if lightning had struck it.

”So, little hen, are you going to kneel or not?” Ying Huo stood with wings akimbo and leered at the green phoenix.

”You....” The prideful Qing Huang felt incredibly vexed, but currently, even Ying Huo was covered in the energy of the Galactic Emperor. Its divine might caused Qing Huang’s mind and spirit to crumble more and more.

It looked at Qitian Muyue one last time before gritting its beak and spreading its wings, prostrating towards Ying Huo. ”Master....”

”Good! Very good!” Ying Huo excitedly stomped on the ground, finally relishing what Tianming had just felt. Even the proudest ninesource beast had to bow before what it’d once seen as food. Qitian Muyue had been completely subdued.

However, Tianming didn’t like taking big risks. With a stern look, he grabbed Qitian Muyue by her hair, lifting her towards him. ”I can spare you for now, but your future survival depends on what you do. Also, I can never trust you, so I must ensure that I can snuff out your life at any moment I please!”

Qitian Muyue’s body felt a rush of electricity at the sound of his words. ”As you wish!” She didn’t know how Tianming would achieve complete control over her, but the fear she felt had convinced her of his omnipotence.

Tianming tossed her away and took out the Grand-Orient Sword. The thick blade of black and gold began glowing with countless sword-shaped symbols that gathered together to make a prison of swords. Ever since the Grand-Orient Sword had fused with the Infinitum Stele, its new high-maniverse-class form had strengthened the Imperial Sword Prison.

Tianming let his hypercharged cosmoforce flow into the sword, fueling it and giving him an even higher level of control than Zi Zhen’s hexapath eyes.

Naturally, there would be a clear difference between using the energy of the Galactic Emperor and his normal cosmoforce at Myriadpath Valley. In Infinitum, Tianming was the strongest! The black and gold sword projections were manifestations of his powerful energy, blending with the cosmic impulses within.

The more helpless Qitian Muyue felt, the more terrified she became.