Beastmaster of the Ages

None of this would have been possible before. But now Tianming had infinite baleflame and unlimited order-fragment power! Those twenty-odd grade-ten order fragments immediately liquefied when they entered his body and spread to all his astrons, nourishing his eight streams of order.

Imperial, lifesbane, infernal, genesis, primordial, radix, immortal, and ancestral... all of them were orders that were hard to grow. Each of them had basically absorbed three entire grade-ten order fragments’ worth of nourishment that kicked their growth into gear. It felt like Tianming was being dragged into the clouds.

While that method of breaking through made his foundations weak, the limitless baleflame helped solve that problem. A hundred thousand kegs of baleflame revolved around Tianming as they entered his body, forging every single astron and the orders within. With each hammering at the forge, they grew stronger and more stable.

Tianming wasn’t the first one to use springwater or baleflame in tandem with order fragments, but there was no doubt that he was the one who had benefited the most from it! Unlike Suishen Xiyue and Jiguang, he was still at the fourth level of the Foundation stage, so there was still huge room for growth. That was why he used all the order fragments himself, as giving them to Jiguang might end up being a waste.

The black-and-gold imperial order burst with vigor and power, standing tall and seemingly burning hot enough to melt everything! The lifesbane order in his astral brain was as pure white as a dream and incredibly stable.

As for the other six orders, they greatly resonated with Ying Huo and the others’ own orders, making their individual orders grow even more than Tianming’s. For Tianming, it was growth. For the beasts, they were merely recovering lost power. Once Tianming’s orders stabilized, all of them would shoot up in power.

With boundless baleflame to consume, Tianming refined his body tens of millions of times until all the impurities were hammered out. This breakthrough of his wasn’t unstable in the least; in fact, it had removed all the yin energy from his two decades of dual cultivation, restoring him to full vigor. His eyes shone even brighter than before.

”I’ve managed to finish the sixth floor of my foundation fortress!” Every single floor of Tianming’s foundation fortress was a few times larger and stabler than other people’s. That was why he could use so much more cosmoforce than others of his level. ”I broke through twice in a row! I’m a sixth-level foundationeer now!”

If anyone else were to use twenty-plus order fragments at once, they might have broken through five or six times in a row. Moran, for instance, had broken through more than ten levels in a row, as she only had one stream of order, making the absorption far more efficient. If it hadn’t been for the fact that she had been pushed to her limits, Tianming would have let her break through to the Foundation stage in one go.

”I should be able to fight major zeniths now. I can spar with Auntie and the others!” Tianming used to constantly be under their protection and only truly reigned supreme in Infinitum. This time around, he absorbed yin-yang essence and converted it into cosmoforce, during which he could feel how much his power had grown. He had reached Jiguang’s level and was as powerful as a major-zenith foundationeer, one of the strongest people in Myriadpath Valley.

Tianming had long known that he would eventually reach that level, but he didn’t think it would be so quick. It was thanks to Fengqing Youmeng’s cunning that he had managed to trick the five divine envoys into coming to Infinitum, only to end up feeding Tianming with top-tier fertilizer!

”It’s only been a decade or so since we escaped Myriadpath Valley. I bet Qitian Xiao hasn’t even fully recovered yet.” Tianming himself couldn’t have expected to grow so fast.

”When I first joined Myriadpath Valley, Huang Daolie alone could’ve easily killed me. but now, my power puts me at the top of the astralscape of order!” It hadn’t even taken a hundred years. While most people would be staggered by that rate of growth, the past century had been the longest phase in all of Tianming’s life.

”I broke through three levels within ten years and reached peak eminent levels of power. They’ll never expect something like that. If I suddenly attack Myriadpath Valley now, they won’t be prepared for what’s to come!”

He was in a rush because the wonderians had shown up. He stabilized his newly absorbed cosmoforce and stood up, pulsing with power. Ying Huo and the rest had also greatly grown.

”Let’s go see Little Fish.” While his combat capability was important, Moran’s was absolutely crucial. Tianming flew to her room, which was incredibly quiet.

Right as he arrived, he saw the tall, slender, and quiet girl looking out toward the stars with her back facing him. It was like she had fused with the background, so quiet that her existence could barely be felt.

Tianming could feel that she was still a sixth-level cosmic cartographer, but he sensed something unique from her that he couldn’t quite describe. There seemed to be a layer of frosty mist about her.

While her individual astrons didn’t seem that powerful, they seemed to contain an infinite volume of colorful light. Her entire body seemed somehow luminescent, resembling Tianming’s Galactic Emperor form. Though she wasn’t as domineering, she carried a solitary, delicate aura that was characteristic of wonderians.

”Did you succeed?” Tianming had thought that she would still be working on absorbing the divine wonders. There were ten of them, after all, all fortuna class. He had seen the astrons of the divine envoys, and every single one was carved with countless divine celestial patterns so detailed that they looked like a painting, hence why he was surprised that Moran looked reservedly plain in comparison.

”Yes,” she said, nodding. ”I didn’t disappoint you, did I?”

”What’re you saying? I’ll be satisfied no matter how you turn out!” Tianming said.

She smiled and Tianming noted how much more confident she seemed. ”Do you want to test me?”

”Sure! I’ll let you have the little pink darling and keep the other lifebound beasts out of it.”

”Don’t give me away! Give her your own little pink junior!” Ji Ji said, rolling its eyes. It had been corrupted by Ying Huo.