Beastmaster of the Ages

Inside the Cosmic God Palace, Luori Guiyang gazed at the woman before him with sympathy. “How are you?” he asked in a low voice.

“I’m heavily injured and will need time to recover,” Xing Yue trembled as she spoke. She hadn’t allowed the people from the Blazestar Cult to approach, as she was afraid they would say something unnecessary in front of Luori Guiyang. It had already happened, and she just wanted to keep it as quiet as possible. But... it couldn’t be completely hidden!

She could only try her best to hide it from anyone she could.

“I’ll go find him!” Luori Guiyang’s eyes burned with flames.

“There’s no need. You aren’t his match, either. If we’d attacked together from the start and killed him, it would’ve been different.... But now we’ve missed our chance!” Xing Yue said with sorrow.

“I....” Luori Guiyang felt annoyed at being called inferior, but deep down, he had to admit that even Xing Yue had been defeated. As a beastmaster, facing a specter alone would be incredibly difficult.

His fate might be even worse.

“From now on, stop fighting! We’ll settle things after we leave! Our advantage is our background!” Xing Yue reminded him.

“Fine.” The last attack had been initiated by the Wargod Cult, so Luori Guiyang and his side were unhappy. However, Xing Yue’s serious injuries forced him to suppress his anger.

“They didn’t seize your galaxy-class order, did they?” Luori Guiyang asked.

“No! They were afraid you and I would join forces against them, so they didn’t dare split up to claim two galaxy-class orders at once,” Xing Yue coldly replied.

“Can you still comprehend the order?” Luori Guiyang asked with concern.

“I’ll recover first. I’m afraid of long-term consequences,” Xing Yue bitterly said.

“What about your cultivation chamber?” Luori Guiyang asked.

“My brother, Xing Chen, went inside,” Xing Yue answered, then forced herself to stand.

“Xing Yue, just stay here with me. Don’t go back,” Luori Guiyang suggested.

“I’m worried about my brother....” Xing Yue bit her lip.

“They clearly had the power to destroy you, but stopped midway. That means they still have restraint and know when to quit. There won’t be any more trouble,” Luori Guiyang coldly said. “As for Xing Baizhan, once we leave, someone will deal with him!”

“Alright.” Xing Yue’s eyes darkened as she sat outside Luori Guiyang’s cultivation chamber to heal.

“Oh, right! The two popes ordered us to kill those three pests. We still haven’t found them?” she asked.

“No luck! We were searching before, but everything got interrupted after what happened to Luori Yumo. Now, no one dares to wander around, making it even harder to find them,” Luori Guiyang said.

“As long as we have enough points and get the astralship, those people will have nowhere to run!” Xing Yue sneered.

“They’re just a bunch of worthless slaves. No need to worry too much about them!” Luori Guiyang’s eyes only held hatred for Xing Baizhan.

Xing Yue nodded. However, her gaze still held deep confusion. Ever since entering the Cosmic God Palace, everything seemed off.

“Hm?” Her hand brushed against something hard.

“What’s this?” She picked it up for a closer inspection, revealing an invisible cockroach.

Its tiny black eyes stared straight into Xing Yue’s.

“A bug!” Xing Yue gasped and immediately flung it away.

At that moment, the Cosmic God Palace felt even more eerie....

***

A day later, the Cosmic God Palace had truly calmed down. However, the people from the three cults remained in their respective areas, none of them daring to move around recklessly.

The Blazestar Cult members had mostly moved to the Scorchmoon Cult’s side, while the galaxy-class order that originally belonged to Xing Yue was being used by her younger brother.

Meanwhile, Xing Yue stayed with Luori Guiyang. His blazing and vast cosmoforce assisted her in expelling the deathly gray mist, speeding up her recovery.

With tensions running high, the three cults quickly forgot about Tianming.

***

Inside a 12-point cultivation chamber, Tianming used another garde-one overflow fragment. He had switched to another top-class planet-class order. With the two-pronged approach of comprehension and overflow fragments, his improvement speed was astonishing, even if he couldn’t match Zi Zhen.

After all, he had to advance nine orders!

On that day, a tenth tower finally emerged in his order fortress. “Tenth-level foundationeer!” It hadn’t been easy!

“I finally caught up to auntie’s level.” Or at least her level from when they first met. Today, Jiguang was at the super zenith, and Tianming had closed the gap to just three levels.

”The battle of the ten-meter-tall giants isn’t far!” Tianming was emotional. Most used overflow fragments to become overflowers, but he used them to become a tenth-level foundationeer. It was very luxurious, but he had no other choice.

Fortunately, he had powerful backers. Over the past few years, Zi Zhen had made Jin Xiao bring back another massive batch of order and overflow fragments from the Ancient Oldgod Domain. The flow of resources would be endless as long as he controlled God Domain One.

But he hadn’t had time to return and collect them yet.

“My combat power skyrocketed again!” For Tianming, progression was slow, but each breakthrough resulted in a massive power boost. All of his lifebound beasts had experienced significant increases in cosmoforce, and once they merged, his total power dramatically surged.

“I must become an overflower before I can become a cosmic god. I have overflow fragments ready, so I only need good caeli!” The 12-point cultivation chamber provided the caeli of a cosmic god at the peak of the first stage. If the Source Progenitor and monochrome giant were beginner cosmic gods, the 12-point caeli must be the ultimate peak of their stage!

Thanks to the caeli he was comprehending, Tianming successfully advanced. “However, this breakthrough was rushed. My cultivation is a little unstable.”

After adjusting his breath, he stood up, his gaze burning with intensity. ”The most valuable things here are the three galaxy-class orders!”

Currently, Luori Guiyang and Xing Baizhan each had one, while the last was in Xing Chen’s hands. Xing Chen’s strength was on par with Luori Yumo!

Thinking of that, Tianming grinned.

”Sixth, you’ve done a great job!” If not for it, Xing Yue would still be holding the galaxy-class order and Tianming would have no chance at all.

“No big deal, easy as pie!” Bai Ye chuckled. “Hurry up and win this trial so we can reclaim the two million flameyellow foundationeer descendants for brainwashing. Soon, your Galactic Emperor combat power will return!”

“Ahem! It’s called resonance, not brainwashing,” Tianming corrected it.

“Stop sugarcoating it. You’re just a thief trying to sound noble,” Bai Ye sneered.

”How can a summer insect speak of the snow?” Tianming couldn’t be bothered arguing with Sixth. It was just brainwashing itself. But fundamentally, Tianming’s system was indeed different from its own.

If he harbored ulterior motives, it would be difficult to gain true recognition from the people, and without that recognition there would be no resonance.

”Let’s go! If I take down Xing Chen, I’ll have a chance to beat Luori Guiyang and Xing Yue before the trial ends!” Tianming’s eyes burned with determination. At the moment, those two were still at the top of the rankings for the Scorchmoon and Blazestar Cults.

To be honest, ever since entering, Tianming had only killed Jiang Zhen and Luori Yumo. Other than that, he hadn’t done much, yet Bai Ye had stirred up a massive storm.

”From now on, it’s my turn!” The time for hiding was over. He melted into the darkness, silently making his way toward a golden cultivation chamber!

As for Qingyu, she was still inside a 12-point cultivation room. Tianming had already given her enough overflow fragments, and how much she could grow during this time depended on her own efforts.

At least she didn’t have as many orders as him, so her progress wouldn’t be slow.

”Even my godfather’s catching up to me like crazy. If I don’t push myself, I’ll really end up as the number three genius!” Tianming helplessly sighed.