Beastmaster of the Ages

Tianming’s current size wasn’t that much different from other cosmic gods; he at least looked as tall as an infant compared to adults. Though the core essence of their bodies were different, he wasn’t inferior to them at all.

From the ten bane-rings on his arms emerged the decapath era godswords. Each had a different color and aspect, which were further intensified by omnisentient power, lighting up space around them all the way to millions of miles away.

”Totems!”

There happened to be no totemancer among the cosmic gods that had come up to surround him. They shot him an odd look; the struggle between cultivation methods of different streams was an eternal topic in the Upper Star Ruin. The Three Divine Races reigned supreme after the flameyellow descendants’ divine double bloodline was put to an end. Two of those races had their own unique cultivation methods, namely the devas and wonderians.

Tianming ignored their puzzled looks. His totems’ aspects were being amplified nonstop. He shifted them to their 30-fold simulacrum right away. The four cardinal godswords’ silhouettes formed over the Grand-Orient Sword, pulsing with power, making a mere maniverse-class artifact seem threatening to cosmic gods.

In contrast, Fentian He’s mid-imperial-class chain weapon looked inferior to the Grand-Orient Sword.

The white-haired youth and his multi-aspect-powered sword and black-and-gold garb menacingly surged forth, with countless flameyellow descendants and their beasts connected to his every astron. Even their souls were connected to Bai Ye. In total, they made up twenty billion, a number that was enough to power Tianming up to the point that those cosmic gods furrowed their brows. It was shaping up to become a battle of cosmic gods that countless people across the Midsky Tristars would be paying close attention to.

Countless silver insects surrounded the cosmic gods; cosmic sense was no longer enough to extinguish them. There were so many of them that their total mass could equal that of a star. Even though Tianming’s beasts weren’t cosmic crest beasts, they had all proven how terrifying they could be.

When Fentian He, the angriest one among them, saw the insects appearing before him once more, he could no longer take it. The battle he’d fought with Tianming had been one of endless humiliation! Not to mention, the ruin of Fentian Mound was worth a grudge across a hundred generations. He knew that Long Xing wasn’t nearly capable enough to orchestrate all of it alone—the fault must primarily belong to Tianming.

”You animal, your sins are unforgivable under the Heavenly Dao!” Fentian He’s roar turned a hundred million Yin Chens into dust. His astral-giant form had long lost any essence of humanity as he turned into a burning star of magma, shooting across space and unleashing Ninerealm Startanglement, Sky Scattering. His astral chain was huge but seemed able to shift and phase around, unpredictably whipping toward Tianming as they compressed the power of countless stars around them. The strike had enough power to make stars explode!

Faced with the scorching astral giant, Tianming’s eyes weren’t cold, but rather filled with the wrath of a ruler.

At the same time, Hei Xuan and the Mos took action. The grand scorchpath suanni was at their vanguard, charging toward Tianming with its jaw wide open. Though Fentian He looked ferocious, beastmasters in the Upper Star Ruin were far eclipsed by their cosmic crest beasts in terms of single combat. Their strengths were completely incomparable.

”Fentian He!” Tianming focused on Fentian He alone despite the flurry of attacks that were coming toward him. The sea of silver insects around him suddenly shifted into two waves that crashed into the Mos and Hei Xuan like moths to fires. They attempted to hold back the cosmic gods in suicidal fashion; there was no harming them, but they could force a chance for Tianming to fight Fentian He one-on-one!

That was Yin Chen’s biggest role in the fight. It was undying, and with enough ore veins across the Midsky Tristars, it could easily recover its numbers. It wasn’t strong, but it was endless. Hei Xuan and the Mos were beginning to rethink their lives when their cosmic senses weren’t sufficient to wipe out the silver insects.

Right then, Tianming, Fentian He, and the grand scorchpath suanni clashed! Tianming had no way to keep the suanni busy this time around. He was going up against a cosmic god despite being an overflower, akin to mortals fighting deities. His fighting spirit soared as he recalled that he hadn’t had a chance to go all out in a fight like this for quite awhile. He was fighting at the maximum capacity of the Galactic Emperor!

”Cosmic gods are invincible, you say?” Tianming’s eyes blazed, his long hair trailing tens of meters.

Bai Ye took Tianming’s form as it manifested, its seven infant souls fueled by the soul power of twenty billion people and beasts. ”Let the slaughter begin!” The soul beast unleashed the strongest move in its arsenal, turning into a cloud formed of Phantasmic Bubbles and crashing into the grand scorchpath suanni!

The suanni used Eight Desolation Suns against Bai Ye, yet its cloudlike body easily phased through it. Though much of its soul power was depleted by the attack, it still managed to reach the gigantic astral beast!

All of a sudden, countless cracks appeared on the head of the great beast. Countless spiritform astrons began burning, causing the beast to let out an enraged shriek that caused countless building-toppling earthquakes in Starmoon Haven.

”What?!” Fentian He had witnessed Bai Ye’s abilities before and thought he’d been prepared, yet he hadn’t thought that three years would be enough for it to grow so much more powerful! How could a mere astral god cause so much damage against a cosmic god beast of this caliber? It was unprecedented! Those of the Eightpart Pantheons watching from the Midsky Tristars were flabbergasted.

”Amazing!” Not even Tianming had expected Bai Ye to be so effective. Before the fight had begun, he’d had no grasp on the full extent of their power. The opening volley had not only enraged Fentian He even more, it gave Tianming a huge confidence boost!