Beastmaster of the Ages

After Tianming had killed all the wonderians and pocketed their essences, he noticed that the beautiful Mushan Xue was long gone. ”What a peak talent. With a 90-crest beast, she must also have 90-fold-simulacrum totems!” Though he respected her, he didn’t envy her. She was around two or three hundred years older than him, so Tianming would most likely be stronger than her at that age.

”Even though asking for help like that might’ve alerted our enemies, I’ve managed to forge some kind of connection with the flameyellow voidkin at the very least.” It was a decent start overall.

He used quite a few ninelives fruits to heal Jiang Lincheng and the others, gradually helping them recover their human forms. Though they managed that, they seemed really weak and terrified, seeming dispirited even after recovering.

”What... what was that just now?” Jiang Lincheng muttered.

”Try guessing,” Tianming said.

”You little...!” Jiang Xiaobai looked at Tianming, her heart beating faster. ”You lied to us! You said you were from one of the orbiters, but you’re actually a native of the Ancestral World! Was that your mother?!”

Tianming almost did a spit take. ”Hey, don’t slander her like that! She isn’t even five hundred years old. Didn’t you notice the absence of the Heavenly Dao’s punishment?”

He didn’t bother clarifying his identity, however. It didn’t matter if he was an orbiter or a native. ”Brother Cheng, what’re your plans?”

Jiang Lincheng discussed it with the rest and said, ”Since we got hurt, we should pull back somewhat. Let’s go back to the Primordial Sands and recuperate. We’ll return after some time.”

”Your rest will be well deserved. You’ve already done very well,” Tianming said.

”Brother Lin Feng,” Jiang Datou said, ”don’t worry. I’ve already introduced you to Lin Chaoge. He said that if we return with you, he’ll make sure to treat you well so you’ll be able to come to the Primordial Sands whenever you want. Leave it to us to spread your mighty tales!”

”Make sure to keep them at least somewhat factual,” Tianming said.

With connections properly established, Tianming would be able to serve as the bridge between the Primordial Sands and the flameyellow voidkin, which was also one of the reasons he had asked for them to be rescued. After bidding them goodbye, he continued his travels alone.

”Let’s feed Little Fish well first before we go on to deal with Sixth’s vita to see if I can take over the rest of the Ancient Oldgod Domain.” Tianming had to deal with that rather urgently. His initial plan had been to take Lingfeng away with him, but he didn’t know what had happened to him, as Lingfeng hadn’t appeared even once at Miracle Mountain since Tianming’s arrival. He had been stuck at the tenth level of the Overflow stage due to having no access to overflow fragments. He could still break through given his talent and the caeli within those little beastballs, but that would take decades! It was far too long for him.

He couldn’t wait to catch up to those who were born as cosmic gods. That was something he dreamed of becoming. When the time came, even if he couldn’t rival a genius like Mushen Xue, he could at least rank among those on the Ten Desolate Cosmic Genii Ranking. As such, he left the Ninelives Cave and exited Miracle Mountain, then headed toward the Ancestral Void Ark. Yin Chen told him that the Eightpart Pantheons had just received instructions from their seniors to shift their focus from the Primordial Sands to the flameyellow voidkin.

”Even though they know they might be wiped out by the Primordial Sands or the flameyellow voidkin, they still aren’t going to retreat. Are they overconfident or what?” Bai Ye said.

”Why wouldn’t they be? They’re the rulers of the astralscape!” Tianming knew that the Eightpart Pantheons only saw the flameyellow voidkin as the remnants of those they had tried to subjugate. The Primordial Sands, on the other hand, were nothing more than xenoraces who had a minor territory that didn’t fall under their control, so they weren’t worth much, either.

”If the ranked geniuses aren’t enough for the lower ruins, they might send imperial-class geniuses who can rival Mushan Xue here. Fortunately, she hasn’t exposed herself, so they still think we wiped them out with sheer numbers. We still have time!” As Tianming said that, he pushed away the sludge around the ark and entered it.

The two girls within knew that Tianming was about to return, thanks to Yin Chen. Qingyu was in no rush at all, since she had been cultivating the entire time, but Moran had been rather bored. Since there was no point in cultivating for her,Tianming had asked her to learn how to dance. She became quite adept at it, being able to do it alone and with all her sisters as a troupe. It was quite a sublime performance.

”Big Brother, is there still no news of Feng?” Qingyu asked. The Soulfiend had been with Tianming the entire time, but hadn’t sensed anything worth reporting. Perhaps Lingfeng was within the Xenoworld.

”Maybe it was a false alarm. We have no choice but to wait,” Tianming said, gazing at his sister. ”Something about you recently changed.”

”I absorbed even more cosmic god blood—quite a few drops. It changed the bloodlines in my body. Coupled with the little beastballs and the overflow fragments, I’m improving quite a bit,” Qingyu said.

”Quite a bit?” Tianming was speechless. That kind of progress required immense effort for him! Even after using ninelives fruits, he still couldn’t keep up with Qingyu’s cultivation speed. She was a minor-zenith overflower, one level above him. And she hadn’t even needed to rely on overflow fragments to advance from the tenth level! She was currently a hundred meters tall. Her astral organs were undergoing final preparations to produce middlekin astrons; all she needed was ninelives fruits. Her long white hair, resolute expression, and firm figure gave off the impression of a silver crescent moon.

”What’s your talent like now?” Tianming asked.

She smiled and showed her 60-crest Shuo Yue and 63-fold-simulacrum totems to him, as well as the two fiendsky eyes on her palms, each sporting thirty-three subeyes. Even her divine wonder was superior to Shiming Shengshi’s! She also had the physique of the devas with sixfold hell-rings and sixty-four primalwings on her back. All of it put her unquestionably far above Princess You You’s talent.

She’s a monstrous flameyellow divinity that can forcefully assimilate the talents of the Eightpart Pantheons’ bloodlines.... It wasn’t too surprising when that was put into perspective. Still, it did give Tianming quite a bit of pressure. ”Take these ninelives fruits. We’ll go to the Ancient Oldgod Domain in a bit for more overflow fragments. With all that, you should be able to become a cosmic god,” he said.

”Okay! Thanks, Big Brother!” Qingyu winked at him and looked in the corner. ”Go spend some time with Big Sis Little Fish. She’s been in her pond waiting for you all day.”

”Hey, that’s enough!” Tianming gave her a look before heading to the depths of the ark with nearly a hundred cosmic god essences as a gift. The slender, ink-green-haired figure turned around in anticipation.