Beastmaster of the Ages

”You aren’t sparing a single one?” Moran asked.

”Nope. We can’t afford to let word about you get out. Believer or detractor of Tian Jiu, they die all the same,” Tianming said. For the true believers, death would be a holy act of sacrifice. And for those who didn’t believe, they would leak the information, so they had to die. There was no need to agonize over it at all.

”Okay.” Moran approached a cosmic god essence and used Trilife Affection to pierce through it, not even needing Tianming to do the deed. Then she removed the impurities before assimilating everything else into herself. The worshippers went even wilder at the sight, while those who feared her felt more doomed than ever.

”Primogenitor Tian Jiu!”

”The eternal legend...!”

The wonderians had always been a race with twisted emotions. The manifestation of a girl of perfection only served to magnify their twisted tendencies. Many essences wanted to become part of Moran even sooner.

”Ugh....” Even though some divine wonders were useless to her, she instinctually fulfilled Tian Jiu’s destiny, absorbing them one by one.

Even though Tian Jiu’s the ninth and ranked last, she’s already so terrifying. Huang Qi, the seventh, must be pretending to be weak to make me let my guard down, Tianming thought. He trusted Huang Qi even less now. It was one thing to give her some lip service, but releasing her would no doubt spell trouble.

Moran was eventually left with only two essences, those belonging to the old couple, Mo Sheng. Having given up, they said, ”Since you’re the primogenitor, can you answer a question for us before you kill us?”

”Ask,” Moran said.

”Why’s an exalted entity like you from an undying legend listening to every word of this insignificant brat?” said the two in unison, hearts connected.

”Why else? Don’t you think the primogenitor doesn’t need some love and romance in her life?” Tianming said.

”Even if that’s the case, she wouldn’t pick an insect like you!” they raged, absolutely disgusted at the notion of Tianming defiling their sacred primogenitor.

”You’re mistaken,” Moran said, lightly pulling Tianming’s arm. ”He’ll be even more terrifying than Tian Jiu was.”

The two wonderians despaired even more. ”Primogenitor, will you really wipe out the divine wondersky race? We’re your descendants! Are you really that cruel?”

”Would you exist without me?”

”No.”

”Then it’s clear,” Moran sighed. ”I’m only taking back what belongs to me. Is there anything wrong with that?”

”No... but—” Before they finished, Moran easily ended their lives with her cosmic relic. Her power was growing stronger and stronger. She turned and nervously held her skirt with her head down. ”How was my acting?”

”What?” Tianming was surprised to hear that.

”I was trying to act like Tian Jiu,” she said with some embarrassment.

”Oh....” Tianming slapped his head and awkwardly laughed. ”I was actually scared and thought you were Tian Jiu for real.”

Moran shook her head, bit her lip, and turned her puppy-dog eyes on him. ”I won’t become her. My sisters and I will always be the poor little fish that you rescued from the Sun.”

”Ahem....” Zi Zhen couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

”Alright.” Tianming nodded to Moran before pulling her toward Zi Zhen and putting his arm around her as well. ”You’re only three hundred meters tall? Looks like you’re falling behind.”

”But you aren’t even a true cosmic god yet. Who’s falling behind now?” Zi Zhen said.

”Sheesh....” To be fair, he had walked into that on his own accord.

”Well, the wonderians are all dead. What do we do with the orderlies?” Zi Zhen asked, turning to look at the administrator of Order College, a fifth-level cosmic god.

”Spare them,” Tianming said.

”But I’ll have to watch them if I spare all of them. It’ll be tiring, you know,” Zi Zhen said, pouting a bit. It was one thing for her to already be working so hard for him while bearing the thought that Moran was with him at all times, but he was going to add to her work!

”You won’t get tired.” Tianming pulled her into his embrace. ”The vita abandoned these orderlies. My two soul beasts can control them and make them obedient.”

”Well, that’s more like it.”

”Don’t you get what that means?”

”What?” Zi Zhen looked up at him, puzzled.

”With them controlled, all I need to do is to leave a few infant souls here to be able to deal with transporting order and overflow fragments to us. Once we destroy the pathways the wonderians use to come here, you won’t have to guard this place anymore,” Tianming said.

”Wait...” she still hadn’t quite reacted to the delightful news, ”but... what about the undying aeternals? Aren’t you worried that they’ll come? Or that vita?”

”The undying aeternals can’t come here. As for Sixth’s vita, it lost its foundations here, so coming back will only cause it to get beat up.”

”Then... I....”

”Come with me!” Tianming pulled her tighter. ”You’ve worked really hard all this time. From now on, you’ll stay by my side with Little Fish! I’ll have two capable generals by my side that I can sic on my foes! I won’t even have to lift a finger!”

”Shut up!” Zi Zhen’s eyes began turning red. Quickly, she looked away and wiped away her tears.

Tianming felt rather bad about having had to leave her to watch the Ancient Oldgod Domain for so long. It had definitely been hard on her. ”I won’t let you leave my side from now on.”

”But you still have a main harem,” Zi Zhen said, biting her lip.

”Well, it’s first come first first served. In fact, you already cut in line and got a taste of the soup. Are you still scheming to topple the harem?” Tianming laughed.

”You!” Zi Zhen grabbed his arm and muttered, ”Well, they aren’t around anyway. Just you wait. The moment you become a cosmic god, I’ll...!”

”What’ll you do?” Tianming provocatively said.

”I... I’ll drink all the soup, not just taste it!” Zi Zhen said before severely blushing.

”Uhh....” Moran hadn’t thought that Zi Zhen would be so direct. It was rather cute.

Meanwhile, Bai Ling and Bai Ye approached the administrator.

”We’ll scour all the order and overflow fragments in all nine god domains before leaving.” With peak-quality overflow fragments, Tianming’s road to becoming a cosmic god was set.