Beastmaster of the Ages

Tianming had just managed to finish dealing with things on his side when Moran and Zi Zhen came over. They had managed to sneak their way around the encirclement of the Eightpart Pantheons’ forces during the chaos that resulted from Miracle Mountain suddenly shrinking. The enemy was too busy picking ninelives fruits and couldn’t be bothered to deal with them.

”Are you two okay?” Tianming asked as he went to carefully check on them, even though Yin Chen had told him that they were fine.

”We... we’re okay,” they said, feeling a bit shy from being so intensely stared at.

”How’s your sword?” Zi Zhen asked.

”It’s stronger now, but I think there’s still room for improvement.”

”That’s great...!” They looked outside at the same time. Moran furrowed her brows and said, ”A lot of ninelives fruits showed up all of a sudden. What should we do? They’ll take them all.”

Tianming knew about it long ago. ”It’s fine, let them be taken for now. There’s no saying whose hands those fruits will fall into at the end.”

”So what should we do next?” Moran asked.

”For now, we should meet with the folks from the Primordial Sands. The Eightpart Pantheons’ greed is without end. Eventually, they’ll make their way into the Ninelives Cave. If both sides are going to fight anyway, we’d better get to know our allies.”

The girls agreed as Tianming looked outside the cave. The dust was gradually settling. With the sudden reveal of the Ninelives Ancestral Tree, the ranks of the Eightpart Pantheons had also scattered.

”Hundred million... or three... hundred million?” The estimations of the number of ninelives fruits hadn’t escaped Yin Chen’s ears. Even Tianming was shaken by the staggering number.

The three of them headed for the Ninelives Cave. However, Tianming still couldn’t help but notice that Lingfeng hadn’t left the Xenoworld at all. There was no time for Tianming to reach the Xenoworld, either. He had already told Qingyu that, which only made her even more anxious.

Di Yi’s shadow hung over all of them, and Huang Qi didn’t let up on the temptation to have Tianming release her, either. Even though he hadn’t stopped worrying about Lingfeng, there was simply nothing he could do apart from having Yin Chen, Bai Ling, and Bai Ye keep an eye out for opportunities.

The so-called ’geniuses’ of the Eightpart Pantheons are really frustrating. They were arrogant, prideful, and prejudiced.

Tianming easily slipped past their surveillance and arrived at the Ninelives Cave. Some of the seniors outside noticed the position of the three, but by the time news got to Miracle Mountain, Tianming and the others were long gone.

With more than half of Miracle Mountain’s mass disappearing, there were many more entrances to the cave that the fifty thousand geniuses of the Primordial Sands wouldn’t be able to seal off.

Tianming first reached out to Jiang Lincheng using a transmission stone to inform him of their arrival before entering the cave proper. Thanks to Yin Chen, he had a complete grasp of which route he needed to take and was able to navigate far better than those of the Primordial Sands. He even knew that Jiang Feifei and Lin Chaoge were coming out to receive him. Soon, they encountered each other within. Jiang Feifei and Lin Chaoge had tens of other top geniuses with them.

Some of them were rather curious as they had just seen Tianming for the first time.

”Brother Lin, were you the one that entered the sword cave and took away more than half of Miracle Mountain?” Lin Chaoge asked, shocked.

”That’s right, Brother Lin,” Tianming said with a smile. His alias shared the same surname as Lin Chaoge, which prompted him to laugh uncontrollably. ”There’s no need to be shocked. It belonged to my people to begin with, so claiming it wasn’t any kind of feat at all.”

”I wonder what use the super cosmic relic is,” Jiang Feifei asked.

”Nothing much for now. I have to gradually unlock its capabilities,” Tianming said, recalling the Chaos Swordmaidens. How long did he have to keep kissing them?

”Brother Lin, you must be underplaying it. You’re far too humble,” Lin Chaoge said.

”Humble, I am not. But if I’m to fight by your side later, I’d better put in the work,” Tianming said.

”Are you saying that their forces will attack us after they finish harvesting the ninelives fruits outside?” Jiang Feifei asked.

”That’s a given. Not only do they have more people, they don’t even treat you like a serious threat. There’s no way they’ll let you take whatever ninelives fruits you can and leave. There’s three hundred million of them.”

”So many?!” Both Lin Chaoge and Jiang Feifei jumped with a start, having had no idea at all of the extent of ninelives fruits within the cave alone. There was still another portion that they weren’t aware of, given that all they knew was within Tianming and the Heavenly Dao Arena’s range of awareness.

”Brother Lin, your eyes and ears reach far and wide. Without you, we’d be completely helpless against them and their Heavenly Dao Arena. They have such a huge edge, thanks to the information,” Jiang Feifei gratefully said, her beautiful eyes filled with curiosity.

”That’s right. If we hadn’t retreated earlier, we would’ve suffered heavy losses,” Lin Chaoge agreed. Having cooperated once already, they trusted Tianming more than before.

Their rational mindsets would indeed save Tianming quite a bit of trouble. Fortunately for him, there was only one Jiang Yulian to deal with. ”You’re more than welcome. I also need your help—I hope you’ll look after me if I go to the Primordial Sands one day.”

”Don’t worry, Brother Lin. Leave it to us,” Jiang Feifei promised.

”Good. If they attack us next, I hope the two of you will listen to my advice. I’m able to observe their movements and plans.”

Jiang Feifei gave it some thought and exchanged glances with Lin Chaoge, then said, ”We have a few seventh-level cosmic gods, too, all ranked geniuses. We’ll try our best to convince them!” In other words, the two youths alone couldn’t make the decision for the whole group.

”No worries. I trust that most from the Primordial Sands are rational people,” Tianming said, shrugging.

At that moment, Yin Chen suddenly said, ”In here... lots of... little beastballs.”

”How many?” Tianming asked.

”A million.”

”Damn....” Why were there so many?

”Hurry up... someone from... Primordial Sands... discovered them.” The little beastballs must have emerged due to the sudden changes in Miracle Mountain.

If it’s those from the Primordial Sands.... He gave it a bit more thought and turned to the other two once more. ”Something happened, so I need the two of you to come with me.”

”Come with you? Where to?” Lin Chaoge asked.

Tianming didn’t explain and began moving. The two had no choice but to follow. ”Have you heard about the little beastballs?”

Jiang Feifei’s eyes shone. ”Yeah! Apparently, each of them contains a galaxy-class caelum within. How mysterious. I heard that you took a lot of them away from under the noses of the Eightpart Pantheons!”

If they knew about it, the rest from the Primordial Sands were no doubt aware of it, too.