Beastmaster of the Ages

Yin Chen was no longer bothered by the sludge-like flameyellow void essence that covered the entire lower ruins, so the whereabouts of those from the imperial lineages were clearly noted.

”Ever since Eighth absorbed the sakyamuni ghoul king, it seems much more vigorous than before. I bet it’ll make even more progress once I deal with the folks from the imperial lineages.” The pressure from the imperial lineages made it so that Tianming had to constantly move around as they kept a constant lookout on his tracks through the Heavenly Dao Arena.

”Yin Chen said that some of the devas that entered lately are thousand-meter-tall cosmic gods... they’re as tall as Mushan Xue....” Even if Tianming became a cosmic god, he would still be far from being able to deal with people from imperial lineages, so he decided to keep avoiding them.

Before he made his final push, he had Moran and Zi Zhen head to where the little beastballs were. The Eightpart Pantheons were targeting them, after all. After discovering that the Empyrean Yin-Yang Mirror could store organic beings, Moran used them to store the essences of dead wonderians; there was still enough space for a hundred million little beastballs in there as well.

”Make sure to hurry,” Tianming said to them.

”Sure thing.” Tianming wasn’t too worried, since Yin Chen was keeping an eye on their foes. If they really ran out of time, they would have no choice but to leave with only some of the little beastballs. He went to the lower part of Miracle Mountain and stopped in a patch of wilderness.

”Let’s absorb the cosmic tribulation seas first.” His totems were connected to his lifesbane order. Not to mention, his imperial order had grown and reached its limits, while his lifesbane order somewhat lagged behind. He had a strong feeling that, if he could raise his totems’ simulacra, he would be able to stimulate some growth in lifesbane order for that one final step. The three-thousand-plus people, including Tai Xingyun, had around three thousand cosmic tribulation seas in their possession.

Those unfilial little shits actually took their ancestors out of their peaceful rest so that they could break through on the road.... Honestly.... Tianming was long used to the amoral behavior of the Eightpart Pantheons. It didn’t bother him, anyway, since he was the one to reap all the benefits.

To absorb the cosmic tribulation seas by force, he had to use his Sky Plundering Arm. It was a risk to do so, given that the Heavenly Dao Arena was surveilling him. Fortunately, Zi Zhen’s mask cloaked his arm in purple mist, so all they could see was the mist touching the bane-rings of the ancestral corpses before the cosmic tribulation seas were sucked dry one after another. It took almost no time at all for him to absorb all of them into his decapath era godswords, raising their simulacra again and again. Even though the progress slowed down, it was still within his expectations.

My decapath era godswords finally reached the 60-fold simulacrum! His totems had always been a little weaker than his lifebound beasts. But now, his 60-fold-simulacrum totems would no doubt be more powerful than other totems with seventy or eighty simulacra. Coupled with Bai Ling’s terra, my totems should be unmatched!

The Grand-Orient Sword’s changes had been mindblowing enough already, and now even his totems had grown stronger. He immediately tested out the new simulacrum. ”Decapath Skyvore Sworddragons?”

The ten totems no longer took the form of swordmaidens that looked like Jiguang. Instead, they transformed into ten terrifying dragon-like creatures. Eastdivinity Acme, for instance, looked like a crimson flaming dragon covered in sword-like scales. Grandvoid Universum was a dragon of mirages, seemingly ethereal and representing the flow of time. As for Welkin Imperius, it looked like a flat Welkin plane packed with celestial power.

The ten dragons surrounded the Grand-Orient Sword, boosting its destructive force even more. My totems should be more powerful than those of any member of the Starfall Pantheon. Totem ki used to take up twenty percent of his full might, but it seemed to be more than thirty percent at this point, making them the second strongest tool in his arsenal after his lifebound beasts. It was far stronger than the grand lexicon wonder, which had basically fallen out of use as of late.

My lifesbane order has also more or less matured! His lifebound beasts had turned into cosmic gods before he did, so he didn’t need them to undergo the final step with him. He rode on Meow Meow and had it randomly speed around to keep his foes off his tail while he made his breakthrough. Closing his eyes, he ushered his two orders toward the final transformation.

The lifesbane will within his astral brain that looked like a misty white continent began transforming. Just as he thought it would become a planet-class order, it consolidated into the form of a white vortex that resembled an astral hole and the divine wonder of Taiyang Zhao. Wait, it isn’t changing into a planet or galaxy....

It was completely unexpected. However, he soon discovered that the stability of his lifesbane order felt more than fine. There was no problem using it to regulate his cosmoforce at all. Not to mention, its mass was even larger than it would have been if it had turned into a planet. It gave off a boundless impression.

”This vortex isn’t one that sucks things in. Instead, it seems to be ejecting the power of control that makes it easier for me to channel my energies.” That came as quite a surprise. His lifesbane order was one of the most crucial things, but he had never felt it change that much across its previous iterations.

”Only my imperial will is left!” He focused on his damaged seventh astral organ, not feeling awkward in the slightest, certain in the knowledge that it was time for rebirth and restoration. Naturally, it would be tougher than before!

”After crossing this huge milestone, the path of my rulership has finally found a firm foundation in the Upper Star Ruin!” The stronger his imperial order was, the stronger the bond between him and his subjects would be. He observed the black-and-gold continent melt away into a primordial soup before assuming its final form. With a sudden loud boom, a planet of black and gold was formed! It was the brightest planet-class order in Tianming’s body, illuminating everything and outshining all of his other orders as if it was the true core to his being.