Beastmaster of the Ages

It was a festival that celebrated the death of cosmic gods. After killing the final cosmic god, Tianming looked around and found that the Ninefold Hellstar trembled at the sight of him. There were some who had escaped and were spreading the terrifying word about him, causing panic among the cosmic gods who were trapped in the world.

”Even the Ninefold Wargod wouldn’t be able to kill so many top-tier cosmic gods, right?”

Who wouldn’t be afraid of being trapped in a room with someone of his caliber? The entire Ninefold Hellstar entered a state of combat like never before. Soon, the defensive formations of many cities were activated!

Tianming landed near the minor hell king’s cosmic god essence. He was still alive and suppressed the fear he felt. With a cold and tragic tone he said, ”No matter who you are, you have already trespassed upon the territory of the Eightpart Pantheons. You will be paying the heaviest price for the biggest mistake of your life.”

”The biggest mistake?” Tianming gripped the sword with both hands and placed it against the sphere. ”Explain it to me in a way that makes sense. Weren’t you the ones who wanted to vent your anger on me first? I’ve merely returned the favor. The real show starts after this.”

”What are you babbling about? Do you think that you will be able to dictate how things go in the Upper Star Ruin on your own?”

”Too bad for you, but I’m not alone!” Tianming thrust with the sword and pierced through the minor hell king’s essence.

***

Cobalt Fiendlord was a combination of binary maniverse-class worlds, Cobalt Fiend and Cobalt Lord, which orbited one another. The pair of stars looked like eerie eyes in the cold astralscape.

The Cobalt Overfiend had joined the others in leading the army into the Ancient Flameyellow Ruins after the grand feast, leaving his two wives in charge of one world each. Lord Empress Yao controlled Cobalt Lord while Fiend Empress Qing controlled Cobalt Fiend. The two were among the most powerful women in the Eightpart Pantheons, and they were gathered in the Skyfiend Hall in Cobaltium Universe City.

As they arrived and took their seats, there were still more than a thousand powerful elites who were left to defend the city. Even though Skyfiend Hall didn’t seem as busy as it used to be, it was still a place reserved for the powerful only. Normal cosmic gods didn’t even have the right to enter it.

Two women thousands of meters tall sat next to the main throne. They were beautiful, prideful, and cold, fitting for the two most elite ashura women in all of the Ten Desolate Starforges. Lord Empress Yao and Fiend Empress Qing should have been waiting to receive word of the successful conquest in the Ancient Flameyellow Ruins, yet the gate of the ruins closed without warning. Like the others, they were also confused and shocked. They had gathered precisely because of that matter.

”Your Majesties, so far, we have witnessed the shattering of fifty thousand ashura subsouls. That means that the fight in the Ancient Flameyellow Ruins has begun. The enemy might be those from the Primordial Sands and the flameyellow natives in the ruins. Other worlds have also suffered significant losses, which points to the presence of powerful foes,” reported a blue-haired cosmic god solemnly.

”Given the sudden spike in casualties, the battle really must have ramped up,” said Lord Empress Yao, clad in a golden phoenix robe.

”Let’s wait and observe,” said Fiend Empress Qing. It was clear that they couldn’t do anything to help now that the gateway was closed. It wasn’t just them; the few cosmic gods that remained in the Ten Desolate Starforges or the others in the Eightpart Pantheons couldn’t do much else but wait. Even then, the odd battle that they couldn’t directly observe did pique the interest of the Ten Desolate Starforges. Given how anxious they were, they couldn’t really focus on anything else either.

Then, a cosmic god clad in purple armor entered. ”Your Majesties, an odd piece of news has arrived from the Ninefold Hellstar.”

”Announce it,” Fiend Empress Qing said. She was more concerned with the war in the ruins rather than the Ninefold Hellstar, just like everyone else.

”This news actually came from the orbiters of the Ninefold Hellstar. Word is that their astralguard formation is up at full power, causing all transmission stones to be cut off. There is no way to contact anyone in the Ninefold Hellstar.”

”Full isolation?” Fiend Empress Qing smirked. ”Could Ming Xingwang really dare to run a coup while the Ninefold Wargod is away and trapped? Not only will he fail to become a maniverse starlord, but he’d even lose everything he has.”

Lord Empress Yao furrowed her brows. ”This sounds a bit too simple.”

Qingmo nodded and stopped smiling. ”It does, but it also doesn’t have much to do with us. The thing we should be most concerned about now is finding a new entrance to the Ancient Flameyellow Ruins, if one does indeed exist.”

”Yes....” Lord Empress Yao didn’t really want to bother with the Ninefold Hellstar either. Yet, all their transmission stones lit up.

”Dreammaster Siming of Saturatia-49 is on my end,” Lord Empress Yao said.

Fiend Empress Qing looked at her transmission stones and said, ”Mine’s from... the little sister of the God of Original Sin? She’s in charge of Myriadsin Capital. What is this about?”

They exchanged looks before picking up their calls. After a while, they ended the calls with odd expressions on their faces.

Lord Empress Yao said, ”Ming Xingwang’s behavior is far too weird. The Ten Desolate Starforges have fallen into some confusion, so we should send some people to check. The primalwingers and two from Saturatia-49 will also go.”

”Alright. Let’s just ascertain who is messing around this time.” Both of them rose and traveled with a hundred other thousand-meter cosmic gods. They got on a divine astralship and headed in the Ninefold Hellstar’s direction.

***

Dreadstar Universe City was the second-largest city in the Ninefold Hellstar and the territory of Ming Xingwang’s relatives. Word of ’Lin Feng’ had spread without end, causing many to gather in the second-strongest city with a fortuna-class defensive formation running at full power. The hundred-thousand-plus cosmic gods nervously discussed what was going on.

”He won’t be able to enter.”

”Even if he does, he’ll be killed for sure!”

The pride of the devas had yet to fade. Little did they know that the white-haired youth had appeared behind them.