Beastmaster of the Ages

Beitang Yan paused for a moment before continuing, ”Once the connection is broken, the dynasty will collapse. Our kind might lose the rule to some other faction.”

Everyone then turned to Dongfang Taisheng, who sighed and said, ”I agree with your opinions, but I choose to trust in this miracle.”

Three out of two chose to support the miraculous Tianming. Normally, majority support would be enough to make a decision, but forcing people who didn’t believe in the cause to fight would cause problems. So, Tianming’s plan would fail if he didn’t convince Mushan Hong and Beitang Yan. They had problems with the fundamental aspects of his plan, so how could he convince them? Were they really wrong for only being willing to stake their lives for the sake of the Flameyellow and maximizing their benefits? Pentaphase Hall fell completely silent.

”Dad, Mom, times have changed. The ancestors have chosen these two and have given them their full blessings. Tribal rule has already come to an end long ago just like how the Eightpart Pantheons will come to an end. Why can’t we embrace a beautiful new hope? Have some faith in our future generations that they are capable of building an even bigger and better society,” Mushan Feng said.

”The problem with that is we have no proof that giving our lives for the cause will lead to a better future. We haven’t even managed to return to the peak of our power during tribal rule,” Mushan Hong said.

”Dad...” Mushan Feng grit his teeth, his eyes bloodshot. It was a core ideological conflict that couldn’t be amended. It wasn’t that his parents didn’t believe in Tianming’s capabilities; they didn’t believe in the future that came after him. Without a future, what would be the point of fighting to the death?

Mushan Feng understood that as well, but he also knew that Tianming wouldn’t sacrifice the dynasty he would be building. That was the main purpose of his fight. He sighed deeply in his conflicted thoughts before he suddenly twitched as his ten-thousand-meter-tall body collapsed.

”Aaaagh!” He grabbed his head in unbearable pain, rolling around on the ground.

”Feng’er!” Beiyang Yan cried as she hugged her son in a panic. Mushan Hong also came down and stood by her side, his hands shaking as he gave them a pained look.

”Big Brother!” Mushan Xue’s tears came flowing as she rushed to him.

”What’s going on?” Tianming asked as he stopped her.

”The wallfacer curse is active again! My brother is going to die!” Mushan Xue’s body shook nonstop. She was on the verge of the breakdown.

”What’s the wallfacer curse?” Mushan Feng was a cosmic god of ten thousand meters in height, a young ruler-to-be of the flameyellow voidkin. Why was he going to die from some kind of sickness?

”Let me explain,” Dongfang Taisheng said, seeing that Mushan Xue was already crying incoherently. ”The wallfacer case is the punishment that the Flameyellow Imperator of old sentenced to serious criminals. As long as the criminal truly found remorse during captivity, the imperator would personally remove the curse and spare them the fate of death. However, the fall of the Flameyellow had happened far too quickly. After the defeat of the imperator, there was nobody left that could remove the wallfacer curse from us. It thus passed down from one generation to the next. Any youth who’s unfortunate enough to inherit it would have their astral brains shrink as a result of the curse once a certain age is reached, scattering their soul and resulting in certain death.”

It truly was a tragic fate which had repeated countless times among the flameyellow voidkin. All too often, the elderly had to watch as their young progeny perished no matter their talent. No amount of pride or achievement mattered in the face of certain death. It wasn’t the first time Mushan Feng had suffered from the curse. In fact, he had compressed his body much smaller to extend his lifespan. Everyone else in the hall could only watch in pain and grief.

”Emperor!” Mushan Feng struggled to look in Tianming’s directions. ”I’m afraid I’ll no longer be able to destroy the Heavenly Dao by your side...” Too much regret was packed in those words, which greatly moved Tianming.

”Bai Ye, Bai Ling, come out!” Tianming roared.

”What’s the deal?” Bai Ye appeared as a cloud that eventually took Tianming’s form. Bai Ling, on the other hand, turned into a rapid wild dog.

”Try to save him,” Tianming ordered. Even he didn’t have a way to deal with a curse from an imperator, so he hoped that the Celestial Sourcepath Progenitor would be able to do something.

”Hmm... cursed little insects,” Bai Ye said as it entered Mushan Feng’s brain.

”It’s useless... it’s useless...” Beitang Yan slumped to the ground, her face pale and dark.

”Sigh...” Mushan Hong looked away with his fists gripped tightly. Tears began to flow from his eyes.

”Dad! Mom!” Mushan Feng suddenly yelled with great force.

Mushan Hong started before he snapped around, only to see a white cloud hovering around Mushan Feng’s head extracting a black-crimson dragon-shaped soul curse from him. Then, the cloud adopted Tianming’s appearance once more and consumed the dragon-shaped curse. ”What a delicious worm. Is there more?”

Mushan Feng seemed to have recovered completely as if he had healed from xeno fatigue! He turned to Tianming in utter disbelief, tears of joy flowing nonstop. ”I’m recovered! The wallfacer curse is no more!”

It was a sight that stunned everyone into silence. Mushan Hong and Beitang Yan looked at Bai Ye, then at Tianming, shock oozing from their expressions. The suffering of their child had weighed heavily down on them for ages, yet someone had solved their greatest plight with barely a raise of a finger.

”Emperor!” Dongfang Taisheng addressed Tianming in an agitated fashion. ”What... what is that?!”

”My soul lifebound beast,” Tianming said. ”Senior Dongfang, are there other youths among the flameyellow voidkin who were unfortunate enough to contract the wallfacer curse?”

”Eighty million of them!” Dongfang Taisheng said.

Everyone widened their eyes and looked at Tianming, forgetting to breathe, while he turned to look at Bai Ye, who gave the rapid wild dog, Bai Ling, a smack, and said, ”It would take me a few years to consume them all, but with this little mutt helping out, it won’t take more than a year.”

”Who’s a little mutt?! I’ll bite you to death!” Bai Ling pounced on Bai Ye and began to fight.

”One year!” The flameyellow voidkin within the hall were utterly shocked. By the time Mushan Feng’s parents turned back towards Tianming, the looks on their faces were completely different.