Beastmaster of the Ages

Violet lightning flashed across his features. His eyes were twin purple stars, and his wild hair twisted like a nest of ten-thousand-meter-long snakes. Even beneath the magnificent and majestic facade, Tianming could still make out the outline of Lin Xiaoting’s familiar features. There was no way around it; this was the face he had sliced, cut after cut, like a pig’s head. The satisfaction he had felt then was completely overshadowed by the repulsion he felt now just seeing his face. Tianming’s full size was less than the man’s head, but this was inevitable given the hundred-thousand-year gap between them.

The Violetblitz imperial son was truly powerful, arguably the pinnacle of the entire Realm of Chaos. With the immense disparity in power, confronting such a formidable opponent was an extreme trial of Tianming’s mental fortitude.

”Li Tianming...” Lin Xiaoting’s nova-sourcelike eyes fixed upon him. A deluge of lightning streaks formed a sphere, trapping Tianming inside.

”A hundred thousand years ago, you defeated me nine times. I vowed that the tenth would be my victory, but then you disappeared. All this time, I’ve toiled day and night to surpass you. But now that we finally meet again, you’re just an ant... So tell me, who’s the idiot, you or me?” Bolts of lightning erupted as the giant spoke.

Tianming looked up at him and said calmly, ”I’m not the one who defeated you a hundred thousand years ago.”

”Are you so weak that you won’t even admit this? You don’t have to be so humble. I’ll give you time!” said the lightning giant.

In the lightning pool, thousands of young cosmic gods from Violetblitz backed Lin Xiaoting with sarcastic, playful smiles.

”You misunderstand.” Tianming raised his head, burning the lightning giant with his gaze as he enunciated each word slowly. ”There wouldn’t be nine times. If I had fought you a hundred thousand years ago, you wouldn’t have survived the first time.”

The lightning giant’s grin widened before he erupted into a thunderous laugh that made the entire billion-meter-wide pool of lightning shudder. Behind him, the young cosmic gods of Violetblitz burst out laughing as well.

A young cosmic god who resembled Liu Qianyang said, ”Brother Ting, he’s weaker but more arrogant!”

”Hahaha!”

”From humble genius to arrogant loser!”

“A double turnaround?”

The name “Li Tianming” had once stifled them. These cosmic gods now felt an immense liberation as if all their misfortunes had been washed away, and they erupted into wild laughter. Though the cosmic gods of Skyplunder Capital found their ridicule unpleasant, they were helpless. The imperial son’s decline in strength and change in character were undeniable.

”Was I humble before?” Turning around, Tianming asked Mu Qingqing.

”Not really, but you were a gentleman, honorable and generous.” Perhaps Mu Qingqing still yearned for that Tianming.

Tianming thought of the portrait. Indeed, his expression was profoundly calm, a contrast to his current self.

”You’ve changed, and I find you more terrifying than before,” Mu Qingqing said.

”Terrifying?” The giant’s face contorted as he fought to suppress a laugh. ”What a shame! It looks like I’ll never get to experience such terror.”

He lifted his chin contemptuously, a sneer forming on his lips as he fixed a cold stare at Tianming. “You’re nothing but a worthless coward hiding in your elders’ shell, a hundred-millennia-old big baby! Hah! A great sky plunderer raised in a greenhouse! Even if I give you another hundred thousand years, you’ll still be sheep!”

”Shut up!”

”Lin Xiaoting, get out of here!”

From the city below, a torrent of angry curses erupted, the people seething with righteous anger at the insult to the imperial son.

”What a hard tortoise shell! Are you brave enough to take a pounding from Brother Ting?”

”No! Imperator Skyplunder won’t let us leave if we accidentally break it.”

”That’s enough!” Lin Xiaoting shrugged. ”As guests, we shouldn’t cause any trouble. That kid just had to see off his grandparents to the next life. Don’t make him too sad now!”

”You’ve gone too far.” Tianming initially struggled to relate to the enmities of this world. The realities of this realm highlighted the falsehoods of his own world. However, Lin Xiaoting’s words got on his nerves. The more he thought about it, the more his blood boiled.

Tianming was originally eager to improve his cultivation and beat Li Tianzi. But now, with just a few words, that animosity shifted to Lin Xiaoting. From this moment on, he made it his mission to rip the bastard’s mouth, regardless of the time or effort it required. He would gladly slice up his face again.

”Lin Xiaoting!” As Tianming’s eyes began to blaze with fury, a sudden roar erupted from behind him. He stood frozen for an instant, then looked up just in time to see a black figure rocket from Qianruler Palace, soar into the sky and vanish into the churning sea of lightning.

”Your brother?” Ying Huo was startled.

The black figure instantly overpowered the lightning giant, pulling him out of the lightning pool and smashing him into the ground.

BOOM!

A deafening blast rocked the ground.

”Li Tianzi, stop!”

The lightning giant’s expression shifted, but before he could rise, the black shadow pinned him to the ground. Blow after blow, the man pulverized the lightning giant’s face. Three brutal punches demolished Lin Xiaoting’s features, scattering electrified star fragments all over the ground. The brutal display shocked everyone, and even the cosmic gods above the pool of lightning were struck with horror.

”Li Tianzi, I’m here for the banquet! Is this how you treat your guests? Do you still wish to stop the war?!” Although Lin Xiaoting’s head was completely wrecked, he had no trouble speaking.

Li Tianzi stepped on Lin Xiaoting’s chest, his dark gaze sweeping coldly from the man below to the visitors in the sky. ”It’s only natural for my younger brother to be weak. He’s starting fresh from his rebirth. I’ll beat up anyone who speaks ill of him!”

His cold words were met with a collective gasp. The visitors in the sky shrank in fear.

”But what if he’s weak forever? Haha...” Lin Xiaoting struggled to his feet.

”We’ll see then.” Tianming hovered behind Li Tianzi.

In that moment, the brothers who looked identical shared a sense of unity.

”Fine!” Shaping his head, Lin Xiaoting took a deep breath and said, ”I’ll give you a thousand years! Then, leave the skypole stars and fight me. Defeat me and I’ll concede your victory!”

A wave of laughter swept through Skyplunder Capital. Lin Xiaoting talked a big game but shortened the deadline to a thousand years.

How overly cautious of him!

”A thousand years?” As the wind whipped around them, Tianming suddenly laughed. ”Give me a thousand years and I’ll wipe out your entire family.”