Beastmaster of the Ages

At her father’s question, a hint of complexity flickered in Jiang Qingluan’s beautiful eyes.

She shook her head. “He doesn’t remember what happened a hundred thousand years ago. How could I bring it up? Besides, given the current situation... let it be.”

With the Adjudicator taking a stand and multiple starcages following suit, a storm was brewing. And Li Tianming stood right at the eye of that storm! The sky plunderers and Nullity all had dark clouds pressing down, ready to strike them with disaster.

“It’s good you can think this way. It’s just a bit unfair to you,” Imperator Cheng said after a moment of silence.

“Unfairness is nothing...” The girl in the red dress sighed softly. “Tianming is enduring far greater pressure than me. It’s just a pity that I can’t stand by his side and support him...”

“You’ve already helped him a great deal,” Imperator Cheng said gravely. “Even with the excuse of a wager, the Adjudicator and the other starcages will surely be displeased.”

“Will it be very troublesome?” she asked.

“It’s fine. I’ll handle it. This alone won’t make them tear apart all pretenses of cordiality,” Imperator Cheng replied.

“Father.” Jiang Qingluan paused slightly, then asked, “If a great war truly breaks out, can we... firmly stand on the side of Nullity?”

That deep, steady voice sighed and said, “Circumstances leave us little choice, but people still decide the outcome. If there is truly no hope, I must take responsibility for the countless lives of the Vermilion Bird Starcage. But as long as there is even a small chance, we will fight on until the end.”

Jiang Qingluan nodded gently in understanding. A in her eyes, along with unconditional trust. “I believe that as long as Tianming is here, we have a hundred percent chance of success!”

***

Tianming and Wei Jing swiftly returned to Nullity with their large haul.

My cultivation can now advance further. However, it hasn’t been long since my last breakthrough, so I need to stabilize my orders first, Tianming thought. At present, his primary opponent in the Realm of Chaos was Lin Xiaoting, a ninth-level primocosmic god!

This was only one step away from the imperatores.

Lin Xiaoting looked formidable now, but he had been utterly crushed by Tianming a hundred thousand years ago, which showed his methods were nothing special.

“A single breakthrough is enough for me.”

This Lin Xiaoting was not the same Lin Xiaoting of the past, but Tianming couldn’t help but think of that former one, which was honestly rather tragic.

In his eyes, the Lin Xiaoting of the Realm of Chaos was just as disgusting as that guy had been before.

“Stabilize first, then break through!” Tianming returned to the Kunruler Palace, preparing to settle down for another period of cultivation.

After he returned, Mu Qingqing followed him once more, silently and quietly watching him from behind. It was clear that she seemed to have many things on her mind, perhaps because of Jiang Qingluan...

Tianming paid her no mind.

Just then, a message suddenly came, forcing him to interrupt his training.

“Huang Qi said that a wonderian has secretly infiltrated the Flameyellow Imperial Star...” Tianming had to take this news seriously.

Recently, Bai Feng has gone completely quiet. It yearned incomparably for the universe beyond this one, the Realm of Worldgazing, and so it spared no effort in assisting Tianming. As long as Tianming grew stronger, sooner or later he would be able to take it there.

Bai Feng had been diligently relaying information from the Upper Star Ruin all along, and at long last, something suspicious had surfaced.

“A wonderian?” Tianming grew cautious. “ They can’t be a weakling if they managed to infiltrate us.”

“Huang Qi said she’s ninety thousand meters tall,” Bai Feng replied. A ninth-level primocosmic god was already close to the level of an imperator, so this was absolutely a high-ranking powerhouse of the wonderians.

With a wonder, they had equal power to the imperatores of the Realm of Chaos. The Flameyellow Imperial Star likely had no one capable of dealing with her.

“I didn’t expect Huang Qi to take the initiative to report such intelligence,” Tianming said with some emotion.

Given that this guest likely had ill intentions, he could no longer continue cultivating.

Tianming quickly had Mu Qingqing open the passage back, which he immediately entered.

Dormant omnisentient threads awakened once more as the long-absent Galactic Emperor returned to the Sun! Simultaneously, silver cockroaches all awakened from dormancy.

“Found her! Target is... searching for... the Ninedragon... Imperial Tomb!” Yin Chen’s smug voice rang out. Worthy of being the Myriadworld Immortabeast with countless bodies everywhere, it had immediately tracked down the target.

“Find Zi Zhen first,” Tianming decided. She was currently no weaker than him, and bringing her along would make this trip far more secure.

Very soon, a graceful figure whose height matched his remarkably well arrived...

“A wonderian?” Zi Zhen’s expression also grew grave. “They haven’t made any moves for so long. Aren’t they afraid of Tian Jiu causing some disaster?”

“No idea,” Tianming said. “We don’t know their purpose yet. They might have come on her own... in any case, we stop them first.”

With time pressing, the two flew straight toward the wonderian’s location.

Soon, a wonderian woman with an extremely fiery figure appeared in their field of vision! She was rapidly shuttling across the Sun, clearly searching for something. What somewhat surprised Tianming was that she was alone without a male partner.

She looked very young, clad only in a thin layer of white gauze that accentuated her irresistibly sultry curves. Her skin was snow-white, her legs long and alluring, and every feature of that intoxicating face exuded temptation.

Tianming and Zi Zhen swept in from opposite sides, surrounding her!