Beastmaster of the Ages

Tianming’s current strength was still insufficient to face an imperator, let alone the Adjudicator. Thus, before departing, he needed to take another step forward in cultivation...

“Even though I’ve had dazzling radiances to absorb, I’ve always progressed step by step. After each breakthrough, I usually spent decades stabilizing my order. But I no longer have the time for that.”

Since his recent growth in order had been extremely steady, Tianming decided to gamble once!

After learning of his plan, Zi Zhen’s response was simple. “I’ll accompany you.”

She was a woman of few words, but she always stood firmly beside Tianming.

“Alright.” Tianming reached out and clasped her hand.

A trace of envy flashed in Mu Qingqing’s eyes as she watched, though she said nothing.

“Tianming, be careful. Don’t force it,” Li Muyang said, patting him on the shoulder.

“Don’t worry, men aren’t allowed to say they can’t,” Tianming replied.

“You brat... I believe in you. Go for it!” Li Tianzi laughed heartily.

Wei Jing was reluctant to see him go to Vermilion Bird, but there was no other choice. She left with the other, leaving Tianming to his breakthrough.

Only Tianming, Zi Zhen, and Mu Qingqing remained. Mu Qingqing had stayed behind to prepare the passage between the Realms of Order and Chaos. As usual, she quietly knelt to the side. I hope this breakthrough goes smoothly... Even if it makes me seem even smaller in your eyes...

She looked at Tianming without speaking, worry hidden deep in her gaze.

Tianming merely glanced at her, nodded, and then began absorbing dazzling radiances together with Zi Zhen. Tianming’s orders skyrocketed at an unimaginable speed, causing the chaotic cosmoforce within him to become unstable.

The instability worsened as he continued to absorb dazzling radiances. Streams of order formed raging floods that rampaged wildly through his body, crashing and colliding everywhere! Tianming clenched his teeth, forcibly trying to stabilize the orders.

Mu Qingqing watched from the side, worry written plainly across her face.

Yet she still said nothing, because she knew it all depended on Tianming himself.

If he failed to break through, then even if he went to the Vermilion Bird, the odds would be grim.

“Holy hell, this is way too violent!” Ying Huo, fused with Tianming, was queasy from the raging torrents of order.

Even the usually sound-asleep Meow Meow could no longer maintain its slumber. Countless torrents of order slapped wildly across its face, far more brutal than Tianming or Ying Huo ever were in normal times.

As Tianming finished consuming dazzling radiances at hand, his body descended into complete chaos.

“Hold it steady...” Tianming let out a low roar, using the stable order already within him to suppress the out of control order! He knew that if this continued unchecked, his body might very well explode. Survival would be uncertain, and even living would mean grievous injury!

Tianming’s complexion turned ghastly. But at long last, he managed to suppress part of the rampaging order within him, absorbing it into his existing stable order.

Of course, the riot within him was still ongoing. The starlight from his body flickered. It would be bright one moment and dim the next, sometimes even erupting in dazzling bursts like the last moments of a nova source world!

“Zi Zhen, how are you holding up?” Tianming endured the chaos within and looked to his side.

Much like his, Zi Zhen’s body was also unstable. However, she was better off as this was recovery for her rather than a breakthrough. Even so, her breakthrough still carried risk.

“I’m almost done,” she said. After absorbing the dazzling radiances in her possession, her body gradually calmed.

She looked at Tianming. “You seem much worse.”

“I’m alright. I’ve suppressed part of it already.” Tianming nodded, then turned to Mu Qingqing. “Take us to the passage.”

Mu Qingqing, now only as tall as his calf, didn’t hesitate. She immediately opened the passageway, which the three of them entered together.

“We can carry out power conversion within the passage and achieve a level breakthrough,” Tianming said to Zi Zhen. This was her first time absorbing order within the Realm of Chaos.

The two relaxed, allowing nova source to pour into their bodies and accelerate the transformation of the order torrents they had just absorbed. Their middlekin astrons bodies began splitting at an astonishing speed!

However, due to the instability of the order, the splitting process encountered resistance. Some middlekin astrons were even shattered by the impact of the order torrents while dividing.

This phenomenon was especially severe within Tianming. As a result, his power conversion took longer than any previous attempt. He had to use order to stabilize the shattered middlekin astrons before they could split again.

Tianming pressed forward step by step without the slightest impatience.

Finally, he began growing taller! His height rose from sixty thousand meters toward seventy thousand, stepping into the tenth level of the Heavencosmic Stage!

“Success!” Tianming was relieved when he felt the distinctive increase in cosmoforce.

That breakthrough had been a near-death ordeal. Thankfully, in the past he had spent decades stabilizing order after every breakthrough, giving him a robust foundation.

“Is it done?” At this moment, Zi Zhen, who had finished slightly earlier than him, finally let out a breath of relief.

Her breakthrough had been somewhat easier than Tianming’s, though still fraught with danger. Fortunately, her experience allowed her to resolve the crisis successfully.

This risky breakthrough marked a tremendous qualitative transformation for both Tianming and Zi Zhen, allowing them to fully stand shoulder to shoulder with Realm of Chaos imperatores...