Beastmaster of the Ages

“I’ve finally reached the tenth-level.” Tianming examined the cosmoforce within him. He was now capable of facing Imperator Jian alone! Of course, defeating or even killing an imperator was still no easy ask.

“If things keep going like this, once I become a primocosmic god and possess my own cosmic constellation, wouldn’t I be close to a hundred thousand meters?”

Tianming shook his head and dispelled those thoughts with a bitter smile. He should worry first about surviving this hurdle.

He turned to look at Zi Zhen. She had become a ninth-level primocosmic god, one level short of a conventional imperator. That said, her combat power was already equal to Realm of Order imperatores!

As for the Realm of Chaos imperatores, they could no longer suppress her at all. In fact, if she were to open more than five hall eyes, she could probably instantly crush Imperator Tu.

Even so, going to Vermilion Bird still isn’t completely safe... Tianming thought to himself. After all, the Adjudicator surpassed even imperators!

But there was no time or dazzling radiances left. Neither he nor Zi Zhen could advance any further in the short term. Besides, there was no way he could attempt another dangerous breakthrough like this.

“Even now, the order within my body hasn’t fully stabilized. There are still hidden dangers. I can only slowly eliminate them through later consolidation.”

Tianming prepared to return to the Realm of Chaos together with Zi Zhen.

Throughout the process, Mu Qingqing quietly watched the two of them with a great deal of envy in her eyes.

At this moment, as she walked ahead to lead the way, she suddenly spoke. “Tianming, weren’t you always curious about my true body? Actually, my true body is beneath Plunderlord Palace guarding the Nullity Starsource.”

“The Nullity Starsource?” Tianming was slightly surprised.

He suddenly recalled how the Violetblitz Starsource had caused Lin Tianjian’s power to surge dramatically after devouring it. If not for Li Tianzi’s Skylightsteal, they really wouldn’t have been able to stop that killing blow.

“Could the Nullity Starsource serve as a trump card at a critical moment for me as well?” With that thought, Tianming asked, “Then... can that thing be given to me?”

“I know what you’re thinking.” Mu Qingqing looked at him helplessly. “But that belongs to the Mu Clan. It’s a power of the Realm of Chaos, and the sky plunderers can’t use it. The Nullity Starsource draws its power from Nullity Starcage, so only natives can resonate with and activate it.”

“Alright then.” Tianming was a little disappointed, but he didn’t dwell on it.

“After Zi Zhen and I leave, Skyplunder Capital will still have my father, Uncle Feng, and my brother holding the fort. Don’t worry.” Tianming looked at Mu Qingqing and smiled. “By the way, why haven’t you let your true body come out yet?”

He remembered that Mu Qingqing had used to let her avatar grow taller just to match his height. But later, she stopped growing once she reached ten thousand meters. Now, Tianming was already seventy thousand meters tall, which should be close to her true body’s height.

“To be honest, I’m quite curious about your true body,” Tianming said.

“There’s nothing to be curious about... My true body is in the middle of a breakthrough right now. I can’t see you,” Mu Qingqing replied with a faint smile. However, loneliness could be seen hidden in her eyes.

Tianming didn’t pay much attention to it.

Soon, the three of them returned to Nullity and learned that the armies of Torchdragon and Aquamarine were already closing in on Vermilion Bird. War was nigh.

“Tianming, come here.” At this moment, Li Muyang and Wei Jing called Tianming into Plunderlord Palace.

“This trip to Vermilion Bird won’t be like the last one. You must be cautious at all times,” Wei Jing said anxiously, holding his hand as she instructed him. “If the enemy truly can’t be beaten, retreat first and think of another solution.”

“Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll act according to the situation,” Tianming nodded.

Li Muyang walked up to him and patted his shoulder, his expression solemn. “This journey is dangerous. I’ll first take you to a place.”

“What place?” Tianming asked curiously.

“You’ve seen Skylightsteal, haven’t you?” Li Muyang looked at him deeply. After seeing him nod, he continued, “That’s a signature technique of our sky plunderers, but it isn’t the strongest. It has an even stronger state—one you’re familiar with.”

“Skylightsteal can become even stronger?” Tianming was shaken, especially when Li Muyang said it was a state he was familiar with.

That left him confused.

Had he encountered Skylightsteal before? But when Li Tianzi used it, that beam-like power that felt as though it came from beyond the universe had been utterly unfamiliar to him...

“Follow me.” With a sweep of his sleeve, Li Muyang turned and led him beneath Plunderlord Palace!

Wei Jing didn’t follow.

This trip was for father and son alone.

“This place lies deep within Nullity and hides many secrets.”

So Mu Qingqing’s true body is down here? Tianming thought silently.

The nova source grew denser and denser, the pressure steadily increasing.

Before long, he followed Li Muyang into a hidden region.

Here, nova source interwove to form a massive vortex. At its center appeared a black, sword-shaped ship!

“This is the Skyplunder Ark!” Li Muyang introduced as he led Tianming inside.

“Skyplunder Ark? Could this be the sky plunderers’ main base in the Realm of Chaos?”

Tianming was doubtful. He was brought to a pitch-black chamber that was so massive it was like an endless universe unto itself.

Soon, Li Muyang stepped to the center of the chamber and waved his hand.

When Tianming looked up, he was instantly stunned to find three kilooptic beasts of the archaionfiends!

Three thousand densely packed eyes crowded together, countless crimson blood vessels coiling around them, turning the entire chamber into a nightmare-like realm. Tianming might not have been able to withstand that terrifying, nightmarish pressure if not for having Sixth.

“There are actually still Archaionfiend Eyes here, and they even belong to kilooptic beasts?” Tianming was surprised as he remembered Li Muyang saying earlier that there were none left here.

“Since you already had a kilooptic beast’s eye yourself, I wasn’t in a hurry. But now, you should be able to make use of them,” Li Muyang said with a smile.

Tianming understood. As long as he devoured these three eyes, the next light point on his Plundering Eye would be unlocked. That should be Skylightsteal, though he still didn’t know what Li Muyang meant when he said it was a state he was familiar with.