Beastmaster of the Ages

It didn’t take long for Tianming to master the Worldgazing God-Refining Art. He could tell it was a profoundly intricate technique, similar in nature to a formation. Its complexity even reminded him of the Heavenly Dao itself.

Of course, this was only a small-scale method compared to the vast entity that governed the entire universe. It wasn’t difficult for the current him to execute it.

“I’ve learnt it.” He quickly sent a message back to Huang Qi, then asked, “Who is the strongest Aeternal Being? Di Yi?”

From what he had seen so far, the lower the number, the stronger the being. The most obvious examples were Eight and Three from the Realm of Chaos.

By that logic, was Di Yi, Number One, the strongest?

Huang Qi didn’t evade the question. She let out a cold, cryptic laugh. “Di Yi? He’s not quite there. The strongest among us... is Number Two.”

Number Two? Tianming’s expression grew serious. He had yet to encounter this one.

“Di Yi (One), Dao San (Three), Shen Wu (Five), Huang Qi (Seven), Jie Ba (Eight), Tian Jiu (Nine)...

“So the ones I haven’t met are Two, Four, and Six? Huang Qi mentioned not all of the Aeternal Beings are awake yet. Are any of these three awake yet?”

He recalled how Shen Wu had tried to flee the moment that streak of multicolored light appeared in the distance. Had that signal come from one of them?

At the thought of Di Yi, he found himself thinking of Ye Lingfeng.

Tianming dearly missed him, though he wasn’t overly worried. The chaotic state of the Xenoworld suggested that Di Yi had not fully emerged, meaning Little Feng was still holding him in check.

Otherwise, Tianming would be facing not three, but four Aeternal Beings.

Just then, Yin Chen passed on Huang Qi’s message again. “Asking more won’t help you. All I can say is you have no chance. Don’t hold onto false hope.”

Though the message carried no emotion, Tianming could see her cold, indifferent expression from afar.

“Even after helping me refine Shen Wu, she still thinks I have no chance? How strong are Two, Four, and Six...?” The thought weighed heavily on him.

But Tianming set it aside. For now, Shen Wu came first.

Turning back, he faced the pool of silver liquid once more. Shen Wu was temporarily unable to reform under the lingering power of the Skypiercer Finger, but that power was fading.

As the golden-black cosmic energy dissipated, the liquid began to glow again. A silver vortex quickly drew the fragments back together and Shen Wu’s cold laughter returned.

“Stop struggling, Li Tianming. Surrender now, and Tian Jiu might yet be spared. Otherwise, she will regret ever being born.

“Tian Jiu, think for yourself. Why followed a doomed man to death? Disperse this formation, and you may yet redeem yourself.”

She had confidence she could not die. Though shattered, she saw the unease on Weisheng Moran’s face.

But hearing her arrogant laughter, Tianming laughed as well.

“Redeem herself?” he said coldly, looking at the reforming silver mass. “Who defines your ‘sins’? Who grants your ‘merits’? You Aeternal Beings truly see yourselves as gods?”

“For you, we are gods,” Shen Wu replied disdainfully.

“Then today marks the day I become a godslayer.”

Tianming’s voice turned icy. “Little Fish, hold her down. Don’t let her move.”

“Mm.” Moran could feel the five silver swords trembling, gathering strength, trying to break free. However, the nine massive jaws tightened, completely suppressing them.

At the same time, Tianming moved. His sword pierced through the silver vortex. Along its edge, intricate patterns of power emerged.

With white hair flowing and eyes cold, Tianming poured the will of countless beings into the sword, engraving a formation of pure Order upon it.

It was like he had engraved a formation onto the Grand-Orient Sword formed from his ten orders. It generated streams of refining power that flowed toward the surrounding silver liquid.

Caught completely off guard, Shen Wu had no time to react. Threads of refining power spread like hunters, devouring and refining every fragment of her being.

For the first time, Shen Wu lost her composure.

“Impossible! How do you know this technique?!” Fury and fear exploded within her. She instantly realized the truth and began cursing Huang Qi.

“No!” The once aloof, godlike Aeternal Being finally panicked.