Beastmaster of the Ages

Self-generating order was a ridiculous notion that Tianming had to take his time to accept. ”The innate order of Primordial Chaos Beasts exists apart from the sea of order.... That holds terrifying future potential. It seems to imply that you guys aren’t controlled by universal laws... like you’re independent from the three worlds!” That referred to the base world; alternate world, or Xenoworld; and ancestral world respectively.

”I don’t know. Who cares as long as it helps us fight? Now that I’ve obtained a heptastar cosmic physique earlier than expected, I’ve risen to a whole new level. My albi have converted into stars and I feel stronger than ever! I feel like I can take on ten at once!” Ying Huo said.

”Man, there’s still a long way before I can use order myself. I must say I’m pretty envious!” Tianming’s lifebound beasts were growing more and more ferocious, to his slight worry. At the end of the day, his Primordial Chaos Beasts were still the biggest part of his arsenal. As for their innate order, he had a feeling that it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to reveal that to anyone in too obvious a fashion. It was something without precedent, or probably subsequents for that matter. At least, that was what he understood after he got curious about advanced cosmic deities and went through many books and asked Dongshen Yue many questions.

”Transitioning to an advanced cosmic deity entails all sorts of transformations, and the first is the infusion of caelum into divine will, converting the divine will into order.” That was only one aspect of it; the other was transforming the physical body from an albus-based astral physique to a heptastar cosmic physique. The small albi in the body would be converted into astrons during the process.

”Once order enters the body, the cultivator uses a cosmic breathing technique to absorb gigantic amounts of nova source into the lungs, igniting them to start the conversion of the albi. Using order to control the large amounts of energy, the astralforce within the astral discs seeps into the albi and fully integrates, forming particles called astrons. The process is hugely transformative, and when it completes, the cultivator will no longer be human in the conventional sense. The body will no longer be made of flesh, but pure astrons. Divine will no longer has to dwell within albi to stabilize the astral discs, but instead, the power from the astral discs will have fused with what used to be the flesh.”

When he’d first learned about the Order stage, Tianming had imagined the process of making the body into its own cosmos entailed converting the albi into stars. Albi were part of the flesh, and the key difference between them and astrons was that the size of albi were constant, while astrons could expand and contract like actual stars! In fact, from the point of view of the microscopic world, astrons looked just like nova source worlds.

Initiate cosmic lifeforms were considered to be preparing their bodies for cosmosis, the process of turning the body into a universe, with the four stages of the initiate phase funneling the power from mortal saint springs into albi. As for advanced cosmic lifeforms, that was when the body started the cosmosis process to convert the charged albi into stars. Once someone lost their fleshly body, they would no longer be considered human and be considered a god in the truest sense. The god stages were just the start that led to the cosmic deity stages!

A heptastar cosmic physique with astrons instead of albi looked and felt just like a fleshly body, with even reproductive functions and biological desires remaining unaffected. Instead, those impulses would be magnified. The reason for that was the new changes cosmosis brought to the body, resulting in the formation of new power nuclei called astral organs, known collectively as heptastar organs, which the physique was coined after.

Once albi were converted to astrons, it would give rise to a new power that congregated in seven parts within the body. Those organs were like star clusters in the wider universe, just like the one Ebonia was in. The first five organs took the place of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, five of the main bodily organs. The sixth was naturally the brain, which went without saying. It was the densest star cluster within the body, making it the prime nucleus of the heptastar cosmic physique. The last core organ was something Tianming hadn’t expected: his reproductive organ, and that applied to women as well!

He was initially quite puzzled, but it made sense when he thought about it. The five main organs regulated the operation of the universe within the body. The brain was just like the sea of order that directly manipulated the body and determined the laws it moved according to. While all of that was important, reproduction and leaving a legacy was just as important, which was why it was only reasonable for the genitals to also be one of the heptastar organs.

Those in powerful Ebonian factions would usually only choose to procreate after reaching the Order stage because of that. Once the heptastar organs were formed, the kin they produced would almost certainly have the Infinitum Bloodline, not to mention a great chance of inheriting the talent of their parents. That was a key factor in how cultivators of established lines grew stronger with every generation.

Heptastar organs could only be achieved through cultivation, and their presence was the main factor for the retention of biological impulses even in advanced cosmic lifeforms. It was incredibly difficult for a normal god to engage in intercourse with an advanced cosmic deity because of the seventh organ, and if the normal god was male, he would be sucked completely dry.

To summarize, one could only be considered an advanced cosmic lifeform after obtaining order and a heptastar cosmic physique, and that order would reside within their heptastar organs. The distribution of order within the organs partly depended on the constitution and personality. The order of smart people usually resided in the brain. For passionate people, it resided in the heart. For people with strong desires, that usually resided in the unnamed seventh astral organ.

The location one’s order dwelled in also led to different abilities and performance. Astral lungs controlled astral breathing techniques, which allowed one to convert nova source into usable energy many times faster than albi. If order resided within those, one’s cultivation speed would be much faster! As the brain was part of the system with the body’s nervous system, having order reside within it would grant amazing combat prowess. As for the heart, it was connected to all blood vessels in the body, so order residing there would grant one incredible constitution and vigor. The blood vessels themselves were formed from countless albi, after all. When Tianming was on his voyage, the streams of galaxies he had witnessed looked similar to blood vessels.

Not only had Ying Huo obtained its heptastar cosmic physique early, it also had seven streams of infernal order that filled all of its heptastar organs, making for the perfect setup.