Beastmaster of the Ages

With the ‘works’ of Cleaner Grandpa in hand, Tianming bid him farewell and headed toward the fortuna-class ship, the Grand Myriadpath Ruins. It was more than ten times larger than the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb. Solid and majestic, its structure was indestructible.

”I wonder how mighty this astralship will be when it’s activated.”

In the Million Mundi, the highest were sixth-level nova source worlds. In other words, nobody could withstand the nova source attacks of the Grand Myriadpath Ruins. However, it obviously wasn’t charged up at present, or it would be even more terrifying.

Tianming arrived at the bottommost gate of the Grand Myriadpath Ruins. The gate was triangular and so tall that Tianming couldn’t see the top when he looked up. After adding those from the Fortuna and Maniverse Rankings that could cultivate in the lower ruins, there were less than twenty thousand people. Even if they all entered at the same time, there wouldn’t be any congestion.

When Tianming entered, the surroundings were quite empty.

Myriadpath Valley was filled with formations. The divine astralship formation here was linked to the Myriadpath Celestial Formation and Tianming’s black ring. He swiped his ring, successfully passing through the barrier, after which he floated up and entered the lower ruins of the Grand Myriadpath Ruins.

”The lower ruins is full of the caeli of generations of Myriadpath Valley reverends. It’s very hard for the Million Mundi to produce reverends, let alone eminents. Thus, apart from Myriadpath Valley, it’s basically impossible to find reverend caeli anywhere else.”

Observing caeli to cultivate was a very stable way of cultivation. It was the foundation of cultivators. Without the guidance of predecessors, the entire martial dao of the astralscape would experience a cliff-like decline. Therefore, inheriting caeli was the basic method of cultivating levels. You needed a foundation to build upon.

Although Tianming had recently been growing by relying on order fragments, inheriting caeli was equally important, even more so than before.

”Reverend, eminent, valley lord! The better the inheritance caeli, the greater the help they can provide my currently unstable orders.” When he entered the lower ruins, he was already thinking that, in the future, he must seize the opportunity to break into the top thousand of the Fortuna Ranking as soon as possible so that he could enter the middle ruins and observe the caeli of eminents.

”If I can break into the top hundred of the Fortuna Ranking within a few decades, that would be even better. Those are all valley lord caeli!” Only two hundred people could enter the upper ruins. What would it look like inside? It was hard to imagine.

Tianming understood that, if it weren’t for order fragments, even with his comprehension abilities from the Aeonic Grandbane and Trisoul Prime, among his other talents, breaking through a level would take at least ten years if he solely relied on inheritance caeli. And that was already a blistering speed in Myriadpath Valley.

”Those foundationeers on the Fortuna Ranking are basically over four hundred years old. When they were first- and second-level cosmic cartographers, it probably took them decades to break through each level.” That actually proved that Tianming’s base talent was already at the peak of the astralscape.

Although it might take him ten years, the problem was that he cultivated eight orders, and each was of the highest level. The time he needed wasn’t that far ahead of those other geniuses, but the content required to break through each level was fundamentally different.

”Uncle Yong and Zi Zhen continue to help me in the Xenoabyss. As long as I solidify my orders, I should still be able to use some order fragments! That’ll shorten the ten or twenty years.” Break through with order fragments, then consolidate his gains through inheritance caeli! It would definitely be faster than just relying on inheritance caeli alone.

Of course, breakthroughs also had an enlightenment component. However, it only occurred in special situations like life and death, righteousness, etc., and couldn’t be sought after. It didn’t conflict with order fragments.

Last time on the Sun, when Tianming had gathered the power of the people to fight, his orders soared, which was actually a form of enlightenment. Enlightenment could instantly elevate orders. A single enlightenment could save decades or even hundreds of years of effort.

”Inheritance caeli are still important. If the entire astralscape suddenly loses all the caeli, the usual ten-year cultivation path might take a hundred years without the ancestors’ guidance. Where can one find so many hundred years in their lifetimes?” The cultivation standard of the astralscape would drop by a full stage. It would already be good to be able to become a cosmic cartographer during one’s lifetime in ordinary sixth-level worlds.

Tianming could only say that prosperous times could be inherited. Generation after generation of ancestors, confronting life and death, heaven and earth, exploring ahead, leaving behind memories of cultivation, cultivation techniques, battle arts, formations, astralships, and so on, were all important.

”As a descendant, our task is to inherit the inheritance, pass it on, and ultimately leave one’s own memories of cultivation to future generations! Create cultivation techniques and battle arts to bless future generations.”

Generally speaking, not many astral gods began creating cultivation techniques and battle arts until after they were three thousand years old. By then, they’d completely passed the explosive period of cultivation growth and had more time in their prime.

Tianming didn’t have that intention now. He had cultivated few cultivation techniques and battle arts, and was far from the extent of being knowledgeable. When he reached three thousand years old, it wouldn’t be too late to continue the tradition and benefit future generations. Although he didn’t particularly like the culture of Myriadpath Valley, he at least respected the ancestors of Myriadpath Valley who were willing to leave their caeli behind to benefit future generations.

”Myriadpath Valley is a big melting pot, but it doesn’t mean there’s no admirable people there!” Tianming entered the lower ruins. It was pitch-black, like the inheritance room of the Gladean Ruins. The entire world was mired in endless darkness, with only the entrance shining. He couldn’t see the caeli, nor could he see other disciples.

Tianming took a deep breath, then moved forward in the darkness. He knew that reverend caeli were special. To qualify for the observation of the reverend caeli, resonance must be caused. That resonance required the commonality of order, or some other mutual attraction.

”I just need to demonstrate my order to the lower ruins!”

He floated in the darkness, spreading his arms. In this place with no one around, his two pitiful cosmic charts finally appeared behind him. In the center of the cosmic chart, the honeycomb formed by the eight orders of imperial, lifesbane, infernal, genesis, and the rest remained the most profound, overbearing orders among all the cosmic charts he had ever seen.

The power of the eight orders fell like bait into this dark pond.

”It’s like fishing!” The big fish were the orders of Myriadpath Valley’s reverends. ”Each of them is a supreme existence to this astralscape!”

Tianming opened his eyes wide—they had begun to appear. One after another, the reverend caeli emerged, immense and boundless like giant stars! For a moment, it was like millions of stars were rushing toward Tianming.