Beastmaster of the Ages

”Brother Li, if you hadn’t cleared the omnisentient idol in fifteen breaths, Yumo Yuanni would no doubt be feeling rather glorious right now,” Suishen Zhao said in a cold voice.

Yumo Yuanni’s breakthrough did get some attention, but it wasn’t the same as Tianming’s overwhelming achievement. After all, he had been forced to kowtow a hundred times by Suishen Yao, so he was still someone who carried a lot of humiliation.

”He broke through on the path.... If he hadn’t run into such an abnormal black ring disciple, Yumo Yuanni would be compared against Suishen Zhao.”

”That’s right. I heard that House Yumo traded a precious ordered manna with the antiquitean imperials. That was a huge price to pay.”

”Oh yeah, there was also a keg of springwater. Yumo Yuanni wouldn’t have been able to obtain something like this himself. Even if it’s something his seniors gave him, it still feels unfair to other people.”

”What’re you saying? Myriadpath Valley belongs to the Three Exalted Houses! Fairness doesn’t apply to them. There’s no point in comparing the likes of us with them.”

”True!”

Soon, the crowd came to the same conclusion about Yumo Yuanni’s breakthrough to the tenth level.

”A few days ago, Yumo Yuanni was toyed with and defeated by Li Tianming, then forced to kneel. House Yumo must still be seething over it. I bet that the first thing he’ll do is have a rematch to win back his honor!”

”If he doesn’t, Yumo Yuanni’s mind will be plagued by the humiliation and it’ll affect his cultivation mindset! Suishen Yao is cruel indeed.”

The reason they called Suishen Yao cruel instead of Tianming was that being defeated wasn’t the biggest deal, but being forced to kneel and kowtow to someone was peak humiliation.

”Li Tianming’s just been proclaimed a prospective element, so we can’t touch him in the slightest. There’s no doubt, however, that this minor pathkeeper will immediately go to wipe him out after his breakthrough!”

Reverend Daolie and the others immediately grew excited once more. When Tianming had been declared a prospective eminent, he, Shujian, and Qingyuan had all been stupefied. Tianming was no longer a normal black ring disciple, and not even reverends like them would dare to touch him.

”He isn’t the minor pathkeeper’s match at all! He’s dead for sure!” Reverend Daolie furiously glared at Tianming. As they watched, Yumo Yuanni successfully manifested his tenth cosmic chart. Throughout the entire process, Huang Daosheng stood guard by his side.

Huang Daosheng saw that Tianming and Suishen Zhao had taken back first place in the ranking after their record clear time, but he was already numb to Tianming’s talent so he focused on Yumo Yuanni instead. The moment the specter opened his eyes, he said, ”Congratulations on reaching the tenth level, Minor Pathkeeper!”

”How did they do?” Yumo Yuanni asked, surrounded by a black mist with killing intent filling the eyes on his mask.

”It took them fifteen breaths,” Huang Daosheng reluctantly said.

”Are you certain?” Yumo Yuanni turned back and saw that Tianming and Suishen Zhao were ranked first once more. His face immediately contorted.

”I’m sure. Additionally, Eminent Ranxing and the others of House Suishen proclaimed him a prospective eminent!” Huang Daosheng simply couldn’t stand that a black ring taint had an equal status to him, someone from an ancient house. He felt even more humiliated than Yumo Yuanni.

”Prospective eminent?!” Yumo Yuanni’s killing intent surged. ”Well, his days are numbered either way!”

Yumo Yuanni felt that his cosmoforce reserves had greatly expanded. The closer he was to the Foundation stage, the more energy each cosmic chart brought him. He locked on to Tianming as he recalled the ridiculous achievements. Tianming had soared so fast and used him as a stepping stone! How could he not be mad? He couldn’t endure it for even a single moment!

Yumo Yuanni and Huang Daosheng walked toward Tianming and the Suishen siblings. While there were still quite a lot of people trying to clear the omnisentient idol, the millions of cultivators in the audience turned and looked at them. Tianming knew that they would eventually come.

Yumo Yuanni’s ferocious aura enveloped Tianming as he ordered, ”Go to the Ascension Colosseum!”

Tianming knew that he didn’t even need to bother answering. As expected, Suishen Yao chuckled and said, ”Oh? I felt a sinister aura and wondered who it was.... Turns out it’s just a loser who was defeated by my disciple! What’s wrong? Do you feel like a hundred kowtows weren’t enough? You want to do some more?”

Yumo Yuanni glared at her, feeling his humiliation rising and turning into killing intent. If it hadn’t been for the fact that fighting on the Prehistoric Path was forbidden, he would have lashed out right away, though he knew that messing with her was just looking for trouble. He turned to Tianming and said, ”If you’re scared, just say so!”

”Scared?” Suishen Yao rolled her eyes. ”You’re the loser. Get it right. You don’t just get to issue a challenge willy-nilly! What’s in it for my disciple to challenge you? It simply isn’t worth it and he’s free to ignore you!” She was no fool. She knew that while it had been easy for Tianming to take on Yumo Yuanni earlier, fighting him now was a death sentence.

”You seemed to be really willing to fight me back then, but now you’re cowering in fear after I broke through and you let women do the talking for you. Looks like I was wrong to expect a tainted trash like you to have any guts,” Yumo Yuanni mocked.

”He’s nothing but a cowardly mouse at the end of the day,” Huang Daosheng added. While it was a really weak provocation, it still had some effect. Everyone knew that Tianming would be getting himself killed if he accepted the challenge now.

”Putting aside outer mundi geniuses, even disciples of Myriadpath Valley’s august houses wouldn’t dream of competing against the Three Exalted Houses.”

”Even if he can match up to him now, he’ll be surpassed in no time.”

The crowd began chattering as Yumo Yuanni pressured Tianming. All six of his irises locked on to Tianming. ”You dared to offend me so easily earlier, but you don’t have the courage to face off against me now. Since that’s the case, you can’t blame me for dealing with you using other ways later on! Perhaps I’ll kill your family, friends, or even your clan! House Huang may not be able to find out about you, but that doesn’t mean I can’t! You won’t be safe unless House Suishen sends someone to constantly protect you for hundreds of years!”