Beastmaster of the Ages

”Alright!” Eminent Jiguang waved to Tianming and said, ”Don’t be so reserved, come closer.”

Tianming wasn’t reserved, he was just suppressing his evil thoughts to behave more normally. After all, standing hunched over would be quite obvious.

”Tianming, look at that sphere,” Eminent Jiguang said with a smile.

”Sphere? What sphere?” Tianming tried to keep his eyes level and not look down.

”That one.” Eminent Jiguang pointed to the left.

Tianming followed her finger and saw a transparent formation in the Jiguang Sea. It looked simple, but was actually covered with incredibly complex and dense celestial patterns that were hidden from notice.

As a ’professional,’ he used his Plundering Eye and immediately understood the skilled craftsmanship behind it. When Mister Taihe used the Starshatter Formation, he had heard that Myriadpath Valley was the holy land of formations and celestial patterns. Infinitum-class astralguard formations and top-tier divine astralship formations weren’t difficult for them.

And in Myriadpath Valley, the greatest experts were from House Suishen.

”My aunt’s formation techniques are top tier in all of Myriadpath Valley! Her skills are greater than you can imagine,” Suishen Yao praised Eminent Jiguang.

”Eminent Jiguang isn’t just beautiful, but also skilled in other aspects. Admirable,” Tianming couldn’t help but compliment.

Eminent Jiguang was quite pleased at hearing such admiration from a young genius.

”Don’t sweet-talk my aunt,” Suishen Yao glared.

Eminent Jiguang couldn’t help but laugh, ”Being young is nice. Bickering with each other is quite fun.”

”This isn’t bickering! I’m just suppressing him, okay?” Suishen Yao said, annoyed.

”Alright, alright, you’re the boss.” Eminent Jiguang smiled. Then, turning serious, she looked at Tianming and pointed at the transparent sphere, ”Tianming, this is the Soulblend Formation, which I created based on House Suishen’s ancient texts.”

”Soulblend Formation?” Tianming asked, puzzled.

”Yes! Using this and your rare totems, I can facilitate your and Yaoyao’s totemic bonding,” Eminent Jiguang explained.

”Totemic bonding!” Tianming was taken aback. Naturally, he followed up by smoothly sealing his lifebound space, causing the beasts to loudly curse inside!

”Li Tianming, you’re heartless, closing the door at the exciting part!”

Tianming ignored their curses. Blushing, he asked, ”Totemic bonding... doesn’t that mean.... Sorry, Little Master, Eminent, this is too sudden and I’m not prepared....”

”Shut up!” Suishen Yao’s face twitched in anger. She grabbed his collar and glared at him. ”You little toad, can’t you listen to people before daydreaming?”

”My bad.” Seeing her flushed face, Tianming realized he had misunderstood. But based on his understanding, House Suishen’s totemic bonding was built on the fusion of Suishen Blood, which was achieved by the union of a couple triggering the fusion of their totems.

”You didn’t misunderstand. It’s normal to think that way after hearing ‘totemic bonding.’” Eminent Jiguang enjoyed watching their quarrels. She smiled and continued, ”However, I recently researched our ancient texts and developed a method for totemic bonding that doesn’t require marital union. It benefits both parties. As I mentioned earlier, it requires both parties to have at least nine bane-rings, and the more the better.

”Tianming, you have ten totems and are Yaoyao’s disciple, making you the best candidate to help her strive for a breakthrough within a year! You know her predicament—it isn’t the life she wants. If someone can’t find a partner they love, their life will be forever ruined. So are you willing to help her?”

Suishen Yao pouted. ”Why ask his opinion? If he dares to refuse, I’ll turn him into a eunuch on the spot! Besides, he has the totems, but their level isn’t high. My eight simulacrums will benefit him the most in totemic bonding! He’s the real winner in all this!”

The essence of totemic bonding.... Tianming thought carefully. The core of totems was the terra.

Of the tripartite souls, the vita was housed in the body, the caeli directed cultivation and resonated with the laws of heaven and earth, and the terra served as a backup for the vita, able to temporarily perform its function or be used as a totem. Even though it was a backup for the vita, it was still part of a person’s soul.

Tianming’s totems were formed from his terra and the Primordial God-Emperor’s soul servants. The soul servants were pure power that strengthened his terra, meaning his totems were still completely terra.

Totemic bonding meant the fusion of terrae... or even that kind of union.

The wonderians had a philosophical concept. In the wondersky realm, was the union of caeli counted as real? For example, Tianming and Jiang Feiling’s first experience was in Soulburn Hall there. The wondersky realm made it incredibly realistic and almost indistinguishable from the real world.

The wonderians consider the union of caeli in the wondersky realm as real, and the terra ranks even higher than the heavenly soul. If terrae unite, wouldn’t that also be considered real...? Thinking of that, Tianming, though he didn’t fully understand the details, blushed.

However, Eminent Jiguang and Suishen Yao didn’t seem to mind. As a man, Tianming naturally couldn’t be coy.

”Yaoyao’s fighting for her destiny, so you won’t disappoint her, will you?” Eminent Jiguang earnestly asked Tianming.

Suishen Yao bit her lip, looking somewhat pitiable.

Tianming glanced at Eminent Jiguang. She was the woman who had made him a minor pathkeeper, changing his fate. It had surely put her under great pressure. Therefore, he didn’t hesitate. ”Little Master and the Eminent have been immensely kind to me. Besides, this totemic bonding is also a blessing from my Little Master. I’ll do my utmost, even if it costs my life!”

”Good child.” Eminent Jiguang nodded in satisfaction. In her eyes, Tianming was indeed a child, as his age wasn’t even a twentieth of hers.