Beastmaster of the Ages

The stele on the right had a pentagram on it. The pentagram had five colors, one for each point. Each point was formed by a different beast, making five beasts in total that were all formed of celestial patterns of different colors.

A golden nova source, a mirrored crescent, and a five-colored pentagram.

The three shining patterns were actually the three maniverse-class battle techniques themselves. Cultivators used the celestial patterns to comprehend the prehistorical House Suishen’s legacy.

”The one on the left is called the Greatsun Suishen Stele, which records the Greatsun Suishen Art.

”The one in the middle is called the Twinmoon Suishen Stele, carrying the Twinmoon Suishen Art!

”The one on the right is called the Pentagram Suishen Stele, carrying the Pentagram Suishen Art!

”The three Suishen Arts represent the pinnacle of the astralscape’s totemic battle arts!” Suishen Yuan said with immense pride. Totemancers’ battle arts were more complicated than

ordinary battle arts because they involved totems.

Even without Suishen Yuan’s boasting, Tianming could tell just by looking at the complexity of the three diagrams how lofty the battle techniques they contained were. The other myriadpath steles’ diagrams were far more complex than the Grandvoid Compendium and the Xiaozhi Sword Art, but they weren’t even a tenth as intricate as the three diagrams in front of him.

Just a few glances filled Tianming with strong yearning, so he asked, ”What’re the differences between the three Suishen Arts?”

Suishen Yuan was amused by his question and countered, ”Wait, did you really pick one?”

”Just trying to understand ahead of time,” Tianming humbly replied with a smile.

Although Suishen Yuan teased him, he still explained in detail. ”House Suishen’s totems, orders, and styles are broadly divided into three systems. In fact, all totemancers follow the three systems.

”The first is the most common within House Suishen and has the largest number of people. That group of totems is primarily characterized by fierceness and explosiveness. Attributes like fire, lightning, destruction, battle, and berserk fall under this system. Totemancers in this system are best suited for the Greatsun Suishen Art,” Suishen Yuan explained.

Tianming nodded. ”So the sun, moon, and stars are all nova sources, just with different attributes and strength differences, right?” Born on the Flameyellow Continent, he instinctively considered the Sun the largest, the Divine Moon Realm secondary, and the stars the smallest. However, as he explored the universe, he discovered the Divine Moon Realm was actually the smallest. Here in Myriadpath Valley, he had learned that the concept of a moon wasn’t a stellunar source, but another form of nova source power.

”Correct! The other two battle arts are in the same class as the Greatsun Suishen Art, just with different attributes.” Suishen Yuan pointed to the mirrored moons on the second stele. ”The second system of totemancers includes those with attributes like ice, snow, sea, cold, ghostly, and death. They’re suited for the Twinmoon Suishen Art, which is the opposite of the Greatsun Suishen Art. One’s extreme yang, the other’s extreme yin.”

”Got it!” Tianming nodded. ”So you belong to the second system?”

”Yes.” Suishen Yuan nodded, then continued, ”Yaoyao’s flaregod starsoul totems are swords, and also a fierce type, so she belongs to the first system, the same as Eminent Ranxing and Little Zhao. It’s their family trait. My sister and I belong to the second system.”

”What about Eminent Jiguang?” Tianming asked. Eminent Jiguang’s totems, the aurora nymphs, seemed gentle.

”She’s also in the second system,” Suishen Yuan replied.

Tianming had initially thought their totems were the same, but it turned out they were not only different, but belonged to different systems, which explained their contrasting temperaments: one was fiery, the other gentle.

”So what’s the third system?” Tianming asked.

”The world isn’t just black and white. The third system includes totems with neutral attributes, like metal, wood, wind, earth, and source. ’Source’ represents everything else. If one can’t determine whether their totems or order is yang or yin, they should choose the Pentagram Suishen Art,” Suishen Yuan said.

”I see, so Suishen Yue belongs to the third system?” Tianming asked.

”Yes.” Suishen Yuan was clearly displeased at the mention of Suishen Yue, so he didn’t want to say more.

Tianming pondered. Among my eight orders, the infernal, genesis, and ancestral orders should belong to the fierce type. However, Lan Huang’s primordial order includes the power of mountains and seas, which might suit the Twinmoon Suishen Art.

Just as he thought that, he immediately rejected the hypothesis. No, the primordial order isn’t just a simple mountain and sea order... its essence is also grand and heavy. Though it isn’t fierce, it leans toward the third system. Additionally, Yin Chen’s immortal order and Xian Xian’s radix order also fall within the third system.

As such, he concluded, First choice, the Greatsun Suishen Art. Second choice, the Pentagram Suishen Art. Last choice, the Twinmoon Suishen Art. He had indeed made his picks! The three maniverse-class battle techniques recorded different combat methods, so he speculated they could be cultivated together.

”By the way, are they sword arts?” Tianming asked. House Suishen frequently used swords, but he couldn’t be sure if the three steles contained sword arts.

Unexpectedly, the question earned him another disdainful look from Suishen Yuan. He pursed his lips and said, ”The three Suishen Arts adapt to whatever weapon you use, becoming the corresponding combat method. The key is comprehension, not weapon type.”

Despite the disdain, Tianming felt reassured, as it meant he had the chance to try.

Since his first choice was the Greatsun Suishen Art, Tianming naturally headed toward the Greatsun Suishen Stele. He quickly neared the foot of the stele. The golden blazing sun on it didn’t look like a flat pattern, but more like a three-dimensional sun hanging overhead that emitted scorching light.

So many eminents? Upon arriving, Tianming was astonished to find about twenty people under the Greatsun Suishen Stele. They were all middle-aged or older, each of them likely a House Suishen eminent.