Beastmaster of the Ages

Tianming felt incredibly good. The only side effect came from the baleflame, which still had a fierce impact on his mental will even with the buffer of the springwater. His spirit entered a state of agitation, as if his evil impulses had acted up. Fortunately, there was no one around and the agitation quickly subsided without a target.

He focused on assimilating the gains. He had used six kegs of springwater the previous time, and he was using a total of thirteen kegs of springwater and baleflame this time. Moreover, the effect of a single grade-eight order fragment vastly exceeded that of even six grade-seven order fragments.

”However, I’m trying to enter the last level of the Cosmic Cartography stage. Reaching the Foundation stage is impossible and too ambitious.” Tianming would be satisfied just breaking through one level.

He enjoyed the feeling of soaking in a hot spring while absorbing the two mysterious substances. It felt like his marrow was being cleansed and more of the bloodline, physique, talent, and other aspects of his Primordial Chaos Beast physique were being excavated.

”I’ve absorbed a total of nineteen kegs so far. That should be more than the total amount most minor pathkeepers get to enjoy.” Using Qitian Jian as a reference, he got a hundred bowls of springwater every year thanks to his place on the Fortuna Ranking. It would take him a hundred years to accumulate ten kegs, and he had only started earning them when he’d ascended to the top of the Fortuna Ranking. Thus, the total springwater that Tianming absorbed in just a few short years should have surpassed him.

And it certainly surpassed Suishen Yao as well.

Tianming’s talent was already top-notch, and now he had nineteen kegs to enhance it.

Soon after, the order fragment, springwater, and baleflame were all fully absorbed. There was nothing left in the giant cauldron apart from Tianming.

”My orders have grown, and the complementary effect of the springwater and baleflame seems to have helped them along.” It was an almost perfect enhancement.

Tianming calmed himself and began constructing his final cosmic chart. Without a single hiccup, his twelfth cosmic chart was smoothly born. “Thus, all twelve cosmic charts are completed and perfected! My life force has been greatly enhanced.”

The next step for him would be the Foundation stage. A new stage was always crucial. The Foundation stage, especially, was what allowed people to take the seat of rex mundi in the mundi.

”The Foundation stage requires a significant growth in order, where it undergoes a metamorphosis from a beehive to a fortress. It requires a qualitative change.” He had no grasp of the Foundation stage for the time being.

”In just a few short years, I’ve broken through three levels! Although I’m not in the Foundation stage yet, I’m at least about to progress toward it.” It was all an act before, but now it would be for real.

Tianming felt much more at ease with his current level. ”Everyone in Myriadpath Valley still thinks my combat power’s on par with Yaoyao’s. Who would’ve thought that I’ve already defeated people comparable to a reverend?”

In the eyes of Myriadpath Valley cultivators, Tianming seemed like those disciples who had just left the Fortuna Ranking and become maniverse disciples, experiencing a ’low-profile period’ that could last for over a thousand years.

However, he was already prepared to wreak havoc under another identity.

This time, Tianming didn’t plan to find Zi Zhen again, as Yumo Hongyi, who had obtained five kegs of baleflame, could return to Myriadpath Valley at any moment. Once she returned, she would inevitably absorb them, leaving him no chance.

So he quickly returned to the Myriadpath Celestial Formation, then transferred to the stareye in the Yin-Yang World. No one was around.

As soon as Tianming arrived, the Yin Chens left there began waking up.

”Find Yumo Hongyi first.”

”Got it.” When Tianming left, the Yin Chens had gone into hibernation, naturally losing track of her. Many had also been destroyed during the time he was away. But fortunately, he could afford the loss when the total amount was five hundred billion.

”Can you see Eminent Jiguang?” Tianming put on the purple mask and snuck into the Yin-Yang World.

”Can’t enter... the Inner... Yin Yin!”

”Oh, alright. Let me know if she comes out of the Inner Yin.”

The search for Yumo Hongyi took a month.

”Could she have returned to Myriadpath Valley while I was in the Xenoabyss?” Tianming asked, frustrated.

”Probably not. I didn’t... see her... over there,” Yin Chen replied. It could speak with confidence, as it had widely spread throughout Myriadpath Valley.

Finding someone in the Outer Yin was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but Yin Chen had patience.

During that period of time, it had also noticed some baleflame, which Tianming picked up.

Yin Chen’s surveillance saw reverends and eminents occasionally having some gains. A keg of baleflame occasionally appeared, but it had only seen five kegs appearing at the same time once.

Another two weeks passed.

”Found her!” Yin Chen excitedly said.

”Take me there.”

Without needing Tianming to say more, Yin Chen coordinated with Meow Meow to bring him over. After about two hours of pursuit, Tianming saw Yumo Hongyi through his own eyes.

”She’s a fifth-level foundationeer with the combat power of the sixth level. She might even be stronger than Chen Tianyong.” Tianming remembered that, when he had first met Chen Tianyong, he was an untouchable powerhouse. He didn’t expect that he would be facing off against a cultivator of that level so soon!

Yumo Hongyi could be considered not only a genius, but an expert of Myriadpath Valley as well. After all, she was over a thousand years old.

Tianming moved forward for a while and a red-dressed figure appeared ahead.

”Is there anyone around?” Tianming asked first.

”No one,” Yin Chen replied.

”Then... let’s begin the hunt!”

He brought out the black-and-gold sword light. It was like a longsword, with sharp and fierce sword ki billowing around it. He then merged the decapath era godswords into it, immediately elevating them to the fivefold simulacrum.

With the influence of the purple mask, there didn’t seem to be much change on the surface. But in reality, the core of Tianming’s weapon had undergone a tremendous change. Countless lights flickering within the black-and-gold sword light surged with countless strands of sword ki, making it seem like a vast sea, forming a tomb of swords that all stacked upon each other, pointing toward his opponent.