Beastmaster of the Ages

Not long later, Tianming looked at the two women—one young and one old—and muttered, ”Why do I feel like I’m losing something?”

There was simply no way around it. Still, for Yaoyao’s first time to be carried out next to the astral giant, it brought me quite a lot of benefits.

When the planet order returned to the astral giant, it became the perfect place to cultivate, especially with all the baleflame it released. Baleflame functioned similarly to springwater, and they had absorbed quite a lot of it while cultivating next to the giant. Coupled with their talent, it would naturally result in rapid breakthroughs.

Tianming had benefited a lot from the planet order and the strengthening of his totems. That was in part thanks to Suishen Yao’s unique bloodline, which had helped his totems improve by leaps and bounds.

He couldn’t resist grabbing his ’sword’ and said, ”You little... you keep incurring more and more debts in my name.” His junior was speechless and didn’t respond.

”Still, my imperial order did grow a lot as a result.” He facepalmed when he thought about that order of his. Was it really something that the Primordial God-Emperor had designed? It seemed to grow every time there was a new environment to explore.

”I’ll try absorbing some yin-yang essence to see if I can break through.” He called for his lifebound beasts and began to cultivate. Nearby, Suishen Yao focused on internalizing the benefits she had obtained from their cultivation session.

A few moments later, Tianming finally reached the fourth level of the Foundation stage. The eight streams of order within him required far too much growth to break through. But even so, he had achieved it within ten short years, which was a pace that would be unimaginable in Myriadpath Valley.

”I should be able to fight tenth-level foundationeers now. I’m about at the level of power Auntie was at in the beginning. At this rate, I should be able to break through two more levels. I’d be able to fight major zeniths at that point. Qitian Xiao probably won’t be able to fully recover by then and would be weaker than me!” He felt like it was about time.

”The only thing I’m wondering is whether there’ll still be benefits in cultivating after the first time....”

”What are you muttering to yourself?” Ying Huo asked.

”Nothing... I was just coming up with a poem. Flexing my creative muscles,” Tianming said.

”Oh? Poem, huh? Let’s hear it.”

”I... forgot how it went.”

”Come to think of it, why would you need to shut the doors while the two of you used that planet order to cultivate?”

”Well, we can’t let all the baleflame spill out, you know.”

”Is that so? I went there last time and there didn’t seem to be any leakage,” Ying Huo said, smirking.

”You little shit!” Right as Tianming said that, he heard Jiguang call out to him.

”Don’t tell me you reached the super zenith,” he said.

”It won’t be that easy,” Jiguang said, shaking her head.

”Then I guess I have to work harder.”

”There’s no rush. Focus on nurturing yourself after your breakthrough. Rushing so much can hurt your body,” she gently said. ”Yaoyao did seem to make great strides, though.”

”How great?”

”She’s making her final push. Before that, she told me she might be able to break through twice to reach the fourth level. Her combat capability won’t be able to rival yours, but considering peers of her age like Qitian Jian, she’ll be three levels ahead,” Jiguang said.

”She got two levels while I only got one? Damn, I feel like she got a much better deal out of this,” Tianming said. It wasn’t surprising, however, considering that he had eight streams of order while she only had one. If Tianming had only had one stream of order, he would be blazing through the levels, though he wouldn’t be able to fight anyone above his own level. The end result might be a bit worse.

Suishen Yao was also one of the future hopes of Myriadpath Valley. Though her combat capability wouldn’t be that special in their current situation, she would eventually grow to play an important role. While Tianming hadn’t conquered Myriadpath Valley yet, he already had a good foundation for his dynasty in Infinitum.

”What’d you say?” Jiguang said.

Tianming gave her a deep look. ”Don’t worry. As long as I’m here, you’ll never age.”

”Foolish child, nobody can overturn the limits of one’s lifespan,” she said with a resigned smile.

”Hmm....” Tianming didn’t talk about that too much, though, as Suishen Yao emerged after her breakthrough.

The moment she saw him, she remembered how sore her waist was. ”Don’t come any closer!”

”You’re weak,” Tianming mocked.

”Just you wait! I’ll show you!” she snapped.

”Come, let’s go meet your mother,” Jiguang said with a gentle smile.

Tianming felt a chill down his spine. This time around, his mother-in-law was no longer in name only. Suishen Xiyue had been outside the Blissful Union, staring at the stareye the entire time.

When Tianming left the ship, he saw Suishen Shuang and Suishen Zhao standing together. Suishen Zhao gave him a worshipful look and shot him a thumbs-up.

”You did the impossible! You tamed my sister!” He couldn’t be more impressed.

Some distance away, Suishen Xiyue turned back and smiled. Tianming met her gaze, which seemed to say, There’s no way I’ll let you escape from my grasp. I’m your mother-in-law. Her one kick had been all that was needed to seal the deal.

”What a merciless person....” Tianming was truly convinced of her ability. He had no choice but to talk to her in detail about what would happen over the next decade, or at least the details concerning Myriadpath Valley at any rate.