Beastmaster of the Ages

”Hmm?” The moment Tianming made his move, his opponents instantly felt an overwhelming and unbelievable sense of pressure.

”Impossible!”

Though their mouths roared denials, their reactions were exceptionally swift after having cultivated to such heights. Their wonders immediately activated.

This time, their wonders didn’t spread into a massive domain but were instead contracted and contained them within their bodies, fortifying every astron.

The tactic highlighted a future path for Tianming.

From god to astral god, cultivators often pursued greater scale in their power, such as lifebound beasts growing bigger. However, by the latter levels of the Foundation stage, those who favored flashiness came to realize that being large yet hollow was just painting a target on themselves.

The only exception was if one could still maintain the astron density of an astral giant, which had an even greater astron density than specters.

Thus, in Myriadpath Valley, House Yumo focused on physical fortification. Similarly, House Qitian’s myriadpath source beasts compressed their bodies to enhance their individual combat power. Even House Susihen’s totems leaned toward refinement over sheer size.

Now, Tianming discovered that even wondermancers had adopted the same pragmatic approach.

Their wonders no longer manifested as vast, boundless domains. Mass extermination of ordinary people was useless, so they chose to enhance their bodies and return to the essence of cultivation by refining each of their astrons.

Of course, even with that approach, their wonders could still expand to cover a heliacal-class world and cleanse it of all life if they so desired.

Ten wonders far more terrifying than those of the divine servant from before manifested.

For instance, two kinds of radiant golden lights erupted from within the gold-haired person. Like Tianming, he seemed like a human-shaped nova source, his golden radiance piercing through the dark clouds of Ebonia and dyeing the entire black world as if it were daylight!

Even an astralship would struggle to achieve such a feat of illuminating an entire infinitum-class world.

He was an extreme embodiment of golden metal, and it was unimaginable how resilient his astrons were under the influence of his two wonders.

Simultaneously, blue, red, green, and brown lights burst forth, bathing the faces of billions across Ebonia.

The power of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—flowed on the wonderians’ bodies as they utilized them at an unmatched level of mastery.

Their confidence was evident. Though Tianming’s appearance was astonishing, they couldn’t measure his strength without having fought him.

Moreover, they had already decided that he was employing a desperate and exhausting strategy. Even if they just stalled for time, his strength would quickly fade and then both his fortuna-class astralship and the astral giant’s corpse would fall into their hands. And while the astralship wasn’t essential, the corpse of the astral giant within it was an irresistible treasure capable of driving them mad with greed.

The moment Tianming charged forward, they immediately retaliated without hesitation. All five struck at the same time, spreading out and forming a pentagram. Ten wonders bore down upon Tianming with crushing force.

”Let him taste the Pentaphase Heaven Wonder Formation!” the gold-haired one coldly sneered.

”The five of us can even run through Myriadpath Valley by ourselves and our Pentaphase Heaven Wonder Formation would instantly wipe out all two million of its cultivators. What chance does he stand?”

”Not every petty creature can challenge the might of the wonderian race....”

While they taunted Tianming with mocking words, their attacks were entirely serious. To make matters worse, they weren’t just physically imposing, but used weapons as well.

The wonderians favored dual-wielded swords used in coordination by the husband and wife pairs. One body was controlled by two wills, and their assaults were like the simultaneous attack of two people.

Tianming coldly glanced at them, then froze for a moment.

”Ten high-maniverse-class artifacts?” How extravagant! There were only two known high-maniverse-class artifacts across the entirety of the astralscape: the Myriadpath Divinity and the Grand-Orient Sword.

Yet the five wonderians had brought out ten swords of equivalent rank. Each sword’s power was on par with the Myriadpath Divinity and perfectly aligned with their respective elemental attributes. Moreover, the sword pairs also embodied yin and yang. The yang swords were bold and powerful, while the yin swords were intricate and unpredictable.

Five elemental hues trapped Tianming in a colossal formation that was visible to both the Sun and Ebonia. Unsurprisingly, the sight stirred concern in all those linked to him through omnisentient threads.

Since the rise of the Galactic Emperor, Tianming had remained undefeated across the Infinitum Mundus, dispatching foes like Yumo Dinai with a single move.

But these five wonderians were at the super zenith and presented a threat to their Galactic Emperor who protected the people. For the first time, the vast populace felt a sense of crisis.

But crisis bred unity. The omnisentient threads made Tianming’s eyes their eyes, allowing them to clearly perceive the overwhelming oppression emanating from the wonderian powerhouses.

And the oppression kindled fury. Once, ordinary people were insignificant. But now, every ordinary person in the Infinitum Mundus held onto an unwavering belief in the face of the super-zenith cultivators. Because....

”This is the Tianming Dynasty! Our land! If any foreigner dares to provoke us, they will die!”

That was the pride of a new world. Anger and the determination to defend their homeland resonated!