Beastmaster of the Ages

An air of despair began permeating the crowd. At that moment, the former valley lord looked at Qitian Xiao and laughed, ”You’re getting old. Like me from back then, you’re turning more stubborn and arrogant. Looks like the karmic cycles of heaven are turning once more.”

”Then tell me—how will you even survive this?” Qitian Xiao asked, face cold as snow.

”Survive?” The former valley lord smiled and addressed the crowd. ”I’ve come here today to do only one thing: fishing!”

”Fishing?”

”What does he mean?”

”Does he mean he’s bait to bring everyone here?”

”That must be it!”

”But what’s he even trying to achieve?”

As the crowd began chattering, Qitian Xiao’s brows furrowed. Like them, he wondered what Jian Qinghe’s plan was. Was he really using himself and the Grand Myriadpath Ruins as bait?

”Everyone!” The former valley lord waved toward the entrance of Myriadpath Valley without waiting for Qitian Xiao’s response. ”Look there!”

Once more, Myriadpath Valley shook. Everyone was on high alert.

”What is that?!”

”Something’s flying in here!”

”That’s...!”

The deafening rumble around them grew louder and louder. Then, in an instant, a gigantic monochrome sphere swept past the continents in Myriadpath Valley As it advanced toward everyone, it parted the waters it streaked across.

”What in the world?!”

”That’s an astralship!”

Millions of people doubtfully looked at the sphere in the distance, unable to tell its size due to its shape and indeterminate closeness. Only a few among them felt lightning coursing through their bodies at the familiar sight! Qitian Xiao’s bloodshot eyes widened like never before as his hands shook nonstop.

”What?!” Qitian Muyu cried, his handsome face contorting.

”Impossible!” Yumo Diyan roared as he stumbled a few steps back, bumping into the people behind him.

The three of them were able to recognize the Blissful Union in a single instant. Apart from them, the old patriarch, Suishen Cang, and a few others had heard of the ship’s description. They immediately knew that this was the ship in question, considering it didn’t look inferior to the Grand Myriadpath Ruins at all.

”Is that the fortuna-class astralship from the Yin-Yang World?!” The old patriarch was shaking so much that his beard was visibly trembling.

The august and sacred houses witnessed their reactions.

”What?”

”Did everyone hear that? It sounds like the ship came from the Yin-Yang World....”

As the crowd’s murmuring reached a crescendo, the sphere descended from above them to the same level as the Grand Myriadpath Ruins. With them side-by-side, it was even more clear that they were both fortuna-class ships. The entire crowd was shocked into silence; nothing but the humming of the ships could be heard.

”Did the natives of the Yin-Yang World come to attack us?!”

”The former valley lord actually has connections with the natives?!”

Everyone was completely confused and could only think of one explanation. Qitian Xiao, who had never believed in the existence of Yin-Yang-World natives, felt completely torn apart. He had lost almost everything because of that astralship, only for him to see someone pilot it into Myriadpath Valley! Who could it be?! It couldn’t be the nonexistent natives! As the tension racked up, the entrance of the Blissful Union opened up, revealing the burning baleflame within.

”Those flames!” Qitian Xiao felt crushed once more. The presence of the baleflame cemented his suspicions that there was a being like the Source Progenitor inside the ship. It was a legacy that surpassed that of Myriadpath Valley!

”Who’s coming out?” Millions of gazes were fixed on the entrance as three people walked out in blazing fashion. The two beauties on the sides, one crimson and the other one pink, looked like bodyguards. With Suishen Xiyue and Jiguang there, anyone sandwiched between them would look like unrivaled royalty, let alone Tianming, someone who had the legacy of the Primordial God-Emperor!

What was more shocking was that there were only three of them, nobody else. People saw the ship’s door close with a wave of Tianming’s hand, a sign that he truly controlled it!

There was nothing but dead silence and tension. Those of the Three Exalted Houses found it hard to even breathe.

Qitian Xiao, Qitian Muyu, Yumo Diyan, and the rest felt like their brains were about to blow apart. To think that Tianming was the pilot of the fortuna-class astralship! The old patriarch recalled Suishen Ranxing’s guess that Tianming was the Mistrunner, but not even he would have guessed that Tianming was the one who took control of the Blissful Union!

Not to mention, the Yin-Yang World had been barricaded rather recently. How did the ship reach Myriadpath Valley in such a short time?! That youth kept on shattering every part of their common sense and understanding of the universe!

”Are you really a native of the Yin-Yang World?” Qitian Xiao asked, enunciating every word with disbelief and rage.

”Now that’s a wild theory if I’ve heard one. The denizens of the Yin-Yang World are long gone. I was just more capable than you and got acknowledged by this astralship, inheriting its legacy. After you failed, I easily took control of it and piloted it out of the Yin-Yang World!” Tianming said, no longer feeling the slightest shred of respect for the formerly untouchable valley lord. They were currently leaders of their respective factions on equal footing, but one was only a young hundred-plus years old while the other was past his prime!

”The valley lord had dreamed of owning a fortuna-class astralship all this time, yet Pathkeeper Li owns two! I wonder how the valley lord’s feeling now.”

”How’d he succeed when the valley lord got poisoned and failed?”

”I’ve figured it out! Eminent Jiguang was able to deal such a huge blow to House QItian back then because their side already possessed this legacy back then!”

”Heavens! They had the valley lord in the palm of their hands all along! I bet he isn’t feeling very smart right now....”

Every single statement by the crowd felt like a knife through the valley lord’s heart. His reputation had been torn to shreds and he was reduced to nothing more than a clown show, basking in humiliating looks. He had been toyed with by a brat in the Yin-Yang World who wasn’t even that strong back then! He would have vomited blood if he wasn’t in full view of the crowd.

Instead, he furiously glared at Tianming. ”Do you think a single astralship is enough for you to act so arrogant and disregard my Myriadpath Valley?!”