Beastmaster of the Ages

Chapter 3609 - Suishen Ranxing’s Fate

The central imperial capital would be connected to the Million Mundi through the Myriadpath Celestial Formation. Once the various mundi were no longer separated from Myriadpath Valley through sheer power and were allowed to conduct exchanges, everything that had happened would spread to all the mundi. The day the Million Mundi properly learned of all of Tianming’s exploits was the day the Tianming Dynasty would truly span the entire Million Mundi as an intergalactic empire!

I wonder how powerful I’ll become in my territory when the time comes.... Needless to say, there wasn’t much Tianming could do alone and he needed massive amounts of help. In the Flameyellow Continent, he had been helped by Li Caiwei. In Orderia, it was Long Wanying. In Infinitum, there were Xiaodao, Wudi, Lin Xiao, and Dongshen Yue. In Tianmingopolis, he trusted Jiguang the most, as well as his mother-in-law, Yaoyao, and the former valley lord. Jian Qinghe was also among them.

They were all incredibly helpful in helping Tianming project his imperial authority across the Million Mundi.

”They’ll be busy from now on.” The first thing he had the former valley lord do was shut off all the stareyes in wonderian-leased territories and the tens of mundi neighboring them. The wonderians’ goals were Tianming and Tian Jiu, so the shutoff probably wouldn’t affect the lives of the regular people in those territories.

Every single mundus was incredibly huge. Without markers, even wonderians would only be able to hop to the next mundus or two at best. With the stareyes turned off, it would take centuries for them to reach another active stareye using infinitum-class astralships.

Who knew what the Tianming Dynasty would be like in a hundred years? Either way, Tianming didn’t have a good solution for the wonderian problem at the moment. They had far too many leased territories, so he had no choice but to seal them off until he had a way to deal with them. As for the mundi that would be affected, it was only a matter of time before they came under the rule of the Tianming Dynasty anyway, so that eventually wouldn’t be an issue.

The former valley lord came to see Tianming and said, ”After a short survey, we temporarily shut off a hundred thousand stareyes.” The wonderians had leased a thousand mundi, so shutting a hundred times the number of stareyes was a good precaution. A hundred mundi would be prevented from traveling for every leased mundi there was.

As for wonderian markers, they usually only had them in one or two mundi near where they leased, based on the example of Skydome. Without markers or stareyes, it would be really difficult for the wonderians to mount an assault on the Tianming Dynasty.

”One day, those hundred thousand mundi will be opened up again.” Since Infinitum didn’t have a direct stareye, it would also be safe. At the end of the day, the most valuable legacy Tianming had inherited from Myriadpath Valley was the Myriadpath Celestial Formation, not the Source Progenitor.

”Tianming, shall I transfer the cores of the Myriadpath Celestial Formation and Grand Myriadpath Ruins to you now? Those are the symbols of the valley lord,” the former valley lord asked.

”Old man, is there even still such a thing as the valley lord?” Tianming asked.

”Haha, you’re right. Then....” He had a rough guess of what would happen. ”Since you’re more familiar with the Myriadpath Celestial Formation, I’ll have to trouble you to administer it for me for the moment. We have to plug the leaks to make it as hard as possible for the wonderians to come. At the same time, we can’t let it affect our reconstruction of the Million Mundi.”

”I’m already old and you still want me to work....”

”Hey! I still have to go on a honeymoon with the girls!”

”Fine! You little brat... you still won’t let me retire,” The old man heartily laughed. He was actually glad about the assignment. Not having anything to do would be boring, and he had already been left to waste away for far too long.

”If you ever get tired of it, give Jiguang the Myriadpath Celestial Formation,” Tianming added.

”Sure. What about the Grand Myriadpath Ruins? Do I give that to her, too?” The former valley lord knew that Tianming planned to have Jiguang watch over Tianmingopolis.

”Keep it for now. Hand it to Miss Jian once you want to retire.”

”My granddaughter?” He seemed quite stunned. He turned and looked at his granddaughter. He knew that her talent was great, but had been sealed for quite a long time by that veil. Once that had been removed and she’d been given some springwater, she could perhaps take over the old post of valley lord, or even lead House Qingchuan.

”What about Suishen Jiguang?” he asked.

”I plan to let her use the Blissful Union. She has more important tasks that I need her to do,” Tianming said.

He wanted to transfer the yin-yang essence of the Yin-Yang World to the Sun to reforge the Flameyellow Imperial Star! Tianming had wanted to take care of that himself, but he wouldn’t have the time for it. As such, he needed people he could really trust to pick up the slack.

And there was no better candidate than Jiguang as she had also assimilated the bloodline of the astral giant of the Yin-Yang World over their decade-long dual cultivation session, enabling her to operate the Blissful Union.

The other plans took some time to finish as well. Moran had finished absorbing the eighteen pairs of divine wonders, including Zhoutian Shenhai’s, becoming far more powerful than before.

There was also another important matter to deal with: Suishen Ranxing! He had been imprisoned within the Yumo Blood Crucible, but was still alive. From the deafening cheers outside, he knew that his time had come. The thousands of Qitians within the crucible along with him were also silent and solemn.

Suishen Xiyue, Jiguang, and the former valley lord were all there. The Suishens looked up at the descending emperor that had ushered in a new age. Then the Yumo Blood Crucible opened.

Suishen Ranxing had reformed his physical body, but he seemed drained of spirit. His hair was unkempt and he kept his gaze low. Tianming, on the other hand, glowed like a blazing sun. Even if Suishen Ranxing recovered his super-zenith might, Tianming would easily be able to crush him.

The cheers in Tianmingopolis still rang so loudly that Suishen Ranxing’s hair rumbled from the reverberations. He gingerly looked up at the youth, feeling torn again and again from within.

Suddenly, he laughed, ”I really envy Qitian Xiao for enjoying a quick death. He doesn’t have to witness this sight.”

He’d had to witness the youth before him step over everyone to take of Myriadpath Valley, convincing its two million cultivators to join his side and change history forever. Myriadpath Valley was a thing of the past, resigned to the history books. Suishen Ranxing, being the final ’valley lord’ and used as a stepping stone, felt much worse than Qitian Xiao could ever have imagined.

”Come!” he said, arms open. ”Kill me! Spill my blood on your new dynasty’s banner.” He had already accepted his death. There was no attachment left for him in this world.

Would Tianming kill him or spare him?