Beastmaster of the Ages

Tianming had two cosmic god corpses in his possession, so he should have enough baleflame and springwater to suit his needs. However, there was no such thing in God Domain One. He wondered if the corpse of any cosmic god would produce stuff like baleflame and springwater.

”Either way, it seems like the prosperity of the Ancient God Domain mainly relies on overflow and order fragments. In terms of bloodlines, the people here aren’t that much stronger than those of the Three Exalted Houses. My dynasty also has cosmic god corpses, so it’d be fine if I let my people use these fragments like the natives here do, right?” Tianming said.

”It’s definitely fine!” Zi Zhen said. Without overflow fragments, Jiguang and the others wouldn’t have any hope of reaching the Overflow stage due to the hollowness of their order and physical constitutions. Either way, the haul was a huge boon to them.

”Here, it’s all for you!” Zi Zhen pushed her finger against his chest. It was so big that it seemed bigger than Tianming itself. He had been the one to feed her with goodies back then, but it seemed to be the other way around this time.

”Fine! Then I won’t hold back.” Tianming put the hundred-plus overflow fragments away, except for the four grade-four overflow fragments.

”You should use these to advance to the fourth level,” Tianming said.

”I’m worried that I’ll waste them like last time,” Zi Zhen said with worry.

”It’s no waste. You merely paved part of the way to the next level. We don’t have any more time, and the Taboo Ocean is shrinking again, so hurry up! Don’t hesitate with me. I have no choice, since I’m unable to reach the Overflow stage in the short term. I have to count on you to do it!”

”Alright!” Passion sparked in her eyes.

”Goddess!” Just as Tianming put the overflow fragments away, Jin Ding and Jin Lin came over.

”You little...!” Jin Lin was about to explode from within.

”Ahem, it’s merely the servant of the goddess helping her manage assets as she commands! If I’d won the trust of the goddess earlier, she wouldn’t have to rely on that mixed-blood mutt for anything!” Jin Lin found a reason to console himself quickly enough.

”What’s the deal with that wonderian maidservant over there?” Jin Ding asked his father and grandfather.

”I don’t know,” Jin Xiao said. He looked at Zi Zhen and said, ”But one thing’s certain: the goddess was truly ferocious. You missed it, but she was absolutely lethal just now!”

”Did those overflow fragments come from the wonderians that were just killed?” Jin Lin gingerly asked.

”Of course,” Jin Xiao said, rolling his eyes.

Immediately, Jin Lin seemed agitated. ”Holy great grandmother, grandmother, mother, and my beloved wife! I, Jin Lin, have finally done something worthwhile! I managed to reclaim the lost overflow fragments from wonderian hands!”

”Wait, weren’t you just watching from over there? What did you have to do with it?” Jin Xiao said.

”Go over there! You had no part in this!” Jin Shang said.

”Why’re you waiting?” Jin Ding gave his head a smack.

”Great Grandfather, Grandfather, Father, your teachings are correct!” Jin Lin sheepishly said.

”You’d better work hard. I don’t recall having a great grandson that’s such a slacker.”

”Same. Since when was my grandson such a slacker?”

”I don’t have a useless son like you, either.”

Jin Lin was rendered speechless by the tri-generational insults. All he could do was change the subject. ”Quick, look! Our goddess is assimilating grade-four fragments again!”

”How terrifying—to think that she can absorb overflow fragments one after another.”

”We have to wait decades and centuries to stabilize the gains from absorbing one every time.”

”I wonder where the goddess’ limits lie....”

”Dad!” Jin Lin turned to Jin Xiao and asked, ”Are we going to take her back and convince Di Tang and the rest to get all specters to serve our goddess?”

Jin Xiao nodded. ”The goddess wants to rescue the girl that was by the Nightfiend’s side and needs our cooperation. It’s the only way we can show her our value. Once we do that, the goddess will definitely stay behind and help all the specters in the Ancient Oldgod Domain to end the tyrannical rule of the orderly race! We’ll also drive the wonderians out of here!”

”But... Di Tang and the rest are short sighted and too careful. All they care about is maintaining the status quo. Will they really submit to the goddess?” Jin Shang said, furrowing his brows.

”It doesn’t matter what we say. All we have to do is to support her with all we have! Once our goddess strikes, nobody can stop her, least of all them,” Jin Lin confidently said.

”It’s hard to say. The Di Family are a petty sort. They used to be weaker than us at one point. But now they’ve finally taken the reins of leadership. There’s no way they’ll yield it again without a fight,” Jin Xiao said.

”If they don’t yield, we’ll overthrow them! There’s no other person like our goddess! Only she can save the entire Ancient Oldgod Domain and avenge us, from God Domain One all the way to Nine!” Jin Shang said.

”Let’s hope that’s the case...” Jin Lin capped it off with a sigh.

”What’re you doing, feigning melancholy before your dad? Go away!” Jin Ding gave Jin Lin’s head another smack.

***

Tianming watched the four discussing their future plans while keeping watch for Zi Zhen and Moran as they continued growing. The Di Family? We do have quite a lot of foes to go up against, from the orderlies, the enslaved specters, to the wonderians. I need these aurumites to take some pressure and attention off us....” Tianming had to take care of those factions.

There’s far too much profit involved in the export of overflow fragments. If Zi Zhen’s advantage is able to help me unify the Ancient Oldgod Domain and monopolize the sea of order, my dynasty will have an endless source of supplies to grow and prosper!

The aurumites were indeed one of the first factions that he could seek to win over. No doubt, there were even more specter factions in the other god domains. They should have some ties between them as well. It was a path to reaching out to all of them.

”But once I save Qingyu, I should see if there’s a way to go to the Upper Star Ruin. I’ve already spent too much time on conquering Myriadpath Valley and defending Infinitum. While I can come to the Ancient Oldgod Domain for resources, I shouldn’t remain here for too long!”

The Upper Star Ruin was still his main goal. Tianming’s mind kept racing with ideas to strengthen his dynasty. Just then, Zi Zhen’s astrons increased in number once more, causing her to grow again.

”Amazing! She succeeded after absorbing only a single grade-four fragment!” It had only taken two in total, so there were three left over.

”She did it!” The four Jins were flabbergasted.

”Dad, Grandpa, Great Grandpa, I’ve witnessed our goddess go from the tenth level of the Foundation stage to the fourth level of the Overflow stage in one short day with my very eyes!” Jin Lin’s eyes were filled with a look of worship.

”Even the orderlies in God Domain Nine who have a cosmic god corpse aren’t able to break through at a rate like that!” Jin Ding said, shocked.