Beastmaster of the Ages

Yin Chen had obtained five new insect forms! All of them were insects that weren’t commonly seen every day, each possessing a unique ability of its own. They could also join together and unleash a new ability, Pentaphase Immortal Prison, an ability meant for suppressing single-target enemies with five different means.

Not to mention, each of Yin Chen’s bodies had grown considerably larger. Before, they weren’t too much bigger than human bodies, but now they were around ten meters long. Yin Chen’s swarm capacity had also grown from one to ten trillion!

”If the ten trillion units fuse together, it’ll make for quite a terrifying foe! Yin Chen can finally join fights again!” Tianming sounded rather excited. ”However, there aren’t many divine ore mines on the Sun. I have to go to the astral continents in the Middlekin Star Ruin for some fortuna-class ones.”

Either that, or he would have to go to the Midsky Tristars for ores to help Yin Chen achieve its full potential. Simple evolution wasn’t the end of the matter for it; it also required vast amounts of food.ℴℴ𝘮

”Looks like my arsenal’s increased quite a bit in variety.” Bai Ye and Ji Ji had also grown much stronger. There was finally enough Ji Ji to go around; a third in the Sun, a third with Tianming’s lifebound beasts, and a third in Moran. It only served to boost Tianming’s beasts’ capabilities even more.

”I still only have up to a sevenfold simulacrum. I wonder if the Starfall Pantheon has something like Suishen Blood....” Tianming had asked Yin Chen to find out, and the answer was no, at least not in the Middlekin Star Ruin they were in. For some reason, he felt rather relieved that that was the case.

”If I engage in symbiotic cultivation now, I might get quite a boost!” Tianming immediately rounded up his rowdy beasts to cultivate. As they weren’t willing to return to his lifebound space, which had been taken over by their eighth sibling, they bundled around him, taking a spot near his chest, head, and legs, while Bai Ye entered his brain.

”Wow, that’s fierce!” Tianming experienced the power of seven different bloodlines rush into his mortal body, which accepted and fused with them. Within, his infernal heart, genesis spleen, immortal kidneys, radix liver, primordial lungs, omnisentient brain, and genesis ancestral body pulsed with power.

”This is the biggest change in my own bloodline to date! Wait... eh?” Tianming suddenly noticed something that hadn’t happened in quite a while: his order was growing! All this time, the orders of Tianming’s beasts had always grown faster than his own. However, the changes in their bloodlines this time around had dragged along six of his streams of order, just like the time he’d been cultivating on the Flameyellow Continent!

He hurriedly consumed a grade-one overflow fragment to give his own imperial and lifesbane orders a boost. This time, everything happened really fast. As his other six streams of innate orders grew with a stable foundation, his two personal orders also stably grew, even after using the overflow fragment.

”A nine-storied fortress! I’ve reached the ninth level!” He absorbed the energy of an entire middlekin star to ensure that he had a pure and refined source of energy. As he broke through, his cosmoforce capacity grew.

”All of you, come in here! I want to see how much I’ve grown!” Tianming excitedly said.

”Go, my siblings! Squeeze into him!” Ying Huo roared before turning into a flaming, crimson beam that shot into Tianming’s right arm. Apart from Yin Chen, the other six beasts’ cosmoforce flowed into Tianming’s body, all of them containing their own unique aspects. Once they pooled their powers together and resonated with Tianming’s own cosmoforce, his entire body rumbled with power.

When their astrons entered his body, Tianming felt like he was pushed to the brim and was about to explode! Lan Huang, especially, had the most mass and was the toughest of them all, as was fitting for a dragon like it. Coupled with Bai Ye’s return, Tianming felt that he had achieved true perfection in his combat form for the first time. Fire flowed through his right arm and lightning his left, his right leg had the brute strength of dragons, and his left leg was blooming with all kinds of flowers. His head was shrouded by a cloudy soul mist and his body flowed with powerful genesis ancestral energy.

”Awesome!” If Tianming wasn’t a genius, who could ever lay claim to that description?

”The Cosmic God Palace must have cosmic god galaxy-class orders, so it’s somewhat like a cultivation opportunity. Little Fish might be exposed to more danger if we reveal her abilities, so it’s best to use her as a backup. I should be doing most of the heavy lifting.” It would be just like his time in Myriadpath Valley. No matter how powerful Jiguang had been, Tianming wouldn’t be able to take the place over by relying on her alone; he was still the most important part of conquering a new place, so his combat strength was key.

”It’s about time to depart!” Tianming joined up with the dragonoids.

”Is Qingyu cultivating?” Moran asked him.

”Yeah. After her lifebound beast finished transforming, she asked me for a grade-one overflow fragment.” That was the kind of treasure that could allow one to advance to the Overflow Stage. He saw that she had actually been cultivating within the Original Sin Pool; it was part of the legacy she had inherited.

”Godfather said that Long Qian and the rest did cause the cosmic god blood within the Flameyellow Coffin to rumble a bit, but no legacies have been passed on yet.” The chance would probably eventually come.

Tianming waited for Qingyu within the Original Sin Pool.

”The cosmic god blood of the Eightpart Pantheons had been suppressed by the Original Sin Pool and forcefully infused into Qingyu. I bet it’s much more effective than springwater for her. The blood of those top-tier cosmic gods probably isn’t something the Source Progenitor’s springwater can compare to.”

With the overflow fragments that Tianming provided her, Qingyu broke through faster than he did. It was reasonable, though, since he had so many streams of order. Not to mention, if she broke through slower, despite having that many impressive legacies, she would be too unimpressive. This time around, she had gained some insights from their encounter with the descendants of the flameyellow divinities. Coupled with the supply of ordered manna, she decided to use up many overflow fragments to make sure she was truly prepared for the Cosmic God Palace’s descent.

Even if she’s a bit unstable, she can just stabilize her cultivation using the galaxy-class caeli there.

It didn’t take long before the Original Sin Pool rumbled. Tens of millions of gods and fiends roared within, seemingly unwilling to grant their boons to Qingyu. Then a girl shrouded in black smoke emerged from the pool. For the slightest instant, Tianming could see thick black smog within her eyes, made up of eight fiendish streams that spread through her entire body. She looked rather sinister, like the time she had been dragged to rock bottom by Li Wushuang. However, the smog receded when she shook her head to clear her mind. Her gaze returned to its normal resolute and calm state.

”Big Brother, have you been waiting for me?” Qingyu said.

”Of course! How do you feel?” he asked.

”I’m fine. Those fellows tried breaking out of the Original Sin Pool by affecting my mind and trying to pit me against you. However, I think our ancestors have taken that into account!” There wasn’t the slightest hint of fear in her eyes.

”What level are you at right now?” Tianming asked.

”I broke through twice, so I’m at the minor zenith. Shuo Yue’s star count also grew quite a bit. We should be able to fight against second-level overflowers. But I’ve gone a bit too fast this time, so I feel a bit hollow. I can’t really tell how well I’ll do in a real fight.” She had wanted so urgently to do something for the Sun and the flameyellow divinities so that they would be able to find a way to Saturatia-49 as soon as possible to help the dragonoids be liberated from slavery.

”It’s fine, your big brother’s here with you!” Tianming reassured her.

”Okay!” Qingyu nodded with a bright smile.

”Alright, let’s go!” They gathered in the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb and sailed toward the Middlekin Star Ruin.