Beastmaster of the Ages

”In every Sacred Starmoon Battle, only the champion will get the honor of stepping into that tomb to get the legacy of the cosmic tribulation sea!” These words weren’t said by Tianming, but by one of the ninety-nine within the Skydome Prison. The reason they bothered to give him such a clear explanation was that they were confident that the one currently absorbing simulacra tides there was the top genius among them, as well as the one who was most likely to defeat Tianming. If they had lost all hope, they would just obey whatever Tianming said.

”Who’s inside? Mo Mo?” Xian Xian asked.

”Yeah, the only sixth-level overflower here. I heard he’s quite skilled,” Tianming said.

”Even though he’s a sixth-level overflower, we still stand quite a good chance if we launch a surprise attack,” Bai Ye said.

Tianming consulted Yin Chen for a moment and said, ”There’s no rush. Taking down these ninety-nine people took less than a third of the estimated time. Fentian He hasn’t left Wargod Haven with anybody yet, so I still have time. There’s no need for me to risk it.”

His actions in the divine tomb were rather dangerous, and he couldn’t afford a single mistake. That was why he kept Mo Mo for last, worried that he would be able to alert those on the outside if Tianming wasn’t overpowering enough. Regardless of whether Tianming could defeat him or not, it would be fatal for him if word managed to get out. ”The Skydome Prison is almost full too! The chances of me messing up are higher than before.”

”Then, what do we do?” Lan Huang asked.

”Well, there are quite a lot of caeli around which I haven’t tried to gain insight from yet, so there’s a lot to go through. The kilometer-tall cosmic gods also have galaxy-class orders. I can’t waste the chance to use them! With a grade-three overflow fragment, if I’m able to make it to super zenith, then I’m only a step away from becoming an overflower!” The first thing he would do when he finally grew to ten meters in height was to let Bai Ye inform Jiguang that she could also make the final breakthrough.

The three most precious types of legacies in the divine tomb were battle techniques, cosmic-god caeli, and cosmic tribulation seas. Typically, these young geniuses would spend decades in the tomb after absorbing the simulacra tides to gain insight from the caeli and hone their battle techniques! However, they were all bound up, so Tianming had free rein to choose whatever he wanted.

He had already gained insight from the three galaxy-class orders within the Cosmic God Palace, which were most useful to him the first time around. As for the caeli in the divine tomb, even if he only gave them a cursory scan, the combined effect from all of them was still significant.

He went back to the burial room of Cangyue and had Xian Xian keep his captives under control and Yin Chen keep watch. Then, he calmed down and began to interface with the galaxy-class order within the caelum, helping his order grow.

These were peak resources that the Eightpart Pantheons had relied on to produce batch after batch of geniuses to stabilize their power. When their cosmic gods grew old and passed from age, their blessings could be passed on to thousands of generations of descendants in the future. There were six caeli with galaxy-class orders in total, Cangyue and the astral emperor’s being among them.

These six kilometer-tall cosmic gods’ simulacra tides were enough to raise Tianming’s totems to the 20-fold simulacrum. The other eight simulacra had come from the combined effect of the simulacra tides of the remaining ninety-plus cosmic gods. The kilometer-tall ones had the best simulacra tides, caeli, and battle techniques without a doubt.

When Tianming first entered Cangyue’s galaxy-class caelum, he saw a gigantic hexagonal sea of stars. Each star had hexagonal seas and continents, with hexagonal fortresses built on them. Such a high level of achievement was still far ahead of Tianming, a major-zenith foundationeer.

”There are countless stars within the galaxy. Each star has countless seas and continents. Each continent has countless hexagonal fortresses, each of which was as developed as a super-zenith foundationeer’s foundation fortress.” Tianming’s caelum visited every single fortress within the orders, looking at each bee-headed person engaged in their repetitive act of labor. He went from one continent to another and then hopped from star to star across the galaxy.

”I don’t have enough time, so I can only give these six galaxy-class orders a rough scan.” Days passed as he did so. When he heard that Fentian He had departed, he knew that he couldn’t let this go on. Otherwise, Mo Mo would finish absorbing a fifth of the astral emperor’s simulacra tides! It was quite a painful predicament.

”I got some insights from the rough scan of those caeli. I should use the grade-three overflow fragment for the final push!” The fragment was used in the Ancient Oldgod Domain to help people reach the third level of the Overflow stage, yet Tianming was using it for his super-zenith breakthrough. The effects of the fragment blended in with his caelum insights, causing his orders to grow. The hardship faced by the flameyellow descendants made his imperial order take most of the brunt of it, causing it to grow so much and raise up the other orders around it.

”Interesting! Whether it’s the cultivation path of sovereignhood or the Primordial God-Emperor’s legacy, they transform as I continue to grow. When I only had a heavenly and divine will, they took the vague form of karmic merit. Yet, it has become something that allowed me to defend my kind with my own body. Is this a result of hate and grudges? How does the Primordial God-Emperor and the primordial god race fit into all this?”

At this point in his journey, Tianming felt even more comfortable than before. The closer he came to the ’Heavenly Dao,’ the more he began to feel that concepts such as good and evil were merely imperfect and blurry projections of the ultimate law of ’might makes right.’

”I’ve reached super zenith...” The caeli and overflow fragment had indeed worked. He was finally at the final level of the Foundation stage! Boundless cosmoforce flowed within his body as his totems and lifebound beasts continued to advance.

He took out the ring he had taken from Zhantian Feng, within which were a few caeli of cosmic gods. ”This Cosmic Caeli Ring is an imperial-class artifact.”

”What does it do?” Ying Huo asked.

”It’s something that lets us carry large amounts of caeli with us, even ones with galaxy-class order!” Tianming said with a smirk.

”Holy shit! It’s no wonder I can feel your innate talent pulsing!”

”You know what they say about thieves having their own way of doing things.” Tianming rose and began to absorb the galaxy-class caeli before him into the ring.

”What’s your way then?” Ying Huo lazily asked.

”In a few words, come with me and flourish, go against me and perish!”