Beastmaster of the Ages

Ying Huo had rounded off much better, Meow Meow had gotten fiercer, Xian Xian had more tricks up its sleeves, and Lan Huang was even tougher than before. Yin Chen’s insect transformations had also leveled up. Ji Ji and Bai Ye were the ones that had increased the most in terms of mass. Bai Ye’s soul seeds could cover a third of the entire Starmoon Haven, which allowed it to intercept and control countless people who were weaker than the fourth level of the Overflow stage.

”The Overflow stage is one of constant increase!” Ying Huo and the others were changing as they began transforming into cosmic gods. Once upon a time, they had been able to cross vast stretches of outer space with their physical bodies alone. They were finally laying the foundations to return to that state of being.

”Once they become cosmic gods, they should resemble their former selves, just smaller!” Tianming stood up within the Shensha Starsea. The beams of refracted light within it moved as he did.

”Next, let’s test out my omnisentient power!” After testing it out, he found that he would have no problems defeating a group of seventh-level overflower flameyellow descendants with his own power. ”The power of their orders are directly connected to my astrons, so now that I have more of them, my power has grown stronger.”

Tianming didn’t have the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb come near, but he did get some good news. Guided by Long Xing, Bai Ye, and Yin Chen, he had achieved quite a bit of results by spreading the word across Starmoon Haven. The most core hundred million flameyellow descendants had begun organizing themselves thanks to the guidance of his imperial order. As such, Tianming could connect with a hundred million omnisentient threads, and the number only continued to increase.

”If I can defeat tenth-level overflowers with fifteen million omnisentient threads alone, I wonder if I can fight cosmic gods if I add another hundred million to it, coupled with my own breakthrough.”

As Tianming began gathering omnisentient power, his aura completely changed. Though he was a mere overflower, he radiated the presence of an ultimate ruler across the entire Shensha Starsea.

”What a powerful aura....” The elite flameyellow descendants looked at the youth that shone gold and black with awe.

Then, a black-and-gold giant descended before Tianming. Long Xing said, ”Give me a punch!”

”Alright!” Tianming didn’t fuse with his beasts and used his own power, coupled with omnisentient power. He delivered a punch with his left arm into Long Xing’s palm. There was a huge thud; Long Xing didn’t move, but a ten-kilometer-tall tidal wave formed behind him, shaking the waters ten million meters away.

”Not bad. That punch would be able to shatter an ether-class world!” That was the power of the world, the results of having a hundred million foundationeer omnisentient threads and Tianming’s own overflower power.

”Would I be able to fight cosmic gods now?” Tianming asked with concern.

”Not yet, you can fight quasi-cosmic gods at best. At the very least, your combat capabilities in Starmoon Haven are inferior to none but cosmic gods who’ve undergone a complete ascension to a higher state of being. The energy capacity they have alone far outstrips what you have. Perhaps you’ll be able to reach them if you can multiply your powers by ten times or more, but it still depends on whether your body can handle that kind of power.”

”More than ten times? That would be more than a billion omnisentient threads! ”No matter. We have the hostages, so we still have the initiative. The three billion of us in Starmoon Haven can afford to wait.” Not to mention, Tianming’s omnisentient threads also provided benefits to the hundred million he was already connected with. Things were gradually improving.

”Now that I’m an overflower, I have a really firm foundation!” Tianming breathed a sigh of relief. The toughest moment was behind him. But right as he breathed a sigh of relief, Bai Ye had some bad news for him.

”That trash Fentian He is taking action and ignoring the Starfall Pantheon!” Bai Ye angrily snapped.

”What’s he planning to do?” Tianming asked.

”He’s gone to Wondersky Haven to get seven hundred million slaves in preparation to dump them into the astral hole! He’s trying to transport them without the Starfall Pantheon noticing! He doesn’t care if the young geniuses perish!”

Tianming fell silent. He turned to Long Xing and asked, ”Do the two pantheons of Starmoon Haven fight among themselves?”

”By sharing a star, they compete with each other for resources. However, it’s only a peaceful competition on the surface. I’m sure they’ve been scheming against each other in the shadows as well,” Long Xing said.

”I see....” Tianming nodded.

”There’s no way Fentian He is acting alone. Somebody else in the Sundown Pantheon must be supporting him. Fentian He’s been noticed by some huge figure from Ninesky Mistress, so no matter what he does, all he’ll get is a slap on the wrist.”

”How disgusting...!” Tianming smirked at the thought that people were still scheming against their own at a moment like this. It appeared that, while they acknowledged Tianming to be crafty, they still believed themselves to have a huge advantage when it came to absolute power.

”Fentian He’s a cruel man. If he really does that, we’re in for some trouble,” Long Xing said.

”True....” Tianming pondered a moment in silence. ”Brother Xing, I want to return all the young geniuses to the Starfall Pantheon.”

”Huh?” Long Xing sounded surprised.

”Letting them hold eight hundred million and seven hundred million people isn’t a solution. So, I want to make a bet!” Tianming said.

”What kind of bet?”

”We can borrow something of theirs.”

”And what would that be?”

”The Heavenly Dao!”

***

An inky green astral giant clad in heavy combat armor descended from the sky and smashed through the roof of the ten-thousand-meter-tall hall at Yanri Mound. A flash of piercing starlight radiated outward, causing the pillars and platforms in the hall to rumble. It was Mo Shen, someone from the Starfall Pantheon.

”Yanri Huang, come out!” Mo Shen roared so loud that the entire Yanri Mound could hear him.

”What is it?” said a golden astral giant as he came out to meet Mo Shen.

”What’s the deal with Fentian He?” Mo Shen asked, coldly glaring at him.

”What’s up with him?” Yanri Huang said, feigning surprise.

”Playing the fool, are we?” Mo Shen’s eyes were as cold as his voice. ”This is pointless. You’re letting him cause trouble and backstab us because he’s about to go to Ninesky Mistress anyway, right?”

Yanri Huang shook with shock. ”No! What are you talking about?!”

”How pointless! After working together for so many years, I didn’t think that all of you were nothing but backstabbing rats!” Mo Shen turned and had no intention of staying in the least.