Beastmaster of the Ages

They had so many cosmic god corpses, complete with legacy caeli, as well as cosmic artifacts, divine ordered manna, and much more! No wealth could be hidden from Yin Chen. If it weren’t for being short on time, Tianming would scour the three stars even more thoroughly.

At the very least, the threat of the Midsky Tristars had been dealt with.

Tianming successfully sent the ten billion flameyellow descendants to the Sun. The resources he had brought with him were nearly unlimited. Coupled with the Flameyellow Bloodsoul to remove their heavenly shackles, many more cosmic gods would rise among those ten billion people!

Even though the imminent threat’s been dealt with, I’m already starting to feel an even stronger one looming.... Tianming had tensed up a bit more, unlike his usual happy-go-lucky self. The troubles that the flameyellow descendants had and the debt he owed to the sky plunderers weighed on him to the point that Ying Huo and the others couldn’t quite adjust to it. There were just too many things bothering him.

This triumph is only the beginning. It’s just like conquering three backwater towns in a powerful empire. My work is still far from done! He got his mindset back in order, then picked the most urgent task out of God Domain One, saving Lingfeng, and finding Feiling in the Ancient Flameyellow Ruins.

It had to be Lingfeng. Qingyu and the Soulfiend had been waiting for his return to the Sun for far too long. Without even resting after dealing with the Midsky Tristars’ affairs, Tianming went on to make his next move.

First, he killed all the cosmic gods aside from Qiu Yuan, whom he handed to Long Xing. ”I have to leave for Saturatia-49, so I’ll leave this place to you and my godfather.”

”Don’t you need me there with you? You’ll only be as powerful as a ninth-level overflower there,” Long Xing said, worried.

”Our people here are more important. Everyone here needs you just in case someone discovers where we are.” Tianming was able to rely on Long Xing for a task like that.

”Alright. Please take care,” Long Xing said, patting Tianming on the shoulder. Not only would he have to protect the flameyellow descendants, he had to nurture them along with Wudi, starting with breaking their heavenly shackles. That was the path they had to take to rise to their former glory.

As Tianming wanted to keep a low profile on his trip, he only took Qingyu and Moran with him. Qingyu naturally had to be there, as she was dying to see Lingfeng again. As for Moran, she could control the wonders of Male Mo and Tong Zhi, something that would be useful to have around.

Tianming left the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb on the Sun and boarded a maniverse-class ship from Starmoon Haven called the Brightmoon, which had once been Xing Zhan’s ship. Considering that his clan had been completely wiped out by Tianming, the ship would have the lowest chance of being recognized.

Even if it could still be discovered, that didn’t stop Tianming at all. Lingfeng could be in danger of dying, for all he knew, so he had to get going as soon as possible to see what was happening at Saturatia-49, lest the enemy eventually found out about what happened there. He also brought the Soulfiend with him, which would no doubt speed up finding Lingfeng.

They swiftly departed for their next destination.

”I thought I had been breaking through pretty quickly already. I didn’t think you’d be able to advance much faster...” Tianming said, looking at Qingyu, who had reached the third level.

”Well, you did bring a lot of manna and overflow fragments back here. I wanted to work a little harder so that I can help you as much as possible,” Qingyu murmured.

”Nah, I bet you’re just dying to save Feng!”

”You can call that an added benefit, if you want! I’m hoping things work better for that poor girl, too,” Qingyu said with a sigh and a shake of her head.

A ten-meter-tall figure walked towards them. Tianming’s eyes brightened at the sight of Moran, who was finally a Thumbelina no longer. Even though she was still much shorter than him, it had only taken her a few days to catch up. Who knew how scarily fast she could still grow from there?

Moran would be his trump card in Saturatia-49 since he wouldn’t be able to use his omnisentient threads there. It was also a world filled with cosmic god wonderians. ”Wow, you’re a first-level overflower already....”

”Of course.” Moran split up into fifty identical girls who all gave Tianming gentle looks. Though the sisters’ souls were incomplete, they were definitely filled with love.

Wow, she’s a one-person harem, Qingyu thought, playfully poking her tongue out.

On the other hand, the Soulfiend seemed rather restless; it could feel Lingfeng’s emotions. The reason Tianming was in such a rush in the first place was the Soulfiend’s sudden change in mood. Qiu Yuan didn’t know that much about Saturatia-49, but even she had heard about the appearance of an aberration that’d greatly displeased the wonderians.

”Let’s head out,” Tianming said as he set a course for Saturatia-49 with the star map.

***

Deep in space was a grand white hall.

”Sacred Lord!” Female Mo said, tears streaming down her face as she fell into the hall. She looked up and saw cosmic gods all around her. Seated at the highest position was a figure who gave off the impression of a huge and bright star, glowing so bright that he was hard to behold.

”Daughter of Tong Zhi.... Why are you so panicked?” said a gentle voice.

Female Mo briefed them on everything that had happened.

”So the Worldgazer Skyeye was taken, the heavenly shackles have been undone, and a monster appeared....” The voice of the sacred lord reverberated throughout the hall. ”Monsters have been appearing more and more often lately....”

The moment he rose, Female Mo’s body was instantly vaporized. Even her cosmic god essence was blown into nothing. Grabbing the remaining ashes that were once part of her body, the sacred lord said, ”A lonesome dog without a mate doesn’t deserve to keep living in this world.”

***

A brilliant flower bloomed in the dark reaches of space as the wormhole expressway opened up, out of which a rainbow-colored ship emerged. However, it quickly dimmed soon after the flower of light vanished.

”We’re finally at Saturatia-49!” Tianming looked outside the Brightmoon, yet he could see nothing but pitch blackness. However, he soon heard the mechanical voice of the ship.

”Warning! Do not progress forward! Orbiter detected ahead!”

”Orbiter?” Tianming hurriedly pulled the Brightmoon to a stop. He looked ahead, face filled with doubt.