Beastmaster of the Ages

Qin Feng returned to Maplegod Mound to tell his father about wanting to delay his departure for the Ancient Flameyellow Ruins. Naturally, he got scolded pretty heavily for that, but his father couldn’t be bothered with his every affair, which allowed him to fly his ship to the Midsky Tristars.

It was shaped like a maple leaf, looking exceedingly sharp. As it landed before Tianming, a displeased Qin Feng stepped out of it. He still hadn’t fully accepted the fact that he had just become a puppet to be controlled. He didn’t know anything about Tianming and the other two, since word of the Midsky Tristars hadn’t reached their ears.

”You sure came rather quickly,” Tianming said, before slapping Qin Feng near the waist after he got on the ship. ”Not bad! Cool ride, Bro.”

Qin Feng stayed silent. If not for the two beauties that traveled with Tianming, he would’ve suspected him of having other ulterior motives for him.

”Alright, set course for the Midsky Tristars!” Tianming instructed.

”Alright.” Qin Feng felt a piercing pain in his head. He hadn’t managed to shake off Tianming’s control at all, but since he didn’t seem to be causing him any real trouble yet, he obediently set the wormhole expressway course for the Maplegod.

This ship was actually his father’s, but since cosmic gods could easily travel through space without ships, Qin Feng was allowed to pilot it around, which certainly helped his dating prospects, no matter where he went. As the wormhole expressway opened up, a colorful flower opened up in the dark reaches of space.

This wormhole expressway should be far more mature in the Upper Star Ruin. It must be hard to construct, considering how much stabler space itself is up here. I wonder if that has something to do with the wormhole expressway points constructed near the wonderian-rented territories in my dynasty.... Those pathways had been left behind since early history, with the rented infinitum-class worlds being used as world-spanning transit points for the wormhole expressway. It would be rather difficult for Tianming to completely remove them.

The Maplegod entered the colorful tunnel through space. Qin Feng watched the odd group and was thinking about asking the right questions to get some information. But before he could do that, Tianming came to ask him about the details of the Ancient Flameyellow Ruins, followed by a ton of questions about the ten maniverse-class worlds, including the standard of their geniuses, military might, and more.

”In terms of maniverse-class worlds, the genius devas have those who have threefold or fourfold hell-rings. Some are even fivefold. There are also beastmasters and totemancers with really high crest numbers and simulacra!” They were far superior to cultivators of fortuna-class worlds.

Tianming had a rough idea after hearing all about that. Even though he had a decent simulacra count, he would still be inferior to the geniuses who were allowed to go to the Ancient Flameyellow Ruins. After all, even geniuses from maniverse-class worlds had simulacra close to 30-fold.

It didn’t take long before they arrived at the Midsky Tristars. Tianming only went back for a few days to get some updates before coming back to the Maplegod and setting off for the next destination. The Maplegod stopped not far away from the Midsky Tristars.

”You want me to open the door here? There’s nothing nearby! Where do you want to go? There’s nothing around us,” Qin Feng said, looking at the star map.

”Don’t bother overthinking it and do what I say. Just stay here and don’t go anywhere. If the Maplegod so much as shifts slightly, you will die. I can simply go back to Saturatia-49 to find a new ride.”

”Got it!” Qin Feng nodded furiously.

”Alright, be good.” Tianming, Qingyu, and Moran then jumped into the darkness of space before vanishing from Qin Feng’s vision.

***

They soon made their way back to the Sun.

”Big Brother, where did you leave the Worldgazer Skyeye?” Qingyu asked.

”The deepest part of the Sun. It can’t be driven for now, but we’ll make use of it once it starts working. With it behind the fusion formation, astralguard formation, and the cloaking formation, the sacred lord definitely won’t be able to find it.”

That artifact was like a hot potato. As they spoke, the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb closed in toward them. Tianming greeted Long Xing shortly before bringing the two cosmic god essences with them to head to the Lower Star Ruins. He had already notified Zi Zhen at God Domain One and the folks at Tianmingopolis.

With a flash, the three of them made it back to the Myriadpath Celestial Formation. As they were short on time, Tianming only met Jiguang for a short chat before having to leave. She had already reached the third level of the Overflow stage and was still making steady progress. The cosmic god corpses that Tianming had brought back were working wonders. The standard of cultivation in Tianmingopolis was rising rather rapidly. One day, it would catch up to that of fortuna-class worlds.

”After conquering the Ancient Oldgod Domain, we’ll bring many more cosmic god bodies back from the Upper Star Ruin. That way, my family and friends can become cosmic gods too. They’ll live for at least twenty thousand years that way.” In the future, it might not even be weird for someone to live a hundred thousand or a million years. Hundred-meter cosmic gods had only reached the start of their cultivation journey.

***

After another transfer, the three of them reached Anqituitas Mortis, and through the Order Formation within, they reached God Domain One. Zi Zhen and many orderlies were there to greet them as they manifested.

”Invincible Ultimate God of Old!” said the ethereal spiritform orderlies. The aurumites were right behind them.

”Looks like you’re even more popular than I am here,” Tianming said. He had ten million omnisentient threads here, but that was far too small a number, a thousandth of his ten billion, but only three thousandth of its full power. It was such a small boost as to be negligible.

The best grade of overflow fragments in God Domain One was grade six, so Zi Zhen’s cultivation had also paused. She was currently about Tianming’s eye level. Tianming couldn’t help but feel a bit warm at how intensely she stared at him. Damn it, she’s teasing me again.... Tianming cleared his throat and stilled himself.

”I heard you’ve made large gains, Little Fish,” Zi Zhen said, giving her a side-eye.

”That’s right. I’ll be taller than you in no time,” Moran calmly said.

”Really? Congratulations.” Zi Zhen grit her teeth with some frustration. If Moran had relied on overflow fragments to advance, that was something Zi Zhen could measure up against. Yet, she didn’t even need them, much to her chagrin. Their feelings of hate and rivalry flared up after a long absence.

”We’re short on time, so let’s cut to the chase. We’ll go cripple the second Sixth and conquer God Domains Two, Three, and Four,” Tianming said. As for the third Sixth, he wanted to wait for a bit. Little Fish controls the essences of two cosmic gods, but she can only channel enough power to match a first-level cosmic god. There are quite a few orderlies in God Domain Nine who are at that level....

It was still risky to take over the entirety of the Ancient Oldgod Domain. However, taking back the second part of Sixth alone would be a huge boost. Tianming would gain another twenty-seven infant souls at his disposal. They quickly made their way to the Order College.