Beastmaster of the Ages

”Something happened at the Sun?!” Tianming found Yin Chen’s report hard to believe. There were ten billion cosmic gods and the Flameyellow Guard Formation, guarded by Wudi. Most were also safe within the Sky Palace Formation. How could things go wrong?

”That woman... is being... pretty sinister!” Yin Chen’s report was realtime.

”Woman? What’s she doing?” Tianming immediately had the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb fly towards the Sun.

”I think... she wants... to take... your child?” it said with some doubt. Why would someone show up all of a sudden to do that?

Tianming’s eyes turned frosty cold. ”Who in the world is that?!” If it was someone they knew, Yin Chen would’ve said the name already. The incident made Moran and the elders nervous as well. It was far too out of the ordinary!

”She said... she’s called... something Comma?”

”Comma...” Tianming recalled an encounter in the wondersky realm all the way back. Even though he had obtained the chaos worldbangle from that, it was as if the encounter never happened at all. The so-called wait of a hundred thousand years for him sounded like it was made up. Tianming had gradually forgotten about the Realm of Chaos and the Nullity Starcage, not expecting that Comma Girl would show up at all and even take his child.

”She’s sick!” Tianming cursed, but the fear of uncertainty in him slowly faded away.

”If it’s really Comma Girl, maybe she just wants you to do something for her and won’t harm any of our people,” Moran consoled.

”I know.” He had no choice but to rush back to see what she wanted. But before the ship even landed on the Sun, Yin Chen said that Comma Girl had taken Tianming’s daughter in her cosmic-god embryo form away, driving him wild. ”You better not cause any trouble, or else!”

Comma Girl had said that Tianming had parents and brothers in the Realm of Chaos. If that was true, they should be his family in some sense, so what was she doing stealing his child?! Feiling had entrusted the child to him to undergo her tribulation! It was such a horrible thing to do that it ruffled everyone’s feathers, even Zi Zhen and Moran’s.

The Ninedragon Imperial Tomb landed in the Sky Palace Formation. When Tianming rushed out, Wudi, Qingyu and the many flameyellow divinities like Mushan Feng were there. Qingyu was crying nonstop in the crowd; she had been the one who was in charge of taking care of Tianming’s unborn daughter. When she saw him, she cried even harder. ”Big Brother, I’m sorry! I couldn’t protect her-- I...”

Tianming rushed towards her.

Wudi said somewhat helplessly, ”Don’t be too anxious. My granddaughter should be safe for now. Let’s hear what Qingyu has to say.”

”Okay...” He took a deep breath to calm himself.

Qingyu gradually got a hold of her emotions and pointed to one side. ”Big Brother, look.”

Tianming turned to the side and saw a gray vortex which switched the direction of its spin in rhythmic fashion. When the spin was inverted, the nova source around it seemed to change into a different kind of energy.

”That woman appeared suddenly from that spot without even passing through the Flameyellow Guard Formation and Sky Palace Formation. She also left from this point,” Qingyu said.

”Did she only come for the child?” Tianming asked.

”Yes! Big Brother, I was talking to my little niece back then and didn’t think anyone would dare to kidnap her from the Sky Palace Formation. That woman has really weird tricks. She doesn’t seem strong, but somehow managed to constrain me. Before I noticed, she got my precious niece... It’s as if she’s using the energy from some other world...”

”I’m guessing it’s the same energy from this vortex when it reverses its spin,” Wudi said.

”Is this energy from the Realm of Chaos?” Tianming said.

”Does it really exist?” Mushan Feng asked.

”There is. At the very bottom of the Realm of Order sits the Welkin plane. On the other side of the plane is an inverted world where karmic relations still hold. However, we wouldn’t be able to stay there for long without a way to convert their energy for our use,” Mushan Hong explained to his son.

”What happened after she took my daughter?” Tianming asked.

Qingyu hurriedly said, ”She seemed to be somewhat agreeable and said that she had no choice but to use underhanded tactics. She said that even though she doesn’t like the child, she would never harm him because of you. She said she’s doing this to give you some real motivation...”

”Motivation for what?” Tianming’s frustration was building.

”She said she wants you to return to your true home and true family... She said that everything here is nothing but a dream you’re experiencing in deep slumber and wants you to find the courage to face reality...” Even though Qingyu was just the messenger, she didn’t know what to make of it at all and shook her head. ”Her words are far too odd. It sounds like nonsense.”

”How do I get there?” he asked as he turned to the vortex.

”You’ll go where she wants you to be through the vortex without having to pass through the Welkin plane,” Qingyu said and paused for a moment. ”She also said that you must wear the chaos worldbangle as you pass through and warned that others should not follow. The stronger the cosmic god of the Realm of Order, the more easily they’ll be torn apart by chaotic power.”

”Anything else?”

”She said she’ll give you your child back if you go. That’s all...”

”Got it.” Tianming fell silent and saw that the others were too. It had come so suddenly and wiped away the joy he felt at obtaining the Archaionfiend Eyes. Even if Comma Girl wouldn’t harm his daughter, she was still a stranger, and could he really trust her words? Even if he did, how could he bear letting his yet-unborn child be taken so far away?

”She knows your clutches and is forcing you to go. You don’t have a choice,” Wudi said.

Tianming had wanted to spend some time in the Sun and enjoy some time of peace while accompanying Feiling as she underwent her tribulation, only for this to happen. His chest felt incredibly tight. ”I guess I’ll have to go. As for the rest of you, go about as usual. I have to go there alone.”