Beastmaster of the Ages

“What little simple trick?” Yueling Momo immediately asked.

The imperial daughter’s fiery red eyes looked deeply at him. “I’ve studied the changes in the Dongshen Arena over the years. Clearly, it’s not that the people of Nullity have suddenly become smarter. It’s that you’re being watched.”

“How could we be watched?” Yueling Momo had also considered that possibility, but he simply couldn’t figure it out.

“You’ll know soon enough,” the imperial daughter said lightly. She obviously had no intention of explaining her “simple trick,” and instead continued, “From here on out, act exactly according to my arrangements. Don’t question anything.”

“Yes!” Yueling Momo nodded, then let out a cold, twisted laugh. “That old dog came crawling down here to mingle with the rabble. But once you suppress him, Nullity and the sky plunderers will be utterly humiliated.”

A smile tugged at the imperial daughter’s lips. “The old gives way to new. Every true titan of the cosmos stands atop the skulls of their predecessors...”

It wasn’t outright said, but it was clear she wanted to trample the Skyplunder imperial son underfoot as a stepping stone to become famous.

“With you to uphold the future of the Yueling Starcage, and the four peerless imperatores sustaining its present, our Yueling Starcage will surely carve a new age into history and usher the Realm of Chaos into a new golden era!” Yueling Momo’s eyes shone with reverence.

“My mother and her three sisters are the greatest women in the history of the Realm of Chaos. They are our eternal models...”

The imperial daughter’s gaze blazed with heat. Peerless majesty shone within those eyes, fierce as a tiger ready to devour the sky.

“By the way, imperial daughter,” Yueling Momo recalled something. “About Mu Lang—”

Before he could finish, the imperial daughter shot him a sharp glare.

Yueling Momo instantly remembered the talk of surveillance and quickly shut his mouth.

***

Tianming was currently in meditation in the Nullity Guild.

There were more than five thousand cosmic gods around him. Some were suffering from divine defects, and others were their family members.

There was also another type. They were those whose divine defects had been cured by Tianming’s efforts. Dao Feng was a prime example. After his recovery, he stayed on at the Nullity Guild to help others.

Tianming’s reputation had also drawn over countless people, boosting the guild’s membership by nearly tenfold. The guild had grown more powerful than ever, rising to rank among the top three powers of the Dongshen Arena.

Some members even followed Tianming’s guidance to search for quintessence herbs. Amazingly, they always found what they needed. Tianming could let them heal themselves without needing to gamble their lives.

So although divine defects still plagued many within the guild, faith and hope could be seen in their eyes.

It really does feel like I have omnisentient threads, Tianming thought. It’s as if I’m just one step away, separated by a thin sheet of paper. But what is that paper?

Tianming believed it to be some kind of alternate channel that could replace the normal order-connection.

Dao Feng entered with a grave expression, cutting off his ruminations. “Imperial son, a major figure from the Yueling Starcage has arrived and issued you a challenge! They’re doing it very publicly as well!”

Tianming rose calmly and said, “I know.”

Dao Feng then remembered Yin Chen and gave a sheepish grin. “Of course, the imperial son is omniscient... Still, this one might be a tough opponent. Please be careful.”

“Indeed,” Tianming said, his gaze turning outward as he strode away. He was so decisive because Yin Chen had given him a single term: dazzling radiance.

The enemy had gone all in.

“Everyone, follow the imperial son out!”

Hearing those words, excitement rippled through the entire Nullity Guild.

“Big Brother Dao,” Qin Yan hurried after him. “Who’s the imperial son’s opponent?”

Dao Feng’s face darkened, and he spoke with some respect. “The youngest imperial daughter of the Yueling Starcage. The most ruthless of them all, who once slaughtered an entire star on her own.”

“Yueling Zhao?” Qin Yan’s brows knit together in distaste and worry.

“Yes, that’s her,” Dao Feng said grimly. “After the imperial son, she’s the one who shattered the most records in the last hundred thousand years. At only five thousand years old, she’s already at the twelfth level of the Heavencosmic stage. They say that within the entire Realm of Chaos, she has no peer among those under ten thousand years old.”

“She must have come prepared,” Qin Yan said coldly.

“Obviously,” Dao Feng muttered.

“She’s just arrived, so she holds the initiative. Coupled with her title as a new prodigy, she’ll have fame and momentum on her side. I only hope the imperial son won’t fall into her trap,” Qin Yan said.

Dao Feng nodded, though worry still clouded his eyes. “I just fear she won’t play by the rules and use some method to force him into a snare.”

As they spoke, the two followed Tianming out of the Nullity Guild.

Outside, a vast open ground had already filled with over one hundred thousand cosmic gods from the Yueling Starcage.

The pressure on the Nullity side was immense.

Yet they were no pushovers either. With Yin Chen’s alerts, seventy to eighty thousand Nullity cosmic gods quickly assembled in front of the guild, forming a wall against their rivals.

This sight of two massive forces staring each other down across the field was unprecedented in the history of the Dongshen Arena.

Cosmic gods from other starcages had gathered as well, but sensing the gravity of the situation, they watched from afar.

Yueling Zhao herself had yet to appear, but her name already echoed across the entire arena.

After more than ten years of humiliation, the hundred thousand Yueling cosmic gods’ killing intent was palpable as they glared at the Nullity side.

“I heard the imperial daughter brought several thousand elite soldiers of a heavencosmic army with her.”

“That’s a clear violation of the rules!”

“Yueling Starcage has always been domineering...”

The Dongshen Arena was meant to be a refuge for ordinary cultivators, but the world was changing.

At the height of the tension, a blazing crimson radiance suddenly shone above the Yueling host. A stunning young woman clad in brilliant red celestial armor appeared, descending from the sky like a blazing star.

“Imperial Daughter Zhao!” The shout spread like wildfire.

Tens of thousands watched as Yueling Zhao raised her hand, after which a massive crimson orb fell from the sky and landed right between the two opposing sides.