Beastmaster of the Ages

”Are they really going to fight?” The crowd in the capital was absolutely pumped. There was no avoiding a fight any longer. Their young imperial son had challenged the imperial son of Aquamarine to a duel. Though they were confident in Tianming, they still felt a lurking terror.

Cang Shentu was the appointed successor of Aquamarine, after all, making him imperator material. He was also close to triple Tianming’s age. Even if his talent wasn’t near the level of the four Yueling imperatores, he was still a seventh-level primocosmic god that far outstripped Tianming in terms of cultivation.

Imperator Long and her sisters rose into the air from Kunruler Palace. Li Muyang turned to them and said, ”Imperator Long and the rest of you, will you bear witness to the duel?”

Li Muyang stood with his arms neatly behind his back, dressed in formal black-gold robes. Coupled with his calm look and authoritative gaze, there was an imperial air about him.

Imperator Long looked at Tianming and Cang Shentu before nodding. With the four of them as witnesses, there was no risk of war breaking out in the Realm of Chaos no matter which side won. It was a duel purely for masculine honor!

”Alright, let’s get this over with.” Tianming burst with flames and lightning instantly. The flames and lightning reached hundreds of thousands of meters away, enveloping Cang Shentu in an instant. Though his anger was feigned initially, he truly got mad when Cang Shentu brought up his grandparents. After all the progress he made, he could kill Yueling Qian and Yueling Kun easily with a simple strike of his sword.

However, Cang Shentu merely smirked and didn’t care about all the fanfare. Ninering Transient Mortality in his hand suddenly shook, surging with oceanic power from all nine of its rings. The nine-layered galactic ocean pulsed and easily blocked the infernal and chaotic blast. The sheer cosmoforce that it generated shook the firmament tens of millions of meters away.

That strike from the Grand-Dao-class cosmic relic unleashed a universe-sized wave of power towards Tianming. It was an ocean of deep, hidden savage violence! Cang Shentu’s nine-layered galaxy instantly expanded to encompass the tens of millions of meters around Tianming, covering the entire sky above Kunruler Palace. The power of the galaxy and deep ocean pressed down heavily on him.

”That’s the Eight Desolation Galactic Sword Canvas! The legendary Grand-Dao-class cosmic art passed down in Aquamarine!”

”It’s the first move in the cosmic art, Chaos Stabilizing Galaxy!”

Countless onlookers in Skyplunder Capital watched as the nine-layered galaxy bear down on Tianming’s 40-thousand-meter form. He looked like a tiny boat in a stormy ocean, constantly at threat of being swallowed into its depths. Even the people billions of meters away could feel the terrifying power of the galactic ocean.

”It seems that Imperial Son Cang’s understanding of this cosmic art has improved once more,” Imperator Tong said, her cute eyes wide with admiration. Her yellow goose dress paired with her petite but sensual figure made her an absolute work of art. However, the way she looked at Cang Shentu angered many in Skyplunder Capital. How dare the concubine of the imperial son praise an outsider?!

”Dad, can Tianming really hold up?” Li Tianzi asked from far away. He could feel the sword art’s power and was somewhat worried.

Li Muyang didn’t say a single word. Instead, a tiny voice rang out from Li Tianzi’s palm. ”Don’t worry! Little Li... can take... on anything.”

”Really?” Li Tianzi had always felt weird about speaking to Yin Chen.

The first strike of Eight Desolation Galactic Sword Canvas’s absolute power pulled Tianming deep into the oceanic depths. However, it didn’t take long before a massive tree appeared and took root in the galactic ocean. Then, a golden flower began to bloom, causing the entire tree to glow gold. Xian Xian’s roots, vines and leaves all turned blindingly golden, spreading the color across the nine-layered galaxy.

Xian Xian unleashed Grand Dao Dharma Lotus, creating a golden field of sacred energy. Everywhere the golden light touched caused the middlekin astrons within Cang Shentu’s body to be restricted. This pushed back against the power of the nine-layered galaxy and forced its flow to come to a stop.

Then came Shining Lucky Star. Countless silver dots congregated in a singularity, tearing apart the nine-layered galaxy and causing it to collapse!

”This is your so-called Grand-Dao-class cosmic art? Is that all you got?” Tianming said.

His left arm crackled with endless lightning and right arm burned with undying infernal flames as he came bursting out of the crumbling galaxy, eyes shining bright. ”How are you going to play the role of a saboteur with your meager capabilities? You’re more impotent than a eunuch.”

Beam after beam of sword light came flashing out from behind Tianming. His decapath era godswords dealt the final blow to crush the nine-layered galaxy, reducing it into rapidly dimming stars. His 200-fold simulacrum had finally appeared!

The ten flashing swords rapidly approached corporeal form as they shifted through their simulacra, growing into ten massive sword peaks as they got closer and closer to Cang Shentu.

Cang Shentu had heard of Tianming’s lifebound beasts and their power before, but he was completely oblivious to his totems. The collapse of his nine-layered galaxy caused his expression to change, but facing the 200-fold-simulacrum totems utterly dumbfounded him. Never would he have expected that Tianming’s tiny form could break his first strike so easily. What was even more surprising was how threatened he would be by the ten streaks of corporeal sword light!