Beastmaster of the Ages

The moment Tianming’s totems emerged, the blinding sword light that came from them incited countless cheers from the crowds in the capital. Everyone could clearly feel the power that radiated from them.

”Tianming...” Mu Qingqing clutched her hands in front of her chest, watching with worry and expectation. Her black dress fluttered in a way that resembled a beautiful blooming flower.

”This kind of power...” Imperator Long’s brow furrowed somewhat. The power wasn’t that impressive to her, but she had a feeling that it had reached parity with Cang Shentu and perhaps slightly more, which made her nervous. She had thought that Tianming would be easily roasted above the fire, only for him to improve that rapidly in such a short time frame.

It wasn’t long ago that Tianming had used everything in his power to just barely kill Yueling Qian and Yueling Kun. The Grand Dao Dharma Lotus and Shining Lucky Star were at best able to push back against those two without being able to actually harm them. Yet, Tianming’s lifebound beasts’ power already seemed enough to suppress the seventh-level primocosmic god.

”Don’t worry. I understand Imperial Son Cang the best,” Imperator Tong said with a smile. ”That was just his first strike. The real power of Eight Desolation Galactic Sword Canvas is yet to come.”

Not long after Tianming manifested his totems and corporealized them with the 200-fold simulacrum, they began to hover around the Grand-Orient Sword, emitting sword ki that tore apart the sky, land, sea and space!

”How dare you make your underhanded tricks so flashy?!” Cang Shentu yelled. His robes fluttered as the boundless power of the ocean surged around him. ”Eight Desolation Galactic Sword Canvas, Swordsea Crashing!”

The power of the deep ocean formed into many different sword beams that instantly scattered to form a sea of sword ki. It was tens of millions of meters in height and hung far above Skyplunder Capital. The power of that massive ocean seemed concentrated on Ninering Transient Mortality. Then, tens of millions of swords fell like water flowing rapidly through a galactic stream! The moment the strike was unleashed, the massive sword ocean crashed down in eight desolate sword sweeps, wave after wave towards the decapath era godswords.

Tianming’s totem swords joined the Grand-Orient Sword and arranged themselves into a powerful sword formation that almost instantly crushed the first powerful wave, shattering the heavy sword ocean beneath it. Then, before Cang Shentu could react, the totem swords tore through the sword-ki ocean, shooting through all eight tsunami waves!

”My 200-fold simulacrum alone was able to counter his sword strike. I suppose that’s not a bad performance for a seventh-level primocosmic god!” Tianming chuckled.

Cang Shentu’s expression turned grim at the sight of his sword waves withering away. This was part of his most impressive Grand-Dao-class cosmic art, yet Tianming had neutralized it!

”Is that all?” Cang Shentu smirked, looking at Tianming and his swords. At the very end, the bottomless galactic ocean still managed to stop him outside. ”Li Tianming, were these toy swords your final gambit? Toys will be toys at the end of the day. You are nowhere near a good match for the four imperatores! Since Nullity considers you their future hope, I will crush your seventh astral organ and put an end to your pathetic line!”

Cang Shentu’s blatant insults had reminded everyone in Nullity of the times when the female imperatores frolicked with their male friends openly and disrespectfully, filling them with anger once more.

”Damn it! Little Li, they called your massive Grand-Orient Sword a toy! Are you going to take it lying down?!” Ying Huo said when it popped out.

”Tsktsk... It does look like a toy if we think about the size,” Bai Ye said as it compared Tianming’s size with the four imperatores’.

”Shut up, idiot.” Tianming smacked the bird head back into his arm.

”Hahaha! He called it a toy!” came Lan Huang’s half-beat-off laughter.

Cang Shentu laughed as his body transformed. His two astral eyes turned into two massive nova sources. Then, his body unfurled into a boundless constellation, middlekin astrons scattering and reforming into a new, unbounded body.

This was his ocean deity constellation. His entire body had turned into a boundless galactic ocean. Each middlekin astron was a droplet of water in it. The entire ocean began to close in on Tianming. He felt like a lone leaf floating above the turbulent ocean surface! Cang Shentu’s sword, Ninering Transient Mortality, kept on attacking him from within the ocean as well!

”Cat Bro, stop snoring. It’s our turn to put up a good show,” Ying Huo said with a sinister smirk. It looked at the constellation like it was looking at an old hen.

”Quit the slander! I never snore!” Meow Meow snapped.

”I have a special service prepared for constellations like you! Satisfaction guaranteed!” Ying Huo immediately unleashed Sundering Cage, shooting countless sword-feathers into the ocean constellation. Meow Meow turned into lightning and fired off Genesis Scourge, which instantly spread throughout the entire ocean. Tianming’s right leg swung powerfully as he used Lan Huang’s strength to fire off sword wheels, sending Myriadkui Ascension flying off into the constellation.

The three main lifebound beasts’ powerful abilities began to tear up Cang Shentu’s constellation. As his body reformed using unstable chaotic power, wounds could be seen on the astral body. Tianming went for the opening and delivered his most fatal strike!

”I learned the ultimate move of the Starfall Pantheon just in time to use it on you.” His decapath era godswords each turned into sword beams ten times their thickness before shooting towards Cang Shentu’s forehead. He used Ninefirm Starfall Exorcism, Ocean-Boiling Skyscorch! The strike set the skies aflame and lit up the ocean of stars, unleashing sword ki across every corner of the capital.