Beastmaster of the Ages

Everything in the Realm of Chaos seemed to be wrapped up in a big new storm. The entire Skyplunder Capital was standing at the ready. Even the normal cosmic gods were prepared for the possibility of an attack.

Tianming and the rest continued to discuss countermeasures within Plunderlord Palace. The four Yueling imperatores, on the other hand, had their own discussion in Kunruler Palace, though the atmospheres in both palaces were quite distinct. Soon, Tianming’s group finalized their plans. He would return to Kunruler Palace with Zi Zhen.

”I heard that among your four concubines, Imperator Long is the youngest, but the most talented, right?” Zi Zhen asked on the way back.

”Talented? Who can possibly compete with you in that regard?” Tianming said.

”Hmph, don’t change the subject,” she said with a chuckle. ”I fought up close with Imperator Tu and saw how alluring she could be. Don’t tell me you’ve never even considered trying to get her to switch sides. A female imperator is quite the exotic person to have by your side.”

”Do you think I care? So what if she’s an imperator? She ended up completely beaten up by you anyway.”

”Would you be fine if I end up killing her?”

”Why wouldn’t I be? They’re enemies. I don’t think I’ll care if my enemies end up dead,” Tianming said, giving an exemplary answer.

Zi Zhen smiled and ignored him as they headed towards Kunruler Palace. From a distance, they could see the four sisters chatting in front of the massive mural of Tianming. When the two entered, they all turned to look at them. They were all beauties of the era, each with their own quirky charms. It was too bad that they were on the opposing side.

”Tianming, you’re back. Congratulations on eliminating the violetblizians. You’re down one huge foe,” Imperator Long said, standing in front of all her sisters with her gaze sharp as a sword. She gave Zi Zhen a glance as well.

”You really think that?” Tianming looked deeply into her eyes. ”If you really are congratulating me on my efforts, it seems the four of you are coming around! That would mean that Yueling would stop being our foe too. Wouldn’t that be perfect?”

Jokes remained jokes. Nothing changed in reality. Imperator Long kept her cold gaze on Zi Zhen and said, ”It would be indeed. It’s not impossible, you know. In fact, we can head to the bedroom right now. Just, I’m afraid this lady here won’t approve.”

”If your intentions are pure, I will not stop you. But if you ask me, your true nature will never change,” Zi Zhen said. Sparks flew violently between the two women.

”Alright, tone it down, both of you.” Tianming played the peacemaker. He noticed that Imperator Tu could barely hide her killing intent against Zi Zhen. Those two’s grudge would be difficult to resolve.

Zi Zhen had slapped her hundreds of times at Violetblitz Capital. Though Imperator Tu wasn’t too badly injured, there was no way she was unaffected by the experience. Someone of her elevated status never had to suffer such humiliation. It wasn’t weird that she couldn’t let the grudge go.

Granted, Tianming was trying to bait them into making a mistake, so there was no need to pick at her old wound. The plan was underway! Just like that, he took out the dazzling radiances before the four imperatores, casting a red light in the hall.

”I’m sure they won’t be seducing other people from now on,” Tianming said with a smile. ”They’re one of us now, so we have to give them a fair chance.”

As he said that, he handed some radiances to Zi Zhen. She knew what she needed to do and merely gave Imperator Long and Imperator Tu one look before using it right away.

Tianming didn’t delay either and sat down in the hall with Zi Zhen, using the Sky Plundering Hand to absorb the power from the dazzling radiances. The two of them began to concentrate and cultivate.

”That’s bold of them.” The Yueling imperatores were certainly caught off guard by this behavior. They would never have imagined that Tianming and Zi Zhen would dare to cultivate with dazzling radiances, exposing themselves like that. Did they really begin to trust them?

Either way, this was as great an opportunity as any. If they caught Tianming off guard while he was cultivating, they would be able to heavily injure him right from the get-go! Any reinforcements would take some time to arrive, so they could easily kill him.

However, could they really do it? They exchanged glances, communicating with eye signals. Soon, Imperator Long and Imperator Ji shook their heads. They had given up.

If we are to make a move, we have to kill him instantly. But given his current level of power and Zi Zhen by his side, it’s beyond us. Imperator Long was rather frustrated by this.

It would’ve been easy to kill him instantly during the first few years of our marriage to him. But now, we’d only be able to wound him. It would be pointless, and we’d invite retaliation from Li Muyang and the others. It’s best for us to not make any rash moves before we hear from the Adjudicator. He might need us to do other things in Nullity.

Imperator Long forced herself to hold the temptation at bay and left with her sisters. She gave the green leaf sigil on Tianming’s forehead a deep look. It looked rather odd under the red light from the dazzling radiance.

***

Meanwhile in an unknown region of space, countless primordial clouds floated around. This world was dreamlike yet hollow. It seemed endlessly vast, with the clouds stretching trillions of miles away.

Somewhere in the primordial world, a blood-colored sphere appeared. It resembled a cocoon. There seemed to be an eerie humanoid figure within it. There were eight red vortices on the surface of the sphere. This was none other than the Adjudicator who had made an appearance within the Realm of Chaos. The white clouds scattered upon his manifestation in that world.

Gradually, a cracked landmass appeared before him. Somewhere on land was a blooming green flower, filled with vigor and life. Yet, it also seemed rather sinister and life threatening in a secretive manner. The flower was a million meters in diameter and spread wide across the cracked land.

Amidst the white clouds, one could see an extremely beautiful girl lying within the flower, though the image was a hazy one. One could only roughly make out the silhouette of the near-perfect girl.

The Adjudicator’s sphere approached the green flower. Then, the voice of a young man said in a respectful tone, ”Dao San.”

”You’re here, Jie Ba.” The girl’s cold voice reverberated emotionlessly through the white mist.