Beastmaster of the Ages

Imperator Long unleashed the first strike of the Sun-Moon Universe-Illumination Blade, Solunar Sky, sending streaks of lightning and flame across the firmament!

Tianming faced her like he did her counterpart, Lady Long of Heaven’s Elysium, like a madman who wanted to defy the heavens. He used Ninefirm Starfall Exorcism, Ocean-Boiling Skyscorch! The decapath era godswords surrounded the Grand-Orient Sword and formed countless sword formations that charred the sky and boiled the ocean. Everything that the formations touched was reduced to nothing.

These two powerful sword techniques clashed mightily in the sky of Vermillion Bird Starcage, the shockwave sending countless cosmic gods flying off tens of millions of meters away, emptying out the entire area!

Tianming himself was also sent flying just as far, but before he could stabilize himself, Imperator Long’s second strike came for him from both his top and bottom. This was the second strike of Sun-Moon Universe-Illumination Blade, Cosmic Inversion! A ruler was someone who had dominion over life and death and even reincarnation, dominating all in the world. There was nothing that was impossible for a ruler, not even inverting the cosmic order itself!

Above Tianming were countless flaming sword flashes, embodying the essence of the heavens. Beneath him were dark swords of lightning, embodying the essence of earth. Heaven and earth, qian and kun, lightning and fire came sandwiching down on him, backed by powerful cosmoforce and sword ki, enveloping him to the point that he couldn’t distinguish heaven from earth.

Faced with that move, Tianming calmly channeled the power of the nine firmaments in the decapath era godswords. As for the Grand-Orient Sword in his hand, he instilled it with the power of the power of calamities.

Then, he executed Ninefirm Calamity! The power of the nine firmaments that he had charged up to the max exploded forth into a galaxy that spanned the entire firmament, shattering the pitch-black layer of lightning swords. The power of calamities burrowed into the golden layer of flaming swords above.

Tianming’s eleven swords in total formed a sword formation that was powerful enough to once more shatter Imperator Long’s sword art. Surrounded by sword formations that turned into a tribulation sea of stars, his eyes glowed with indomitable spirit that didn’t pale the slightest in comparison to Imperator Long’s aura.

”To think that someone like you dares claim to be a ruler...” He furrowed his brow and smirked. In terms of the path of rulership, Tianming had honed his all the way back from imperial will to imperial order. Imperator Long, on the other hand, didn’t have any order as a person from the Realm of Chaos. There was no way she could gain nearly as much power as Tianming even if they walked the same path of rulership!

”I didn’t think that mere livestock would be insolent enough to bark at its owner.” Imperator Long snickered and unleashed a big wave of imperator cosmoforce into her Apex Imperial Constellation, projecting an even more powerful aura of domination! She held a strong edge against Tianming with her cultivation being on the level of imperatores. The chaotic cosmoforce that flowed in her body was far more bountiful than Tianming’s. Her next strike would be her final strike that would utterly overwhelm Tianming’s!

”Radiant Empress!” Yueling Long looked down coldly on the world as an imperator. She looked at Tianming like a subject that submitted entirely to her rule. Raising her hands, her gold and black swords framed her graceful figure perfectly.

Endless sword ki of flame and lightning poured out to form a black-gold sphere hundreds of millions of meters in diameter, making it resemble a boiling-hot nova-source world of black and gold, radiating the endless might of the empress.

The countless cosmic gods there were filled with the urge to prostrate themselves in worship. This was the sword of an ultimate ruler that would unite all under her rule! The black-gold star exuded an unimaginable power of destruction that shot towards Tianming.

At that moment, he felt like he had traveled back to the past. Facing the pressure of Imperator Long’s star reminded him of the time when he faced off against the stellunar source that threatened to crash down on the Flameyellow Continent. It was the same feeling of inevitability! Yueling Long’s sword strike was a distillation of her countless years of training and study, containing the ultimate essence of her imperial sword intent and her massive cosmoforce, amplified further by her cosmic constellation. All that to suppress Li Tianming!

”Universe Skyfall!” Tianming used the third strike of Ninefirm Starfall Exorcism. His body was so tiny compared to the black-gold star that crashed towards him, yet his sword strike seemed to amass the radiance of countless stars and project it into a firmament-piercing ray of sword ki!

The Grand-Orient Sword, his totem swords, and his lifebound beasts poured all their might into this ultimate strike, causing it to slash the black-gold sphere of sword ki in half! Even a true star would’ve crumbled before the might of Universe Skyfall, let alone a sword strike that tried to approximate one!

The bisected mass of gold flame sword ki and black lightning sword ki still persisted, however, splitting into two separate stars, one gold, one black, bearing down on Tianming. The strike might’ve been weakened, but it was still terrifyingly destructive.

Tianming was sent flying off by the two split stars, covered in sword-ki cuts all over. Lightning and flame streaked across his body violently and tore it apart.

”Li Tianming! You are defeated!” Yueling Long proudly cried from up above, her brilliant dragon robe fluttering from the shockwaves. Her black-gold swords continued to hover by her side as they echoed a menacing resonance.

Her lips curved mockingly as she said, ”I thought you’d be able to live up to your boasts. Yet, you ended up being nothing but a bumbling clown. This next strike will end you for good!”

Thunderous cheers and applause could be heard following her proclamation. The cosmic gods of Aquamarine and Torch Dragon felt a reignition of hope. They had thought that Li Muyang coming to his son’s rescue and allowing him to rejoin the battle would cause their entire situation to nosedive. Who knew that Imperator Long would be able to suppress him so effectively?

”Tianming!” Jiang Qingluan, Sage Chen and Sage Xing were incredibly anxious and were desperate to go to Tianming’s aid.

Yet, all of a sudden, Tianming laughed. His killing intent grew far stronger than moments before!

”Little Li, time to use your secret ancestral art! That empress has quite some delectable curves that’ll fit right into your dragon claws!” Ying Huo urged, rather miffed by being suppressed to that extent.

”That’s right! What happened to that dragon-claw grope of yours? It’s time to put it to good use!” Bai Ye said, unable to stand being completely pushed back by the haughty women who had their noses held high.