Beastmaster Of The Ages

鈥淲hat?鈥?Tianming raised his head to look at the starry sky. He sensed a link with the Imperial Will in his sea of consciousness. It felt like he was being worshipped.

鈥淴iaoxiao, is this how the ancestors鈥?Astral Will greets newcomers? Isn鈥檛 that a little too enthusiastic?鈥?Tianming asked.

鈥淣o.鈥?Lin Xiaoxiao lowered her head. There was a trace of helplessness in her eyes.

鈥淲hat鈥檚 the situation now?鈥?Tianming looked at the stars trembling in the sky. It was as if the Archaion Sect鈥檚 ancestors were still alive, and they were all looking at him.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know. I鈥檝e never seen something like this before,鈥?said Lin Xiaoxiao.

Tianming stopped asking more questions.

鈥淭he Astral Will descended by itself?鈥?/p>

鈥淵eah.鈥?Tianming looked at the stars descending from the sky and gathering in his direction. He could sense that it was the Grand-Orient Sword in his sea of consciousness drawing the stars over.

Looking at the hundreds of Astral Wills coming over to Tianming, Lin Xiaoxiao was dumbfounded. She said, 鈥淚t was already good if anyone could draw one Astral Will over within half an hour.鈥?/p>

Lin Xiaoxiao wasn鈥檛 the only witness to the commotion created by Tianming, but also everyone from the Human Branch following behind.

鈥淲ho is he?鈥?/p>

鈥淣o idea.鈥?/p>

鈥淲hat the hell is this? Astral encirclement? Is this an ancestor鈥檚 gift?鈥?/p>

鈥淗undreds of stars gathering together. It鈥檚 never happened in the past, but can he even comprehend all of them?鈥?/p>

It was useless for ordinary people to have too many Astral Wills, and it was already good if they could comprehend and observe an ancestor鈥檚 heavenly will. Even so, many people surrounded Tianming and inquired about his identity.

Many people were surprised that no one here knew about Tianming, but there were some who recognized Lin Xiaoxiao. When they saw that she seemed to be acquainted with Tianming, they came up and asked her.

鈥淛ust came? A newcomer?鈥?/p>

鈥淭hat鈥檚 right.鈥?/p>

鈥淗e should maintain a low profile since he鈥檚 a newcomer,鈥?someone commented.

鈥淗e didn鈥檛 do this on purpose,鈥?said Lin Xiaoxiao.

Tianming was already immersed in comprehending the heavenly will. Time was precious, and ordinary disciples only had half an hour to comprehend before they had to move on. On this Old Deepstar Path, the Astral Will would be stronger the further you go, which reflected the ancestor鈥檚 cultivation when he or she was alive.

There were three entrances to the Old Deepstar Path, two of which were from the Heaven and Earth Branches. Then again, the Astral Wills the Heaven and Earth Branches鈥?disciples had were naturally better. It was rumored that there was even a special place known as the Deepstar Pool.

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Tianming eventually picked one out of the stars around him. These stars had chosen him, and no one else could take them away. He walked into a corner so that he wouldn鈥檛 block anyone鈥檚 path and began to comprehend.

The star in his hand dazzled, which swiftly drew Tianming鈥檚 attention and spirit into it. When the star came into contact with his forehead, Tianming saw scenes starting to flicker before his eyes, along with voices sounding by his ears. He felt as though he was watching another person鈥檚 story.

鈥淏rilliant! This is simply brilliant!鈥?Tianming could feel his blood boiling. 鈥淭he Old Deepstar Path and the inheritances left within are why the Archaion Sect could produce geniuses over the generations.鈥?/p>

It didn鈥檛 matter if this ancestor鈥檚 cultivation method was suitable to Tianming, because he had gained something just by observing the process of someone comprehending the Heavenly will. 鈥淴iaoxiao said that if I manage to encounter an ancestor who cultivated the same heavenly will as me, it鈥檇 be equivalent to having a mentor guiding me in my path.鈥?/p>

Tianming cultivated Imperial Will, and had never heard of anyone cultivating it before. He guessed that he wouldn鈥檛 find someone who cultivated the same heavenly will as him in the Old Deepstar Path, but when his Imperial Will came in contact with the Astral Wills, he suddenly discovered something.

The Astral Wills represented the heavenly wills of many people. The stars worshipped me the moment I appeared, so does that mean that these Astral Wills are part of those people, and the heavenly will of these people forms part of the Imperial Will? So if I use the ocean as an analogy, the Imperial Will is the ocean, while the Astral Wills here are streams flowing into the ocean. That means that all of the Astral Wills here are useful to me, and I don鈥檛 have to pick one. I just have to observe them.

Upon having that insight, Tianming began patiently observing Jian Fengchi鈥檚 cultivating process. He looked at how Jian Fengchi persevered in his cultivation until he became a powerhouse in the Samsara stage. His heavenly will鈥檚 growth didn鈥檛 contain any of his life experiences, but Tianming could sense the changes in Jian Fengchi鈥檚 emotions through the Astral Will.

Dao is boundless, and everyone has their own comprehension of it. Tianming was deeply moved after observing Jian Fengchi鈥檚 heavenly will. So if I want to stand above everyone else, I have to learn from others and accept them with humility.

His experience back in the Theocracy of the Ancients made Tianming think more about the relationship between people. Respecting lives and valuing others; that was how a genuine powerhouse rose from the grassroots. If the help of an Astral Will was limited, then what about thousands of them?

I wonder how quickly others can observe the Astral Wills鈥?Tianming noticed something odd. It felt like an eternity had passed while he observed Jian Fengchi鈥檚 life, but only roughly sixty breaths had passed in reality. He seemed to achieve a fusion effect with the Astral Wills, and he wasn鈥檛 just observing like others.

But when he let go of Jian Fengchi鈥檚 Astral Will, he noticed that the star slowly turned into a bubble and disappeared. It was like Tianming had inherited everything.

Does that mean I can achieve a fusion effect and absorb them? Is this the reason why I can observe the Astral Will so quickly? He could sense his heavenly will鈥檚 growth. Although it wasn鈥檛 as quick as having the genuine heavenly will of everyone flowing to him, it was still better than using the Grand-Orient Sword and Prime Tower. Furthermore, there wouldn鈥檛 be any conflict; they would fill each other鈥檚 gap.

鈥淟et鈥檚 continue!鈥?Tianming couldn鈥檛 be bothered so much; he still had hundreds of Astral Wills around him waiting to be absorbed. Without him knowing, the Astral Wills around him disappeared, and half an hour had also passed. Tianming had no choice but to leave the Old Deepstar Path.

My time was too short, and I still have room for improvements. I have to find a way to increase my time training in the Old Deepstar Path. Tianming pondered, and he first thought of Feiling.

Let鈥檚 not ask Ling鈥檈r for now and wait a little longer. I鈥檒l have to participate in faction battles anyway to compete for an opportunity to enter the Heaven Cauldron. Let鈥檚 head to the faction's management for now. Tianming heard that only the faction lord on the first rank could enter the Heaven Cauldron.

Not only was the Archaionfiend Eye suppressed in the Heaven Cauldron, tribulation patterns and spiritual hazards could also be found there. So Tianming had to fight for it, if only for those two reasons alone.

He believed he could do it, so Tianming wasn鈥檛 going to let Feiling use her 鈥楨minent鈥?identity. He wanted to wait and see how things go. It would be somewhat inappropriate for her to handle something so trifling, so Tianming wanted to leave it for more important matters.

The effects are great even if I only have half an hour here. I have to digest them after going back anyway. Tianming was practically in a secluded state when he came back from the Old Deepstar Path.

He repeated this routine for five days, and in these five days, he absorbed over five hundred Astral Wills, allowing his heavenly will to grow to the seventh level of the Sky Saint stage.

Then Tianming just focused on increasing his saint ki to make a genuine breakthrough into the seventh level of the Sky Saint stage. To remain low profile, Tianming would head to remote places so that it wouldn鈥檛 be too eye-catching to have hundreds of stars around him, and the Human Branch鈥檚 disciples had already stopped talking about him.

鈥淚鈥檒l have a lifespan of five hundred years if I can reach the Empyrean Saint stage, and it will be equivalent to having two or three more decades to cultivate. I don鈥檛 have to worry about the Aeonic Grandbane for the time being then.鈥?His first goal was to reach the Empyrean Saint stage. Feiling鈥檚 status here was only illusory, and cultivation was still fundamental.

鈥淚 still lack several battle arts, like a Samsara stage鈥檚 battle art.鈥?Tianming had the Ninesilver Astral Art and Invincible Sword Body for empyrean saint battle arts, and it wouldn鈥檛 be difficult for him to master a stronger one with his Aeonic Grandbane talent. So he wanted to give it a try with Samsara battle arts.

鈥淚鈥檒l have to complete missions and acc.u.mulate contribution to the sect to exchange for battle arts here. It鈥檚 a little waste of time, but it鈥檇 be great if I could buy them with money. No matter what, I鈥檓 still the husband of their 鈥楨minent.鈥?It鈥檚 fine that I have to stay in the Human Branch for safety, but I can鈥檛 possibly waste my time on missions, right? Let鈥檚 see if Ling鈥檈r has any money when I visit her in a few days and I鈥檒l see if I can get some.鈥?/p>

Tianming was a realistic person, and he could swiftly increase his cultivation in the Old Deepstar Path. He had decided to spend most of his time there, and missions were just a hassle for him right now. As he was absorbed in deep thoughts, the sect master of the Human Branch, Jian Wuyi, suddenly appeared in his courtyard.