Beastmaster of the Ages

Chapter 3886 - Conquering Midsky

"The Flameyellow Ancestral Ruins are in the Ancestral World?" Qiu Yuan wasn't that valuable to Tianming, so when she mentioned the flameyellow divinities, he was more than willing to spare her for some useful information. That said, he was still quite surprised to hear it. "So you're saying there might be surviving flameyellow divinities within the Ancestral World who’ve never been heavenly shackled?"

The flameyellow descendants in the Upper Star Ruin were only found in fortuna-class worlds. While they were large in number, there were very few powerful elites among them due to the heavenly shackles. No matter how powerful Tianming was, it would be a tall order to restore them to their prime based on his capabilities alone.

"That's right. The information’s incredibly reliable. Yue Mo wanted to bring his unit there to try his luck. That was why he was in a rush to return," Qiu Yuan's cosmic god essence said, honestly answering every question. She knew that Tianming only wanted the formation cores of Wondersky Haven and Wargod Haven, so there was hope that her own life would be spared. However, she didn't know too much about the Flameyellow Ancient Ruins, either. The best she could offer was some leads to start with.

Tianming would probably need to go to the maniverse-class worlds for anything more concrete, like Ninefold Hellstar, Saturatia-49, Granddream Rebirth, or Ninesky Mistress. No doubt, many people from those worlds would also want to go to the Ancestral World to try their luck like Yue Mo.

There was also something else that he needed to know about: the Perpetual Jiang Clan. Their ancient ancestor’s been reborn...?

He could clearly see that the golden crystal star above his head in the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb was growing brighter by the day. Xian Xian and Ji Ji said that the guillotine was about to fall on his neck.

"Huh, so Ling'er seems to have found a clan with ties to her.... And they seem to be on the level of the Eightpart Pantheons." He knew that there were other factions in the Upper Star Ruin that didn't belong to the Eightpart Pantheons, spread across many large star worlds. "And it sounds like the strongest of that clan are gathered in a region called the Primordial Sands...."

The information was far too crucial to him. Even though he had Yin Chen gathering word about it across the Midsky Tristars, the people there knew too little about such a mysterious place.

I wonder if the Perpetual Jiang Clan would accept me.... He felt rather nervous about the whole situation. Feiling's father was the Jiang Clan ruler of the Vermillion Bird Kingdom, Jiang Cheng, who was enjoying a life of bliss on the Sun with Jiang Qingluan. Both of them had become astral gods, and they were more than happy with what Tianming had done for them. Not to mention, who would have any complaints about a son-in-law like Tianming, with such an amazingly incomprehensible cultivation path?

The Perpetual Jiang Clan sounds far more elite, though. They must have quite a number of top-level cosmic gods. I wonder what they’d think about their reborn ancestor's dating affairs....

"That’s all I know. I hope you keep your word," Qiu Yuan humbly said.

"Do you want to control this bull-headed person for me?" Tianming telepathically asked Bai Ye.

"How?" Bai Ye said.

"Use your infant soul."

"Are you insane? Forget it. We're just third-level overflowers. That’s far beyond my capabilities. Once we’re no longer connected to the omnisentient threads, you'd be nothing."

"Fine." Tianming let Qiu Yuan be for the moment.

By then, Bai Ye and Xian Xian had managed to kill Mo Tu and Tong Zhi for good. The two of them had cried and cursed throughout the entire process, just like the cosmic gods of Starmoon Haven, though Tianming didn't bat an eye and simply filtered out their annoying voices. They pretty much said the same thing Yue Mo had: fighting on behalf of slaves would only end in doom.

Soon, two formation cores appeared before Tianming. He had Long Xing absorb them, as he already had too many formations in him, whereas Long Xing's astrons were relatively sparse in terms of formation patterns. Not to mention, he was talented enough to get it done fast.

"The first phase succeeded. We'll seal off these two stars and prevent anyone from leaving," Tianming said.

"No problem," Long Xing said as he absorbed the formation cores. "There's one thing that you might not be aware of, though."

"Oh? What’s that?"

"Even though we have their formation cores, the Eightpart Pantheons have backup cores in their other worlds that can be used to regain ownership of the star and cripple the formation cores I'm absorbing. That's why we have to finish it in one fell swoop and not let up on the rescue efforts."

Tianming nodded. "That's simple, then. The issue here is that it makes it harder for the Sun to absorb the nova source of these three worlds...."

"At the end of the day, we need to consolidate our forces for a stable foundation. When you rise in the Upper Star Ruin, you'll have more than just these three worlds to conquer. Even if they manage to take back the Midsky Tristars, you'll easily be able to reconquer them," Long Xing said, filled with strong faith in Tianming.

"Alright. Let's take it step by step, then. After our present rescue operations, we'll have to let things stabilize for a bit." Everything had started back when Tianming's actions at the Middlekin Star Ruin had incited yet another round of persecution toward the flameyellow descendants.

Finally, the incident was coming to a close.

"At the end of the day, flameyellow descendants are present in every fortuna-class world. They can still be used to threaten us. Rage as we might, it’s the path we'll have to take from now on." It didn't mean that Tianming and Long Xing had to take a weak stance on it. Instead, they should bide their time and strike with ferocity to minimize the chances of the flameyellow descendants being used as hostages.

"Alright, it's done. These two stars have been locked down. However, almost all of their first-level cosmic gods have escaped. Fortunately, they didn't manage to bring any cosmic god corpses or legacy caeli with them, due to how much they rushed," Long Xing said.

"Alright." Before Mo Tu and Tong Zhi died, the cosmic gods managed to hear about their defeat and fled before the formations were taken over.

"Thankfully, there's still a lot of wonderians and devas remaining." Tianming proceeded to save the flameyellow descendants of the two worlds, as well as loot massive piles of cultivation resources.

"It's a shame that these wonderian cosmic god corpses aren't in essence form. Little Fish won't be able to directly make use of them thanks to the degradation over time...." Apart from that, Tianming's spoils from the Midsky Tristars amounted to quite a significant amount.