Beastmaster of the Ages

barrier.
It wasn’t part of the Kilostar Formation, but part of the domain itself.

“I’ll need to break this barrier to obtain the ultimate tribulation manna, and only with those can I unlock the Kilostar Domain,” Tianming thought to himself.

The Kilostar Formation was a joint effort between the nine divine realms, and any power that broke the formation would also destroy the barrier and the ultimate tribulation manna within it.
Breaking this barrier would have been a piece of cake for the Ghoul Kings, but it was more than enough to stop Tianming from taking the manna… or was it?

As a descendent of the Sky Plunderer Clan born with a black arm, no formation could ever stop Tianming.
He ignored the barrier and instead looked at the five ultimate tribulation manna.

“These ninth-grade tribulation manna are said to be the best one can find across the entire continent.
Each of them is capable of giving a lifebound beast over nine hundred stars.”

Tianming was just a short distance away from the five tribulation manna that were supposed to be his.
He saw five brilliant stars, arranged based on the elements.
There was a flaming star at the bottom, a freezing star at the top, a platinum star toward the left, a dark star to the right, and right in the center was a yellow star surrounded by a ring.
The five manna were interlinked with one another, as if they belonged to the same set.
Whether they were a gift from nature or made by gods, no one could tell.

There were lifebound beasts in the continent, like Fang Taiqing’s, that had over nine hundred stars, and they had no doubt evolved using ninth-grade tribulation manna.
But even that didn’t seem that rare, compared to this entire set of tribulation manna.

I should be able to grab those without opening the Kilostar Domain.
They can’t risk breaking the formation, as the self-destruct mechanism of the formation will destroy me together with the ultimate tribulation manna.
But if I try evolving my lifebound beasts on the spot, I suppose they’ll be too mad to care about anything else, Tianming thought.
In other words, he would be dead for sure if he evolved his lifebound beasts right here.

Nevertheless, Tianming deemed that it was necessary to gain possession of the manna first.
If he was lucky it might even be a chip he could use to bargain with.
Without hesitation, he started clawing at the Formation Barrier with his black arm.

“What is he doing?”

“There’s no way this kid can break the barrier.”

“From past experience, even a cultivator at the tenth-level Samsara stage will need an hour to break that open.”

“Let him waste his time.”

The seniors from the five divine realms couldn’t care less about Tianming’s futile attempts.
But just as they finished speaking, Tianming easily tore a hole in the formation and stood before the gate of the Kilostar Domain.
The ultimate tribulation manna were within his reach!

“How is that possible!”

This junior from Archaion had taken them by surprise once again.
How did Li Tianming continually do the impossible? His methods of removing the heartscourge worm and opening the barrier were simply unheard of.

“It’s still fine for now, but what if he dares to use the manna on his lifebound beasts now?”

“We can’t allow that.”

The situation was tense once again, and killing intent shot out of Ghoul King Xue Yi’s bloodshot eyes.

“Then we’ll try to trade Yi Xingyin’s life for those five manna.
He’s just a kid, so we should be able to scare him.”

It wasn’t just Tianming’s wits or techniques that were causing them trouble, but his composure and maturity.
Not many teenagers could resist their lures or threats, but Tianming was unlike any other junior they had ever had to deal with.
The crowd began looking grim once again.

Just then, things took an unexpected turn.
As Tianming walked towards the five ultimate tribulation manna, they shone even brighter than before.
Suddenly, Tianming’s Dragonhide automatically appeared on his body, and like a magnet, it drew the manna flying toward him.

“What’s happening?” Tianming was in shock.
He’d just entered and things had immediately gone out of control.
Before he could react, the five ultimate tribulation manna had fused with his Dragonhide and disappeared.
The armor gleamed with starlight, as if it had absorbed all the stars in the sky.

“Are the ultimate tribulation manna perhaps related to Great Emperor Xuanyuan?”

Tianming didn’t think it was possible.
They were two hundred thousand years apart after all.
But off the top of his head, he couldn’t find any other explanation for the current phenomenon.

But that wasn’t even the end.
As the manna completely fused into his Dragonhide, the black vortex suddenly erupted with a brilliant five-colored light!