Beastmaster of the Ages

Qitian Xiao yelled a low war cry, making the blood of the thousand scouts boil. The Myriadpath Celestial Formation had to be reactivated, so everyone was wary of the potential disruption that the Grand Myriadpath Ruins could cause. That was why Qitian Xiao and four other elites escorted the thousand scouts to the formation.

The five of them didn't dare to leave Myriadpath Valley, as they weren't sure where the Grand Myriadpath Ruins was. It would take at least a month to travel round-trip from the Myriadpath Celestial Formation, so If Tianming noticed them leaving, it would be a disaster.

They couldn't afford to leave Myriadpath Valley undefended without even a single major-zenith foundationeer around. If the Grand Myriadpath Ruins came back to Myriadpath Valley, it could easily bombard the caves of the Three Exalted Houses and take them over.

Even if Qitian Muyue wasn’t included, considering that she was tasked with watching the Qingchuan prisoners, the Three Exalted Houses couldn't afford to send one or two major-zenith foundationeers and leave the others behind. After all, the Three Exalted Houses weren’t a single entity, but three.

Yumo Diyan was the only major-zenith foundationeer from House Yumo that could threaten the Grand Myriadpath Ruins. If House Qitian and House Suishen's leaders went to Skydome, he’d be worried that they would monopolize the copper coffin and leave House Yumo out, so he would definitely go if they went.

But if he left, it would take at least a month just to make the trip, which would mean leaving House Yumo defenseless against major-zenith threats. House Yumo had already suffered a huge loss at the hands of House Qitian, so they were definitely wary of them.

That was the greatest weakness of the Three Exalted Houses. Not even Suishen Ranxing's bridge-building attempts could wipe it all away. As such, he decided to send a group of a thousand scouts instead of risking the few major-zenith foundationeers they had to hunt down Tianming's loved ones.

The plan indeed proved rather troubling for Tianming, as a matter of fact. He had intended Skydome to be the bottleneck for any threats coming from Myriadpath Valley. The wonderians could just bring a few elites to the copper coffin, which would allow Tianming to kill them.

However, a group of a thousand scouts could easily spread out. Once they discovered more information about the Infinitum Mundus, Skydome would be the first to fall. The losses they had suffered at Infinitum were far too great and the Three Exalted Houses had been passively waiting for far too long, so this was the breakthrough point that they had been waiting for so long. It was far too important to mess up.