Beastmaster of the Ages

After exterminating Chu Xuan, Tianming sorted through his belongings. First of all, Chu Xuan didn't have a tracking ring as he was merely a descendant of a small faction from an orbiter world, a far cry compared to the young scions of the Eightpart Pantheons. Though he did have quite a few treasures, a sure sign of his greed and scams, which were more often directed at the fellow people from orbiter worlds.

Tianming then turned his attention to the jade box that Chu Xuan had been asked to transport. Before he opened the box, a cold voice came ringing from the transmission stone that Chu Xuan had been given. "Who are you? Be careful of losing your life for daring to touch the belongings of us wonderians."

The one who said that should be the wife of Zhoutian Henfeng. Tianming ignored her and crushed the transmission stone. Then, he returned to the place where the maniverse assembly took place and opened the box, only to find a heart-shaped key within. It was clearly not made out of the same material as cosmic artifacts.

"It seems like something that's made in the Ancestral World." The substance was completely foreign to him. He couldn't quite figure out what good this object would do for him. "There must be some use...."

With the foolish death of Chu Xuan, Tianming had lost an information channel. "I have no choice but to go back to Gu Susu." She was a second-level cosmic god, so she had to be stronger than Chu Xuan, making her one of the leaders of the Maniverse Orbiter Alliance. As such, she would definitely know about more things than Chu Xuan.

"Whoa.... Aren't you afraid that you'll be kidnapped and forced to marry her?" Ying Huo asked.

"If you ask me, he'd even enjoy that," Xian Xian said.

"Nonsense. I think Gu Susu's just misunderstood, that's all. She seems like a nice person. I'm sure she won't force me into anything as long as I communicate properly," Tianming said.

"The cosmic gods of the Upper Star Ruin are all two faced and never speak what they think. Have you forgotten what Yuan Long was like? She seemed just and fair until she showed her true colors," Ji Ji said.

"Haha, everyone has a unique personality. At the end of the day, it's just human nature, and it applies to us all, mortals and gods alike," Tianming said. This situation felt a little like when he was at the Archaion Sect back on the Flameyellow Continent. Back then, the disciples of the Human Branch had also formed some kind of alliance. The orbiter-worlders were similar to outer-circle disciples who had to huddle together to be able to form any kind of working relationship with the Eightpart Pantheons.