Beastmaster of the Ages

The aftermath of those complications were horrifying, so Tianming chose not to do so and left it as a final resort while he pondered more preferable alternatives. "The Flameyellow used to see Grand Xia as allies. Even after being betrayed, they weren't killed off completely. If I did something to wipe them out indiscriminately like that, I might be going against the wishes of the Flameyellow ancestors..."

Tianming didn't really understand how deep the ties between these factions were, but that didn't mean he gave up on the gambit completely. "If Ling'er is in danger, I will not hesitate to use it no matter the cost."

Grand Xia Voidback was a fallen world. Perhaps they had already paid the price for their betrayal. It was too bad that their descendant, Empress Xia, still seemed intent on repeating that mistake. "I wonder how sad Old Man Voidback would be if he saw all this..."

The reason Tianming didn't destroy the place outright was partly due to Old Man Voidback, who had given him a legacy as well. How could he be willing to see Tianming wipe out all his descendants? That reminded Tianming of the grand lexicon wonder.

"He said that the divine wonder is the culmination of the efforts of countless generations of Grand Xia imperials, making it the strongest ever made. The wonderians also want it for themselves. I'm only ten thousand words short of a hundred thousand, which would propel it to become an imperial-class wonder..." Still, Tianming found it rather weird as the grand lexicon wonder didn't seem that powerful when he used it with omnisentient power. Why did Old Man Voidback make such a big deal out of it?

"Is it because my lifebound beasts and totems are too powerful and outshine it?" In terms of totems, Tianming had upgraded them significantly after absorbing the cosmic tribulation seas of the cosmic-god corpses from five maniverse-class worlds. The simulacra of the decapath era godswords continued to improve. Comparatively, the grand lexicon wonder didn't seem that impressive.

"The words of Grand Xia shall shine forevermore... These hundred thousand words record everything about this people..." He manifested the ninety thousand Xia words he had in front of Grand Xia Voidback, arranging them into a grand picture. "The Grand Xia imperials have deep foundations and ambitions. There must have been a reason for the flameyellow divinities to look after them..."

How did a people like that fall to the point of having to submit to the Eightpart Pantheons? Where were their spines and spirits? The grandness that emanated from every single Xia word seemed like a historical poem that showed Tianming glimpses of their ancestors' glory, and the contrast with their current descendants made him feel really bad for Old Man Voidback.