Beastmaster of the Ages

s shoulder, crying.
“Why is Fifth eating, but I can’t? I’m about to starve to death!” The Radix World Tree was almost completely depleted.
This was the first time Xian Xian had been so heavily injured, and more injuries meant more hunger.
Tianming could tell it was about to collapse. 

“Just a few more days and I promise you’ll be full!” Tianming said. 

“I’m so hungry….” Xian Xian seemed quite uncomfortable as it sobbed on Tianming's shoulder.

“If you’re really hungry, you can take a few bites from me.
I have tons of flesh!” Stretching out its claw, Lan Huang patted Xian Xian's head. 

“Thank you, Tortoise Bro, but your flesh tastes bad.
I don’t want any.” Xian Xian was amused. 

“Tastes bad….” Lan Huang looked dejected.

After comforting Xian Xian for a while, Tianming allowed her to fall into a deep sleep.
Fifth was still feasting and the metallic luster on each egg grew more and more intense.
Tianming picked up several eggs and found that their shells were as hard as a brick. 

“Metal-type divine ores can only increase Fifth’s hardness.
It’ll need a metal-type nova source to reach our current level.” Ores and energy were completely different.
However, devouring these dragon golems would be enough to give Fifth a tough physique once it was born. 

“That’s right!” Yu Ziqian was puzzled. 

“What’s the matter?” 

“In the beginning, what we heard was the sound of war drums.
What about them? Are there only dragon golems?” 

Tianming recalled it as well.
When he had first heard the sound, he thought someone was beating the drums, but it was dragon golems that appeared.
Just as they were voicing their doubts, the celestial patterns detached from the dragon golems and gathered together, forming a colorful enchantment shaped like a war drum.
The drum shrank down to the size of an apple.
Rushing over at once, Tianming reached out, grabbed the war drum and tapped it with his fingers.
The thunderous sound sent his hair flying. 

“What’s this?” With curiosity, the others surrounded Tianming. 

“I wonder what the formation does.” The echo of a war drum sounded above his head.
He tapped the drum again and another echo sounded from the distance. 

“It’s showing us the way.” Tianming said, staring at the passage above. 

……

The Myriad Solar Sects were boiling with excitement once more.
Another terrifying change in the imperial star ranking had occurred.
Today, the rankings were as follows: First place: Li Tianming (Azuresoul Palace) with 530,000 points; Second place: Lin Xiaoxiao (Azuresoul Palace) with 330,000 points; Third place: Weisheng Moran (Dreamless Celestial Nation) with 310,000 points….
Sixth place: Ye Lingfeng (Azuresoul Palace) with 150,000 points…Seventeenth place: Yu Ziqian (Azuresoul Palace) with 70,000 points.
The Azuresoul Palace must be ecstatic.
Tianming’s 530,000 points basically guaranteed him top ten in the final ranking. 

The Dragonblood Desecration was worth two hundred thousand points.
Xiaoxiao had fused with the exalted blood which determined their points.
She originally had about a hundred thousand points and had overtaken Weisheng Moran with the addition of two hundred thousand more.
The other thirty thousand was probably awarded for her fight against the dragon golems.
Having destroyed thousands of dragon golems, Tianming rose by a hundred thousand points while Lingfeng rose by more than forty thousand. 

“Who can surpass Li Tianming now?” 

“What did he do in the tomb? What has he obtained?” 

There was no end to the audience’s discussion.
A second-level constellier who had never shown his face was somehow leading by a wide margin.
This was simply an unsolvable mystery. 

“And what about Lin Xiaoxiao? An increase of two hundred thousand points in one go? That’s exactly what happened to Li Tianming last time.” 

“It means they obtained some sort of treasure.” 

“What could it be?” 

“God knows! Everything turned strange the moment the tomb emerged.” 

“There’ll be a good show to watch if the current ranking is maintained until the end.
I heard the Whitedragon Empress of the Xuanyuan Dragon Sect directly asked for these three disciples.” 

“What magical powers do those children have? How did Jiang Qingliu cultivate them?” 

Everyone was puzzled.

“If Yu Ziqian makes it to the top ten of the imperial star ranking, the Azuresoul Palace would occupy four places.
That would be unprecedented.” 

“It would cause a sensation on the sun.
That’s awesome!” 

“Forget about that.
What I want to know is, what was the treasure worth two hundred thousand points? Is it useful to us?” 

While they were discussing, an old man approached.
Chuckling, he said, “Don't you know?” 

“What?” 

“There are disciples who have already been eliminated from the tomb.
Many people have learned that the two-hundred-thousand-point treasure was the Ninedragon Emperor’s Lifesteal Silverdragon.” 

“Lifesteal Silverdragon!” 

In that instant, they were all riled up.

……

In the tomb, an army of dragon golems quietly opened their eyes.
The army had yet to move; the war drum had sounded first.
At the same time, seven dragon palaces were surfacing.