Chapter 3293 - You've Just Risen, But I Already Dominate

"Yaoyao, you may cause lots of trouble now, but once you marry into my family, let's see how I educate you. You aren't even my match!" Suishen Yue couldn't help but take out the item that Suishen Hongtian had given him time and again, staring at it in a daze.

"The legacies of two great Suishen steles? Do you think that's enough to stop me? Li Tianming, you lost because you were born too late! You've just risen, but I already dominate. How can you compete against me?"

At this point, Suishen Yue considered Tianming a genuine threat. The millions of cultivators in Myriadpath Valley, including those from sacred and august houses, began to worship and want to protect Tianming. It was something Suishen Yue had thought impossible, but it’d unfolded before his very eyes.

Over the past few days, some totemancer august houses such as the Fenghun, Jinzhong, Yupo, Fenjue, and Daoying houses sent their patriarchs to Suishen Cave to congratulate Eminent Ranxing and pledged that they were willing to contribute to nurturing Tianming. They were top-tier august houses with more than thirty eminents each!

People even began saying that if House Suishen hadn't already made it obvious that they would arrange a marriage for Tianming, those houses were more than willing to have their own heiresses marry him.

A top-tier genius meant top-tier legacies. Everyone looked forward to the kind of bloodline Tianming had to offer to Myriadpath Valley. He wasn't just a single person, but also stood for his countless descendants.

"Those august and sacred houses represent the cultivators of Myriadpath Valley. Do the Three Exalted Houses not have any sense of danger at all, seeing so many people being so protective of Li Tianming?" Suishen Yue muttered.

"Relax. That child will definitely perish. He has no future," Suishen Yue's mother, the gold-clad Eminent Jinying, said.

"That's right! Eminent Ranxing has the biggest say." It was because of that that Suishen Yue wasn't the least bit worried.

***

Four months passed very fast, and the cultivators of Myriadpath Valley would soon have an answer to the questions in their minds. However, someone they didn't expect got involved in Suishen Yao's matter: Yumo Xue. A wave of energy burst forth from a black hall in Yumo Cave.

"The second level of the Foundation stage!" The door to the hall burst open as a twilight-colored youth covered in a baleful aura walked out. His newly reinforced physical body seemed a little ethereal.

The weakened Yumo Lingyue and others like Yumo Yuanni came to receive him. Yumo Lingyue's mother, Eminent Yinyue, was also there.

"Did you succeed?" they asked.

"Of course. The tenth drop of starblood worked wonders," Yumo Xue said, showing off his body. It audibly snapped and crackled with astron collisions due to its sheer density.

"You reached the second level before the age of five hundred. That alone puts you in a completely different league than the rest on the Fortuna Ranking!" Eminent Yinyue praised, giving him a thumbs-up. He was her son-in-law, after all, and it was good news.

Even Yumo Lingyue, who had despaired and raged for months, was filled with joy. She leapt into Yumo Xue's embrace with tears of joy and asked, "Big Brother, you’ll challenge Qitian Jian to take first place today, right?"

Qitian Jian was much older than Yumo Xue, so he would leave the Fortuna Ranking first, allowing Yumo Xue to ascend to first place without a fight.

"Of course." Yumo Xue coldly smirked. "Even though I'm about fifty years younger than him, I've had enough of letting him look down on me from above! Today, I'll bring House Yumo's proud name to the top of the Fortuna Ranking!"

"Those folks from House Qitian have always been rather arrogant, especially Qitian Jian. He's been waiting for the moment he leaves the Fortuna Ranking since he got the top spot. If you pull him back down before he's five hundred years old, he'll be completely humiliated. You'd be sitting on top of him for a good long time after that," Yumo Yuanni said.

"Haha...." Yumo Xue had never considered Suishen Yao his rival, only someone who had lost to him. He had only really been competing with Qitian Jian, and he’d always lost. House Qitian's beastmasters were powerful indeed, and they always had the numerical advantage in combat. But with a level difference between them, even that advantage could be overcome.

"Let's go!" Yumo Xue couldn't wait any longer.

It didn't take long before something occurred to Yumo Yuanni. With a cold look, he said, "By the way, something else happened when you were in seclusion."

"What happened?"

Yumo Yuanni told him about how Tianming obtained the legacies of two great Suishen steles.

"That can't be...." Yumo Xue's first reaction was to shake his head in disbelief, much like everyone else had.

"It's already been four months since everyone's been talking about it. Why would it be impossible? If you leave now, it’s the only news you'll hear. He's basking in unlimited glory and it'll take nothing short of you rising to first place to take some attention away from him," Yumo Yuanni said, face full of hate.

"Two great Suishen steles' legacies? Having the core bloodline of Myriadpath Valley? Recognition from the ancestors?" Yumo Xue clenched his teeth and shook his head. "That brat’s getting harder and harder to deal with."

Eminent Yinyue didn't look good when Tianming was brought up. "Don't worry. That brat is no longer something you all can deal with. We seniors will find a way to get rid of him. He's trying to get himself killed by rising above the Three Exalted Houses."

"That's right. I trust in our seniors," Yumo Xue said.

"But, Big Brother, you can still steal some of his thunder," Yumo Lingyue said.

"Me?" Yumo Xue was still reeling from shock. He wondered if getting first place on the Fortuna Ranking could possibly compare with Tianming obtaining those legacies. It sounded laughable when he said it out loud.

However, Yumo Lingyue seemed serious. She even told him about the rumors of Tianming and Suishen Yao that had been going around lately.

Yumo Xue's eyes lit up. "Are you saying that as long as I keep Suishen Yao down, Tianming will have to watch someone else take the Suishen Blood of the woman he loves?"

"That's right! Even though you can't kill him, you can still make him suffer his biggest regret! I heard that Suishen Yao’s been cultivating in seclusion for the past year and hasn’t left the Jiguang Sea even once. She's trying to change her fate to get together with Li Tianming."