Chapter 3394 - Oh? Isn't This My Beloved Wife?

Elite reverends were basically seventh- or eighth-level foundationeers, while most normal reverends were fifth- or sixth-level. Before Tianming reached the Foundation stage, he had only revealed his talent for cultivation. If his true combat capability were to be revealed, he wasn't sure that House Suishen could accept it. There must have been a good reason for Eminent Jiguang to ask him to keep a low profile.

"My cultivation in the Foundation stage begins now!"

In terms of level, Tianming had finally caught up to Qitian Jian. Defeating the second-level Yumo Xue would be as easy as crushing an ant for him. He opened the crucible and rapidly absorbed xeno source from his surroundings to fill up his newly expanded cosmoforce reserves. The tall tower above his foundation fortress was proof of his current level. His body, totems, and foundation chart swiftly filled up.

"In the Foundation stage, I'll even be able to turn my physical body into a minor astral giant for combat!" Tianming had Ying Huo and the rest fuse with him to absorb xeno source together. Their astrons all glowed at the same time, causing him to look like a blinding, humanoid cluster of stars!

In that form, it no longer looked like he was flesh and blood. Instead, he seemed to be formed of stars. His combat capabilities and constitution were greatly enhanced. All foundationeers would fight in this form, especially specters.

"I feel powerful!" he relished in the sensation of his new power. Having crossed a milestone, he had a bright path ahead! His mood truly couldn't be better.

He stretched his neck and pointed at Chen Tianyong. "Uncle Yong, come here and punch me with all you’ve got!"

With an audible whoosh, Chen Tianyong's punch came flying. Tianming immediately grabbed it and neutralized all the force of the punch. Chen Tianyong's arm snapped in multiple places and he sweated from the pain.

"I dare say that not even seventh-level foundationeers will be your match!" Chen Tianyong exclaimed. He was truly speechless to see a youth of a mere hundred years old be so powerful.

"Hahahaha!" Tianming let go and patted him on the shoulder. "Uncle Yong, don't worry. It won't be long before I can start saving people in the Xenoabyss."

"Great!" Chen Tianyong understood his intentions.

"At the very least, I’m free to come and go as I please in Antiquitas Mortis with Fiveway Blitzrun. Even in Myriadpath Valley, the number of people who can truly pose a threat to me has drastically decreased." Not even tenth-level foundationeers could kill him! Even someone on Eminent Jiguang's level wouldn't necessarily be able to chase Tianming down. Tianming was far more relieved than Eminent Jiguang that he had finally reached the Foundation stage.

He turned and looked at Zi Zhen. "Once the calm season of the Yin-Yang World passes, I'll find a way to get what you want from House Yumo."

He couldn't wait to return to Myriadpath Valley and head to the Yin-Yang World. Now that his power had grown, he could kill even more Yumos than before. "I'll be able to kill even more of them now. Then again, I don't really have to kill them to release the suffering souls in the starblood they consumed. I can just destroy their physical bodies and leave a single cosmic chart behind. They won't die, so their subsouls won't shatter. It won't be so obvious that the Yumos are being hunted."

Tianming was worried that House Yumo would stop sending people to the Yin-Yang World altogether, which would deny him his vengeance on behalf of the baleful souls.

He bade Chen Tianyong and Zi Zhen farewell and returned to Myriadpath Valley. The area around the Myriadpath Celestial Formation seemed rather tranquil. Tianming didn't bother to make a stop at Myriadpath Valley and was just about to go to the Yin-Yang World when he felt a fragrance closing in from behind. It was a surprise attack!

Tianming swiftly reacted and used the grand lexicon wonder to lock down the person behind him. He turned and raised his right leg, then kicked them away with the full force of Lan Huang! With a loud slam and a cry of pain, his target was sent flying away.

"Who dares ambush me from behind?!" Tianming hissed, only to panic the next moment; the one he had sent flying was none other than Suishen Yao.

Like usual, she was clad in a set of white pajamas. Her long pink hair was as tidy as it could be after being sent flying and tumbling across the ground. She struggled to look up with teary eyes filled with boundless frustration.

"Li Tianming, I’ll cut that thing of yours off!" she shrieked as she launched herself toward him like a flash of stars.

"Ahem!" Tianming had closed the power gap between him and Suishen Yao, and had even far surpassed her in a short decade or more. He used the grand lexicon wonder to immobilize her as he received her in his embrace, taking a whiff of her pleasant smell. He cradled her by the waist and held her up in a princess carry as her arms fell around his neck.

"Oh, isn't this my beloved wife? I've only been gone for a few years and you already miss me so much?" Tianming teased.

Suishen Yao was completely stupefied. She didn't understand how her attack had been neutralized just like that to the point that she was nothing but a harmless bunny in his arms.

"You... you've become a foundationeer?" she mumbled, her lips still stuck against his chest.

"I didn't disappoint you, right?" Tianming said.

"That can't be right!" She struggled with all her might, using her cosmoforce in the process. But the hand around her waist didn't budge in the slightest no matter how hard she tried.

"What can't be right?"

"Even if you broke through to the Foundation stage, how could you be as strong as this?!" she said with disbelief. She was beginning to feel terrified of him. As far as she knew, not even Suishen Yuan could exert that kind of power. In fact, only someone around two or three millennia old could possibly give her so much pressure!

"Ah, I think you're mistaking the pressure women feel before strong men for the pressure elites exert," Tianming said. He recalled the days when he had been toyed around with by her. With the tables turned, he relished every single moment of it.

"Nonsense! You're just a boy, yet you fancy yourself a strong man?"

"That sounds like an invitation for me to test my prowess out on you. Alright, I’ll plow your fields today and have you bear me a nice crop year after year," Tianming said as he pulled her close and headed toward Myriadpath Valley.

Suishen Yao couldn't muster any strength at all with the grand lexicon wonder suppressing her. When she heard what he said, she began panicking. "Li Tianming, our marriage is false! Don't mess around or I’ll never forgive you!