Beastmaster of the Ages

Either way, the fact that Feiling had managed to survive was the greatest joy Tianming had experienced today. Not to mention, Qingyu seemed to be safe now that she was under his care. While Lingfeng was heavily injured, his Primordial Gate had taken most of the brunt of the Torchdragon Emperor's attack. He was no longer in danger after the Dragon Imperials treated him with pills.

Feiling had unintentionally absorbed quite a lot of blood grudge during her revival, but thanks to the dreamless celestial emperor, that issue had been resolved. Having been freed of corruption, she was now completely pure and filled with vigor. Her lifeforce was staggering to behold. Even though she seemed younger than before, her skin glowed with positive vibes.

Now that the three most precious people to Tianming were reunited, he was filled with joy. Coupled with the eradication of fifty million celestial orderians, they had an overwhelming victory. The Xuanyuan Dragon Sect's triumph would be recorded in the chronicles for good. Though the battle wasn't over, per se, the tide had turned and settled. As for the matter of the dreamless celestial emperor, it was an embarrassing one to say the least. Bringing it up would only inspire laughter.

Tianming hurriedly gathered up the three of them with the Dragon Imperials to talk about what was to come. They were all just as pumped as he was about their shocking comeback.

"How's Feng doing?" Tianming asked, seeing Lingfeng lying on the ground with his face pale. Most of his injuries were internal, so they weren't visible on the surface. He would need quite some time to be able to recover, even with divine pills.

"I'm fine, Tianming," he said, forcing his eyes open.

"Rest well." Now that the Aeonic Infinidragon Formation had been activated, the Xuanyuan Dragon Sect was well protected. Like the other factions of the Myriad Solar Sects, they were no longer under threat from the Veildragon Palace; it was a much needed sense of security. However, that had come at a cost of two Dragon Imperials and millions of troops. Not even victors could exactly celebrate their victory after a battle of this scale. Though many people from the other factions came over to congratulate the Saintdragon Emperor and others, they could barely hide the pain they felt.

They quickly activated all the surrounding formations with their dragonsprings, bringing them up to a total of one grade-eight and seventeen grade-seven divine formations, each of them about as powerful as the Azuresky Myriadsword Formation. The reason they did that, despite having just defeated the enemy, was that they had only managed to win because the sun emperor wasn't there. They couldn't say they had won for sure until the Divine Sun Palace came. Fueled by two miniaturized nova sources, the palace would definitely be mightier than more than fifty million troops combined! Tianming knew that well, especially after he had familiarized himself with the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb.

"The Divine Sun Palace isn't able to utilize its full power as it's operating within Orderia. It can only accelerate without limit far beyond human speeds in the cosmic aether." Otherwise, the sun emperor would've made it there long ago.

"Thankfully, the sun emperor made the wrong call and went to the Xuanyu Continent...."

Such a sentiment was shared by many. Had that not been the case, not even the former Dragon Imperials would have been able to stop the celestial orderians. Currently, the sun emperor was coming their way in the palace at full speed. Long Wanying had spent half a day to reach the Xuanyu Continent, at least ten hours, whereas the Divine Sun Palace probably wouldn't need more than half an hour. That just went to show how much Tianming and the rest had achieved in that small time window.

Eventually, they began hearing a booming sound from afar. At the edge of the horizon, two suns appeared to be rising. Long before its arrival, the sheer intensity of the light made it painful to even look at it.

"Everyone, retreat into the Myriaddragon Mountains! Hold fast to the formation spirit threads, quick!" the Saintdragon Emperor beckoned. Everyone knew that the most powerful man in Orderia was about to arrive. Him alone, coupled with his palace, made the eighty million people there feel a sense of approaching doom.

However, they all knew that the sun emperor had messed up only because he cared too much about Li Wushuang, resulting in the most severe defeat ever to have been suffered by the celestial orderians. He was an incredibly successful monarch that had outshone many of his predecessors, so the defeat was devastating to his reputation. They all anxiously awaited his wrath. The beastmasters, dragons, and the reinforcements from the Myriad Solar Sects all took cover in the formation.

"Word is that the celestial orderians sent an army of a hundred million into the borders of the Myriad Solar Sects' territories with more reinforcements to come!"

"If they slaughter our sects as they make their way here, it'll be over for us!"

"The sun emperor and celestial orderians have truly been enraged. They lost fifty million! How could they possibly accept something like that? I know it was great when we were doing the killing, but there'll be consequences."

"We weren't left with a choice! Otherwise, the Ninedragon Army would've perished. Even if the Xuanyuan Dragon Sect comes to an end today, it would've been worth it now that we've taken fifty million of them down."

Almost instantly, the two blazing suns at the horizon descended near the Myriaddragon Mountains. The Divine Sun Palace was finally here.