Beastmaster of the Ages

low of the moon, it would look like a ghost town.
A silvery mist permeated the corridors and circled around the palace, carrying a somber aura with it.
Tianming closed his eyes and felt himself in endless darkness.

”Did you notice anything? ” Tianming asked. ”Notice what? ” Ying Huo said.

”This is the area with the densest stellunar source.
Normally, it should be packed with people.
But it just so happens that there ’s not a single soul here. ”

”How would I know? I ’m not even outside. ”

”Then come out, will you? ”

”No way.
I wouldn ’t want to risk catching the old vixen ’s eye. ”

”Stop messing around! ” Tianming snapped, then continued blindly roaming around.

Not long later, he exited the palace from the rear entrance and saw a large, silver lake in front of him.
”This is breathtaking. ”

The lake looked like a bright full moon.
The power of the stellunar source seemed to be rising from the depths of the lake, giving the whole lake a glow.
It was as if the surface of the lake was covered in pearls.
Tianming approached it and opened his arms wide, feeling the surging power of the thick stellunar source.

”This is the perfect place for cultivation! ” he marveled.
The glowing lake seemed clear and free from impurities.
It also seemed a little warm, like a hot spring, with steam rising from the surface.
All of a sudden, a thought occurred to him.
”How many people have fooled around here with that woman? ”

It just so happened that this was also the perfect place for some sensual activities.
”Forget it.
It has nothing to do with me. ”

He knelt and stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the warm lake water.
Feeling the cold outside was making him a little queasy.
However, his fingers seemed to stop right before touching the surface.
”It ’s a formation. ”

A formless formation seemed to cover the surface of the lake.
The only thing that seemed able to pass through was the rising steam.
If he had directly jumped into it, he might have slipped and fell onto the formation like it was glass instead.

”It ’s just a lake.
What ’s the point of walling it off with a formation? ” He smirked and switched to his left hand.
His black arm easily tore open a small hole and poked into the lake.
Using the Plundering Eye, he saw a completely different sight within the lake.
His actual eyes opened wide and his brows furrowed.

This was no clear lake whose bottom was clearly visible.
It was a pool of blood so pure that it didn ’t seem to contain the slightest bit of water.
That was why the lake didn ’t seem too big.
The pool of blood seemed to have coagulated after a long time and it wasn ’t warm at all.
Instead, it was the source of the chill!

The other sensations were all illusions.
What shocked him even more were the three thousand poles in the middle of the lake.
On each of them was a complete skeleton held on by countless nails.
The skulls, and even their finger digits were properly arranged and nailed.
There were three thousand sets of skeletons in total.
All three thousand people who were unaccounted for were dead! Their empty eye sockets were pointed in Tianming ’s direction, though they didn ’t move in the slightest.
He felt chills running down his spine.

”So this is where your harem of three thousand is…. ” That instant, he drew a cold breath that spread throughout his body and even seemingly numbed his heart.
He finally knew the nature of the place he had found himself in.
What kind of perverse ritual was that woman up to?!