Beastmaster of the Ages

blood began spilling.

“It's far too sharp.” The chain was among the sharpest weapons he'd seen, as it had been forged using voidslicerite.
“Lifesteal Silverdragon would be able to cut an ascendant beast's body with its sharpness alone.”

Despite being bound, his eyes still glowed with keen interest.
“I haven't used any other chain since getting Archfiend.” Chains used to be his weapon of choice before he switched to using swords.
His eyes burned with passion when he saw the exalted blood right in front of him.
As the chain didn't have a user, it wasn't able to kill Tianming easily with the power that remained within it.
Thus, Tianming was able to pull the chains apart with his sword and zip toward the blood.

“This is the blood left behind by the Ninedragon Emperor hundreds of thousands of years ago, eh….” Without another word, he swallowed the drop of blood.
It sizzled like magma as it ran through his guts and spread throughout his body, invading his bloodstream like it was the master of the house.
Any other person might have their personalities changed by consuming the blood, but Tianming's physique had been enhanced through cultivation with the Primordial Chaos Beasts.
That drop of ancient blood just joined another larger ocean filled with the primordial blood of the beasts and was soon overwhelmed.
When it disintegrated, Tianming's body began radiating a hint of the Ninedragon Emperor's aura.

The chain that had been trying to kill him like a venomous cobra stopped all of a sudden and let him go.
Then the silver dragon artifact soul looked at Tianming with suspicion and longing.
It didn't seem to be particularly intelligent and acted more like a wildbeast.
It groaned a little and flew around Tianming, causing the blades and spikes on the chain to rattle.
Its gaze seemed to be saying 'long time no see'.

Tianming lightly stroked it and said, “From now on, I’m your owner.
Don't worry.
I won't ruin your impressive reputation.
People across the world shall speak of the mighty Lifesteal Silverdragon once more.”

The silver dragon roared with fervor.

“Come!” Tianming called out.
The chain shrank into a small dragon about a meter long and wrapped itself around him.
Though it looked harmless, it would be a razor-sharp killing machine when Tianming swung it at his enemies.
“Even without much astralforce, the blades are sharp enough to cut many things.
Not to mention, the varied elemental damage it can deal makes it more than powerful enough.”

A grade-seven divine artifact was considered among the best available in the astralscape of order, containing the destructive powers of grade-seven divine hazards.
If it weren’t for the drop of exalted blood, Tianming wouldn't be able to control the chain's power and would even suffer a backlash.

“Let's go!”

The disciples outside had given up, seeing that he had assimilated the blood.
It wouldn’t work a second time.
The only exception was if Tianming could familiarize the chain with his own blood and distilled a drop of exalted blood for someone else to inherit the weapon, but that would take at least decades for Tianming to reach a level of the likes of Jiang Qingliu.
The only other way was to forcefully rob him of Lifesteal Silverdragon and get powerful seniors to suppress the silver dragon artifact soul, but they were in the Voidsky Realm now, so there were no seniors to help them with that.

“The exalted blood is mine, so no other disciple would be able to control it even if they take it.”