Dongli Wudao did not mention any upper limit. He was merely stating facts.
"The Guan Zizai Blood Pact has changed. Although it still retains the ability to forcibly transform the beast souls of Chaos Star Beasts into the three souls of Heaven, Earth, and Fate, because the human body contributes far too much, this path of cultivation has gradually become standard equipment for grooms."
As Dongli Wudao continued, he glanced toward Yuwen Zhulin, his gaze rather strange.
Li Tianming had yet to encounter a beastmaster in the Xuantiang Cosmic Imperial Kingdom, so he knew nothing at all about the "changes" to this path.
He had thought that being considered Zi Zhen and Weisheng Moran's "groom" was merely a coincidence.
Little did he know that, due to the imbalance between humans and beasts, in the Guan Zizai Realm—the real-world dock outside the body of the Chaos Divine Emperor—beastmasters were nothing more than sacrifices used to cultivate war beasts.
In fact, signs of this imbalance had already appeared during the "Eonic Beast" stage in the Upper Star Ruins. Back then, excluding their lifebound beasts, the individual combat power of the Sunset Gods had been pitiful indeed.
"Indeed."
The Southern Star King was also a legendary cultivation madman. He was highly interested in certain unusual paths of cultivation, which was why he had led the discussion about Li Tianming.
At that moment, he stared at Li Tianming and said, "This boy may appear to have broken through the shackles of the Guan Zizai Blood Pact, but that is not the case. He is merely a mutant capable of merging with his war beasts. In truth, his fundamental combat power still lies with the war beasts; he is only a framework. And those sword consciousness gods are not Xuantiang's specialty either..."
"Then why can