Chapter 6791 Build
Long Chen’s body tensed.
His vision shifted, and in the next instant, he found himself lost within a boundless void filled with stars.
He instinctively turned around.
Behind Long Chen was a massive entity, one so big that he couldn’t even see its full form. Yet, he could clearly sense a gigantic tiger’s head.
Black-and-white patterns covered it, like the fusion of deepest night and brightest day. Standing before it, Long Chen felt an aura strikingly similar to that of the Primal Chaos Dragon Sovereign.
“Junior Long Chen greets the Tiger Venerate!”
There was no doubt. This was the legendary Tiger Venerate.
An ancient, heavy voice rang out.
“I really cannot understand why my big brother would choose a nine star heir to inherit his legacy. The reason the four of us are trapped in this icy prison, suffering a fate worse than death, is all thanks to the Star Master.”
This voice was filled with a murderous aura, but unfortunately, it was devoid of any strength.
Long Chen was startled by this statement.
Did the Tiger Venerate and Dragon Sovereign have a grudge with the Star Master?
“This junior was unaware of such a thing. Can Senior enlighten me?” Long Chen probed cautiously.
“Hmph. Whether I tell you or not makes no difference,” the Tiger Venerate replied. “The fact that you were willing to risk death to save my tiger race is enough. We owe you greatly. Furthermore... that ancient debt doesn’t fall on your shoulders.
“Also, you came to our aid at my big brother’s request. That alone tells me I have not misjudged his intentions.”
Suddenly, the Tiger Venerate Scepter appeared in Long Chen’s hand, causing him to jump in alarm.
“Senior, don’t misunderstand! I am not here for the Tiger Venerate Scepter—”
The Tiger Venerate interjected, “This scepter is bound to the karmic luck of the entire tiger race across the nine heavens and ten lands. I cannot compel them to obey you. What you hold is a mark of the Tiger Venerate Scepter. As long as you bear it, you may wield the Tiger Venerate Scepter and share in the tiger race’s karmic luck. My brother chose you to inherit his mantle. He has always been wiser than me...”
After a brief pause, he continued, “My tiger race will gamble alongside him.”
“Senior—!”
Buzz.
Long Chen’s consciousness slammed back into his body. The supreme Tiger Venerate Scepter rested firmly in his hands.
The instant Bai Yujing saw it, her face filled with shock and joy. She dropped to her knees.
“Greetings, Tiger Venerate!”
Long Chen hastily pulled her up. “Senior, don’t misunderstand!"
“There is no misunderstanding,” Bai Yujing said firmly. “Whoever can hold the Tiger Venerate Scepter is the new Tiger Venerate. I will inform the entire race at once—”
"No, no! Listen to me first!”
Long Chen grabbed her arm, panic flashing across his face.
He had no intention of being the Tiger Venerate. After all, he had also rejected the Sovereign King Dragon Crown.
“Cough, perhaps we should check on our children outside,” Li Wangshu said.
As the smartest one here, he hastily found an excuse to leave.
The others were not so foolish as to stick around. This matter had major implications, and it wasn’t for them to listen to.
Now that it was just the two of them inside, Long Chen said, “Just now, I saw the Tiger Venerate...”
“Y-you truly saw him?!” Bai Yujing interrupted, trembling. “He’s alive? Where is he?!”
Bai Yujing was so emotional that tears streamed down her face.
The Tiger Venerate was the spiritual pillar of their entire race.
For countless years, they had offered sacrifices without receiving any response. Hearing that he was still alive, Bai Yujing could not contain her emotions.
This was huge news for the tiger race. As long as the Tiger Venerate was still alive, it meant that all their efforts had not been in vain.
Once she calmed herself, Long Chen explained the Tiger Venerate’s intent. The scepter was only entrusted to him temporarily, to help strengthen the Tiger Venerate line.
The Tiger Venerate Scepter was the karmic divine weapon of the entire tiger race. Only a pure-blooded tiger could fully unleash its might. Long Chen was only holding it temporarily.
Bai Yujing couldn’t hide her disappointment.
If such a peerless genius stayed and led the Tiger Venerate line, would that not be wonderful for the tiger race?
Long Chen asked about their situation.
He learned that the Tiger Venerate line was led by the White Tiger race.
The White Tiger race was an emperor race with many branches. However, years of war had wiped many of them out. Whether their descendants still survived in the nine heavens and ten lands was unknown.
When Bai Yujing spoke of that, her eyes filled with pain and shame. As their leader, it was her powerlessness that resulted in their deaths.
Other than the White Tiger race, many other tiger races fought alongside them here.
Eventually, the White Tiger race abolished all hierarchies and united them under a single banner—the Tiger Venerate line. From that day on, there was no superior or inferior. All tiger race experts were equal descendants of the Tiger Venerate.
Beyond them, tens of thousands of non-tiger races followed the Tiger Venerate line, some of them not even from the demonic beast races.
After the primal chaos war, the constant battles drained the Tiger Venerate line. Seeing no end, many followers retreated.
Some even defected.
In today’s battle, they had faced some of their former followers. Speaking of this made Bai Yujing’s mouth twist in sadness.
Long Chen looked at her and couldn’t help but feel deeply moved. Bai Yujing truly cared about her people.
As the leader of the Tiger Venerate line, she didn’t mind lowering her head for her subordinates. She had even kowtowed to the allies who had risked their lives to aid them. This was something those minor chiefs perhaps couldn’t do.
That kowtow was her respect for their lives, and it also made them more loyal to the Tiger Venerate line.
This attitude from the Tiger Venerate line was a promise that if they managed to rise once more, the descendants of their allies would benefit as well.
While the likes of the Fullmoon race, Rainbow Cloud Leopard race, and the others could be considered major factions in the eyes of weaker races and sects, within the entire nine heavens, they were nothing more than drifters in the sea of bitterness.
As a result, they needed to find a powerful backer to guarantee their survival.
Their ancestors had forged an alliance with the Tiger Venerate line with great difficulty, through the loss of countless lives and true sincerity.
It was this promise that had driven them to come, even knowing they would likely die. Part of it was fidelity to that ancient oath; the other part was for the survival of their descendants.
If they lost the protection of the Tiger Venerate line, they could find a new backer. But what kind of backer would that be?
The weak one couldn’t protect them, while the strong one wouldn’t care about them. Thus, as long as the Tiger Venerate line had not truly fallen, they chose to uphold their ancestors’ pledge.
This time, the Tiger Venerate line survived. As a result, these races became its closest and most steadfast allies. As long as the Tiger Venerate line endured, they would be allied for eternity.
“Long Chen, you saw the Tiger Venerate. What kind of direction did he give you?” asked Bai Yujing.
What direction? There was nothing at all. Your Dear Tiger Venerate simply handed me his troubles.
Long Chen naturally couldn’t say such a thing.
Instead, he replied, “The Tiger Venerate instructed me to use the karmic luck within the Tiger Venerate Scepter to strengthen ourselves as quickly as possible.”
“But the scepter’s energy is nearly exhausted...” Bai Yujing shook her head, her expression heavy.
“That’s fine,” Long Chen said calmly. “He taught me a way to use it. This remaining energy is enough. First, gather one hundred thousand veteran Sovereign Lords, the strongest one hundred thousand you can find.”
“What are you...?”
Long Chen grinned. “I’m going to use the Tiger Venerate Scepter to create a hundred thousand acquired Divine Sovereigns!”
Bai Yujing’s eyes widened. For a moment, she wondered if she had misheard.