Chapter 6794 White Tiger Divine Rune
“Activate the Divine Tiger Altar?” Long Chen echoed, confusion flickering in his eyes.
“The Tiger Venerate taught you how to unleash that heaven-defying strength, but not how to activate the Divine Tiger Altar?” Bai Yujing asked, her voice betraying her surprise.
“Ah, the Tiger Venerate told me a lot of things. I was nervous and too focused on memorizing how to raise everyone’s power. I must have forgotten the rest.”
Bai Yujing didn’t bother questioning Long Chen’s nonsense.
She said, “That makes sense. That was indeed the most important thing. I can teach you how to condense the White Tiger divine rune. Use it to activate the Divine Tiger Altar.”
“If you can do it, why wait for me?” Long Chen asked.
“I can use the Tiger Venerate Scepter, but it has never truly acknowledged me. You are different. Only in your hands can it reveal its true potential.”
“Alright, I’ll try.”
With no way to avoid it, Long Chen steeled himself.
Condensing the White Tiger divine rune usually required the pure bloodline of the White Tiger race. Fortunately, Long Chen’s violet blood encompassed all energies. By following Bai Yujing’s method, he quickly grasped the essence.
But this was still the White Tiger race’s divine ability. Using his violet blood energy, Long Chen had to adjust his hand seals and energy circulation.
It posed little challenge for Long Chen. After a few attempts, Long Chen found the trick and formed a series of hand seals.
The next moment, the void rumbled—a tiger’s roar split the heavens as a giant spectral tiger manifested, its maw open to the sky.
Bai Yujing gasped, but what truly surprised her was not the manifestation’s power. It was Long Chen’s comprehension speed.
The White Tiger divine rune was far from simple. Even prodigies of the White Tiger race needed at least a month to master its basic form. As part of the demon race, their legacy was written into blood and soul. It should have been far easier for them than outsiders.
Meanwhile, Long Chen was not one of them. He lacked their bloodline.
There were things Bai Yujing could not explain—secrets that could not be passed on by words alone. However, Long Chen could figure them out in a handful of tries. Only now did she understand the weight of true genius.
Compared to Long Chen, the so-called geniuses of her race were as foolish as pigs and as dumb as donkeys.
“Hmm, it lacks some ferocity,” Long Chen murmured.
Long Chen shook his head, dissolving the manifestation that left Bai Yujing speechless. He formed new hand seals, and seven-colored divine light rose.
Within the light, a tiger's shape emerged, its aura fierce and wild.
“Form without spirit. There’s no soul within,” Long Chen muttered, dissatisfied.
A dragon’s cry tore through the air. Drawing on his dragon blood energy, Long Chen shaped a White Tiger. Then, dragon and tiger roared as one, their united aura sharp enough to shake Bai Yujing’s heart.
“Such ferocity and dominance! This mix of dragon and tiger power—” Bai Yujing couldn’t suppress her shock.
Long Chen had used three kinds of bloodline powers to condense the White Tiger divine rune, resulting in three different divine runes.
One lacked ferocity, the other flexibility. But the dragon blood rune produced a strange harmony. These two energies complemented and supported each other.
“Azure Dragon of the east, White Tiger of the west. The sun rises over eastern seas and sets over western mountains. Ying and Yang, wood and gold, Dragon Sovereign and Tiger Venerate—one ascends, one falls...” Long Chen muttered as he stayed in this state.
Sensing the energy fluctuations within the White Tiger divine rune, he continued, “I didn’t expect the dragon and tiger power to possess such a marvelous transformation. Is this a union of auspicious qi and murderous intent?”
“Long Chen, the White Tiger divine rune you condensed with dragon blood energy is unprecedented. No one in my race has ever achieved this!” Bai Yujing exclaimed, her voice trembling with awe.
She had never dreamed of such a possibility.
“It is strong, but balancing Yin and Yang is nearly impossible. Once it breaks, the backlash would be terrible. Without the White Tiger bloodline, I cannot balance it. It’s unusable in real combat,” Long Chen said, shaking his head.
The White Tiger divine rune dispersed again, and Long Chen formed new hand seals.
Astral energy condensed, shaping a White Tiger. Stars flashed. When the image took form, Bai Yujing’s body trembled. A reverence so deep within her soul nearly drove her to her knees.
The entire world shuddered. The sky darkened. A skyful of stars appeared above.
“What...?”
Long Chen was startled as well. He was practicing the White Tiger divine rune, not summoning his starry sea manifestation.
This disturbance alarmed everyone in the White Tiger race’s ancestral land. They all stopped and looked up at the sky, not knowing what was happening.
BOOM!
The White Tiger condensed by Long Chen exploded. Star diagrams bloomed in the sky and slowly descended.
“Legs, Bond, Stomach, Hairy Head, Net, Turtle Beak, Three Stars...” As the world held its breath, Bai Yujing’s excited voice pierced the silence. She was naming each constellation with a tremor in her voice.
“These are the White Tiger race’s divine constellations!” Bai Yujing cried.
“The White Tiger race’s divine constellations... The Fullmoon race offered sacrifices to the Ox and Dipper constellations. I should memorize these. Is this why the Tiger Venerate taught me the true White Tiger divine rune?” Long Chen muttered, focusing on the seven constellations.
The seven star diagrams converged, forming the outline of a white tiger.
As it let out a furious roar, the stars shuddered and plummeted toward the earth. The pressure alone drove even Divine Sovereigns to despair.
“Raise the barrier!” Voices broke in terror.
Yet, it was just an illusion. The falling stars vanished without a trace.
The white tiger lingered in the sky a heartbeat longer before fading. It was as if everything had just been a fleeting dream.