Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 729: The White Tiger Sacrifice

Chapter 729: The White Tiger Sacrifice

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"Woof."

The White Tiger’s initial greeting, spoken in a crisp and lively voice, nearly caused Chen Huaian to lose his cool.

He stared at the divine beast, which held such a grand and imposing posture.

At the very least, one would expect a thunderous, earth-shaking roar!

"Woof! Were you the one responsible for mending my soul and returning my power?" The White Tiger’s gold-colored pupils contracted slightly as a thread of auspicious Qi drifted toward Chen Huaian, scrutinizing his aura.

"The successor of the Dragon Soul! Woof—!"

That long, drawn-out "woof" served as the White Tiger’s final confirmation of Chen Huaian’s true nature.

"I’m begging you, can you stop barking?" Chen Huaian rubbed his temples in frustration. "Every time you woof, my mental image of ancient divine beasts crumbles a little more..."

"This is how all of us White Tigers communicate." The beast tossed its head back with pride and barked toward the heavens: "Woof—! Do you not find it incredibly domineering?"

Chen Huaian found himself at a loss for words.

Lin Fan was on the verge of a laughing fit.

The most ridiculous part was that the White Tiger’s voice sounded like a high-pitched, adorable cub.

If one were to be honest, even Daha, the guardian beast of the Moon Shadow Sect, had a bark that sounded more intimidating than this.

"Fine, just stop the barking." Chen Huaian cleared his throat softly. "Since you are indeed the White Tiger, do you know the identity of the auspicious beast guarding this Demon Sealing Pagoda? This Venerable One has matters to discuss with it."

The moment the question left his lips.

He noticed the White Tiger staring back at him with a very strange look in its eyes.

"Why is This Venerable One being looked at in such a manner?"

White Tiger: "The auspicious beast you seek is me, isn't it?"

Chen Huaian went silent for a beat. "You... it’s you?"

White Tiger: "Indeed."

Chen Huaian: "..."

It made sense now why the mechanism to transport him to the peak of the pagoda hadn't triggered—the White Tiger itself was the auspicious beast of this Demon Sealing Pagoda.

However, because it was a mere hollow shell, it had been unable to fulfill its divine duties.

If that was the case, the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise were likely in the same predicament.

It was probable that these three other sacred beasts were also reduced to physical husks, each imprisoned within their own Demon Sealing Pagoda.

To claim the strength of these auspicious beasts, one first had to mend their broken spirits and forms.

"Once more, I offer my thanks to the Dragon Soul inheritor for restoring my frame, woof." The massive predator lowered its body in a prostrate position, sighing with a voice that suddenly sounded ancient: "The beasts who sided with the ancient Celestial God Clan turned their backs on us, betraying the very confidence the Ancestral Dragon had in our kind.

During that catastrophic conflict, we auspicious beasts were devastated. In truth, during the initial cycle of reincarnation, my brothers and I had only entered a state of self-sealing; we hadn't been drained into empty shells... But through the endless cycles of rebirth, we fought those treacherous monsters repeatedly, and our wounds only deepened.

In the end, we were torn apart by [All Evils], the leader of the Celestial God Clan’s demon immortals. He pulverized our demonic souls and shackled our bodies within these Demon Sealing Pagodas. For the Dragon Soul inheritor to unseal the Well of Heaven, you are forced to slay our physical remains.

While this opens the Well of Heaven, it forces us to be killed by our own allies, which only serves to diminish our collective strength."

As he listened, Chen Huaian felt a surge of pity for the fate of these divine creatures.

Before the invasion of the Celestial God Clan and the start of the reincarnation cycles, auspicious beasts and Fierce Beasts were natural rivals.

Yet now, the fact that they were forced into a grim alliance showed just how much the betrayal of their own kin had scarred the entire demon race.

To be sold out by those you trusted most was a nightmare.

To then be butchered by those former comrades was a cruelty beyond words...

Fine... This Venerable One will overlook the woofing.

The White Tiger looked at Chen Huaian with a heavy, serious gaze: "Dragon Soul inheritor, the full opening of the Well of Heaven is inevitable. It is a tide that cannot be turned. If the Well of Heaven remains closed, the laws of heaven and earth act as chains upon you. Bound by these shackles, you have no hope of defeating the Celestial God Clan.

Furthermore, if you do not open it, the turncoat demons and the Ascenders of this world will do everything in their power to force it open—that is the task the Celestial God Clan has set for them. Your goal must be to grow powerful enough before the Well of Heaven is fully breached, balancing the release of the Well with the growth of your own Cultivation.

When the Well of Heaven finally opens, All Evils will arrive.

If you are not ready to face him then, I implore you to hide your presence and endure until you are strong enough!"

The White Tiger’s voice rose with a sudden, passionate intensity. Before Chen Huaian’s startled eyes, the beast’s form began to glow with a brilliant, holy white light.

A moment later, that radiance and all the auspicious power within the room flooded toward Chen Huaian.

A violent, surging energy erupted within Chen Huaian’s body, and the sound of tiger roars vibrated through his very Meridians.

These were no longer "woofs," but the authentic cries of a divine beast—majestic, overwhelming, and saturated with a sharp, lethal intent.

"The Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise suffer the same fate as I. I beg the Dragon Soul inheritor to find them!"

"I leave you with my final thanks!"

The White Tiger’s parting words rang through the halls of the Demon Sealing Pagoda.

By the time Chen Huaian could process what was happening, the great tiger with the peculiar barking habit had vanished.

Crack! Snap!

Chen Huaian squeezed his hand into a fist, his joints popping like firecrackers throughout his entire frame.

Because both the demonic soul and the physical essence had been mended before the end, the power granted by the White Tiger’s sacrifice was far greater than what he had received from the qilin, Bai Ze, or Dang Kang.

His Cultivation, which had been at the mid-stage Nascent Soul level, surged forward, breaking through directly to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

He stood at the very threshold of the Unity Realm.

A brief period of meditation to stabilize his Qi was all he needed to finally break through.

Did this mean that after the remaining five auspicious beasts gave their lives, his strength would easily reach the Void Shattering Realm?

Chen Huaian turned his vision inward to his Dantian, where he saw the image of a White Tiger roaring toward the sky right next to the qilin.

He could almost still hear that high-pitched, strange "woof" echoing in the distance.

Unlike the sacrifice of Bai Ze, which had provided him with a unique divine ability.

The White Tiger’s passing had only bestowed raw power, leaving no specific technique behind.

However, Chen Huaian spotted a sphere of crimson light hovering where the White Tiger had last stood.

His instincts screamed at him.

This orb was the true gift the White Tiger had left for him.

Even from a distance, Chen Huaian could feel a razor-sharp, chilling killing intent radiating from the orb.

"Ancestor, this aura..." Lin Fan whispered, his eyes filled with caution as he stared at the light.

Any lingering sense of superiority he felt toward this lower world had completely evaporated.

The sheer lethality contained within that blood-red sphere made even a Void Shattering Realm expert like him feel a cold shiver of dread.

It was clear that this was no ordinary killing intent.

It was something that touched upon the very essence of a Dao.

In the Cangyun Realm, there were those who attempted to reach the Dao through slaughter, but they were almost always consumed by karma and madness before they could succeed.

The Path of Killing was widely considered a dead end.

Even the most depraved demonic cultivators feared to walk the pure Killing Dao.

Yet, looking at this sphere, Lin Fan felt as if he were staring at a Dao built upon a mountain of bones and a river of blood.

"This Venerable One is aware. There is no cause for alarm." Chen Huaian walked toward the orb with a calm expression.

Had this been some random artifact, he would have been on guard.

But this was a legacy of the White Tiger—and the White Tiger, much like the other auspicious beasts, would never seek to harm him.

If there was anything in this world he trusted as much as Li Qingran.

It was these divine beasts who gave everything they were to support him.

In his heart, they even outranked the Electronic Girlfriend system.

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