Thirteen drops of vital blood formed two concentric hexagrams.
The two hexagrams, one spinning clockwise and the other counter-clockwise, accelerated.
"Rumble!"
A deafening roar echoed through the void, and a bottomless vortex appeared before everyone.
The patriarch of the Dark Night Demon Tiger clan shouted anxiously, "The entrance will only last for half a breath. Hurry in!"
Zi Linling, Ye Lingyuan, and Little Tiger exchanged glances and successively plunged into the vortex.
"Everyone disperse!"
After the patriarch of the Dark Night Demon Tiger clan spoke, he glanced at the dissipating vortex and turned away.
The other clan leaders looked at each other and followed the patriarch of the Dark Night Demon Tiger clan.
Soon, only the patriarch of the Scarlet Flame Sacred Tiger clan and the patriarch of the Mottled Blood Tiger clan remained at the scene.
A cruel glint flashed in the eyes of the Scarlet Flame Sacred Tiger clan patriarch as he muttered, "Let's see if you can survive this time!"
"Chi Yan, what did you say?"
The patriarch of the Mottled Blood Tiger clan, who was about to leave, was shocked to hear his muttering.
The Scarlet Flame Sacred Tiger clan patriarch quickly concealed his killing intent and said with a smile, "It's nothing. I'll be returning to my clan first!"
With that, he fled as if he were running for his life.
However, he silently thought, "Lan Lan, you better not ruin my plans, or I won't show mercy despite our kinship!"
The patriarch of the Mottled Blood Tiger clan glanced at the retreating figure of the Scarlet Flame Sacred Tiger clan patriarch, then looked worriedly at the spot where the vortex had vanished, lost in thought.
After entering the vortex, Zi Linling, Little Tiger, and Ye Lingyuan descended rapidly.
They fell for what felt like half a cup of tea before finally feeling solid ground beneath their feet.
The surroundings were pitch black, and a chilling sensation washed over the three of them.
Suddenly, a few bone-chilling cries echoed from not far away.
The three were greatly alarmed and rushed towards the source of the sound in unison.
After running for an unknown amount of time, a beam of light suddenly appeared ahead.
The sudden brightness made it difficult for them to adjust.
The three of them shut their eyes simultaneously, then slowly opened them.
"How can this be?"
Before their eyes lay a battlefield.
In the center of the battlefield stood a colossal white tiger, majestic and unyielding.
Its fur was stained red with blood, and an intense aura of killing emanated from its body.
Suddenly, countless extraterrestrial demonic beasts appeared all around, relentlessly attacking the white tiger.
The white tiger roared and leaped amidst the demonic beasts, darting and weaving.
It pounced, clawed, and bit, occasionally unleashing a fierce tiger's pounce or a dragon's snatch.
With every move the white tiger made, swaths of extraterrestrial demonic beasts fell, displaying an impenetrable defense.
Soon, the blood of the extraterrestrial demonic beasts formed a small river, and the white tiger's body bore numerous wounds.
Black demonic energy seeped into the white tiger's body through the gruesome gashes.
However, the number of extraterrestrial demonic beasts did not decrease; instead, it grew.
As time passed, the white tiger became exhausted, its movements slowing considerably, and its wounds multiplying.
With the continuous invasion of demonic energy, dense blackness began to spread within the white tiger's eyes, soon obscuring their fierce gaze.
The colossal body of the white tiger collapsed with a thud. His eyes reflected a peerlessly beautiful figure.
He roared to the heavens, his tiger body rapidly expanding, and shouted, "Better to die on the battlefield than be a demon! Goddess, the White Tiger departs before you!"
As the white tiger finished speaking, his massive body exploded.
This explosion annihilated all the extraterrestrial demonic beasts within a radius of ten million miles.
"White Tiger..."
A woman's anguished roar echoed through heaven and earth.
A mournful melody suddenly sounded, and blood-red rain poured down, as if mourning the fall of a divine beast.
With the demise of the divine beast White Tiger, the light before Zi Linling, Ye Lingyuan, and Little Tiger quickly faded, and darkness returned.
Tears, like crystalline dew, fell from Zi Linling's eyes, dripping onto the ground.
A profound sadness radiated from her, spreading through the dark Tiger God's Tomb.
Even Ye Lingyuan, who possessed extraordinary composure, was infected by this mournful aura.
Suddenly, Little Tiger let out a cry and collapsed on the ground, cradling its head with its paws and rolling around.
The Tiger God's Essence Soul, entrusted to Little Tiger by the patriarch of the Dark Night Demon Tiger clan, flew out, circled Zi Linling once, and then entered Little Tiger's brow.
Instantly, Little Tiger's cries intensified, its head feeling as if it were splitting open.
Zi Linling, lost in grief, suddenly shouted, "Quick! Guard your spirit platform!"
Upon hearing this, a moment of clarity flashed in Little Tiger's pained eyes.
It glanced at Zi Linling, struggled to its feet, gritted its teeth, and guarded its spirit platform.
Little Tiger's body emitted a bright light, like a sun, illuminating the entire Tiger God's Tomb.
Under this light, Zi Linling and Ye Lingyuan saw a tombstone.
Six characters were inscribed on the tombstone: "Tomb of the Divine Beast White Tiger."
Zi Linling's tears streamed down. She reached out to touch the tombstone, but it suddenly exploded.
A colossal energy surged from the tomb, pouring into Little Tiger and forming a giant golden cocoon that enveloped it.
A spectral figure emerged from the tombstone, smiling radiantly at Zi Linling and saying, "Goddess, White Tiger finally sees you again."
A seal in Zi Linling's mind shattered, and a flood of information rushed out, integrating into her memories.
The parts of her memory related to Kunlun Goddess were completely unlocked, and the origin of the Azure Star appeared clearly in her mind.
It turned out that the creator of the Azure Star was not the Ancestral God Chaos, but she, the Kunlun Goddess.
And the Ancestral God Chaos was merely her servant, managing the Azure Star for her.
Back then, as the Kunlun Goddess, Zi Linling, under a tilted celestial pillar, was tasked by the Human Emperor Nuwa to find the seed of origin left by Pangu, the divine being who passed down his legacy from the Water Blue Star.
The Kunlun Goddess, accompanied by the Four Divine Beasts, journeyed through the universe.
During their travels, the Kunlun Goddess met a handsome young man named Qing Zhan.
They traveled together through the starry expanse, and their feelings for each other deepened.
Their love grew stronger with time. They traveled day and night, inseparable.
However, regrettably, the whereabouts of the seed of origin remained unknown.
Until one day, they arrived at a planet called the Prison Demon Star.
In a secret realm on the Prison Demon Star, they encountered a wisp of the remnant soul of the Great God Pangu.
The Kunlun Goddess informed the Great God Pangu about the tilting celestial pillar of the Water Blue Star and inquired about the location of the seed of origin.
The Great God Pangu smiled faintly, waved his sleeve, and sent the two to a place of birdsong and fragrant flowers.