Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts-Chapter 5879: Cloud Dragon Race

Within the palace, the runes atop eight dragon pillars swirled and danced, forming golden clouds around them. It looked as if there was a golden dragon sleeping within those clouds.

Long Chen sat cross-legged at the center of the eight pillars, his body completely covered in violet dragon scales. Each scale gleamed like a polished mirror, reflecting the auspicious clouds. Because of him, the entire palace was bathed in a sacred light.

Outside the palace, Liu Changtian and Liu Xihua quietly observed the scene. Liu Changtian’s expression was a bit complicated. In those golden clouds, he saw a silhouette—one that stirred both joy and pain in his heart.

“Are you thinking of her?” asked Liu Xihua softly.

Liu Changtian sighed and pulled himself from his memories, turning toward Liu Xihua with a hint of guilt. “Xihua, I’ve wronged you all these years.”

“Why would you say such a thing?” she asked, surprised.

Liu Changtian only sighed again, his eyes fixed on Long Chen seated amidst the auspicious clouds. Now, Long Chenn had already entered a meditative state.

Liu Changtian said, “This brat may be irritating, but the human race has some wise sayings. Love… can breed both longing and regret. You loved me selflessly, but my heart always carried another woman. Your love was pure, while mine was selfish. Now, because of him, I find myself reflecting on the past. I realize how many mistakes I’ve made, and the worst of them all… was never giving you my whole heart.”

Without warning, he reached out and pulled Liu Xihua into his arms, startling her. In all her years with him, he had never embraced her like this. Her eyes immediately welled up with tears.

“Sovereign Lord, I never expected anything in return. I would’ve given everything for you. You weren’t wrong…”

“A mistake is still a mistake. If I keep pretending otherwise, I’ll only become more laughable in that brat’s eyes. He once told me a story about two people close to him. One was called ‘the old man,’ the other, Qu Jianying. After hearing it… well, it made me shake with fright.”

“What kind of story could possibly scare the Sovereign Lord?” Liu Xihua asked, taken aback.

She could feel that, for once, Liu Changtian was showing her his true self.

“I don’t want to repeat such a sorrowful tale. In any case, Long Chen is safe here. Let’s go see if our children are lazing about,” Liu Changtian replied.

He took her hand and gently led her away.

Liu Xihua smiled, feeling like she had returned to her youth. She hadn’t felt this excited in a long time. As they walked, she stole one last glance at the palace and sighed silently.

What kind of magic does that boy possess… to change him like this?

…

Inside the palace, Long Chen was fully immersed in the swirling golden clouds. The dragon runes danced across his violet scales, resonating with a mysterious power. He believed that once these runes entered his dragon blood, he could awaken the divine abilities of the dragon race.

But no matter how his scales trembled, the runes refused to penetrate his bloodline.

“Dragon Sovereign, what’s going on?” Long Chen immediately asked the primal chaos Dragon Sovereign for assistance.

This time, however, there was no reply. Long Chen’s heart tightened. Could something have happened to the Primal Chaos Dragon Sovereign?

The Earth Cauldron said, “Don’t disturb it. Your power has grown significantly. Unless it chooses to speak with you first, you shouldn’t call on it. These are the divine abilities of the Cloud Dragon Race. Your bloodline was able to activate them, but these dragon pillars have been separated from their source for far too long. Their power is nearly depleted. As a result, you can no longer absorb them directly—you’ll have to comprehend them on your own.”

“Comprehend? Isn’t that much harder?” asked Long Chen.

He wasn’t even a pure dragon, and trying to comprehend the divine ability of a true dragon bloodline was no easy feat.

“There’s no other choice. You could bring the pillars back to the Dragon Domain and try to find the Cloud Dragon descendants. Their bloodline can restore the pillars’ power, but even that will take time. Maybe a hundred years if everything goes smoothly… maybe thousands if it doesn’t. And frankly, no one even knows if the cloud dragons still exist.”

“Then I’ll just have to figure it out myself. I’m not waiting a thousand years.”

“Comprehending might actually be better for you. The cloud dragon race, like the white dragon race, are auspicious dragons. Their divine abilities are powerful, but they lack killing power. They don’t suit your style. But if you manage to comprehend them, you can modify them. With your combat experience and dragon blood, you might be able to turn them into something truly useful. It should be too difficult for you to comprehend them. If you forcibly absorb them, the runes will be branded into your bloodline permanently, and then you won’t be able to modify them. That would be a real waste.”

“Many thanks for your guidance, senior,” Long Chen said with gratitude. He immediately ceased trying to absorb the runes.

Instead, he returned the dragon runes to their pillars and pushed a stream of his dragon blood into one of them.

The moment his blood entered, the pillar shuddered, and Long Chen’s consciousness was sucked inward.

Inside the pillar was a realm of its own. Before Long Chen could get his bearings, golden clouds exploded apart and a massive claw descended from above.

The overwhelming dragon might was suffocating. Long Chen had no time to dodge, and the claw slammed into him—followed by a torrent of golden runes that condensed into a three-hundred-meter-wide seal, trapping him firmly in place.

“This technique…!”

Long Chen was stunned. He hadn’t sensed any danger before the attack was unleashed. It had bypassed his instincts completely and sealed him in an instant.

“I get it now. This move is like my divine face-slapping art. Since it wasn’t trying to kill me, it didn’t trigger my sense of danger. It’s purely a sealing art,” Long Chen muttered.

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His divine sense quickly withdrew from the dragon pillar. When he looked again, he was shocked—the pillar had dimmed significantly in just that short moment.

He recalled the Earth Cauldron’s warning: the pillars were already close to depletion. Just a few more uses and they might be gone forever.

Long Chen couldn’t be careless. Before they were ruined, he would have to grasp their essence.

Taking a deep breath, Long Chen focused and reentered the world in the pillar.