I, The Dragon Overlord Chapter 434 - Chinese Dragon (Loong)

“Woooong—”

A roar that shook the very air erupted from the distance. The many individuals on the ground all simultaneously turned their eyes to the heavens, hoping to discover what had released such a primal cry. And they indeed discovered it. Breaking through the tufts of white vapor in the atmosphere was a brilliant yellow Eastern dragon. Its form was lithe and noble, its size constantly shifting between large and small.

“A loong! It’s a loong!”

The sacred creature had appeared under the sunrise. Its roar resounded continuously between heaven and earth. The clouds, the animals, and even the plants seemed to be bowing down in worship. Tens of thousands of people living and staying around Mt. Tai let out emotional cries of excitement. Some even kneeled on the ground and cried. Even trained soldiers could not help but tremble as tears flowed down their faces.

This was a loong, a creature of worship in China. Although Chinese people called themselves ‘heir of loongs’, this statement only appeared in the twentieth century, but this phrase had already deeply rooted itself in the hearts of the Chinese people.

“Horns like a deer, eyes like a rabbit, ears like a cow, neck like a snake, belly like a mirage, scales like a carp, claws like an eagle, and palms like a tiger. It has 117 scales with 81 of yang essence and 36 of yin essence. Its voice is like a screeching copper plate. It has a beard around its mouth and pearls under its jap. Below the throat are the reverse scales. Ah, this is really our symbol, a loong!”

A scholar's heart and soul trembled. He murmured in one breath as his knees went weak and he knelt down.

‘Heaven, earth, king, parents, teachers, the ancients only kneel to these five characters. The loong was both heaven and earth. Kneeling before this noble loong was in line with Chinese rites.

“This… This dragon has two wings on the back?”

A member of the Dragon Group was also lost in thought as he looked at the dragon in the sky. Seeing that it had a pair of wings on its back, it looked a bit like a bird, yet it was holy and incomparable.

“That's true loong!!!”

A professor studying pre-Qin history glared at this uneducated member of the Dragon Group and spoke, “ in the records of 《Zhang Guo Xing Jing》, a loong with wings is a true loong! Our archaeologists have unearthed a large number of Han Dynasty vessels that had dragons with feathered wings. Even the blue dragon in the pre-Qin period had feathered wings. You have seen totems with dragons on them, right? The cloud patterns on them are not clouds, but feathers!”

“Then… this dragon is a true loong? Could it be that the God of the Eastern Sky Tai Yi is a loong?”

“If you were my student, I would have already scolded you to death! This is a great ceremony that worships the great God. With the winged true long appearing, its identity is already as clear as can be!”

The scholar looked up at the seemingly invisible dragon on top of Mt. Tai and cried, “That is Yingloong, a dragon that had made achievements by killing the rebel Gods Chiyou and Kuafu and helping the Yellow Emperor unify China!”

“This should be a dragon in the center of the five main elements. It is the ruler of clouds, rain, and thunder. It is the celestial dragon of the heavens, it is also the consort of the God of Heaven Taiyi. It could be called the god of true loongs and has appeared in many of our myths and legends. It could be called our ancestors. Now, hurry up and kneel down. Whether it’s the ancient Chinese faith or kneeling to our ancestors, we cannot forget the ‘rite’!”

Nowadays, there is a great interest in supernatural powers. Even Christ had appeared in the world, changing people’s lives. Faith gradually embedded itself deeper into people’s lives, but the Chinese civilization had an ancient heritage that rose from the ritual of worshiping ancestors through totems. There was simply no specific religion, so in the age of gods and ghosts, there was no target of faith.

Although there was the Torch Dragon that appeared in Tokyo before, it was only a very small part of ancient Chinese mythology. It was not even related to Chinese civilization, so people did not think much of it.

But now, things were different. When the shadow of the God of the Eastern Sky and the incarnation of this true loong appeared in the sky above Mt.Tai, the Chinese nation had finally found a target of faith.

The Yingloong appeared during the Yellow Emperor's time to help destroy Chiyou and Kuafu in battle. In the era of Yu the Great, it controlled the water and saved the people. It could be said that it greatly helped the Chinese civilization!

At the end of the development of its myth, it had become a symbol of feudal imperial power. The yellow loong appeared in imperial vessels!

The loongs of China always had wings. Those without wings were not true loongs!

Just as the professor was explaining to these people what a true long was, another change occurred at the top of Mt. Tai.

After the noble beast let out a magnificent roar, it lowered its head as it hovered gracefully in the sky. Even humans could tell that this faint figure of a dragon was female. They immediately knelt down in respect.

At the same time, Louie took a deep breath and unleashed its divine might without reservation. In the past, Louie used spells to make things happen. This time, he was going to display the power of the Dragon God to the people.

The might that the Yingloong exuded was his dragon’s might, while the might that Taiyi exuded was his divine might!

In truth, there were many similarities between Eastern and Western cultures. The West had Noah’s Ark, the East had the Great Yu Who Controlled the Waters. It made it possible to imagine that there was truly a great flood that covered the world during that era.

In terms of dragons, their appearances were similar to a certain extent, the only thing that was truly different was that Eastern dragons were elevated to become heavenly gods, while Western dragons degenerated to become evils.

The awe-inspiring divine might swept across heaven and earth, suppressing everything. Under the divine might Louie was released without restraint, how could mortals remain standing? Whether it was the battle-hardened army or ordinary people, they were simply creatures at the lowest end of the food chain looking at the creature at the very top.

With the appearance of the Yingloong, the God of the Eastern Sky revealed his true appearance. When this happened, Louie found that the faith of the Chinese people increased exponentially.

The figure of Taiyi remained brilliant. Mortals could not directly look at gods, they only saw the light figure release divine power and raise his right hand.

The God of the Eastern Sky held the sun and the moon in his hands, and his palm held the stars. The Yingloong opened the way, and he enjoyed the faith of all the people. He was the highest supreme noble god, this was the real heavenly emperor's identity!

In the eyes of the people, the right hand seemed to shoot out into the cosmos. The hand seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. At first, it could hold mountain peaks, then it could hold onto the country, then onto the continent. The satellites in Earth’s orbit tried to take a photograph of the event, and it could be seen from the images that the hand seemed to be able to catch the stars and the moon. Its diameter alone had reached hundreds of kilometers as it streaked across the universe to grab the evil moon.

Compared with Taiyi’s hands, Jupiter LXVI which was about twenty kilometers in diameter was like a tiny sugar pull. The moon that was covered with evil words hissed with its teeth and claws. It emitted angry and fearful wails when it saw the god!

Then, in an instant, it had been caught in the god’s palm!