Mysterious Rune

Long Chen sees a mysterious rune (神秘符文) on a gate in Wangu Road. He tries to copy it down using photographic jade but the jade explodes. He then tries to record using a brush, but each time he takes his eyes off the rune diagram, his memory mysteriously lapses. He then tries to record while looking at the diagram at the same time, but the brush then explodes. The rune exerts a mysterious force that just does not let it to be recorded easily.
Eventually Long Chen succeeds in recording the rune by using seeds in the chaos bead to create an outline of the diagram. The rune explodes after it is recorded.
The rune is in the shape of an octagon.
Later Long Chen uses it to invent the World Exterminating Fire Lotus technique.
== Initial Try ==
Jumping off the gate, he saw that there was a large design on its sharp corner. Because it was too big, he couldn't get a good look at it from up close. He retreated into the distance to get a good look.
"This seems to be a rune. Although I can't understand it, I'll record it for now." Long Chen took out and activated a photographic jade.
Bang!
Suddenly, the photographic jade exploded. Long Chen was stunned as this was too bizarre. He couldn't recall such a thing ever happening before.
He took out another one, and as soon as he activated it, it exploded again. Long Chen grew more suspicious.
He carefully looked at that diagram. Taking out a beast hide, he was just about to draw it when he realized that despite clearly memorizing it, his head was blank. He had no memory of what that diagram looked like.
"There's definitely something strange here."
Long Chen stared closely at the diagram, once more memorizing it, and then he rapidly raised his brush to draw it.
But his brush had only just touched the paper when his hand stopped. His memories had disappeared again.
"You won't let me remember you? Then I'll just draw you while I look at you."
Long Chen stared at the diagram, and his hand began to move. He had just lightly touched the paper when his brush exploded, and Long Chen let out a pained groan. He almost collapsed on the ground.
== Recording ==
Long Chen suddenly had a thought. With his gaze on the diagram, his mind entered the primal chaos space. He gathered a few medicinal ingredients. According to the diagram in front of him, he began to plant their seeds.
Long Chen was delighted. The primal chaos bead had actually suppressed it. He hastily used seeds to replicate the diagram. Because he was using his Spiritual Strength, he finished replicating it in just an instant.
Suddenly, a heaven-shaking explosion erupted. Long Chen was startled to see that the huge diagram on the corner of the gate actually exploded. A supreme power sent Long Chen flying.
It was with great effort that Long Chen managed to stabilize his body. He saw that the corner of the gate had disappeared. It was like it hadn't been able to endure the primal chaos bead's force.
Long Chen's heart pounded wildly. Just what was the primal chaos bead? Not only had it been able to resist the diagram's power, but it had even caused it to explode.
Long Chen tried to draw the diagram. This time, everything was normal. No outside force tried to stop him.
Once he had drawn the diagram, he carefully looked at it. It was an irregular octagon. Eight paths converged toward the center, and at the center, there was a small spot. It looked as if eight things were converging at the center.
He found that even without the diagram in front of him, he could remember it. It was extremely curious.
Putting the diagram away, he decided not to try investigating it further since he couldn't understand it.
== Eastern Wasteland Bell ==
"Runes... That's right, senior, do you recognize this rune?" Long Chen suddenly asked the Eastern Wasteland Bell, using his Spiritual Strength to form the image of the Mysterious Rune he had obtained with the primal chaos space's help.
"I recognize it, but this rune isn't something you can come into contact with right now. You definitely shouldn't study it any further."
What disappointed him was that the Eastern Wasteland Bell only said this before going silent. It refused to say how to use the rune, let alone its origin.
== Black Illusion Dragon Flame ==
When he had subdued the Black Illusion Dragon Flame, he had thought of a certain diagram.
That was a diagram he had almost forgotten about. Back in the Eastern Wasteland, he had entered the Immemorial Path and obtained the diagram. He had asked the Eastern Wasteland Bell, but it had refused to tell him too many details, saying that his cultivation base was too low. It merely said it was a kind of essence of one of the four major elements.
Afterward, the Eastern Wasteland Bell had repaid Long Chen for his help and disappeared. The matter of the diagram was left forgotten and unsettled.
However, when he had worked together with the Pill Fairy to subdue the Black Illusion Dragon Flame, he happened to glimpse a diagram on the ceiling of the underground palace. That diagram was somewhat similar to the diagram from the Immemorial Path.
Regretfully, he hadn’t had time to record it at that time. Shen Bijun had come, and then the palace had exploded.
== Will of fire ==
Long Chen took out that strange rune from the Immemorial Path. It was a strange octagonal diagram. Eight lines merged together in the center to form a central circle. There were also other thin lines coming out of the exterior and spinning around it, like waves of divine light.
A ball of fire appeared in Long Chen’s hand. Flame runes condensed together as Long Chen tried to imitate the design of the diagram. When it was done, he suddenly felt an invisible energy concentrating at the center. It was like streams of power were gathering together.
The flame rune in his hand exploded, and its immense power made his hand shake.
He had just used the slightest trace of flame energy, but its explosive power had been so immense. “The Eastern Wasteland Bell said that it was the will of one of the four major elements. It seems it’s the fire element. Fire. Fire can burn down the heavens and the earth. It is berserk and merciless. Energy gathers within and then explodes outward. When condensed, it can refine the sky and the land, when scattered it can destroy stars. Between the two is a cycle of energy. Gather energy to one point, and when the energy reaches its peak, release it in an instant to exterminate all life…”
Long Chen seemed to be sleep-talking as he faced this enlightenment. The flame rune once again condensed in his hand, but this time he was prepared and examined it closely.
He found that when this rune was condensed, it formed a strange cycle. Without him needing to do anything, it seemed to possess its own life, absorbing energy from the air. Eight streams of energy gathered toward the central point. There were several bright spots at the center like the pistils of a flower, absorbing that energy. A portion of the energy then flowed down and out toward the edges once more, as if this one rune was its own flame world, a cycle of energy in constant motion.
The first time he had summoned it, his energy hadn’t been stable enough, causing it to lose its balance and explode. This time, he found the trick and maintained its stability. He carefully observed its motion.
“So, as soon as its form is born, it will naturally absorb flame energy to strengthen itself. Just what level of magical art is this? Or is it even a magical art?” Long Chen suddenly found that even without him pouring in any energy, the rune simply floated in the sky and continued to grow larger and stronger.
It was no wonder the Eastern Wasteland Bell had only told him that it represented one of the four major elements. Without a high enough realm, there was simply no way a person could understand it.
Even Long Chen could only tell that the things he was saying were true. He didn’t know the why or the how of it. Even at the Soul Transformation realm, with his immense control over other magical arts, he couldn’t fully comprehend this rune.
“It seems to just be a profound law, not a magical art. However, it’s even more precious than a hundred or even a thousand magical arts. As long as I can understand it, I will know how to circulate my flame energy in the best possible manner.” 
Long Chen smiled. So this rune was even better than a magical art. If a magical art was like a precious medicinal ingredient, then this divine rune was the fertile soil from which amazing medicines could be grown. If he properly used this soil, it would benefit him endlessly.
He carefully examined the flame rune in his hand. Looking at the way it circulated, he poured in eight streams of flame energy. The rune instantly transformed, taking on the shape of an eight-petaled lotus flower.
However, as soon as this lotus flower appeared, it exploded. Long Chen’s smile grew brighter. “Perhaps this rune is the embryonic form of a magical art. Maybe, I really can make a magical art that belongs solely to myself with it.”
Long Chen took a deep breath and concentrated. He began experimenting with the divine rune, testing what shape he could turn it into.
==References==
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