Upon entering the main hall of the Dragon Palace, the first thing the Dragon King did was to activate the realm of time and space. Slowly, the mirror revealed everything that had happened to Xiaotu in recent years. Seeing her sweet smile warmed his heart, but when he witnessed her recent turmoil, his heart shattered. Seeing her in madness, in unbearable pain, and losing her once joyful smile, leaving only a face full of melancholy, without her once carefree silhouette, only a lonely one remained…
Sister Lingying, I, Long’er, have returned. Long’er has grown up… I am now worthy to love you. Xiaotu, wait for me…
His thoughts drifted back to hundreds of years ago, to the day they first met. She was still the Goddess Lingying, and he was just a young dragon. The birth of the Dragon King brought joy to the aquatic kingdom, but the Dragon King was still a child, lacking even basic self-defense capabilities, with the mind of a six-year-old. The early years of a dragon’s life are the greatest challenge, the most perilous time. The young Dragon King was lively and mischievous, known to gods and aquatic creatures alike as a playful child who loved to cause trouble. Wherever he went, chaos was sure to follow.
One day, the young Dragon King sneaked out of the Dragon Palace and ventured into the “Dynasty of Ten Thousand Moons” to explore. His excitement at leaving the aquatic realm for the first time was palpable. Everything here was different from the aquatic world. Humans? Familiar yet alien, often mentioned by Shuibo, and now he finally saw them. He was surprised to find humans so peculiar. In the aquatic community, only creatures that had cultivated to a certain level could transform into a half-human, half-beast form, with human upper bodies and the lower parts retaining their species’ traits, like fish tails or snake tails, appearing monstrous to outsiders but quite normal to the aquatic folk.
