Supreme Dragon Lord of the Mysterious Heavens
On the Starry Continent, within the mighty Haotian Empire, there lived a young nobleman of military lineage. Though he was born into privilege, his reputation was marred by his inability to cultivate, and so he resigned himself to mediocrity. First, he was jilted by his betrothed; then, framed by scheming rivals, his family was destroyed and he was left disgraced, suffering humiliations beyond measure. In the depths of despair, he chose to end his own life by leaping from a cliff. Yet fate intervened—a chance encounter with a spirit serpent transformed his destiny, setting him upon a path that would forever alter the course of his life.
Supreme Dragon Lord of the Mysterious Heavens
Drip, drip…
Raindrops, fat as beans, began to fall—at first scattered, then growing steadily denser, pelting Du Long's face and body, until streams of water poured into his nostrils.
Coughing violently, he was wrenched awake from the border of death by the choking rain. His eyes blinked open in panic, sweeping his surroundings in confusion. His mind was a tangled mess, but as he lay still, fragments of memory began to surface…
The Haotian Empire revered martial cultivation, and within its lands, the ancient art of refining energy was handed down. Practitioners would absorb and refine the mighty Haotian Force from heaven and earth, and those who reached mastery could soar through the skies or vanish into the earth with ease.
Du Long was born into a super-family with strong military ties in the Haotian Empire—an identity that granted him access to cultivation resources beyond the reach of ordinary men. Yet, fate played a cruel trick: his constitution was fatally flawed, making it impossible for him to absorb the Haotian Force.
For this reason, the Zhao family broke off their betrothal with him. He could never forget how Zhao Lin’er, that woman, had announced the annulment in front of his family elders, causing his grandfather such fury that he coughed blood and was left with a lingering illness.
Matters spiraled further out of control when Zhao Lin’er, colluding with Li Xiaojun and other scions of the capital’s military families, framed him. The Du family was seized, his grandfather died of rage, and his parents and all clan member
