At twelve, he had awakened the family beast—the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon. But something went wrong. His dragon's scales turned black, its essence corrupted. The transformation crippled his cultivation and left him shunned within his clan. Cast out, penniless, he wandered for years, surviving on scraps and low-tier beast hunts until, by sheer chance, he discovered a remnant drop of true dragon essence.
That drop changed everything.
It cleansed the corruption in his blood and transformed his beast into a higher form—the Azure Dragon. With that awakening, his power surged beyond mortal limits. By fifteen, he had reached the third stage of the Spirit Rank, earning him a place among the geniuses of the younger generation.
And yet… Tian Lei unsettled him.
He's not releasing even a trace of energy, Wu Long thought, narrowing his eyes. Either he's hiding his presence through a supreme concealment art… or he's something else entirely.
