I am the last pure-blooded Golden Dragon, and my people have entrusted me with their hopes of ascending.
Yet the day before my ascension, I crushed my own core with my bare hands and tore out my dragon scales.
In my previous life, I devoted myself day and night to healing the sick and saving lives. At last, my accumulated merit was enough for ascension, but when the heavenly tribulation came, it struck my lowly black-snake maid instead!
The mortals I had once saved all came to congratulate the black snake.
They said she was the one who had saved their lives, while I was nothing but a fraud claiming credit for her deeds!
My father flew into a rage and tore out my dragon tendons in front of everyone, using them to shield the black snake from the heavenly tribulation.
Covered in blood, I died, my soul extinguished, unable to rest in peace.
Even as I died, I couldn't understand why the people I had saved with my own lifeblood recognized the black snake as their savior.
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day I descended to the mortal realm to save people.
