In the beginning of the universe, Zhulong fell, and Nilin scattered across the three realms. The master of the Nine-Star Pavilion used the Star Pattern Mirror to tamper with reincarnation and refine the dragon bloodline into a Gu puppet, intending to use the common people as sacrifices to recast the way of heaven. Lu Li, a half-blood dragon born, was burdened with the curse of the reverse scale. He was a puppet in nine reincarnations, until he awakened in his tenth life and broke the shackles of fate.
Bearing the sacrifice of his mother Xing Yao, Lu Li went from the bloody battle in Yehu Tomb to Guixu Xinghai to uncover the truth about the "Reverse Scale" - the power of the candle dragon is not a killing blade, but a fire of compassion. He traveled through the Falling Star Stream and the Guichuan Whirlpool, redeemed the mixed-blood dragon descendants polluted by the star pattern, and faced Chen Xuan's mirror conspiracy. In the end, with the feat of destroying his heart and painting the "Soul Tracing Chapter" with blood, he awakened hundreds of millions of dragon skeletons, led the stardust butterflies to break out of their cocoons, and burned away the star-patterned shackles.
