Eight thousand li east of Aolai Country in the Eastern Continent lies the boundless East Sea. At its mouth stretches a vast shoal. Legend says that when thunder and lightning rage, a gate of thunder appears over the shoal. Any creature with dragon blood that crosses it through its own strength will receive the blessing of the Ancestral Dragon and transform into a dragon.
The protagonist, Chen Chen, is a transmigrator. Unlike other transmigrators, he becomes a carp. After accidentally swallowing mysterious blood, he successfully crosses the Dragon Gate and becomes a four-clawed fish-dragon. Eight thousand li east of Aolai Country in the Eastern Continent lies the boundless East Sea. At its mouth stretches a vast shoal. Legend says that when thunder and lightning rage, a gate of thunder appears over the shoal. Any creature with dragon blood that crosses it through its own strength will receive the blessing of the Ancestral Dragon and transform into a dragon.
Chen Chen closes his eyes beneath a fishmonger's knife. When he opens them again, he has become a mottled carp on the East Sea shoal.
The underwater world is full of dangers. He struggles to survive with his human intelligence, yet still finds himself on the brink of death.
Then a battle to the death between giant beasts tears through the seabed, and a drop of mysterious blood burning with a dark golden light is swept toward him by the currents.
Driven by instinct, he swallows the blood. The agony nearly tears his soul apart.
A storm descends, and the legendary Dragon Gate appears amid the thunder.
Carrying the blood's soul-searing power, he charges toward the towering gate of thunder
"I made it? Wait... why do I only have four toes?"
