The Primordial Era: The Complete Story of Hongmeng Daoist Long Yu

Origin Dao Dragon Yu: The Era of Primordial Tribulations tells the story of Long Yu, a nine-clawed golden dragon born from the Sea of Nothingness. He attained the Dao as the origin of all things and gazed down upon the Primordial World from the Origin Hall. The great tribulations began because of him. His true form is a nine-clawed golden dragon trillions of zhang long, and he appears only when a great calamity strikes. Among the supreme treasures born alongside him are the Hongmeng Disc and the Origin Pearl. He also shares a bond across three lifetimes with Xuan Ming, one of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

The story begins with Pangu splitting the heavens and earth, and continues through the Era of Ferocious Beasts and the First Calamity of Longhan. Long Yu establishes the Hongmeng Sect at Kunlun Ruins, appoints Xuan Kong as its grand elder, and takes the Seven Sons of Origin as disciples. His younger sister, Long Xi, also reaches the peak of sagehood. During the First Calamity of Longhan, the three clans, the dragons, phoenixes, and qilin, decline in their struggle for supremacy. Using the power of the Heavenly Dao, Long Yu punishes them and compels them to submit.

A golden dragon is born in the vast Sea of Nothingness, attaining the Origin Venerable Dao and raising a mighty hall.

The Hongmeng Disc orders primordial chaos; the Dao Sword hides its edge to guard the vault of heaven.

Pangu splits the heavens, separating the pure from the turbid; in the newly formed Primordial World, ferocious beasts clash.

The Longhan Calamity burns through the three clans; the souls of Ao, Feng, and Lin vanish from sight.

Witches and demons rise side by side as war fires blaze; the Eastern Emperor Bell rings, and primordial flames surge.

Long Yu descends to the mortal world, shielding sun and moon; to protect Xuan Ming, he establishes a mighty formation.

Di Jun and Taiyi gather their remnant souls, awaiting the day they can be restored and return.

Houtu's compassion takes charge of the netherworld; reincarnation is first established to ferry lost souls.

The Three Sovereigns awaken human wisdom, and humanity flourishes; the Five Emperors rule with ease, establishing order through the ages.

The Investiture of the Gods calamity arrives, fierce winds raging; the Primordial World shatters, its parts scattered east and west.

The myriad heavens break into the three realms; all living beings find peace along the paths of the Six Realms.

In the end, the Origin Dao sustains the cosmos, and all share the same wish for peace through the ages.

Five tribulations and bonds are recounted in detail, all held within Long Yu's heart.

Dao Venerable Long Yu's true form is a nine-clawed golden dragon. In his left dragon eye are imprinted the Sea of Nothingness, Hongmeng, primordial chaos, and Pangu creating the heavens and earth; in his right eye are imprinted destruction and the annihilation of the world.