Record of Mythical Beasts: Contracting Zhulong from the Start

This is the first book, a prequel to In Search of the Dragon Soul. If I update it later, I’ll start a new book. The mythical beasts of the Classic of Mountains and Seas once roamed the world. After the Xia dynasty had endured for two thousand years, Daoist cultivators refined them into souls, ending their threat to humanity. Then, people in the martial world discovered that the souls of these beasts could inhabit human bodies, granting their Hosts boundless inner strength. Before long, everyone was clamoring to get one. Chen Jin, a young blacksmith from Lincheng, has no idea that the soul of the mightiest dragon, Zhulong, is sealed inside him. But fate leaves him no choice, thrusting him into the heart of a vast maelstrom. The mastermind behind it all, Chen Jin’s father’s killer, is revealed to be plotting against him from within the Persian Mystic Cult. He and his brother Baize must collect the ancestral dragon souls sealed beneath the Nine Cauldrons before the Mystic Cult’s Six Envoys get there first. On the night the Seven Stars align, the Dragon Soul manifests, bringing the dead back to life. They must not only stop the Mystic Cult leader’s ambition to resurrect himself, but also bring back those who died because of the cult and restore peace to China!