Dragon Mark Awakening: All Beings Owe Their Blessings to the True Dragon

No one knows the true face of the chaos at the beginning of creation. There was only a pitch-black void, deep as an abyss, bearing an ancient secret passed among the myriad races for countless ages: When Hongmeng first opened, a colossal dragon dwelled alone in the lightless void, enduring an endless age of solitude. When it could no longer bear the desolation of eternal night, it offered itself as a sacrifice, tearing its undying soul into countless fragments of spiritual essence that scattered across barren realms, bringing forests and immortal herbs forth from the lifeless earth. It forged its primordial divine power into the twin stars of sun and moon and a brilliant river of stars, driving darkness from the shadowed heavens. It also stirred the spiritual veins into surging torrents that became mighty rivers, eventually gathering into the vast sea encircling the continent.

It became an invisible mark, woven into the blood of every new life born thereafter. It became the ultimate measure of the power of the myriad races and the final rule determining the limits of every living being's fate.