[Note: This story features some historical figures, but some of the events depicted in the novel did not happen to the real historical figures. Please keep this in mind.]
Li Yun, a boy from a fishing village in Quanzhou, is so unlucky he’d choke on a glass of water. He accidentally swallows a spirit pearl and nearly gets burst apart by a dragon soul!
The good news: He gains the power to control the sea.
The bad news: The dragon soul begins to consume him, and he’s about to become a wicked dragon!
Searching for a cure, he gathers a down-and-out swordsman, a mysterious sea maiden, a wild child wielding thunder and fire, and a Taoist priest who can summon gods. Together, they sail a battered ship into the East Sea’s Abyss, a place where people are devoured without a trace!
Ahead lies the corpse-puppet fleet of the Lord of the Ninefold Nether Seas. Behind them are the Imperial Court’s Anti-Piracy Bureau and its bounty notices, as well as a mysterious faction’s assassins. And lurking in the shadows is the shocking game left behind by the Yongle Emperor!
Then, in a deep-sea whirlpool, they discover half of Zheng He’s treasure ship.
On the coral-covered gunwale, the blood-written message of the Three Treasures Eunuch is still clearly visible:
“When the nine pearls unite, the true dragon will appear. To break the game, first slay the dragon...”
Slay the dragon? Wait, this isn’t how the story is supposed to go!
[Naval Conquest + Dragon Soul Awakening + Treasure Hunting and Puzzles] A spirit pearl from the start: blessing or curse? See how a fishing village boy defies fate, growing from an ignorant youth into the Dragon Lord of the Four Seas!
