The Fate Spirit of the Forest of Immortals brings the dragon clan two pieces of news.
The good news is that the strongest Dragon King in history will be born in the Walkworth Mountains.
The bad news is that, a decade or so later, a hero from a human kingdom will kill the Dragon King.
Dragon King Bai Li: ???
Bai Li isn't ready to die yet. After much effort, he finds the hero as a child and plans to strike first.
Who knew fate would always side with the hero? After all the trouble, Bai Li ends up covered in wounds instead.
Bai Li: Tch. Dragon-slaying heroes are terrifying!
This can't go on. After thinking it over and over, Bai Li comes up with a brilliant plan: If he can't kill the hero, he can just capture him, control him, and mold him into someone who grows up the way Bai Li wants. Problem solved, right?
So that night, a giant dragon flies over the forest and carries off the hero, who has been living with a pack of wolves.
[Day One]
Bai Li: Repeat after me: Dragons are friends to humans.
The hero: Hunches over and bares his teeth.
[Day Two]
Bai Li: Listen. Dragon-slaying is the most despicable act in the world!
The hero: Tilts his head in confusion.
[Day Three]
Bai Li: Promise me you'll never hurt a dragon.
The hero: Sweetly rests his head in Bai Li's palm and rubs against it.
[Day XX]
The hero stabs the Dragon King with his sword.
Full of pride, he walks toward the wicked dragon lying on the ground, barely alive, amid the cheering.
Just as he's about to deliver the killing blow, the wicked dragon transforms into the older brother who raised him, the one who haunts his dreams and fills his every thought!
Bai Li breathes blood, his eyes clouded by it. As he lies dying, he thinks bitterly: I knew that wolf cub couldn't be tamed.
The hero sees the coldness in his eyes and panics. He trembles, his sword clatters to the ground, and he staggers forward. "Brother, I-I didn't know it was you..."
But a storm suddenly sweeps in. When it passes, the weak, dying dragon has vanished from the ground.
From then on, the human kingdom loses a cheerful young man, while the Walkworth Mountains gain a lofty, cold-blooded Dragon King.
One-on-one romance, happy ending. Human hero as the pursuing girl, dragon king as the pursued one, with the dragon king overwhelmingly powerful. Angsty melodrama. How could we not give him a crematorium arc?
Humans and dragons count age differently, but the younger one is still the pursuer.
Theme: A sapling needs pruning to grow strong.