Everyone says a man-eating dragon that devours livestock lives on Zhong Mountain.
Yun Xia refuses to believe it.
The immortal sects were the ones who first killed the spirit beasts and seized the mountain, and then they turned around and blamed the dragon!
Everyone says Xie Guqing is a fiend who killed his master and his family.
Yun Xia doesn't believe that either.
She only remembers that Xie Guqing rescued her from the wicked cultivators who tried to rip out her scales and pull out her dragon tendons, and even helped stitch her fallen black scales back on.
So when the entire immortal path joined forces to attack Xie Guqing, Yun Xia came.
That day, everyone in the cultivation world saw a black dragon with blood-red eyes and a round belly crash into the Heaven Pillar of Yunmeng Continent.
When Yun Xia opened her eyes again, reborn with her grudge still burning, she found herself once more a lonely little black dragon on Zhong Mountain.
She stared at her own bony little claws for a long while, then set herself three little goals: repay her debt, get revenge, and grow into a truly fearsome, mighty evil dragon that would make the entire cultivation world tremble beneath her claws!
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In his previous life, Xie Guqing spent every day holding himself to the highest standards.
He was the fair and stern top student of Chuyun Academy, the heir of the Xie family, who took pride in him, and a heaven-blessed prodigy praised by everyone on the immortal path.
But only on the day everyone turned against him did he learn that his immortal bones were destined to be steeped in demonic blood and tempered by countless thunderbolts, before becoming the sword that could slay gods and demons on his own younger brother's path to godhood.
After waking from his dream, Xie Guqing suddenly had no desire to follow the rules anymore.
Still, the youngest top student in Chuyun Academy's history never expected that on his very first day of "skipping class," he'd be bowled over by a dragon tail carrying a whole sack of treasure.
A black dragon girl who loves to eat and fight vs. a scheming, playacting young "villain," both reborn.
Reader's Note:
1. This is not a pet story. The heroine can take human form from early on, but switches between an incomplete human form and her original form.
2. A growth-and-revenge adventure with monster-fighting and a small ensemble cast.
3. My own take on a cultivation world, with lots of original worldbuilding.
Saved on 2022.7.12
Revised again on 2023.03.11
Theme: Hard work can change your fate.
