Hundun is an ancient ferocious beast. Whenever the people suffer and their resentment reaches the heavens, he appears to destroy the reigning dynasty.
He works once every few hundred years, and when he does, he works day and night, wreaking havoc on heaven and earth.
Hundun works so hard. Hundun is wailing
This time, Hundun came to the human world and met a very interesting human. This person was valiant, clever, handsome, and really good at petting Hundun's fur.
Hundun liked him!
Hundun took human form and helped this human win battle after battle. But just a few days before they marched into the capital, the human treated Hundun terribly!
Hundun was angry. Hundun felt wronged. Hundun... fell asleep.
He slept for four hundred years. When he woke again, Hundun told himself it was all in the past. That man's grandsons had long since died, countless generations of them. He was a dignified divine beast, so he didn't need to hold a grudge against mere humans.
A person might lack dignity, but a beast should have some... Wait, no!!!
Hundun discovered that legends about him were everywhere! They said he was cruel and domineering, that he was simple-minded, and that he had a blue-green face, tusks, and an ugly mug!!!
Fine! Fine!
A beast can endure anything, but not this! Hundun rolls up his sleeves:
Then don't blame this beast for wiping out your whole family, destroying your dynasty, and digging up your ancestors' graves!
Chen Dun is the youngest son of Magistrate Chen.
The eldest Chen lady is capable and virtuous, and the second son of the Chen family is well-read. As for Chen Dun, the youngest, he's useless in every way except for his face.
That year, Magistrate Chen received outstanding results in the provincial examination and was transferred back to the capital. While waiting for the higher-ups to assign him a new post, he also began working his connections around the city. But then something happened at home:
His youngest son, Chen Dun, had an accident. When he woke up, his mind seemed to have... gotten even worse.
He slaps the eldest branch's legitimate sons and grandsons, beats up third-rank officials without a second thought, and starts swinging at imperial relatives the moment they disagree with him.
Before long, whenever the capital's elite hear Chen Dun's name, their faces twist in pain... That youngest son of the Chen family is practically the reincarnation of Hundun! How terrifying!
Pain makes people improve. The noblemen Chen Dun had thoroughly terrorized came up with a brilliant idea:
Offer Chen Dun to the current emperor!
A peerless tyrant who loves beautiful people and is ruthless in his methods!
Chen Dun, that is, Hundun, thinks that's fine. He'll go see that man's great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson, and kill him while he's at it.
He's already sharpened his blade when, wait, why does that tyrant up there look so much like his ancestor!
Hundun rubs his eyes. The tyrant gazes at him with sparkling eyes and sighs to himself: How is this little fellow just as adorable as he was four hundred years ago?
Theme: Good beasts and good people