Martial Lord: Starting by Subduing the Nine Dragon Sons

Forty thousand years ago, the heavens shattered and the True Dragon fell. Humanity had only one way to fight this tainted world: cultivate the body, kindle the heart's fire, and send up smoke signals like wolves. Zhu Taiping transmigrated here and was sent from the start to Fubo Valley on the northern frontier. The valley lies south of the Hundred Thousand Mountains and east of the Yunmeng Marsh, where demons and monsters roam and humans are forbidden to tread. Fortunately, his grandfather, who had died just before he left, climbed onto his bedside and gave him a [Wind-Listening Ear]. [Listen on the wind, hear sounds from a hundred li away, and learn four things.] [1. Eighty li north of Lieshan City stands Mount Yue, with a foggy valley at its foot. Deep within the valley lie the ruins of an ancient temple, where a young Suanni is hidden. The Suanni is a child of the True Dragon, wields some of its power, loves quiet and the smell of smoke, and excels at suppressing evil spirits and warding off demons.] [2. Behind the plaque in the main hall of the Zhu family ancestral shrine in Lieshan City is a hidden compartment containing a hundred Great Yan Gold Dragon Coins from the previous dynasty, worth a fortune. The Zhu family's ancestors hid them there as a means of restoring the family's fortunes after its decline. No one has found them to this day.] [3. In the bedroom of the Zhu family's matriarch, she is stroking her belly and murmuring: “My Lord... soon... a new vessel is ready. Once he goes to the northern frontier, it will be time for you to be born...”] [4. Zhao De, the steward of the family storehouse, embezzled a Third-Rank Beast-Taming Talisman. Last night, while sneaking off with the Third Concubine behind the rockery, he accidentally dropped it by the rockery in the eastern part of the back garden. The talisman can forcibly bind any demon beast of the third rank or below.] When the fallen ancient gods descend upon the mortal world to reap all living beings, Zhu Taiping sits upon the dragon throne, with nine dragons coiling behind him, the Suanni swallowing clouds, Yazi bearing a sword in its jaws, and Baxia carrying a stele...