The Legend of Nilin

In ancient times, God created twenty-two ancestral dragons based on the twenty-two Major Arcana cards of the Tarot. Each dragon is the incarnation of the laws of the universe - "Judgment" governs soul judgment, "Temperance" maintains the balance of elements, "Strength" carries unyielding will, and "World" unifies all things. Together they form the "Net of Heavenly Balance" covering the heaven and earth, maintaining the flow of the five elements and the order of all things. After thousands of years, God began to fear his own shadow. The dragon is too pure - a judge who only judges and will one day point his verdict at the Creator Himself. So God began to harvest the dragon clan and personally cut off the "gold" bit in the five elements to weaken the foundation of resistance of all things. The balance of the sky is tilted, the five elements are out of balance, and the world has fallen into an era of dark eclipse for hundreds of years. Most of the twenty-two ancestral dragons have fallen or disappeared, and only seven are still known. Although the Dragon Clan has died, its legacy remains. Dragon crystals, dragon bones, dragon blood crowns, dragon bone sanctuaries - the legacy of each ancient dragon is scattered across the continent of the five countries, one federation and one restricted area, waiting for their successors. The Chenshu Empire claims to be the orthodoxy of Tianheng, the Chizhang Empire claims to be the descendant of the sun, the Houtu Khanate enshrines dragon crystal fragments, the Iron Rock Principality is waiting for answers in its decline, the Cangmu Federation protects the holy land where the ancient dragon sleeps, and the fallen dragon's blood breeds unknown darkness in the Huiye Forbidden Zone. In the name of God, the Holy See hunts for the successors of all dragon heritages, and the Mage Tower studies the remaining power in the dragon bones under the academic veil. Deep in the Dragon's Nest in the Ice Ridge Mountains, an ancient prophecy has never been extinguished - water and fire come from the same source, and the five elements will collapse. The gold position is empty, and the earth and wood are waiting to be burned. Only dragon scales can balance the sky.