I Inherited a Broken Divine Throne, Became a Dragon, and Subdued the Gods

In the final years of the Divine Dynasty, the laws and institutions collapsed, and the waterways of the Nine Provinces fell into chaos. Flood dragons and mirage beasts unleashed waves that swallowed villages. Water monsters came ashore to devour people, leaving those who lived along the banks as helpless as duckweed on the waves, never sure they would survive the day. Zhou Yu was a lonely fisherman from the shores of Yunmeng Marsh. His father and elder brother had been killed by sea demons, and all he had to survive in this chaotic age was a fishing spear and half a torn net. Fortunately, he carried a dust-covered Dragon Pearl with him. It was the ancient Ancestral Dragon's Dragon Pearl, now returned to the world, and the full authority of the Water Court's divine offices was his to command. By fulfilling his divine duties, he earned affinity; by awakening his bloodline, he rose in rank: First, he became a Patrol Dragon Clerk, able to identify schools of fish and slay water demons, bringing fortune and warding off danger across ten miles of waterways. Then he rose to Lake Dragon Lord, taming the waves and controlling floods, with every bay in his domain at his command. Next, he was invested as River Dragon Marquis, overseeing river transport and irrigating fertile fields, with thousands of miles of waterways answering his orders. And beyond that came River Dragon Sovereign, Rain Dragon King, and Primordial Ancestral Dragon. Step by step, he ascended to the heavens, wielding power over all the waters. While cultivators risked their lives diving into deep pools and treacherous shoals, battling deadly currents and poisoned waters for a single aquatic spirit herb or half a thousand-year-old pearl... Zhou Yu strode across the waves, with a spirit-taming fish hawk scouting ahead and a water-repelling mystic hound at his side. The Tortoise Chancellor presented the ledgers and treasures, while Crab Generals and Carp Commanders lined up their troops as he led a mighty patrol of water soldiers through the marsh. He raided demon flood dragons' lairs, gathered aquatic spirit herbs by the field, and emptied sunken ships of every hidden treasure. Years later, Zhou Yu sat at the mouth of the East Sea's Return to Ruins, worshipped by countless millions across the Nine Provinces, presiding over the heart of the world's waterways. His divine patrol armies covered the four seas and eight great rivers. Myriad dragons bowed their heads, and all waters paid homage to their source. From the misty waters of the Eight Wilds to the Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas, Zhou Yu's word was law!