Douluo Dalu: The Vast Sea Beside the Wutong Tree, Defying Fate

People all sigh: Only a fallen phoenix can awaken a king’s inferiority complex. A masterful ruse, yet the sea dragon grieves in vain. How hateful that the silver dragon mistook the true dragon! In his previous life, Tong Buyu possessed the essence of the ancient Wutong divine tree, yet was consumed by an inferiority complex deep in his bones. He watched helplessly as the phoenix, reborn in flames, burned away and fell. He could not protect the one he wanted to keep safe. Only on the brink of death did he finally break through the mental barrier of his inferiority, leaving behind nothing but endless regret. When he opened his eyes, he had returned to the age of six, one month before Martial Soul Awakening. The dying embers of a phoenix slumbered in his soul. There was still time to make up for every regret. … The vast-sea glazed true dragon, sovereign of soul beasts who had roamed the four seas for a million years, commanded the Five Elements of the Canghai and the laws of light and darkness. His lifelong obsession was to break the ironclad rule that “soul beasts cannot become gods” and lead the soul beasts to rise! He endured the heavenly tribulation, only to be stabbed in the back by the Silver Dragon King, his dragon body shattered to pieces! His remnant soul drifted until it encountered a boy. Resolving to become an independent, detached Martial Soul, it used a human body to break free of the shackles of its identity and reopen the path to godhood against all odds. … From then on, a boy and a dragon, bearing the regrets of two lifetimes, shared one body. The withered Wutong rekindles the phoenix fire, and the true dragon breaks through its plight to be reborn. Together, they embark on a fateful journey to turn the world upside down. (Dual male leads, ensemble cast, passionate, coming-of-age, redemption)