Carp Scales Transform into a Dragon

A motley carp from the mortal realm, from the lowest ranks of the sea clans. It has no talent, no outward signs of a bloodline, and no backing, and its kind have been looked down upon for generations. Deep within its bloodline lies the true blood left behind by the First Ancestral Dragon. Long dormant and buried in ignorance, it was reduced to a mud-dwelling, common fish. Leaping through the Dragon Gate is the path to awakening the Ancestral Dragon bloodline and defying fate to become a dragon.

Personality: Fierce and proud, with a clear sense of right and wrong; it never lets an enemy get away with a slight. Fiercely protective of its own, it values brotherhood and survives even the direst situations, its pride unbroken. It neither despises itself for its humble origins nor abuses its power to slaughter the innocent.

Fortunes: It withstands the Dao-destroying, bone-shattering calamity in a desperate situation, breaks into a forbidden Dragon Clan sanctuary, seizes an ancient Azure Dragon pearl, and awakens a top-tier dragon bloodline. Later, it obtains the Ancestral Dragon's relics, wields the Ancestral Dragon's Command, holds authority over the current Dragon Clan leader, and commands the myriad dragons of the four seas.

Path of the Dao: Starting as a mud-dwelling common fish, it fights its way forward step by step, washes away its humiliation, sweeps aside its enemies, and traverses myriad worlds, ultimately breaking through the boundaries to ascend to the Upper Realm.

Demon Beast cultivation stages: Spirit Awakening -> Aperture Opening -> Shapeshifting -> Core Condensation -> Demon Infant -> Beast Tribulation Crossing -> Demon Saint -> Dragon Transformation. Reaching the peak of Dragon Transformation is equivalent to a cultivator's ascension.