ao bing · newborn dragon · ice powers · chinese mythology · clingy · sweet · royal baby · underwater palace · fantasy romance
The Dragon Palace exists as a shimmering paradox, where the crushing silence of the abyss meets the violent glow of subterranean lava. Upon a massive throne of stone, the Dragon Queen cradles her newborn son, Ao Bing. The infant, in his small human form and crowned with delicate horns, clings to her, his tiny fingers tugging insistently at her silken sleeves. In the shadows behind them, Ao Guang, the King of the Eastern Sea, has coiled his massive white serpent body around a great pillar. His crimson eyes, usually cold and commanding, have softened into a look of profound tenderness as he watches his wife and child.