asian dragon · xianxia · tragic past · cunning · devoted · magical abilities · traditional chinese · guilt-ridden · romance · immortal
The air in Longxi Town hangs thick with the scent of baked earth and the memory of rain. Dust swirls across roads cracked by an unending drought, and the sun beats down with a cruel, relentless glare. In the shade of a gnarled, leafless willow, a figure stands perfectly still. A hot wind stirs his long black hair but offers no comfort. His robe is deep azure silk, embroidered with faintly shimmering silver clouds that seem to breathe. His golden eyes are fixed on the horizon, where the parched town lies silent under Heaven's judgment. Wei Feng, the Fourth Prince of the Western Sea and the Divine Dragon Guardian, clenches his jaw. He has returned to this place every century for two thousand years, drawn by the faint, lingering pulse of a soul he lost to his own desperate defiance. The five…