CHAPTER 0 — PROLOGUE: "THE DRAGON THE HEAVENS FEARED"
Silence.
Then—a roar.
It wasn't the roar of a beast or monster. It was a sound older than mountains, deeper than oceans. A roar that once shook the ancient skies before history even began.
A colossal dragon silhouette coiled across the void, its scales shimmering with alternating black and white—an eclipse locked in eternal rotation. Divine light clashed against its form, yet the dragon only narrowed its eyes.
Across from it floated a golden figure, tall and radiant, its presence stretching across dimensions like a living law. Heaven's Will itself had manifested.
"Eclipse Dragon…" the divine figure spoke, each word a decree that shaped reality."Your existence threatens balance. You and your bloodline must be erased."
The dragon's voice rumbled, each word carrying the weight of countless stars.
"Erase me? You are welcome to try."
Chains of heavenly light descended, aiming to seal the colossal dragon forever. Mountains shattered. Skies collapsed. Entire realms trembled.
But the dragon did not retreat.
It roared—a roar that split the void, breaking divine chains, swallowing laws, devouring fate itself.
"Heaven cannot dictate the path of the dragon!"
The eclipse aura exploded outward, consuming everything in black and white radiance.
And then—
Everything faded.
The dragon's body dissolved into countless fragments of light, scattering across the mortal world like falling stars.
Somewhere, in a distant future, one fragment pulsed.
17 YEARS LATER — LONG CLAN, SOUTHERN BRANCH
A young boy bolted upright in his bed.
Long Hao's breath hitched as an invisible pressure spread through his veins, causing the room's temperature to plummet. His heart thundered as if awakening from a thousand-year sleep.
The walls trembled.
The lights flickered.
And then—
[Initializing…]
Long Hao froze.
That voice… it wasn't heard by the ears. It resonated inside his blood.
[Eclipse System Detected.][Host Identified: Long Hao][Lineage: Dragon-Eclipse (FORBIDDEN)][Beginning Unsealing…]
A black-and-white sigil appeared above his chest—a miniature eclipse, rotating slowly like a cosmic eye.
Long Hao stared.
Not with fear.Not with confusion.
But with a strange, rising clarity.
"…So this is it," he murmured softly.
For years, he had been called talentless.For years, the Long Clan ignored him.For years, even his relatives looked down on him, convinced he carried no trace of the dragon bloodline.
Yet right now—a power older than the clan, older than the world, responded to him.
A translucent interface expanded before his eyes.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
ECLIPSE SYSTEM – ACTIVATED
Talent: Forbidden Eclipse Dragon (Rank: ???)Bloodline State: Suppressed by Heavenly LawUnsealing Progress: 1%━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Long Hao blinked once.
Then he exhaled slowly.
"So the Awakening Stone won't detect this tomorrow."
The system hummed.
[Correct. Your talent exceeds measurable levels.][Heaven has attempted suppression. Suppression failed.]
A faint smile tugged at Long Hao's lips.
"Good. Let them laugh tomorrow."
Most people, upon learning they possessed a forbidden talent, would hide in terror, afraid of being hunted, fearing the unknown.
But Long Hao felt something different.
A stillness.A certainty.A dragon's instinct buried within his soul.
"Long Clan… The world… Heaven itself…"
His posture straightened, as if awakening an ancient pride.
"No one decides my fate but me."
Outside, the clouds darkened abruptly—an omen unnoticed by the sleeping city.
Tomorrow, during the Awakening Ceremony, the Long Clan elders would shake their heads in disappointment. The students would sneer. Rivals would mock him openly.
And then, the first dungeon would erupt inside the school.
Tomorrow would be the day the world mocked Long Hao.
But it would also be the day the world met the Eclipse Dragon reborn.
The heavens had once feared this bloodline.
Soon, they would remember why.
[CHAPTER ENDS]