The Dragon's Hidden Pearl

One bite from a thousand-year-old drought demon, and my fate was sealed. Cursed by an ancient forbidden spell, I have only one hope for survival: find a dragon pearl and master its power. But do dragons even exist in the modern world? Armed with cryptic poems left by my ancestors, I plunge into a deadly quest through legendary sites and forgotten caves. With each discovery, the line between myth and reality blurs—the Yellow Emperor's wars, the goddess Nüba's sacrifice, the Great Flood itself. These aren't just stories. They're warnings. And the deeper I dig, the more I realize some truths were…