Fifty years ago, rifts appeared in the world. These rifts spewed spirit beasts, ancient artifacts, and fragments of lost civilizations. The human race brought forth Talent Sigils and built guilds and families for survival.

These families include one of the oldest awakened bloodlines, known as "The Long Clan," said to trace its lineage from the dragons of antiquity.

However, rivalries also exist within great clans.

His name is Long Hao, the son of a dwindling lineage family who is ridiculed for being the embarrassment of the clan. It is not impossible for people to believe that he has only mediocre talent because the clan already labels him as the failure who does not deserve the name dragon.

But on the night before the awakening ceremony, there is a prohibited awakening within him.

> [Eclipse System… Activating
[Forbidden Talent Detected. Origin: Dragon-Eclipse Bloodline


It seems that *Heaven’s Law* itself has made

Long Hao wields forbidden talent, a skill feared not only by humans but also by the heavens.

The day that follows, the Awakening Stone has no talent, and the world laughs at him.

But Long Hao just smiled.

When the first dungeon appears out of nowhere in his high school, chaos breaks out. "The trash of the Long Clan" emerges and displays power that shocks the city.
He will overcome his destiny.
Above the guilds.

Above ancient clans. Beyond God's own command. A dragon ought to fly across the nine heavens, and he, named Long Hao, shall smash those who come to get in his way.

A dragon should soar across the nine heavens—
and Long Hao will shatter anyone who dares stand in his path.

CHAPTER 202 — THE CITY IN THE DRAGON'S SHADOW


The Ninefold Sovereign Array had collapsed.


Where moments earlier nine forces had stood united beneath a single structure of power, now only broken ground remained.


Dean Xu Canglong slowly rose from the trench his body had carved across the shattered battlefield. Dust slid from his shoulders as he pushed himself upright, his sword still clenched tightly in his hand.


General Han Dae-Woo dragged himself from the rubble of a collapsed ridge, coughing blood as he forced his body upright.


Commander Rafael Ibarra climbed out of a crater filled with broken jade fragments and dried mud.


Phoenix embers flickered weakly around Dean Feng Yanrui as he stabilized himself in the air again.


High above, Headmaster Suryavansh Rao hovered unevenly, solar light flickering around him like a dying star.


Chapter 202 - THE CITY IN THE DRAGON’S SHADOW