"What in the world just happened?" Li Luo wondered to himself, staring down in surprise at the cool, black plaque in his hand. It had been left to him by his parents. 

It had something to do with the bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li.

And now the black plaque had absorbed a dragon's bloodfire for him?

Li Luo inspected the plaque closely, but nothing seemed to have changed... No, wait. There was something on the bottom of the "Li" character.

There was a faint imprint of a dragon there. It was a vague, barely visible imprint, but Li Luo could sense a special and ancient power emanating from it.

It was, for all intents and purposes, a shallow, vague imprint of a dragon, and there was no...