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The Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast was not a Dragon Descendant, but its status was closest to that of the Suanni Ancestor, who was not among the Nine Dragon Ancestors of the present-day Dragon Race.
If one insisted on describing the relationship between him and the Suanni Ancestor, they could be considered cousins—or perhaps he was the prototype of the Suanni that predated the Suanni itself!
Both were fusions of lion and dragon bloodlines. The Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast had not been born of the Dragon Ancestor, but was a product of two bloodlines melding through the nurturing of heaven and earth. In appearance, he was closer to the lion race, yet the purity of his dragon blood rivaled that of the Nine-Origin True Dragon.
The Suanni Ancestor, meanwhile, had a more dragon-like form. He was the product of the Dragon Ancestor joining with a lion race powerhouse. Rumor had it that only after witnessing the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast's strength did the Dragon Ancestor deliberately join with a lion race powerhouse to sire the Suanni.
By then, all Nine Dragon Ancestors had already been born, so the Suanni Ancestor was often excluded from the ranks of the Nine Sons of the Dragon. But in terms of bloodline strength, he was no weaker than the Nine Dragon Ancestors.
The Suanni Lineage was also one of Eastern Dragon Court's foremost dragon bloodlines, second only to the nine lineages of the Nine Dragons. The main branch of the Suanni Lineage, those who called themselves Suanni, were all fire-element Dragon Descendants. The rest, with mixed bloodlines—Golden Lions, Ice Lions, and the like—were all regarded as mongrel descendants.
When studying Xu Kun and Little Gold, the Dragon Race's explanations were undoubtedly the most reliable. Back