Daming Palace.
During the height of the Tang Dynasty, the Li Tang Imperial Family had dominated the realm with unstoppable force. Yet if one courted death, death would come. More than two hundred years ago, an Imperial Prince colluded with the demonic sects to interfere in the struggle for the throne, severely damaging the dynasty's fortune and bringing it to the brink of collapse. Fortunately, Master Yuan exhausted all he had learned in his lifetime and joined forces with Chunyang Palace to extend the Li Tang dynasty's fate. It was said that Master Yuan had used a true dragon to suppress its fortune and continue the Li Tang reign.
The Great Tang prospered once more. The people lived and worked in peace, and the four seas submitted.
But human strength had its limits. Master Yuan had originally planned for the dragon to suppress the dynasty's fortune for three or four hundred years.
Who could have expected an unforeseen change after only two hundred years? The White Snake, originally sealed within True Dragon Hall, actually left Daming Palace. On the fifteenth of the eighth month, she summoned a torrential rain and flew away, witnessed by tens of thousands of Chang'an residents.
Rain poured down in sheets, lightning flashed, thunder roared, and the enormous White Snake swept over Chang'an City toward the rivers.
Rumor within the palace said that Crown Prince Li Zhang, who had forced the palace gates in rebellion, had accidentally broken the seal and released the true dragon. From then on, the Li Tang state declined year after year. Though Li Zhang had ascended the throne, those with ulterior motives accused him of lacking the true dragon's favor, claiming that he was not the true Son of Heaven.
After years of storms and hardships, Li Zhang died, worn down