Became a Celestial Dragon

"Miming Saint! Miming Saint!"

After who knew how long, Li Sanming regained consciousness. In his ears came his mother's frantic screams: "If Miming Saint doesn't wake up, you'll all die!"

"Mm..."

They and his mother kept shouting something about Miming Saint. What was going on? It sounded just like the Celestial Dragons. In the world of One Piece, the Celestial Dragons who ruled the world were all addressed with names ending in "Saint" or "Palace."

Li Sanming's entire body was weak. At the same time, a strangely soft sensation came from his lips, gradually restoring his senses. So soft and fragrant. Could this be the legendary kiss of a maiden? Then he felt powerful compressions against his chest. A few seconds later, that wonderful sensation returned to his lips. Someone was giving him artificial respiration?

Li Sanming struggled to open his eyes to a narrow slit. It was a blonde girl in a white Marine uniform. She was terrified and trembling all over, tears streaming down her face. She was leaning over him, desperately pressing on his chest while crying, "Wake up!"

Li Sanming wanted to make a sound to respond, but he had no strength at all. If her tears had not blurred her vision, the girl might have seen the corner of his eye twitch. But the fear of death had left her unable to notice such a tiny change.

"You can't even save a drowning person! What use are you Marines?"

As his mother roared, two arms thicker than Masira's seized the blonde Marine girl and dragged her away from Li Sanming. The girl screamed and sobbed, "I can still save him! I can still try!"

Li Sanming lay on the ground in a daze. Who exactly was saving whom here?

"Drag that useless bitch outside and execute her!" his mother thundered. "Bring me another one!"

"I don't want to kiss a corpse!" A pink-haired Marine girl was shoved forward. She sobbed, "He's clearly been dead for a long time! Teacher Zephyr, save me! There's no way to bring him back!"

"Mm!" A faint, muffled sound came from Li Sanming's throat. Why was the blonde girl who had saved him about to be dragged away and killed? His head was foggy, but it did not seem like a joke. Unable to move his neck, he glanced from the corner of his eye at the pink-haired girl desperately struggling against those dragging her over. She looked a little familiar. Had he seen her before? His mind gradually cleared. The blonde girl from earlier also seemed familiar, but he could not remember who she was.

Fortunately, a deep voice filled with anger stopped the people dragging the blonde girl away. "Release Senior Chief Petty Officer Domino!"

A cold voice shouted, "Admiral Zephyr, do you know what you're doing? How dare you defy the orders of Xia Luqianqian Palace?"

A massive hand gripped the pink-haired girl's head. It was so large that her head looked like a dragon fruit in its grasp, as if it could be crushed with a little force. The hand clearly belonged to an extraordinarily tall man. Through his tears, Li Sanming strained to look over and vaguely saw the shadow of a burly man more than three meters tall. The man grabbed the girl by the head and lifted her effortlessly, saying without the slightest pity, "Being given the chance to touch Miming Saint's holy body is your honor! Such an incident happened because you failed to protect him. If Miming Saint cannot be saved, everyone will die!"

Admiral Zephyr? Wasn't he from the world of One Piece? All the figurines he had collected were characters from that world. But what were Miming Saint and Xia Luqianqian Palace supposed to mean? Why did they sound like titles for him and his mother?

The Marine admiral, more than two meters tall, was forcibly restraining his fury. He blocked the executioners dragging the blonde Marine girl away. Because he was clenching his fists so tightly, a layer of black Haki covered the backs of his hands. Yet the other side was completely unafraid of his status as a Marine admiral. One after another, they met Zephyr's gaze with cold eyes.

"Xia Luqianqian Palace! Please, I beg you, let me perform the rescue!" Even the fearless Marine admiral could only bow his head submissively at that moment, begging without the slightest dignity.

The Marine ship had been attacked by a Sea King while escorting a Celestial Dragon. Miming Saint had tried to fish, only to be eaten instead. By the time Zephyr arrived, it was already too late. After killing the Sea King and cutting open its stomach to retrieve Miming Saint, all they had found was a corpse.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Do you think I would allow your filthy mouth to tarnish my son's reputation? This was all due to your Marines' failure!" His mother, Xia Luqianqian Palace, had gone completely mad. With a wave of her hand, the hulking man more than three meters tall grabbed the pink-haired girl by the hair and forced her head down. "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and do it!"

"Wahhh..." Tears from the pink-haired Marine girl streamed across Miming's face. But this person had clearly been dead for a long time. How could he possibly be brought back? I'm doomed. But even if I have to die, I don't want to die in such a humiliating way!

"Move!" Miming roared desperately in his heart. At last, his lips trembled.

Plop.

The pink-haired Marine girl abruptly raised her head and touched her lips in shock. That wasn't my imagination, was it?

"He moved!" The girl's eyes widened. A faint heartbeat truly pulsed against her palm. "He's alive!"

"How is that possible?" Admiral Zephyr's eyes widened. The man had already been cold when Zephyr pulled him out. Could this be the power of a Devil Fruit? "Hina, what was your ability again?"

"I'm a Cage-Cage Fruit user, Teacher Zephyr!" Hina was still caught in a panic. Surely she did not possess an ability that could bring the dead back to life?

"Don't just stand there! Keep saving him!" Xia Luqianqian Palace was overjoyed. She waddled over, pressed Hina's head down again, and forced her to continue. But after several rounds of artificial respiration, Miming Saint still did not move.

Tears streamed down Hina's face. Her first kiss had actually been taken under these circumstances by a Celestial Dragon beast reeking of the sea... Damn Celestial Dragon. Why don't you just die? I don't want to save this scum at all, let alone suffer this humiliation!

Admiral Zephyr could not bear watching any longer. While Xia Luqianqian Palace was not looking, he planted one foot on Li Sanming's stomach.

Li Sanming's whole body jolted. He shot up from beneath Hina, then seawater came spraying violently from his mouth and nose. His body curled up like a shrimp as he convulsed, but at least he could breathe again.

"Impudent!" Several people immediately rushed forward and held blades to Admiral Zephyr's neck, but a suddenly raised arm stopped them.

Everyone stared in delighted surprise at the frail arm. Though it was weak, it belonged to the most powerful of the Celestial Dragons.

Li Sanming coughed violently. Only after a while did he stop convulsing and use all his strength to speak his first words in this world: "Release them!"

"My Miming!" Xia Luqianqian Palace rushed over frantically and pulled Li Sanming's head into her arms.

"Mom, what happened?" Li Sanming asked weakly.

Xia Luqianqian Palace flew into a rage. "It's all because these damned Marines failed to protect you and let you fall into the sea!"

"The sea?" Li Sanming weakly turned his head. At last, he could see what was around him.

He was on a huge ship, and its appearance was incredibly familiar. Marine sails hung from its masts. All around them stretched the vast ocean, but there was nothing interesting about the sea itself. Li Sanming's attention quickly shifted to the people around him. First there was the Marine admiral—Black Arm Zephyr?

Then there was the blonde girl, already so frightened that her whole body had gone limp. He remembered Zephyr calling her Domino. She was tall and sexy, and incredibly familiar, but he could not remember where he had seen her. And then there was the pink-haired Marine girl in front of him. Could she be "Black Cell" Hina? Her pretty face was a complete mess from crying, and she looked much younger than the Hina figurine in his collection. She was still inexperienced, but she was definitely Hina.

Could it be that he had transmigrated into the world of One Piece? If this is a dream, please don't let me wake up!

He looked toward his mother. The woman before him was an extravagantly dressed rich woman, with a ridiculous hairstyle and a bubble helmet covering her entire head. She really was a Celestial Dragon—a Celestial Dragon who considered herself superior, disdained breathing the same air as ordinary people, and wore a bubble helmet!

I became a Celestial Dragon?

"Miming Saint, have you remembered?" Black Arm Zephyr endured his anger and spoke obsequiously. "You insisted on stopping the ship here in the Calm Belt to fish, and ended up being eaten by a Sea King."

A Sea King? Li Sanming turned his head and saw a gigantic dog-headed fish more than a hundred meters long lying in the sea beside them. Its blood had dyed the entire area red, and waves of foul stench rolled off it. Its stomach had been cut open, and its head had been smashed to pieces.

"Waaah!"

The horrifying sight made Li Sanming shriek. Then his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

When he woke up again, the Marine ship had already reached shore.

"Miming Saint is awake!" Several obsequious voices immediately rang out, and a few lackeys ran out to report the news.

"Get away!" Li Sanming forcefully shoved away the hulking man trying to support him. The man cooperatively flew backward and lightly struck the wall, as if he had been hit by a Marine admiral's Haki-powered blow.

"Zephyr... Domino... Hina..." Li Sanming could not suppress the excitement in his heart. This really was the world he loved!

From the deck at the bow came his mother's relentless voice: "An accident this serious happened, and you Marines think you can escape responsibility?"

Zephyr's face was full of humiliation. That bastard had insisted on assigning Domino and Hina to escort him, claiming that seeing ugly faces would put him in a bad mood. If Zephyr's ship had not been following behind, allowing him to arrive in time to kill the Sea King and then miraculously revive that bastard, this would have been a real disaster! In the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, Marines were not even people. Even after saving their lives, the Celestial Dragons would still pin the blame on them.