In an unimaginably vast canyon...
An enormous Giant Dragon, over a hundred thousand zhang long and covered in pitch-black scales, lay lazily in the valley with his eyes closed, resting. Half his body was submerged in an immense lake within the valley...
Several dozen Giant Dragons of various colors, each ten thousand zhang long, were washing and massaging the boundless bulk of the Black Dragon. From their appearance, they all seemed to be females...
One of the enormous black Giant Dragon's horns had been severed by some unknown sharp weapon, leaving only half of it. Between his huge eyes lay a blood-red sword scar; he seemed to have suffered a serious injury...
Just then.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Wind suddenly stirred outside the valley, followed by a howling gale. An enormous Red Dragon flew over, reached the air above one side of the valley, and called out to the black Giant Dragon from afar, "Reporting to the Lord Dragon Marshal! Ao Zhu of Water Dragon Island requests an audience!"
"Ao Zhu?" The black Giant Dragon did not even open his eyes at this. "That brat is supposed to be monitoring the Human Race on Water Dragon Island. What has he come running to me for?" he asked in a deep voice.
"This subordinate does not know!" the Red Dragon hastily replied. After a pause, he hurried on, "But Ao Zhu says he has discovered a treasure and must report it to you in person, Lord Dragon Marshal!" He paused again, then added with a hint of delight at another's misfortune, "Also, Ao Zhu seems to be injured. His tail has been cut off!"
"Hmm? A treasure?" At this, the black Giant Dragon opened his eyes a fraction, a trace of scarlet blood light shining within them. After a moment's hesitation, he said