Wu Ning, refusing to leave, saw her husband and son enter the cave. She ran towards the village, thinking she could hold on some tamers until her husband finished his job.
Entering the cave, both father and son ran into the deeper part of the cave. They discovered a small sea in the heart of the dark cave. Wu Tian ruffled his pockets and took out the key and the seal. He twisted the key inside the hole of the seal and bit his finger adding two drops of blood onto it. Soon, the sea slowly started turning into a giant, two-sided iron door of a very ancient demeanour. He hurried inside, after walking towards the pull that was connected to the spherical shape space in between. He finally reached the spot where the Dragon-Deity, Valezar was in seclusion.
Valezar descended on earth five-hundred years ago. He was gravely injured, but when the greedy Beast Tamers saw this, they wanted to tame the Dragon and acquire great power. Sensing opportunity, they approached the mighty Dragon, but a Dragon-deity is still a mighty Dragon even if he is injured.
Unable to capture or tame it, they were faced with a ferocious Celestial Beast. Preparing their high ranking beasts, they fought with The Valezar. After defending himself against countless Primary-Level Beast monarchs, His Core Mana was overused and almost on the verge of getting damaged.
During that time, when Wu Chen's ancestors heard about the evil groups that had gathered to get a hold of Dragon-deity, afraid they might ruin the lives of weak humans and other villages, they rushed in to fight against them.
Reaching the spot, one of Wu Chen's ancestors Wu QingFeng, saw the Dragon-Deity had reached his limits and might collapse anytime soon. He went near the dragon but the ferocious beast wasn't ready to even see a human near him. Wu QingFeng gathered all his beasts and ordered them to guard the Dragon-Deity. Wu QingFeng was a High-Ranking beastmaster. He was unparalleled, his powers were beyond human achievement, it was rumoured tha Wu QingFeng, himself, might also turn into a Celestial Beast monarch.
He moved forward and lunged onto the enemy. Few he handled himself and the remaining beasts and their masters were being torn apart by his tamed beasts. Finally, when everything had turned into a pool of blood, Wu QingFeng made his way towards the Dragon-Deity. As he approached the gravely injured dragon, he could see his eyes lit up. The Dragon-Deity blessed Wu QingFeng with half of his power and he willingly formed a blood pact with Wu QingFeng, and went into a slumber to recover his Core Mana.
Since then the ritual to protect Valezar was a responsibility of the Wu lineage. Now having nowhere to go and faced with the evil tamers, Wu Chen's father took a critical step to protect Valezar and his son.
Taking out a knife tucked into his waistband, his father made a cut on Wu Chen's palm. The already scared Wu Chen screamed in pain as his father brought the boy's hand above the forehead of Valezar and let the blood drop on it. He could see the Dragon's soul transferring into Wu Chen. The boy let out a horrific scream.
Wu Chen was ten, and his body was in a very poor condition. He still hadn't awakened nor did he have any other skills to manage the beasts. Now all of sudden, his body was absorbing a soul of Mighty Ranking Celestial- Beast monarch. He was going crazy, his father had no time to take care of him. He soon sealed the dragon's physical form in an emerald jade pendant and hung it around Wu Chen's neck.
Ripping Wu Chen's shirt he focused on the birthmark. Wu Chen's had on his chest combining a phoenix wing in red and a dragon's tail in blue, entwined in a vivid, mystical symbol that pulsed with latent power.
He saw the dragon's tail glow and his lips tugged with a satisfactory smile. He took Wu Chen out of the cave to hand him over to his mother, but she was nowhere to be found. Panicking, he called her and looked around, he still couldn't find her.
Their loyal servant, Wu Ming, in a desperate condition rushed over and informed him that they had massacred the entire village and Madam Ning was severely injured.
Wu Tian held onto Wu Ming, taking a necklace out of his neck, that was his family's heirloom and it's passed on to everyone who became the head of the Wu family, Wu Tian hung it on Wu ming's neck, grabbing his hand he slid it into Wu Chen's hand and said. "Wu Ming, you were always loyal and sincere with the Wu family. We owe you a lot. And today, I shall ask you for a final favour: to protect my son. Take him to Windwillow village and help him train, treat him as your own son. The heavens shall bless you. Hide somewhere for now. Once all this is over, take him to my friend's village and protect him, Wu Ming." With that, his father ran to fight the enemies.
Wu Ming looked at the little boy and took him to the nearby cave and they both hid there. Wu Chen's body turned hot and he was sweating profusely. The pain was beyond tolerance.
Wu Chen, with a little bit of strength remaining, lifted his head and tried to peek from the small opening of the cave, but what he saw terrified him.
His mother was being dragged by a man, who looked like he was some kind of official or a village head. When his father Wu Tian intervened to protect his wife, he was attacked by the beast. His mother, without letting herself be walked upon, mustering up the last of her strength she fought till the end. The couple fought the entire group, and it was a massive group. But their strength and skills had given up.
Wu Chen saw his parents being slaughtered. He screamed, but Wu Ming cupped a hand over his mouth to stop attracting attention. A ten-year-old innocent Wu Chen was being torn physically by the invasion of Valezar's soul, and mentally by witnessing his parents' lives ruthlessly slaughtered.
His pain was beyond tolerance and explanation, silent tears rolled down his eyes as he saw his parents' body touch the ground and they lay down lifelessly. Wu Chen was shattered to the core.
He saw them ruffling around his parents body to search for something but they didn't find it. They wandered around for sometime, looking here and there for the Dragon seal but they failed. And returned empty-handed.
Seeing them slowly disappear from their sight Wu Ming got up and helped Wu Chen get on to his feet. In no time, Wu Chen released his hand from Wu Ming's grip and ran towards his parents.
"Ma–ma, Pa–pa. P–please wa–ake u–p! G-get up Mama! Mama." He screamed and cried. "Papa! Please wake up, I–won't mess around anymore. I will learn to tame beasts Papa!."
He moved towards his mother and cried, his voice choked as his breaths turned abnormal.
"Ma–ma, I won't trouble you. I won't ask for extra meat. I will not play till evening. Mama, please wake up. Mama, yo–you said this is a test, and it is a game to test abilities. Mama, the game is over, please get up, Mama."
He dragged his knees and shifted to his father. "Papa, p-please." He suddenly stood up, his legs trembling, letting his tiny hands in the air. He tried to perform the taming practice he had once seen, his tiny hands moving in the air. "Papa, look! Xiao Chen is learning…." His voice caught as he choked back a sob.
This scene was too heart wrenching to Wu Ming who stood there and observed Wu Chen's actions. His heart shattered, his eyes flooding with tears. He ran towards Wu Chen and held the little boy in his arms. "Stop it, Wu Chen. Sto-" he couldn't complete his words.
"Uncle Ming, I will become the b-best b-b-b, " he gulped. "Beast tt—Uncle Ming, tell papa to wake up, they are playing with me, aren't they?"
"Wu Chen, your Mama, Papa have gone to meet your ancestors, to talk about Valezar. They didn't leave you," Wu Ming said while patting the boy's head.
With a little bit of strength left, Wu Chen sat down and gently took the heads of his parents in his lap and kissed on their foreheads. "Mama, Papa I promise to tame Valezar and bring you back." He collapsed as his head fell upon his parents'.