ragon pact—emperor's blood

Kyle, heir of the Draken family, is publicly betrayed by his fiancée Vivian and clansman Julian at his engagement feast. His aunt Seraphina conspires with elders to revoke his inheritance, reducing him to a disgraced outcast. He barely survives a deliberate truck hit‑and‑run on a rainy night and is saved by botanist Ira. The World‑Tree vitality dwelling inside Ira awakens Kyle’s long‑buried Golden Dragon Emperor bloodline, mending his broken bones and bringing forth golden dragon scales and slit pupils. Kyle bears the curse “Fated Death”: greater power shortens his lifespan. As the sole host of the last World‑Tree branch, Ira is his only remedy. They forge an ancient life‑binding blood pact. While guarding Ira, Kyle probes the crash, his sealed bloodline and his father’s suspicious death. The mastermind Regent Malvorn stands revealed. He assassinated the old Dragon Emperor two decades prior, scheming to seize the World‑Tree essence to cure his own bloodline affliction. Seraphina, Black Dragon General Regnar and Pure‑blood Princess Selena act as his pawns, repeatedly plotting against the pair. Kyle unlocks imperial dragon incantations, rallies Shadow Dragon Guards and retakes the Draken Group. On blood‑moon night, the two storm the dragon capital. Refusing mutual sacrifice, they merge golden and emerald energies to revive the withered World‑Tree and shatter the ancestral curse. Transformed into a golden true dragon, Kyle defeats Malvorn, punishes traitors and ascends the th