Formation of the Dragon-Suppressing Town

Overview

Approximately three thousand years ago, following the devastating Dragon Slaying Campaign, the world's last true dragon fled to the northern territory of the Bao Ping Continent. Seeking salvation, the severely wounded creature attempted to reach the ancient ascending platform controlled by Yang Laotou (the Qing Tong Heavenly Monarch) for a chance to escape. However, the ancient deity chose to remain a bystander. The true dragon ultimately perished, and its fall led to the formation of the Lizhu Grotto-Heaven. In the aftermath, four saints of the Three Teachings and One Hundred Schools personally appeared to establish a contract, decreeing that a sage would take turns overseeing the pocket dimension every sixty years to watch over the dragon's residual fortunes.

To suppress the dragon's remnants and slowly harvest its immense legacy, the sages and great cultivators—including disciples of Mr. San Shan Jiu Hou—constructed a hidden town that functioned as a massive, elaborate suppression array. The physical geography of the town was meticulously designed to pin down the true dragon's corpse. Zhenzhu Mountain represented the dragon's pearl, while Longxu Stream and the town's main street acted as its two whiskers. Taoye Alley and Fulu Street functioned as the dragon's spine and neck, respectively. Every mansion built on Fulu Street acted as a suppression talisman to prevent the dragon from raising its head, and the peach trees planted in Taoye Alley served as dragon-trapping nails.

Furthermore, the hidden town's dozens of dragon kilns were established directly over the crucial acupoints of the dragon's spine. The continuous burning of these kilns, known to the locals as a thousand-year eternal fire, served as a karmic hellfire intentionally designed to constantly temper and torture the true dragon's soul, ensuring it could never rise again.

Outcome / Consequences

The formation of this dragon-suppressing town successfully prevented the last true dragon from reviving while transforming the Lizhu Grotto-Heaven into a unique cradle for cultivation geniuses. Because the dragon's immense, lingering fortunes seeped into the local population over three thousand years, the town continually birthed extraordinarily talented youths, fundamentally shaping the destinies of its inhabitants and laying the groundwork for the era of Chen Ping'an and his peers.

References

• 剑来42：观书喜夜长，第六章 — 开战: Details Li Xisheng's explanation of the town's geographic layout acting as a massive suppression array, explicitly linking Zhenzhu Mountain to the pearl, the streets to the whiskers and spine, the peach trees to trapping nails, and the dragon kilns to a karmic fire meant to torture the dragon's soul.
• 剑来1：少年起微末，第四章 — 捕蛇鹰: Qi Jingchun explains the true dragon perishing in the town, the four saints making a contract, and the sixty-year rotation of sitting sages.
• 剑来25：天地皆同力，第六章 — 只驱龙蛇不驱蚊: Mentions the true dragon fleeing to the Bao Ping Continent seeking Yang Laotou's ascending platform for a chance at survival, but being ignored, leading to its death and the creation of the grotto-heaven.
• 剑来47：饮者折镆干，第三章 — 将进酒: Discusses Mr. San Shan Jiu Hou's disciple Wang Min assisting his master in setting up the arrays in the Lizhu Grotto-Heaven.