The dragon has a very high status in mainland mythology, and is a symbol of supreme power and honor in traditional Chinese culture.
From the ancient "Classic of Mountains and Seas" to modern online fantasy novels, there are dragons, and they all regard dragons as a powerful and powerful divine beast.
So who is the strongest dragon in legend? How powerful is it?
There are three powerful dragons that often appear in legend: Ying Dragon, Ancestral Dragon, and Candle Dragon. The editor will focus on these three dragons.
Ranked third: Two-winged divine dragon - Ying Long
Ying Long has the alias of flying dragon and yellow dragon, its real name is Gengchen, Gengchen's parents are named Mao Calf and Yujia, and they are the ancestors of all birds and beasts in the world.
"Mao Qisheng Ying Long, Ying Long Sheng Jianma, Jianma Sheng Qilin, Yu Jiasheng Flying Dragon, Flying Dragon Birth Phoenix." —[Western Han] Liu An, "Huainanzi"
Yinglong's earliest classic records are found in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and in terms of mythology alone, it first appeared in the Fuxi and Nuwa eras.
The image of Ying Long is generally the same as the image of the Chinese dragon popular at the same time, but it is different from other dragons in that it has an extra pair of wings. According to ancient books, Ying dragon is yellow dragon scales, multicolored wings, five claws.
Legend has it that Ying Long was a divine dragon under the Yellow Emperor.
In that year, the Yellow Emperor and Chi You fought, and Chi You asked Feng Bo and Yu Shi to help. The Yellow Emperor's army was blown by the fierce wind, and the soldiers were dazed by the downpour, so the Yellow Emperor's army was defeated.
The Yellow Emperor had no choice but to ask Ying Long to help in the battle, and at this time, Ying Long turned into a huge flying dragon, spread his wings and raised his head and tail in the dark clouds, opened his mouth like a door, and sucked the downpour into his mouth.
Ying Long held with Feng Bo and Rain Master for an hour, and gradually could not support it. However, fortunately, the daughter of the Yellow Emperor, the female Wei, arrived in time, and the storm immediately stopped.
Since the female Wei is the god of drought in the sky and has the art of driving away wind and rain, Chi You's army was grown without the help of the Wind and Rain Master, and Ying Long also took the opportunity to kill Chi You.
Although the Yellow Emperor was victorious, Nu Wei and Ying Long experienced this battle, and their mana consumption was too great, and they could no longer ascend to heaven.
Later, the female weed lived in seclusion in the north, so the north was dry and rainless, and Ying Long lived in the mountains in the south, so the south was humid and rainy.
Later, Ying Long helped Dayu control the flood, carving out rivers and diverting floods, so Ying Long was Yu's hero.
Ranked second: Chaos Divine Dragon - Ancestral Dragon
The ancestral dragon is not recorded much in ancient mythological books, but is often used in history books to refer to Qin Shi Huang, but in Taoist classics, there are also myths and legends such as the Dragon Ancestor the Great, the Haizhen Dragon King, and the Five Emperors Dragon King, all of which are believed to be the ancestors of the dragon family.
It is said that after Pangu opened the heavens and the earth, the four chaotic elements gradually evolved into the five primary elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
In the process of evolution, the four chaotic elements fused with each other, giving birth to three chaos divine beasts like chaos gave birth to Pangu: Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Shiqilin.
The three chaotic divine beasts each multiplied, and the ancestral dragon gave birth to a dragon clan that dominated the scaled creatures and ruled the ocean; Yuanfeng gave birth to the phoenix clan that ruled the birds and ruled the sky; The first unicorn was born the unicorn clan that ruled the beasts and ruled the earth.
So the era of the three ethnic groups jointly ruled the flood famine, but with the increase of the members of the tribe, the land resources were limited, and various contradictions began to appear between the three ethnic groups, and the three ethnic groups began to fight.
The dragon clan relies on its naturally strong flesh, is not afraid of ordinary attacks, and is invincible, while the phoenix clan relies on the ability to regenerate and struggle to support, although the Qilin clan has no special ability, but it multiplies quickly and can barely maintain.
But over time, the dragon family is slowly in decline, because the dragon family's reproductive ability is too weak, the war casualties are heavy, and the phoenix and unicorn unite, the dragon family is at a disadvantage in numbers.
So the leader of the dragon clan, Zulong, decided to fight to the death and launched the last big battle, this battle was dark, extremely tragic, and finally fell, the battle also spread widely, the flood world was seriously damaged, there were no ten creatures, and all kinds of ancient divine beasts perished.
During this period, because the Taoist Yuan Shi Tianzun was called Long Han, it was called the Great Tribulation of Long Han.
After the Great Tribulation of the Dragon and Han, the ancestral dragon killed too fiercely and had too deep karma, so that his own luck was lost, and he was imprisoned in the Longquan Cave under the Kunlun Mountain, and he could never turn over.
But by chance, the dragon balls of the ancestral dragon escaped into nothingness, and after countless calamities, he turned into the emperor of the first emperor of the Great Qin.
Ranked first: Candle Dragon, God of Creation
Many people believe that the candle dragon is not a dragon, because it is recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" that the candle dragon is a god with a human face and a snake body.
"Great Wilderness North Sutra": "Beyond the Northwest Sea, north of Chishui, there is Zhangwei Mountain. There is God, the face of the snake is naked, the eyes are straight, his eyes are obscure, his vision is clear, he does not eat or sleep, and the wind and rain are the counsel. It's Candle Nine Yin, it's Candle Dragon."
However, in Guo Pu's "Great Wilderness North Sutra", there is a passage that "the sky is not northwest, and there is no yin and yang news, so there is a dragon with a fire essence to illuminate the heavenly gate", which is enough to prove that the candle dragon is a dragon, not another species.
So how powerful is the candle dragon?
The candle dragon opens its eyes for day, closes its eyes for night, and commands the season, which can act as the sun and moon.
Ancient mythological books describe that as long as its eyes are open, the long night becomes day, and as soon as its eyes are closed, the day turns back to night. When it blows, the clouds are thick, the snow is flying, it becomes winter, and when it breathes, it immediately becomes red, flowing gold and stones, and it turns into summer.
It always crouches there, not eating, drinking, sleeping, or breathing, because as soon as it breathes, it becomes a long wind, shaking the heavens and the earth.
The light reflected by the eyes of the candle dragon can illuminate the underworld under the Nine Yellow Springs, and it often contains a candle that shines in the dark heavenly gate in the north, so people also call it Candle Yin, or Candle Nine Yin.
In addition, it is said that the Candle Dragon's physical body can half of its body coil the entire Desolate Mountain, and the other half of its body can also wrap around the entire Optimus Pillar that supports heaven and earth, straight into the vast sky, without seeing its head.
So how did the candle dragon come about?
It is said that Pangu opened the world and died of fatigue, and the things under his crotch turned into candle dragons, and it is also said that Pangu's body turned into twelve ancestral witches after death, including candle dragons.
The ancestral dragon, Ying dragon, and candle dragon are all powerful dragons with the strength to destroy the heavens and the earth.
But if you have to distinguish which is the strongest, of course, it is the candle dragon, after all, it has a relationship with Pangu, for the god of creation, the heaven and earth are changed at every turn, which is a height that ordinary dragons can reach.