[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-an-improper-monster-girl-s-transformation-diary":3,"chapter-an-improper-monster-girl-s-transformation-diary-an-improper-monster-girl-s-transformation-diary-chapter-28":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","An Improper Monster Girl's Transformation Diary",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2311957,4517,"Chapter 28: I Am a Dragon, and That","an-improper-monster-girl-s-transformation-diary-chapter-28",28,"\u003Cp>Long, long ago, there was an era unknown to all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, the Ancient Gods briefly fell into slumber beneath the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worship of the gods had not yet been born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rare moment, a powerful race seized this precious opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They swiftly became masters of the heavens and this very world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless colossal forms filled the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames burned the wastelands to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lava covered the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, all life bowed beneath their supreme pressure, lowering their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They infused this fear into the blood of every race, causing their descendants to tremble and prostrate themselves upon seeing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, the Chaos Tide swept again, and new races overthrew them, seizing the throne—the sky no longer belonged to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one could deny that there had once been an age that belonged to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Age of the Dragons!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire fire fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everywhere he looked, flames filled his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as he could see, both sky and earth were covered in fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only fire remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing else existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed this world had only fire as its sole theme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet strangely, Herbert, immersed in the flames, felt no heat—even found it comforting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warm, cozy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw those flames, a faint hunger stirred in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grrrrl!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his stomach let out a deafening roar, Herbert could not suppress his instinct—he involuntarily inhaled toward the flames before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inhale—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a gale sweeping forth, the fan-shaped flames surged into his mouth, leaving a void that revealed the dry, cracked, blackened earth beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the fire entered his throat, burning like fiery liquor, Herbert suddenly realized something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is fire something you eat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hesitated, but still followed his instinct and swallowed it down in large gulps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gulp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss— not hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was it not hot, the taste was quite good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Delicious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this single act was like Pandora opening the box, a domestic dog tasting feces for the first time, the first repeat in a chat group…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The awakened Herbert could no longer think of reasons—he could only think: I must suck down more fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ran wildly across the land of flame, devouring with open mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inhale—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suck—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suck from the left, suck from the right—utterly exhilarating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an unknown length of time, when the flames within dozens of kilometers had been devoured by Herbert like a rabid dog licking the ground, he finally slowed his gluttony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he stopped, his body had grown dozens of times larger than before; every movement stirred winds and shook the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lazily lay upon the cooling earth and let out a thunderous, earth-shaking belch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, as the belch escaped, a brilliant pillar of fire erupted from his mouth, illuminating the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Herbert had already realized his true identity—he was no longer human!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mom, I’m not a person anymore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he did not know what had happened, he now seemed to have become a great dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I am a dragon, then so be it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was something even more important—he could not recall his origins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind, pristine and new, was utterly blank, with not a single memory remaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing left in his heart was a name, and a faint subconscious awareness of having once been human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What exactly is going on? Where am I… hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Herbert pondered, he suddenly felt the ground before him shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh… drunk on heat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, I ate fire—heat is indeed high—but no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth itself is trembling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak… creak… creak…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the earth’s roar, the blackened ground cracked, shattered, and rose—out burst a mountain so vast it blocked out the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the roar sounded did Herbert realize it was not a mountain—it was a head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dragon’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wow—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herbert had thought his own body was already enormous, yet it was smaller than the creature’s single eyeball—a mere toy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one-eyed Dragon King lowered his head, staring at Herbert, who lay stunned before him, and growled: 【“How dare you awaken the Great Dragon King! State your name!”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me? I’m Herbert.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herbert answered honestly. Though awed by the other’s size, he felt no fear—instead, he dared to ask back:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you? What kind of Dragon King are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea? Or the Western Sea… wait, what is the Eastern Sea?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Donghai?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—what even is the Crooked-Mouth Dragon King?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What nonsense is stuffed inside my head?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon King seemed equally baffled by the question and remained silent for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stare—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply stared at Herbert for a long while before asking strangely:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“You ask who I am? Your bloodline is so potent you qualify for the Legacy Ground—and yet you don’t know who I am?”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know. So who exactly are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one-eyed dragon fell silent again, then let out a loud, hearty laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“…Pfft! Hahaha! Funny, very funny!”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Herbert’s confused gaze, He erupted from the earth with a thunderous crash, spreading his scarred, tattered wings and soaring into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His colossal body, capable of warping space with every motion, was covered in countless wounds—single eye, broken wings, severed limbs…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old wounds unhealed, new ones added, again and again, countless injuries piled into this form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, even Herbert, who had forgotten everything, understood by soul alone—His very existence embodied destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Remember my name—”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“In the call of the Abyss and the whisper of Chaos, my name is softly spoken in forbidden tongues—I, the Dragonkin’s End, the Eternal Flame unextinguished, the Everlasting Night before Dawn!”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“The Destroyer!!!”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon King roared, then his terrifying form plunged from the heavens—straight toward Herbert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herbert: ?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could react, the monstrous beast stomped down upon Herbert’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Remember this moment’s rage.”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Little one, we shall meet again!”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of heavenly palm technique is this?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, why am I a paper doll again?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, why did I say ‘again’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herbert snapped open his eyes, his mouth twitching as he reached up to touch his still-intact head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, I didn’t turn into Herbert-jun again; the character isn’t flat or thin at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head, and Herbert suddenly noticed the candle flame on the table; with a thought, he raised his hand and reached straight for the outer edge of the flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hss… not hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hesitating, Herbert leaned forward and sucked hard on the flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough cough cough…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh, I sucked wax into my mouth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1101,"2026-06-20T12:31:06.198Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1214021f647bf3fa0bee2f8d85dcf880922e4c456325c2615574a33a9cdd14b5","an-improper-monster-girl-s-transformation-diary-chapter-29","an-improper-monster-girl-s-transformation-diary-chapter-27",453,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fan-improper-monster-girl-s-transformation-diary-cover.jpg"]