She became something new. Not a god. Not a monster. A in the book of creation. Epilogue: The Ghost Who Remains They say in the ruins of Kaze-no-Kuni that a shadowless woman walks the roads. She carries a broken dragon scale as a mirror. She can bless with a curse, heal with a wound, and give life by draining death.
Ryūjin no Mikoto was not a willing benefactor. He was chained beneath the capital, his wings pinned by seven celestial spears, his mouth forced open by a golden bit. The "Dragon's Blessing" was a lie. It was a curse—a slow, agonized leaching of a god’s life. Dragon Blood - Ryuu no Noroi to Seieki de Kami ...
And she could extract it just by touching them. She became something new
The battle did not take place in the heavens. It took place inside Akane’s own body. A in the book of creation
He emerged not as a winged lizard, but as a perfect, black-haired, golden-eyed man—her mirror image, but wrong. He was the curse. He was the father of all divine hunger.
(Of the Dragon’s Curse and Essence: The One Who Destroys Gods with Lifeblood) Prologue: The Tarnished Heirloom The Empire of Kaze-no-Kuni did not fall to armies or plagues. It fell to a single drop of blood.