In Chinese mythology, Flood Dragons possess unparalleled power, and it is generally believed that Flood Dragons are an evolved form—the intermediate evolutionary stage of dragons.
There is a saying that a snake becomes a python after five hundred years, then a boa after another five hundred years, and after another five hundred years, it becomes a Flood Dragon, then a Hornless Dragon after another five hundred years, then a Winged Dragon, and finally, after five hundred more years, transforms into a true Divine Dragon.
It can be described as a series of challenges, each step a difficult trial.
The Hidden Dragon Abyss having a Flood Dragon was something spread over a thousand years ago by the Dharma Ancestor. If it truly is a Flood Dragon, and if it hasn't died from enduring a Heavenly Tribulation in the past thousand years, it would have already passed a thousand years ago and should have evolved into a Hornless Dragon by now.
