User blog comment:PeppermintSoda/The Dragon Has Awakened, and Season 8 Has Arrived!/@comment-50.92.44.192-20160425212812/@comment-33658145-20160426011912

This post on Tumblr says so. http://eta.5.ai/post/142209669266/new-cookie-run-season-awakening-of-the-dragons

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