The Great Con Man of Wanli's Reign

Observe the Five Elements, read the sun and moon. The universe lies within one's sleeves, and past and present lives become clear.

Eyes like lightning, a tongue like a silver bell. The Eight Trigrams of yin and yang carry one across the immortal and mortal realms.

Heaven above, earth below. Success comes swiftly, and every parting and reunion is fated.

A face reader who takes the battlefield, offering guidance over the fate of the land with a few words.

During the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Weijing, a Jiangnan mystic, happens by chance to serve as an envoy to Korea and Japan. He mediates the Korean War and, in the process, pulls strings and talks everyone around.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.