Urban Legend of Mountains and Sea Mythical Beasts

When a heavy rain tore through the city at night, an ancient book with a dim light fell into my palm. From that moment on, my fate was closely intertwined with the ancient mountains and seas. I am Shen Yuan, an ordinary person whose spine was once crushed by reality, but now I can awaken mythical beasts, sign contracts, and make waves in the shadows of the city. Initially, I just wanted to survive. The charming power of the nine-tailed fox allowed me to counterattack in the workplace, and Bai Ze's wisdom helped me rise in the business war. But every awakening of power is like a double-edged sword, cutting off the originally peaceful life, and also attracting prying eyes and murderous intentions. Yun tide, the killer of the royal sister, is always with me. Her sharp blade almost cuts off my last hope; the overlord Chu Ming sets up a labyrinth trap in an attempt to devour me. And I, on the verge of death again and again, awakened more powerful mythical beasts, from Kui Niu to Zhulong, and finally Qilin - every battle was a gamble on life and death, and every victory came at the cost of my soul. I once thought that by controlling the power of the contract, I could control my destiny, but the truth was crueler than any illusion: I was just a continuation of the ancient bloodline, a pawn between protection and destruction. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.