The Bones of Literature

"When the sages are gone, literature becomes the backbone of heaven and earth; when a thousand ghosts roam the night, a scholar's soul becomes a lamp."

Literary Backbone is an epic fantasy of "proving the Way through Confucianism and suppressing spirits with words." It turns reading into the fiercest form of cultivation: with every character he comprehends, his soul grows heavier; with every scripture he copies, heaven and earth grow a little calmer. It begins with a green lamp and a blank bamboo slip, then unfolds into an epic about a poor young man who mends the heavens with a broken body and subdues the netherworld with humble words.

There are no flying swords here, only brushes; no pills, only ink. The true battlefield lies between the lines.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is coincidental. Do not imitate.