A modern girl wakes up in a book as Ye Tan, a cannon-fodder character. Burdened with a System, she must stick to the original character's personality and move the plot forward. She runs into Lord Xuanshang, who is disguised as a beggar. A string of brutal murders plagues Qingshi County, while sorcerers, puppets, and monsters wreak havoc across the region. Forced to disrupt the original storyline, she must navigate the likes of Xia Yulan and Xiao Xiao, the willow spirit, while cautiously probing Xuanshang, whose schemes are as vast as the heavens. Illusory labyrinths and clashes of hearts follow one after another. Torn between completing her mission and staying alive, she and Xuanshang grow ever more closely bound amid the danger.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
