The Zhou Ruins Code

The Zhouxu mystery is a case from the mortal world that Gu Huai encounters before returning to his ancestral homeland in Starry Sky Guide. Zhouxu is no sea of stars, yet the secret threads of civilization were buried there even earlier. Beneath the stove in the tomb keeper's hut on his ancestral land, Gu Huai digs up an iron order from the Rearguard Army and a tattered map. The labels "Bone Cavern" and "Deathtrap Zone" point to a history erased beneath the tombs of the Gu family's ancestors. Every night, a "living corpse" wearing his late grandfather's old robe knocks at the door, leading him toward a nameless mound. Beneath Zhouxu lie 317 forgotten lives, as well as projections of the Xuan Clan, the Can Civilization, and the Star Core Network into the world above. On the surface, it is the secret history of a cultivation family. In truth, it is a miniature preview on a cosmic scale: who is sealing whom away, who is being sealed, and who has written the truth into bronze mirrors, old locust trees, and earthen mounds? The first rule Gu Huai learns from Zhouxu holds just as true later, at the edge of the galaxy: Trust neither the living nor the dead. Trust the order in your hand.

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