The Star-Catching Bureau: Origins

Two young men, huddling together for warmth beneath the shadow of powerful clans, dreamed of the legendary Penglai Immortal Realm. When Gan Shi's star passed, warlocks came, and star stones forged into a cauldron awakened the power hidden deep within them, along with a desire they had never known. Brothers turned against each other, friends became enemies, and the people were divided. The land of China was plunged into chaos! Was this power a chance for liberation, or the temptation of a demon? The Mount Tai cauldron blazed, stars shone over the East Sea; Luoyang was full of intrigue, and the human heart was a den of demons; At Chang'an's sacrifice to heaven, the bronze statue wept! The ideals he upheld with his life laid the foundations for the Bureau of Yin Catchers; Carrying both uncertainty and hope, he journeyed overseas and founded the Penglai Realm. A thousand years of deadly struggle began here, and old feuds from past lives opened a new chapter...