I'm a Calamity Star, one so rare that only one appears every thousand years. When I was eighteen, a strange dream got me expelled from my sect.
“If you walk the right path, you'll live forever. If you don't, you won't live past twenty-five.”
That was my master's advice on the day he expelled me.
My master was a fortune-telling old Daoist from our village. Every word he spoke came true.
Eighteen years ago, he found me at the foot of a mountain: a girl born under the sign of the Calamity Star, one so rare that only one appears every thousand years.
Everyone urged him not to take in a bad omen as a Daoist.
But my master refused to believe in bad luck. Eighteen years ago, he found me at the foot of Mount Xuan and raised me to adulthood.
But because of a dream, I was expelled from the sect. He gave me a precious sword and told me to travel west. Someone destined to guide me would surely appear along the way.
After a terrifying night at an inn, I found myself hounded by a sharp-tongued Judge of the Underworld, who invited me to join an agency paying a hundred thousand a month. They were searching for the Book of Life and Death, which had gone missing. Since I had a weakness for money, I agreed at once.
Who could have guessed that this bad decision would drag me into a massive conflict and push me step by step into the abyss?
Like! Very novel plot! Time travel and sadomasochism in ancient times, I can't get enough of it! The author should update it quickly, and please be gentle 🥺
I really like this roller coaster-like feeling! Every time the plot has a trick and a twist, I love it!