Soulbound

Artificial intelligence is a product of productivity, while Soul Attachments are powers from beyond the heavens, granting new life. They are both forms of power, but how can they be controlled, and where will they lead?

A junior schoolmate who vanished after graduating with a doctorate in a traditional discipline, and a Taoist nun who spends every day dreaming of getting rich and restoring her temple. Ten thousand years ago, an object from beyond the heavens brought a mysterious power. Objects and human obsessions resonated, giving rise to Soul Attachments. Ten thousand years later, that power from beyond the heavens has run dry. In an age of advanced technology, artificial intelligence has become widespread, serving much the same function as Soul Attachments. People and obsessions, people and artificial intelligence, meet again after ten thousand years.

A car accident on the mountain road at Panlong Mountain brings them together, drawing them into the mystery of the two-legged sheep and the massacre at Pangu Village. At the Eight Trigrams Compass, they encounter Lin Sui again, an old acquaintance whose allegiance to good or evil is hard to discern. Tao Yuan falls “in love at first sight” with the dashing Chang Li… or rather, with his wallet. Later, the Taoist nun descends from the mountain into the mortal world, and Luo and Tao travel side by side through Shengliang. They get caught up in the examination candidate case from ten years ago, then visit Shangjing, where Luo revisits the place where she studied. Her suspicious attitude toward an old acquaintance, the mystery of Xiaochun City, and the Soul Attachment project at Shenxian Residence are finally brought to light.

The novel is divided into seven short stories: “Pangu Village,” “The Taoist Descends the Mountain,” “Journey to Shangjing,” “Great Peach Temple,” “Xiaochun City,” “Eight Treasures Compass,” and “Shenxian Residence.”

Please note: Chapters with numeric codes are ones I accidentally misnumbered. My editor is Fanfan Machine, and I can't delete them myself, so please skip them. Thank you!