[Strong female lead] [Two powerful leads] [Romance] [A world where spiritual power is collapsing]
Rumor has it that the leader of the unorthodox arts is a girl of seventeen or eighteen.
Ye Xiwei knows it's no rumor, because she's the very person they're talking about.
In the twenty-fourth year of the Zongsheng reign, a murder case lands in the hands of Lu Wanzhou, magistrate of Anguo Prefecture. With no experience investigating crimes, Magistrate Lu raises an eyebrow. “Fine. I'll dig up the world's greatest taboo-breaking master and put them to work.”
Ye Xiwei, daughter of the lord of Xun'an City, appears at just this moment. She looks delicate, but she's unusually knowledgeable about things most people wouldn't consider normal.
As she seeks freedom and he seeks her abilities, Lu Wanzhou strays further and further from his goal of bringing Ye Xiwei back to normal.
But Ye Xiwei realizes that things are taking an increasingly bizarre turn. What happened to investigating the case? Why does she keep dreaming about the truth every few days? And why does Miss Wang, who seems likely to be the next victim, know everything? What is the System she keeps talking about?
Only when Ye Xiwei goes from being powerful to even more powerful, frighteningly so, does she realize that the plan of the ancestors shouldn't have been called “Maple Song,” but “Creating a God.”
“Since it's already a foregone conclusion, I'll graciously accept this divine throne.”
The upright and principled Lord Linchuan of years past smiles smugly. “The divine throne is yours, and you're mine.”
They piled white bones into a long staircase, making a path that carried her to the high throne. She will not let down those beside her or those who came before her.
[Content warning: This is not a cultivation story about leveling up and fighting monsters. Volume Three contains related content. The worldbuilding is original: ordinary people are numerous, the imperial family reigns supreme, and cultivators are few. If that bothers you, this may not be for you. Demons and spirit beasts appear later. Romance comes first, with the career plot developing later.]
