[No System] [High Martial] [spiritual qi revival + special abilities] [Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Plot-focused]
(This book has long-running foreshadowing and a complex setting. It is not set during the initial spiritual qi revival, but in a new world after the revival. Read with caution if that’s not your thing.)
Have you ever wondered?
After spiritual qi revived, the first thing to fill the skies was not spiritual qi, but baleful qi.
After order collapsed, the first to conquer the world were not humans, but baleful beasts.
Heaven and earth gave form to eight kinds of beings, while the formless gave rise to thirty-six paths.
Have you ever wondered what distinguishes those blessed by spirits,
those with form and those without?
Under this sky, baleful beasts have long run rampant.
Among humankind, demons and monsters are everywhere.
With revenge as his sole purpose and every baleful beast in the world as his sworn enemy, Baili Xian follows the fated path of the skin-painting craft,
leaving the fortress for Jiangcheng, where he becomes the thirteenth-generation skin painter.
Just as Baili Xian is about to achieve his purpose in the trade and prepare to leave,
chaos erupts, and a great calamity descends.
Only then does Baili Xian discover that beneath the still waters of Jiangcheng lies a raging torrent, where great calamities and human beings are intertwined.
The fate of the thirteenth-generation skin painter begins here.
How will the webs of fate between baleful beasts and humankind intertwine?
Baili Xian cannot foresee it, but he will witness it.
My name is Baili Xian.
I am the thirteenth-generation skin painter.
Be warned: in the area ahead,
baleful beasts are on the prowl! Humans, beware!
It looks good and the settings are quite interesting, but there is still room for improvement in my writing skills.