This is an age full of hope.
The arts of the Dao are widespread, and a hundred schools contend. Those who seek the Dao can summon wind and rain, move mountains, and fill seas with a wave of the hand. They can defy the seasons and withstand natural disasters. It seems the human race no longer needs to rely on Heaven's grace, and at last holds the means to contend with it.
This is an age without hope.
The elusive chance at immortality gradually comes to rule everything. The fated may glimpse Heaven's secrets, even as humble farmers, and rise to greatness in a single step. The unfated may cultivate in seclusion for a hundred years and still find no way in, lamenting the bottleneck that remains just out of reach.
This is an age of madness.
Some, with steadfast hearts and swords in hand, protect the common people, only to turn demonic after realizing they have no hope of a breakthrough, paving their road to immortality with endless bones. Some believe they have seized Heaven's mandate, practicing both medicine and poison, deciding on a whim whether to save the dying or bring the dead back to life. Some sever their bonds to prove the Dao, killing their wives and children, only to awaken to regret before Heaven's gates and realize that it was all a fleeting dream...
And then there is a young man who asks neither Heaven nor fate, but only the sword in his hand, determined to carve out a path that belongs to him alone in this roiling, sullied world.
This is a prequel to The Art of Puppetry. You can enjoy it even if you haven't read the original!
Taking Kunshe, Kunyue and the "Shengun" parade together as the background, the two stories of "The Phantom Thief in the Mirror" and "The Trace of the Two Dragons" were continued. The story plot in this book is full of twists and turns, very vivid and fascinating, and makes people get deeper into the story. What impressed me the most in this book was Kun Yue's sword cutting the sea. This matter is just a few words, but it shows Kun Yue's profound skills.
A novel that makes people read and follow it. It's more detailed and exciting than what I wrote before.