Conspiracies and open schemes, struggles in the open and contests in the shadows.
"When interests are at stake, people will stop at nothing.
This is a struggle between mortals and immortals.
"No delusions, no distracting thoughts. Guard your heart and uphold righteousness, and you will never be defeated. Exterminate every evil spirit under heaven! Hexagram Twenty-Five: Innocence. Heavenly Thunder, arise!"
Above the imperial capital, where the sky had been clear just moments ago, dark clouds suddenly gathered. Hundreds upon hundreds of bolts of lightning, twisting like serpents and dragons, crashed down from the clouds!
Regarding the issues that readers have complained about about the male protagonist and the first female character Tan Yiyi, it will be stated at the end of the Qingguo story in Chapter 60. This is why the age of the male protagonist is set in his 30s. This can better handle some of the logic of the male protagonist's behavior and write more interesting stories.
I like novels related to the Bagua I Ching and the world structure of the I Ching, very few