Tomb Raiding: The Little Qilin Who Guards Zhang Qiling

Su Mo, the last pureblood Qilin in the world, once witnessed the First Emperor unify the six kingdoms and later watched with a smile as the Epang Palace burned to the ground. Ten thousand years passed for him like drifting clouds and flowing water. A drop of his blood, bestowed on a whim, gave rise to the thousand-year Qilin legend of the Zhang family in the northeast. By chance, it also forged a bond beyond the mortal world between him and a child named Zhang Qiling: a brotherly bond. When his quiet younger brother stepped into the fog-shrouded maze of tomb raiding, Su Mo chose to enter the world in secret. In the Undersea Tomb, he strolled leisurely as he unraveled the mysteries. At the New Moon Hotel, he was the mysterious “Master Mo,” spending money with effortless nonchalance. He could play a game of strategy against the Heavenly Dao, using the stars as his pieces; he could also chat amiably with a street vendor over a bowl of noodles made just the way he liked. Yet as the secrets of the Cloud-Top Palace, the Bronze Gate, and the Zhang Family Ancient Tower emerged one after another, Su Mo realized that the person he was protecting was not only Zhang Qiling. He was also protecting a world that was gradually spiraling out of control. As the shadow of the ultimate truth looms, will this ancient deity remain detached from the mortal world, or step into it himself for the sake of the ordinary life he cherishes, facing the darkness that could devour everything?