[No heroine + no romance plot + no golden finger + ordinary protagonist + plot-driven]
In Jiyang City, an investigator probes the severed laws of the ninth level, while the government above plays a one-handed game of chess.
Experiments, tragedy, family affection: everything comes down to two words, going home.
Home is very, very far away, and yet right before our eyes.
Beyond Canglan City, secret incantations conjure myriad lives; a lonely ghost maiden, pure white, reflects among the flowers.
Abandonment, beauty, longing: everything comes down to two words, happiness.
Is happiness within reach, or is it something we can never catch no matter how hard we try?
In Xiang City, paper beauties and silver flowers melt into the spring fragrance; beyond Baby-Cry City, four laws of heaven and earth are discerned.
Castaways, distant places, destiny: everything comes down to two words, the future.
Divination is a secret art of heaven and earth. I need only lift one corner of the veil to determine the ultimate end.
In Pudong City, heroes gather, and the rights and wrongs of human passions and desires are debated.
Reunion, human nature, the world: I saw it, hope.
Blood will flow, love will endure; the future is uncertain, and the ultimate end awaits.
I have hoped, hesitated, agonized, and even thought about standing still.
But everyone keeps calling to me: Keep moving forward. Keep moving forward. Don’t look back.
Go on, go on. That way lies the future and home.
(The protagonist is on their own; supporting characters have couples you can ship freely.)
(The story includes BL, GL, and BG relationships, but the protagonist has no romance plot.)
