Reborn in Detective Chinatown: I Break the Nine Palaces Formation, and the Empress Weeps

Li Mubai, a modern firefighter and archaeologist, is struck by lightning and transmigrates to the fourteenth year of the Tianbao era. The moment he opens his eyes, he finds himself in Chang’an on the Shangyuan Festival night, as nine fires lay the city to waste!

While others who transmigrate practice mystic arts, cultivate martial skills, or cozy up to the powerful, he brings out firefighting know-how and modern science to set everyone straight!

The Imperial Preceptor uses white phosphorus to set fires while pretending to perform magic? Li Mubai exposes him on the spot, then teaches him a lesson with a dry-powder fire extinguisher!

A sorcerer sets up a Fire-Separation Formation to burn the city as a sacrifice? Li Mubai uses the fire triangle and blocks the fire with oil, breaking the Vermilion Bird’s Inferno Formation in one move!

Wu Zetian lays out the Nine Palaces Star Chart and the Nine Luminaries Resurrection Formation, planning to draw on the bloodshed of the An Lushan Rebellion to return to life. Nine cases correspond to nine pivots, and destroying one case breaks one formation. She intends to turn the entire High Tang into an altar for her resurrection!

The Illusory Heavenly Master sneers: How dare a greenhorn interfere with a thousand-year-old plan of the Wu Zhou?

The next second:

A lightning rod shatters the thunder formation, epidemic prevention measures stop the plague, geological techniques stabilize the dragon vein, and a high-pressure water cannon sweeps away an army of ghost soldiers!

The Nine Palaces compass in Li Mubai’s palm awakens. Modern knowledge crushes the occult: one case breaks one formation, and all nine are dismantled!

Pei Qingyi, a descendant of Princess Taiping, stays by his side, while mentors who transmigrated with him lend secret support. He takes on treacherous ministers above, slays demons below, and foils the empress’s resurrection plot in between!

As the Seven Stars align and the blood moon hangs overhead, Wu Zetian is about to descend:

Li Mubai stands on the star chart, fire axe in hand.

“Your thousand-year game ends today. I’ll smash it to pieces! I’ll protect this High Tang, no matter what!”