Beneath the Eternal Night Domain, the Gu imperial clan determines status through one’s “lifebound artifact.” Sixteen-year-old Gu Wenjie awakens a mutated artifact called “Shadow,” but because it has no physical form, it is deemed a “worthless artifact,” making him a laughingstock among the imperial clan. Yet a nine-star mark quietly appears on his palm, a pattern of star sand lies hidden in his mother’s embroidery, and a mysterious old man has left behind a fragmentary scroll about a green jade sword. Together, they draw him into a shocking secret buried beneath thirty thousand years of history
