Lone-Fated Heavenly Master: I Was Cursed by a Fox Immortal from the Start

Zhou Chengqian, a young man from a small county town, accidentally loses his soul to the underworld and encounters Zhang Jixian, the thirtieth-generation Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, on the brink of life and death. Pulled back from the gates of hell, he inherits the Celestial Masters’ teachings and receives the Taoist name Shanjian. He commands all manner of Yin-Yang arts, including talismans, swordsmanship, and thunder magic. But this is no easy path: he bears the curse left behind by the previous Celestial Master, “Fated to Be Alone.” He is destined for loneliness, and those he grows close to will eventually leave him.

In search of his first love, he travels to the ancient capital of Xi’an, only to have his heart broken. At a mediocre university, he meets fellow Taoist heir Ye Fan, the shrewd Gu Xuan, and other close friends. Together, they form an “Evil-Exorcism Squad,” moving between the modern city and a world of uncanny supernatural phenomena. From campus ghost stories and thousand-year-old ancient formations to fallen fellow practitioners, every crisis tests him, while the shadow of the curse closes in with every step.

The sacrifices of close friends, the loss of his beloved, and the cruelty of fate repeatedly affirm the terrible weight of his “solitary fate.” Struggling through pain and confusion, Zhou Chengqian ultimately comes to understand the truth of “Do good deeds, and leave the future to fate.” He cannot break free from the shackles of destiny, but he chooses to bear them without complaint. As the “Celestial Master with a Solitary Fate,” he walks alone on the path of protecting the mortal world.

This is a story of destiny, defiance, loss, and protection, of an ordinary young man struggling and growing in an extraordinary world.

The human heart is more frightening than ghosts, but I still choose to turn toward the light!