Li Changjiu is a young Taoist cultivator. In his previous life, he cultivated until he was sixteen, then continued for another twelve years after his engagement was broken off. At the final moment before ascending, his master killed him with a single sword strike. His soul unexpectedly returned to twelve years earlier. In this world, shrouded in legends of the Six Primordial Gods, most of the ancient deities have either perished or been reborn through the cycle of reincarnation, yet the power they left behind still weaves through the threads of fate in the present world. Reborn with the memories of his previous life, Li Changjiu knows better than anyone that the road to the Divine Kingdom is filled with thorns. Determined to rewrite his fate and armed with his knowledge of the secrets of cultivation, he begins his new journey with confidence. But fate seems intent on tormenting him. A mysterious shackle clings to him like a parasite, and no matter how tirelessly he cultivates, it keeps him from crossing the threshold into the Profound Entry Realm, casting a shadow over his path from the very beginning.
The Strange Case in the Imperial Capital
Sixteen-year-old Li Changjiu follows his master, Li Qinshui, into a city shrouded in the uncanny. They came to drive out evil spirits, but amid the eerie atmosphere of coins used to divine misfortune and ghosts wandering with paper umbrellas, they gradually uncover the terrifying secret of the imperial family’s “soul-weaving art.” When his junior sister Li Xiaoling is caught up in the conspiracy, Li Changjiu has no choice but to take up his sword against the evil spirits. The turmoil in the imperial capital finally subsides when Zhao Shier ascends the throne, but it also plants the seeds of a thousand-year-old marriage pact.
