The Nine Tripods Shrouded in Dust

Name: The Nine Tripods Shrouded in Dust
Author: Yuki Nao of the Earth Formation Pavilion

九鼎蒙尘

by Yuki Nao of the Earth Formation Pavilion (地阵阁的结城奈绪)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 644k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Mystery & Supernatural
Updated: 1y ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

History student Chu Ye inherits his grandfather’s bronze compass, only to brush against the buried secrets of Huaxia:

Reflections in mirrors begin devouring the living. A hundred-year-old shamanic corpse, wrapped in chains, crawls from the depths of the Yellow River. Ancient gods stir in Chang’an’s ley lines, fed by the dance of a noble consort.

The bloodline ability he is forced to awaken, “Empathic Sense,” is both a key to glimpsing the truth and a curse that drives him toward madness:

Each time he solves an anomalous case, his body mutates a little further, as bronze threads spread beneath his skin and grow into patterns like those on a ritual cauldron.

Each time he deciphers a fragment of corrupted history, another page of his textbook is overturned: the An Lushan Rebellion was actually a living sacrifice to awaken Tai Sui.

Each step closer to the ultimate truth tears away another restraint of his humanity: his beloved older neighbor is actually the Holy Maiden of the Guixu Sect.

In this broken world, where folklore is the law of survival:

- Put up a door-god charm incorrectly, and your entire apartment building becomes a hunting ground in the “False Realm.”

- Miscalculate one step in a feng shui layout, and a thousand-year-old vengeful dragon’s baleful energy devours a million souls.

- Sing one line of a Nuo opera incorrectly, and the spirit-invoking mask turns on its wearer and makes them a puppet.

And Chu Ye’s burden reaches far beyond his own survival:

The Nine Town Cauldrons are scattered across the land, sealing cosmic horrors more ancient than the Old Ones.

The bloodline mark of twins means he is destined to be the living key that opens the “Gate of Guixu.”

The doomsday countdown of the AI “Hetu” has classified human civilization as erroneous code awaiting reformatting.

He searches for answers among fragments of history.

They aren’t trying to save the world. They just want to survive, humbly, in this madly muttering universe. And the forgotten truth is far more despairing than annihilation.

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