While sweeping the archives, Lin Xiuyuan, the dirtiest servant in the Xuanyuan Sect, stumbles upon a secret passage in the Cold Palace and binds himself to a Path-Protection System!
With a single tap, he can simplify cultivation techniques, reach the Foundation Establishment Realm in three days, and steal an antagonist’s fortune. He means to use Su Wanzhao, the disgraced minister’s daughter whose spiritual meridians have been severed, to complete his mission. But the concubine’s poisoned wine, the powerful ministers’ hidden agents, and the Xuanyuan Sect’s pursuit soon leave him with nowhere to run!
Only when Su Wanzhao carves her way from the Cold Palace to the throne hall through blood and fire does Lin Xiuyuan realize that the System never offered him a guide to “protecting the path.” It gave him a loyal heart, ready to go mad with her, fight beside her, and help her ascend the throne as empress!
