Above the clouds stands a frigid immortal palace; below the abyss burns the poisonous fire of revenge.
In the “Cyber Celestial Court,” suspended above the ruins of the apocalypse, technology is magic and imperial rule is iron law. Ling Shuang, daughter of a noble family, loses her entire clan in a single night and becomes a digital untouchable in the lowest levels of “Youdu.” At the depths of despair, she discovers that poison is her only weapon. An ancient manual of poisons and the biotech “Gu vats” become the source of her power.
She turns herself into the deadliest poison Gu. Enduring a venom that eats into her very bones, Ling Shuang wields her intelligence and ruthlessness as blades, clawing her way out of the stinking mire toward “Lingxiao Hall,” the seat of supreme power. Her goal: to make blood debts be paid in blood.
But the Celestial Court’s machinations run deeper than the sea. The cold and aloof Crown Prince Hao Chen is both an obstacle to her revenge and an irresistible light in the darkness. The ruling “Nine Heavens Assembly,” the ever-present “Underworld Bureau,” the predatory “Black Spirit Corporation”… The various factions weave a tangled web. As she pursues revenge, Ling Shuang becomes mired in entanglements of love and hate and a deadly struggle for survival. From the shadowy alleys of Youdu to the steps of the Golden Throne Hall, every step she takes blossoms like a lotus, yet leaves blood in its wake.
She is the feared “Poison Lady,” and also the “Doomed Poison Consort” who shakes the Celestial Court to its foundations. With revenge within reach, the price she has paid is a body ravaged by poison and a heart crushed by political intrigue. In this apocalyptic world above the clouds, love and hate are both deadly poisons. Can her doomed path poison all of Lingxiao?
A dazzling collision of cyberpunk and Eastern xianxia | The revenge epic of a beautiful, tragic poison consort | Deadly power plays under a technologically advanced empire | A heartrending tangle of love and hate | The stunning premise of “making oneself a Gu” | A rise from the abyss to the summit
