The painter Hong Xiu is renowned for her lifelike koi paintings, but no one knows that beneath the night sky, she is a ruthless assassin. A childhood calamity transformed A Luan into a killer. Yet whenever she completes an assassination, the bloodstained Bloodthirsty Koi jade pendant draws her into an even deeper conspiracy.
As she investigates, Hong Xiu discovers that she has been manipulated by an organization called the Nine-Faced Ghosts. Its leader, the Master, plans to use the ancient evil Soul-Devouring Breath and the Boundless Formation to consume all things in heaven and earth and bring about “eternal nothingness.” The koi blood within Hong Xiu, it turns out, is the key to activating the formation and resisting the void.
With the help of allies including Li Yuan of the Imperial City Office and the Grand Princess, Hong Xiu completes her rebirth through the fusion of blood and soul and awakens the power of Origin Return. No longer a pawn at the mercy of others, she becomes an Origin Returner entrusted with the fate of heaven and earth. The final battle, a struggle between existence and nothingness with Changjing City as its chessboard, is about to begin.
