Three years ago, he was the heir to the Marquis of Zhenxi's household. But after being stripped of his cultivation for attempting to assassinate the eldest princess, he became a prisoner and a laughingstock to all.
Three years later, he returns from prison. He seems deranged on the surface, but secretly moves his pieces into place and establishes the West Window Pavilion.
The world mocks him as a useless wastrel, unaware that even in his lowly circumstances, he has glimpsed the truth of the world: this realm is nothing but an illusion.
As myriad races rise, demons descend upon the world, and his beloved bleeds, he refuses to remain a pawn.
Gu Xichuang sets out on a defiant path: defying an unjust fate, defying the laws of heaven and earth, and defying this illusory sky itself!
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