Qilian Xuandao

Introduction to Qilian Mystical Path

My name is Li Xuandao. I was born in Wuwei, Gansu, known as Liangzhou in ancient times. They say one of my ancestors was a Taoist who could ascend to immortality by flying through the night on a stool, but Great-Grandma ruined his chances with a single yell. All I wanted was to make a living in the countryside with the Maoshan Secrets passed down through my family: demon-slaying by trade, comedy on the side. Then I met Hu San, a thousand-year-old fox spirit.

This guy never played by the rules. When I ran into him, he was engrossed in the Book of Changes. He made a calculation with his claws and insisted that "your fate is missing me," then forced his way into becoming my "guardian of the Dao" consultant. From that moment, my demon-slaying adventures went completely off the rails: a possessed sow danced the yangge in a magic circle, and the "Sleeping Beauty" in a stone coffin at the Hexi Escort Agency turned out to be grumpy about being woken up...

But everything changed when we gathered three bronze fragments and combined them into the "Turtle Shell of Traced Shadows." Images appeared on the shell, revealing that the ancient Kingdom of Qiuci's "Palace of Fragrant Souls" was actually an ancient, failed attempt to create a god. A mysterious organization called the "Divine Turtle" emerged from the shadows, and their goal was to twist the ancient pact between the Fox Ancestor and Heaven and Earth.

Only then did I understand that the curse of Hu San's half-demon nature and his mother's early death both stemmed from this thorny pact. And I, a half-baked Taoist, was the fated "Pactkeeper." With eerie "divine remains" ahead and infighting among the Qingqiu Fox Clan behind, the mystical path beneath the Qilian Mountains is darker, more dangerous, and funnier than I ever imagined. After all, my partner is a sharp-tongued fox who insists on staying elegant even in a fight.