An Occult Master Makes It Big in the City

Su Qingyuan was a talisman prodigy the likes of whom the metaphysical world saw only once in a century. But as she attempted to break through to the Deification stage, her closest friend betrayed her, and she perished beneath the lightning tribulation on Kunlun Mountain. When she opened her eyes again, she was a college student in a modern city, sharing her name and suffering a high fever after a supposed haunting. Beside her lay a man, barely alive and plagued by evil spirits: Lu Shiyan.

Lu Shiyan was a business tycoon who could move markets with a wave of his hand, yet a family secret had left him cursed by a fate-stealing evil force since childhood. Strange things happened wherever he went, and he was not expected to live past twenty-five. Metaphysical “masters” of every stripe avoided him, until Su Qingyuan, still in her hospital gown, casually drew a curse-breaking talisman and slapped it onto his forehead. The chilling force that had tormented him for twenty-four years instantly dissipated.

“I’ll keep you alive,” Su Qingyuan said, a talisman pinched between her fingers, her gaze as detached as ever. “But you’ll have to pay me.”

Lu Shiyan looked at the girl who had just climbed out of her hospital bed, pale-faced but radiating an overwhelming presence. For the first time, metaphysics felt real to him.

Armed with a thousand years of mystical knowledge, Su Qingyuan resumed her cultivation in the city. She used talismans to break a celebrity’s curse of disastrous romance, exorcised a spirit bound to an office building, and foiled an occult conspiracy at a multinational corporation. She also made ingenious use of modern technology, drawing talismans with projectors and scattering glutinous rice with drones. Her talisman business kept growing.

After Su Qingyuan saved Lu Shiyan, the cold business tycoon transformed into a doting husband. He used his money to buy the finest cinnabar and yellow paper, brought her warm milk while she drew talismans, and relied on modern security systems to hold the line against vengeful spirits.

As they grew closer, the two discovered that Su Qingyuan’s transmigration was no accident, and that Lu Shiyan’s fate-stealing curse concealed a conspiracy spanning two worlds...