The Great Ming's Ingenious Records

During the Jiajing era, undercurrents stir across the Ming Empire. A corpse is found hanging from the Liuli Pagoda in Jiangning, with an ominous star chart painted in blood. The eerie ghost route near Jinling is impossible to navigate, and a phantom tribute ship carries an unsolved mystery. In Nanjing's palace, fog shrouds every corner, while a plot to upend the empire lurks deep within the Forbidden City. Nangong Xincheng, magistrate of Jiangning County, and Gu Qingci, the coroner, are drawn into the case. With meticulous reasoning, they unravel its tangled threads and use secret mechanical arts to escape one perilous situation after another. From a deadly struggle among the fogbound reefs to the discovery of a hidden vault beneath Starfall Lake, every step brings them to the knife's edge of the battle between good and evil. The sinister forces of the Star Palace lay a magnetic maze and unleash uncanny star parasites to stir up chaos, while a mysterious power watches from the shadows. This novel weaves suspenseful deduction together with intricate mechanisms, blending celestial mysteries with the fate of the nation. Every twist conceals a shocking truth. When the celestial sign “Yinghuo Guards the Heart” appears, the ultimate battle for the empire's fate awaits. Come uncover every mystery.