I, Gu Huo, am a top-tier con artist with a terminal illness. As I lay dying, a necklace bound me to the dying "Sage of the Dao."
The rules were simple: we would randomly switch bodies and share what little time we had left.
The rules were cruel, too: every switch was an unfamiliar invasion of someone else's body; every time we fell asleep could be the last, a permanent end.
I had to use my tricks to impersonate him in the immortal realm. Before I lost consciousness, I laid down three rules for survival:
"First: Use the other person's abilities to escape your own dead end."
"Second: Never let anyone figure out the pattern behind the switches, whether it's you or 'him.'"
"Third, and most importantly: Survive until 'it' is fully repaired, before the devouring begins."
