I Forge Gods and Ghosts with Sorcery, Until My Enemies Kneel and Beg for Mercy

The plum-rain season ten years ago was colder than it is now. Shen Yanzhi was still the only son of Master Shen, the town's most famous carpenter. The Shen family's carpentry shop was thriving, and he and Lin Wanqing, the young lady of the Lin household, were in love. They were only waiting for the autumn harvest before he went to ask for her hand in marriage. But a sudden “accident” left the Shen family ruined overnight. Master Shen was accused of stealing the Lin family's ancestral jade pendant, beaten unconscious, and thrown into the river. Shen's mother, unable to bear the humiliation, hanged herself from a beam. As for Shen Yanzhi, the Lin family broke both his legs and left him in a mass grave to be eaten by wild dogs.