The Continent of Shengyan draws its spiritual core from the Flower City. The Five Spirits guard its borders, while the Four Virtues of Resonance order heaven and earth. But a catastrophe a century ago left the spiritual veins wavering and the Five Spirits scattered. When an accident separates the consciousness of an ordinary boy from his body, he falls into the sea of flowers in Flower City. There, he is rescued by Su Yamo, an amnesia-stricken jasmine spirit, and drawn into the fateful entanglements of this spiritual realm.
The boy is given shelter in the Forget-Worries Garden by Jiang Yi'an, a lilac spirit, at the behest of Xiao Quan, a camellia spirit. The Keepsake of Memories in his palm reveals his true nature as a magnolia, but his origins remain a mystery. Su Yamo, meanwhile, is one of the Four Virtues of Resonance, charged with commanding the freshness of flowers. She lost her memories in the catastrophe, and the flames and cries that keep flashing through her mind are fragments of the past. Flower City seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep. The lily spirit has gone missing, the rose spirit lies in a long sleep, and only three flower spirits remain to hold the realm together. Meanwhile, remnants of the darkness from beyond the realm still lurk in the shadows.
Seeking her memories and trying to stabilize the spiritual veins, Su Yamo ventures alone into the forbidden depths of the Fragrant Hall. At last, the truth of the past century is revealed: driven by obsession, she once used a forbidden art to connect two timelines. Not only did this draw in the darkness and bring about the catastrophe, it also swept the boy into a temporal maelstrom and sent him crashing into Flower City. The crushing weight of her guilt breaks Su Yamo, splitting her soul in two. Her gentle self bears endless remorse, while her corrupted counterpart, Su Jiwu, emerges with a desire to destroy.
At the critical moment, Su Yamo turns her life-bound jasmine bangle into a sword and uses her own essence to suppress Su Jiwu before she can fully take shape. From then on, she sets out on the path to redemption, vowing to find her scattered companions and restore the spiritual veins, while the boy remains steadfastly at her side. A catastrophe spanning time and space, born from obsession, sets the stage for a journey of redemption and protection. Amid the shattered Flower City, the two wield the resonance of spirits as their blade and their true hearts as their shield, fighting to find a way to save the blossoms.
(An AI wrote this blurb. I really couldn't be bothered to think 😋)
The author's writing style is very delicate and touching, the context is smooth, the words have soul, the descriptions are very vivid, and the characters are three-dimensional and full. It can be seen that the author's writing skills are very profound. I highly recommend everyone to read this novel. I look forward to the follow-up!
This is an innovative novel, and the author's writing skills are very deep. It's not awkward to read. There are some secondary characters but not many. The character creation is also relatively good. As long as it doesn't collapse, I will keep following it 😳