[Two male leads + 1v1 romance + ensemble cast + political intrigue + mystery solving]
[A mortal who prays for the gods’ mercy x an immortal who cannot suppress his mortal desires]
Two tomb raiders died on Canglong Mountain.
One had his throat pierced; the other fell down a cliff. Both deaths were bizarre.
At the time, a white-robed immortal who claimed to be a disciple of the Qingxin Sect arrived at the prefectural office. The officials could not be bothered to humor him, so they simply passed him off to a junior constable named Wei Yan.
This was their first meeting. From then on, the fate of one mortal and one immortal was forever changed.
And just as one old case was closed, a new one emerged.
The proprietress of Shuxin Studio died inside her own shop, clutching a half-eaten Touhua pastry. She looked as if she were still alive, and her body did not decay.
Wei Yan was the last person to see her before she died.
Two bizarre cases, an incorruptible corpse, and an immortal beyond anyone’s reach: mysteries abound at every turn.
Knowing they were powerless to solve the cases, the officials dumped the job on Wei Yan and ordered him to investigate.
With no other choice, Wei Yan set out to seek the truth...
Standing before Lu Yuanzhou, Wei Yan feels no different from the believers prostrating themselves beneath the Qingxin Sect leader’s colossal statue.
He and they yearn for the same thing: the mercy of a heavenly god.
Once, his own god showed him mercy, leaving him giddy for a long while.
But he should not have been so greedy. How could he, a mere mortal, presume to touch a god?
It was his first kiss.
It was the other man’s first kiss, too.
Their lips met chastely, then brushed softly against each other as they trembled.
That alone was enough to be remembered for a lifetime.
There would never be a moment more painful than this one.
Nor would there ever be a moment happier than this one.
