The Way of Longevity

In the late Qing, during the Guangxu reign, demons ran rampant and the people lived in misery. Chen Jiu was born into a family of physiognomists, but he had the rare “Seven Killings Destroyed Aspect” fate and was told he would not live past twenty. When his family was wiped out overnight, he fled into the martial world with half of The Heavenly Aspect Manual, which his father had left him on his deathbed.

Seeking revenge, he apprenticed himself to a down-on-his-luck physiognomist, only to discover that his “destroyed aspect” was actually the one-in-ten-thousand “Heavenly Aspect Physique.” It allowed him to glimpse other people’s destinies and steal their fortune, but every person he read cost him a year of his own life.

At last, Chen Jiu uncovered the truth behind his family’s massacre: the mastermind was a prince of the imperial court, working with the heretical Blood Aspect Sect to steal the nation’s destiny and achieve immortality. The half of The Heavenly Aspect Manual he possessed was the key to activating the “Dragon Vein Aspect Formation.”

Chen Jiu faced the ultimate choice: should he look after himself and live in seclusion, or stake his life to break open the game that had plunged the realm into chaos?