Cloudborne Performance: The Path to Godhood Begins with a Carnival Performer

Yun Qiao excels at two things: using sleight of hand to fool people, and being lazy while muddling through life.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, her entire village is burned to the ground, and not a trace of her family’s remains is left. Beneath the scorched earth, a cult’s altar devours souls and drinks blood, forcing the girl onto the path of becoming an exorcist.

Sleight of hand can’t save lives, but it can take them.

“Shh, watch closely. This trick is called... stealing heaven to replace the sun, and borrowing a god to kill a god.”