Borrowing Lives to Slay Gods in a Chaotic World of Demons

When Wei Wuji wakes, he finds himself lying in a coffin with a copper coin stuffed in his mouth. His relatives are about to send him to the mass grave, evil spirits are waiting outside the city to borrow his face, and he has only three years left to live. Luckily, that copper coin can borrow lifespan. Borrow a year, and he can deduce sword techniques. Borrow three months, and he can see through the tracks of evil spirits. The more lifespan he borrows, the heavier his debt becomes. If he wants to survive, he can only kill monsters and evil spirits, then repay his debt with their lifespans. In Huaian County, a face-skimming woman prowls by night, an ancient contract from a century ago lies hidden beneath Qingyang Well, and unsolved deaths the Night Watch Division cannot crack, along with old debts the living dare not acknowledge, all weigh upon this life-borrowing coin. Wei Wuji climbs out of the coffin, clutching a woodcutter’s knife. Others cultivate in pursuit of immortality. He cultivates only to repay his debt. Monsters borrow my life, and I repay them with theirs.