She Saw Herself Die on the Day of the Sect Tournament

[Strong female lead | No romance | Cultivation | Growth and progression | Ensemble cast]

At the age of seven, Shen Zhaoye saw the date of her own death.

The sect tournament. A high platform in the pouring rain.

She died in front of everyone, clutching an unfamiliar fate token engraved with the character “Xie.”

Five years later, she joined the Taiyan Sect.

Her spiritual root test revealed dual fire and earth roots, with above-average aptitude.

Not useless, but nowhere near a genius.

Then, on the day fate tokens were assigned, a long-lost token lit up because of her.

Its former owner, Xie Wujiu, had once investigated an old case within the sect.

Afterward, he vanished without a trace. His fate token remained intact, but no body was ever found.

Now, that old token had become Shen Zhaoye’s own.

From Outer Sect Dormitory B-3 to the old items in the Eastern Garden.

From amended mission records to old registers of names and fates.

Step by step, Shen Zhaoye discovers that beneath the Taiyan Sect’s rules, someone can alter records of merit and blame, steal opportunities, and conceal the truth of life and death.

She cultivates, takes on missions, investigates old accounts, and gathers evidence.

She relies neither on heaven-sent opportunities nor on a senior paving the way.

She believes in just one thing:

If someone can write the dead down as having left the sect,

then she’ll bring this old case into the open for everyone to see.

One day, the sect tournament will be held again.

This time, she won’t be the one who dies in the rain.