Three years ago, he couldn't protect her, so he spent three years as a "good-for-nothing" in a border town. Three years later, a marriage proposal was laid before him, and only then did the whole room of guests realize that a plaque stood behind that good-for-nothing.
Title: The Myriad Forms Return to the Ruins, a sweeping fantasy saga, Volume One: The Returning Embankment Subdues the World
Genre: Fantasy, comeback, revenge, ancient secrets, power struggles in the capital
Tags: Good-for-nothing comeback / golden finger / passionate face-slapping / hidden identity / shadow wars between great powers
One-line pitch: A good-for-nothing of the Nine Cities endures three years in silence, then awakens at the wedding hall of the Xuanxiao Sect, pointing straight at the three-hundred-year-old taboo of the Cangwu Academy.
On the Nine Cities Continent, cultivators are everywhere, fighting for a breath of pride, a furnace of pills, a sword. Three years ago, atop Mount Kunlun, Senior Brother Lin Yuan defended his junior sister Su Wanjing against the Xuan family's assault. His meridians were crippled, his Myriad Forms Sacred Body was taken, and he was cast out of the sect. Overnight, a prodigy who had once stood above the clouds became the laughingstock of the Nine Regions. He ended up in Frostmoon City, on the border of Qingzhou, where he spent three years dispensing medicine in an apothecary.
Three years later, a betrothal agreement between Zhao Wuya, the young sect master of the Xuan Sect, and Su Wanjing was laid before him. Every line was an insult, every word a stab to the heart. Everyone was waiting to see this good-for-nothing make a fool of himself again.
No one knew that beneath the floorboards of the apothecary lay a remnant stele from the ancient Returning Ruins. For three years, it had gathered the border town's baleful energy for him and nourished him with the Myriad Forms Returning to the Origin Art. His cultivation foundation had long since been restored, and he was quietly awaiting his return. On the night of the wedding, a secret envoy from the Cangwu Academy arrived with the Saint-Locking Furnace. A three-hundred-year-old taboo was about to come true.
"The myriad forms have returned to the moon," the voice sleeping within the stele finally awakened. "Master of the Three Ruins, it is time to return."
