Bamboo leaves covered the mountains, sword light gleamed over frost, and a dying little fox stumbled into the Sword Sovereign's long, lonely years.
Lin Gui gave him the name "Lin Mo." Lin, his surname, was taken from his own; Mo, meaning ink, carried the calamity he himself had to bear. A drop of his original blood essence let the fox shed his beast form and stay by his side. The boy knew nothing of the secret bargain woven into his destiny. He only took the sole warmth in the world and made it his lifelong faith.
In the mortal realm, soul-luring incense bewitched minds, blood-sacrifice spells devoured meridians, and an ambitious Fox Emperor closed in step by step, seeking the Heavenly Fox core inside him, a power capable of overturning the Three Realms.
Beneath the tenderness of their life together lay a sacrifice written long ago. When Lin Mo's bloodline as a nine-tailed ink fox awakened, the scheme behind the life-for-calamity bargain from years earlier came crashing into the open.
A detached Sword Sovereign, who had severed all ties of cause and effect with the Three Realms, encounters a fox demon whose every thought and feeling is devoted to him. With destiny as their cage and love as their way out, the two seek a life together in the narrow space between the threads of fate.
When their scheme is softened and broken apart by the tenderness of everyday life, the player who held the pieces falls in love, while the piece bears the shackles of heavenly destiny. A bond that began in exploitation will seek a life together, caught between fate and sincerity.
Theme: Through the blood pact and fated bond of "Lin Mo Gui," the story examines sincerity and scheming beneath the shackles of a predetermined heavenly order. It does more than portray the forbidden, push-and-pull romance between a Sword Sovereign and a fox demon. It also tells of souls seeking redemption by breaking free of fate and reconciling with themselves, asking whether love can rewrite a tribulation ordained by heaven.
