"Your Highness, it's time we returned to the palace."
"Teacher, you said I just prayed to the divine grandpa. Will Mother come back?"
"There are no gods left in this world."
"But Father said the priests at the Divine Palace say there are gods, and the people say so too..."
"You're still young..."
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Disasters plague the land. The priests at the Divine Palace claim the gods are enraged and have sent down divine punishment, and that a sacrifice must be offered to Heaven to seek their forgiveness. Lingxi is sent to the Divine Palace as one of the offerings.
Only when she grows up does Lingxi understand what her teacher meant: there are no gods in this world. There is only one conspiracy after another. This time, she is the one caught at the heart of it.
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Theme: The world is beautiful and radiant