The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Capital of the Emperor Below

Rooted in the legend of the City Beneath the Kunlun Emperor in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, this story reveals ancient secrets hidden beneath a modern city.

While searching the old archives at the Shen residence, Shen Xu uncovers half a fragmentary manuscript. Strange sounds rumble through the earth, and ancient patterns appear on the walls, one after another. He meets Lu Kaiming, a guardian of the seal, and ventures into a fissure in the earth's ley lines. There he glimpses the phantom of a six-headed bird and realizes that the city is merely a mirrored vessel of Kunlun Ruins, slowly devouring the present world.

The Shen bloodline is divided into two branches: guardians and rebels. Both marks are borne by Shen Xu. Evidence such as blood pacts, bronze registers, and feathers surfaces in succession, yet each item admits two interpretations, making the truth of ancient history impossible to discern. The guardians, the rebel branch, and the descendants of the old gods vie for power, while a fourth faction lurks in the shadows. Lu Kaiming is only a divided spirit of the Kaiming Beast; his true body has been imprisoned for ages at the gates of the real Kunlun Mountain.

The six-headed bird's lost memories and the thing sleeping in the depths of Kunlun are bound up in endless cycles of reincarnation. Unwilling to repeat his ancestors' mistakes, Shen Xu must find a path to survival that is his own, between sealing and releasing.

Purpose: To secure a future for the people