Huo Fu was invited to Yunhe Sect's gathering while searching for her mysteriously vanished master, but as a result, she was drawn into one bizarre, perilous dream after another.
As a disciple of the Xuanyin Sect, Huo Fu is in an unsafe position, facing oppression from the orthodox sects wherever she goes. Yet this leads her to meet Xu Xiangjing, a disciple of Yunhe Sect. He's rumored to be young and promising, and destined to become the sect leader.
But as they try to find a way out of their predicament, they discover that Yunhe Sect is far from the peaceful place it appears to be. Its core has long been rotten, and the person Huo Fu was once closest to has a side she never knew.
Huo Fu seems to have been born to belong to Qidi Sect. She can control corpses and is decisive and ruthless. But if that calamity had never happened, she would probably have traveled the world, becoming the mysterious and powerful figure from a storybook.
Xu Xiangjing has a vague memory from when he was very young. All he remembers is a field of ruins, fires everywhere, and people screaming. Then thunder rumbled, a heavy rain fell, and bloody water flowed across the ground.
His master came and took Xu Xiangjing away from the piles of corpses. From then on, his ambition was to stand up for the weak, banish evil spirits, and uphold righteousness, just like his master.
"A-Fu, you're right. The righteous path isn't always righteous." The warmth in Xu Xiangjing's hand slowly faded. He clenched his fist, trying to hold on to it a little longer, just a little longer.
"Xu Xiangjing, I believe you. I don't need a reason." Huo Fu shouldered her pack. Just like long ago, this time she was alone again.
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