The Strange Path to Immortality: Starting as an Undercover Agent in the Evil-Suppressing Bureau

In the final years of the Great Xia Dynasty. Well dragons, fox demons, ghosts, spirits, evil fiends, and demonic cultivators wreak havoc among the people... Seven years ago, as the Great Xia emperor tried to revive the dynasty through reform, turn the tide, and wipe out the demons, the reform movement's leading figure, Third Princess Yuan Weiyang, mysteriously disappeared after an attempted assassination. The reformists were suppressed, the imperial court was in turmoil, and murderous plots lurked everywhere. Banished immortals prowl like wolves, the nether court watches like a tiger, and sects on the mountains carve up land and set themselves apart. Chaos is already brewing. Seven years later, Xu Gu has the misfortune of becoming an undercover agent for the Demon-Suppression Bureau, infiltrating Qingfeng Temple. He thinks he's doomed, until the appearance of a mysterious book lets him gain the supernatural powers of myriad arts by slaying demons. Erlang's Heavenly Eye, the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, words that become law, a divine kingdom in his palm... From then on, he has nothing left to worry about! At Qingfeng Temple, Xu Gu grips a ring-pommeled saber and cuts his way forward, his movements swift and elegant. By chance, he even rescues Yuan Weiyang, the leading reformist who vanished seven years ago... And so a bloody storm is about to begin. Xu Gu, however, doesn't care in the slightest. With a saber in hand, he cuts down anyone in his way, righteous or wicked! I am Xu Gu. The saber in my hand is my Dao!