Reversing Cause and Effect: Slaying Demons and Exorcising Evil on the Path to Immortality

“The demons the Southern and Northern Embroidered Uniform Guard won’t dare arrest, I’ll arrest. The demons the Eastern and Western Depots won’t dare kill, I’ll kill. I have imperial permission to execute first and report later. The Demon Suppression Bureau is here. Who dares make trouble?!”

Shen Lian transmigrates to the Great Qian Dynasty and becomes an executioner for the Demon Suppression Bureau. Though he has a mortal body, he possesses an immortal physique!

Evil spirits run rampant, and the people live in misery. Then Shen Lian sees a [Dao Talisman] in his mind, and the balance of power shifts

[Borrow “Origin of Qi and Body.” Debt: Breathe and cultivate true qi for thirty years afterward.]

[Borrow “Command Spirits and Dispatch Generals.” Debt: Summon spirits for fifty years afterward.]

[Borrow “Five Thunder Golden Light Incantation.” Debt: Temper your body with heavenly lightning for a hundred years afterward.]

With the Dao’s power to enlighten him, peerless martial arts and celestial techniques are his for the taking!

Get on board first, pay the fare later.

From then on, the Great Qian Dynasty is swept by bloodshed and upheaval. Demonic officials in court and monsters in the wilderness alike, human and demon, tremble in fear!

Lu Wenzhao: “Shen Lian, I thought of you as a brother, and you investigate me?”

Wei Zhongxian: “My allies have scattered now that my power has fallen. I’ve lost my authority, but I have plenty of money. Let me go, and it’s all yours!”

The Jian slave: “We can return Liaodong to you, but Shen Lian must die!”

Japan: “Baka! Shen Lian burned down our shrine. I’ll make him disembowel himself!”

Years later, Chongzhen hangs from a crooked tree, looking down with a smile. “Minister Shen, have you come to kill me too?”

In his gray wolf uniform, Shen Lian grips his wind-catching blade.

He replies coldly, “We have been utterly loyal. Why, Your Majesty, have you rebelled and willingly descended into the ranks of demons?”

“If I don’t become a demon, how can I stand against the Rebel King and Huang Taiji?”

“...”

“Shen Lian, this is my final decree. I order you to live forever, slay demons, and purge evil. Now, do it!”