Book of Embers

Lu Zhiwei was born with the ability to hear the "true names" of all things, the hardness of stone, the intangibility of running water, the whisper of wind, the heat of light... This talent was not a gift, but an eternal curse that drove him crazy. The world he lives in is just a piece of debris floating on the "Sea of ​​Chaos", a forgotten corner. After a near-death "quiet ceremony", he accidentally grabbed the anchor named "I" in the endless hustle and bustle, boarded the mysterious ferryman's "Lizhou", and escaped from the cage. However, above the broken world, there are also sects pursuing the ultimate "unification", as well as the "devourers" who come from outside the chaos and devour everything. When both existence and nothingness are dead ends, when order and freedom are both shackles, Lu Zhiwei must find a third way. He will use "connection" as the pen and himself as the ink to weave the "reason" of all things into a web, and write his own - the only Tao - on the ashes of civilization.