The Profound Yellow Chronicles: Returning to the Heart of the Dao

Name: The Profound Yellow Chronicles: Returning to the Heart of the Dao
Author: Big Shot Jin Le

玄黄志：道途归心

by Big Shot Jin Le (金乐大大)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 524k Words
Genre: Eastern Fantasy
Subgenre: Xuanhuan
Updated: 8mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

The five lands of Xuanhuang are ringed by boundless natural barriers. The faint light guarding the realm is fading, and unknown shadows are spreading through the cracks in the domain gates. The terrifying legend of the Thoughtless Purgatory whispers on the wind once more. The torch of the Shackle Breakers is about to go out, and the hopes of countless beings hang by a thread.

Young Lin Yue rises from a desperate plight with a mysterious black jade in hand. Carrying on the legacy of his predecessors, he boldly steps into this perilous world despite his meager cultivation at the Awakening Realm. At the edge of life and death, he comprehends the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, climbing against the odds on the path of cultivation. He faces the mind-devouring fiends head-on, hacks a path to survival through the shadows, and pours his blood into the glory of the Shackle Breakers.

The secrets hidden within the ancient jade, the mysteries of the Realm-Suppressing Pillars, the footsteps of his ancestors who reached the Origin Emperor Realm... Every step forward is a wager against fate. With Xuanhuang's destiny resting on one man, Lin Yue refuses to retreat. He shoulders the burden of preserving heaven and earth in his youthful body, vowing to rekindle the light that guards the realm, send the fiends back to the abyss, and restore Xuanhuang to its former glory!

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