Return to Ruins

"Return to the Ruins" is a long ancient fairy tale novel that integrates oriental fairy tales. The story constructs a three-realm with solidified hierarchies: the heaven monopolizes the ascension of the gods, colludes with the mortal sects to launch the cave and the immortal urn as shackles to exploit the monks from poor families. It looks like a majestic path to immortality, but in fact it is a snare for squeezing mortals. Lin Yu, a young man from a poor family, firmly believed in the justice of heaven, and spent all his family property to borrow money to apply for the cave and compete for the immortal examination. However, he encountered a failure in the cave and fraud in the examination room. In a desperate situation, he received guidance from Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and understood the path of Guixu, which was born out of thousands of wills to sink and suffer. After escaping from the netherworld and returning to the world, Lin Yu met the fox girl Qingwu. The two became Taoist couples and established the Lingxue Palace on the ice peak in the far north to take in the oppressed and weak creatures. As the ancient fragments of Li Chunfeng appeared, the power of time came to the surface. The rise of Lin Yu and his entourage alarmed the immortals and Buddhas, attracting hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers to encircle and suppress them. The Langzhong War broke out, and the power of Guixu Chronology was revealed, but it also laid the foundation for disaster. Subsequently, Red Boy steals treasures and travels across the universe, raises his troops to rebel against the old order of immortals and Buddhas, and triggers a catastrophe that sweeps the three realms. The book uses the shells of gods and demons to question fairness and shackles, describes the struggles of the lower class beings under power, explores the cost of violent breakdowns, and finally reveals the true meaning: Bliss does not exist in a distant alien world, but the awakening of all beings on this shore is the real salvation.