Immortals Duel with Magic, and I Clean Up the Mess

In the Thirteen Provinces of Daheng, cultivators can wield heaven-reaching arts without necessarily bearing the consequences. The protagonist, Zhou Qi, comes from the lowest rung of society in Linhe County. He is a menial spell cleaner who survives by tidying up the aftermath of magic and scraping together a hard-earned living. While others pursue ascension and power, he deals with residual sword qi, runaway ancient arrays, abandoned forbidden arts, and the disasters no one else wants to clean up. A job to dismantle a forbidden bell draws him into the "Broken Sword of the Bell Tower" incident from seventeen years ago, and brings him into contact for the first time with the path of "spell cleanup," so different from traditional cultivation. As one aftermath after another is brought to light, he gradually discovers that behind these spells, which should have ended long ago, lies not only danger, but also the secret of how the entire cultivation civilization has long shifted the cost onto others. A nobody who only wanted to stay alive and earn his wages will be forced onto a new path paved with judgment, cost, and responsibility: not to unleash a world-shaking sword strike, but to reclaim the consequences it leaves behind.