Breaking the Heavenly Secrets: The Tomb Raiders' Ancestor Corpse and the Ancient Mirror That Quells the Heavenly Lake

"Shattering the Heavens" is an adventure mystery novel by Yaoyan Huozhong. It won the Silver Award for Literature at the 2019 iQIYI World Conference, topped the Himalayan New Books bi-monthly chart, and surpassed 121 million plays. An audiobook narrated by Ai Baoliang is coming soon.

Autumn, 1974. Shahu Dong, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. A gang of tomb raiders breaks into the rebirth altar of Ao Gu Dayuewu, a grand priestess of the Khitan people. A fragmentary Daoist text that should never have appeared sparks a battle between the dead from a thousand years ago and the living of the present day.

A soul-snaring painting of seductive women; a coffin-bed of lust that brings its victims to untimely deaths; two demon Daoists, bitter enemies in life, buried together in one tomb; mysterious treasure hunters who dive into canals; the pale-skinned old granny who loves exploring deserted graves; a ghost island seen once every sixty years; a concrete coffin turned upside down on a paper boat; drowned corpses on the seabed, turning over to bask in the moonlight; a monstrous figure in strange clothes, sleeping in the Eye of the Earth…

Winner of the Silver Award for Literature at the iQIYI World Conference.

Some chapters have been optioned by well-known directors in China and famous film companies abroad.