[Xianxia] [Wuxia Elements] [Original Male Protagonist] [Tragic] [Fatalism] [Conflict Between Gods and Mortals] [Mystery] [Cold Weapons] [Power Struggles Among Immortal Sects] [Revenge] [Self-Sacrifice] [Dark Xianxia] [Contracts] [Obsession] This is not a power-fantasy story about leveling up and killing monsters. It is a tragic tale of wuxia and Xianxia, where a sword's name has been sealed away and the pact between mortals and gods is rotting:
The Immortal Court rules the world, pins gods down with swords, and binds mortals with contracts.
The chaos between immortals and demons that all living beings see is merely the aftermath of crimes covered up by the Immortal Court.
Shen Zhuo, a border patrol sword inspector, glimpses the secrets of Heaven at Blood Rain Crow Crossing and discovers that his missing senior apprentice brother is a living nail sealing an ancient god.
Seeking the truth and refusing to obey Heaven's laws, he defies the tide and carries a coffin on his back. A god's remains recognize him as their master; ink-dark veins seep into his bones, and his body becomes a scabbard.
If he lives, he will imprison an ancient god for all eternity. If he dies, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers will fall.
He joins forces with a wanted lantern maiden who bears the seed of reincarnation's flame, journeying across ruined sects and demon markets to tear away the Immortal Court's thousand-year-old mask of hypocrisy.
Heaven's laws know no goodness, the Immortal Court has no mercy, and the divine pact is rotten.
When every order is a shackle and every rule a lie,
Shen Zhuo, in his mortal body, wields a rusted blade, breaks an old pact, and defies the heavens.
This sword will not strike demons or the living.
It will strike only the gods, the heavens, and the destiny that has bound the mortal world for all eternity!
The Primordial Record of Mystical Truth
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The Book of the Yellow Springs