Long-suppressed emotions broke free like a flood, Yi Qing wailed in despair, nearly stealing her breath, until someone yanked open the...

Yi Qing unbuckled her seatbelt, turning to Ye Shisan. “Stay put. I’ll handle this.” “It’s not your fight…” Before he could finish, Yi...

As Ye Shisan stole a glance backward, Yi Qing’s eyes flicked to the rearview mirror, both catching the uncanny sight of Hong Lin, the...

After a grueling night of turmoil, the group wearily dragged themselves back to their rooms, but hardly had they slept when dawn broke....

The night raid on the Clay Buddha temple yielded nothing. Not entirely fruitless—Ye Shisan gleaned some truths about the Pseudo-Spirit...

Yi Qing stood frozen, her eyes red and hands helpless, as hurried footsteps echoed outside the ruined temple. With a flash of silver...

“Using Yan Yun’s body, I roamed the world and subduing Zhu Qiu before her will faded entirely.” “Years later, as Yan Yun’s body withered,...

Yan Yun, deathly pale with terror, fled back into the house, frantically pounding on the chamber door: “Immortal Mother! Immortal Mother!...

With Xi Qing’s proclamation, winds rose from the earth. The sky shimmered with omens. Within a three-zhang around Zhang Fude’s grave, ice...

The Cycle, a traditional timekeeping method of the Eastland Empire’s native religion, originated from the River Luo Scriptures. In the...

Before the Clay Buddha Temple, Yi Qing dragged the bodies of Ye Shisan and You Long’er from inside. She set up a makeshift radio,...

For a moment, Ye Shisan wished the You Long’er beside him, gentle as a lamb, was real. Otherwise, those hours with “her” would’ve been a...

In pitch darkness, Ye Shisan snapped awake. A sickening churn and his ragged breaths echoed in his ears. Groping about, he found his gear...

Qian Dani, Chief Dong’s daughter-in-law, was sharp. After Ye Shisan and the crew napped past sunset, the dining hall brimmed with...

Qian Dani, Chief Dong’s daughter-in-law, thirty-eight, loves coin but spends generously. This farm lunch—chicken, fish, a pot of beef—was...

Over seventy years ago, when Dong Laosan was still “Little Three,” a Clay Buddha was unearthed in Touxiang Village’s copper mine....

Touxiang Village’s chief, Dong Laosan, third son as his name implies, now lives with just his daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Five...

Touxiang Village nestles deep in the mountains of central Jiangnan Province, a small county under a prefectural city, roughly a thousand...

Ye Shisan spun at the taunt, sensing trouble. A gaudy pack of Shamate youths surrounded them at the counter, led by a twenty-something...

For driving safety, Yi Qing and You Long’er took turns at the wheel, spending a full day to reach the town nearest Touxiang Village. This...