Shanhaijinxu

The revered classic *Classic of Mountains and Seas*, passed down through generations, has been hijacked and rewritten by the false deity Xuan Zhaochen, burying true history in dust and trapping heaven and earth in a grand chessboard. Peace is merely an illusion, and this golden age of the mountains and seas is nothing more than a cage; the truth lies buried deep within the Great Wilderness, and through the ages, no one has awakened. Chu Jinyuan is the sole anomaly in this illusory heavenly dao and the most steadfast, righteous hero of a turbulent era. Born with the peerless Ruins Daoist body of heaven and earth, he was fated from birth to be a millennial sacrifice. Trapped for seventeen years in the purgatory of the Ruins, he bore all the calamities of heaven and earth upon himself, using his broken bones and bloodied tears to protect the warm hearths of the mortal realm. Su Qingyao is the dual-faced saintess whose soul was torn apart by the heavenly dao, yet she remains his fateful and gentle anchor. When the Duanyun Canyon is finally unsealed, Chu Jinyuan breaks free from the shackles of samsara, stepping into the mountains and seas ablaze with a raging fire to shatter the celestial cage, liberate the common people, and restore the true essence of the realm. A deeply devoted chivalrous soul withstands a thousand tribulations; the most profound affection endures through the ages.