Wei Wuxian was the most brilliant cultivator of his generation until forbidden demonic arts turned the world against him and led to his violent death. Sixteen years later, he awakens in a stranger's body and finds the cultivation world has neither forgotten nor forgiven him. At his side is the supremely proper Lan Wangji, whose cold exterior hides an unwavering devotion spanning two lifetimes.

Wei Wuxian is brilliant, irreverent, and magnetic — a man who laughed at every rule, including his own safety, and paid for it. His easy warmth and the pain behind it make him one of the most beloved protagonists in danmei fiction.

Across five volumes, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji pursue a mystery involving dismembered corpses and ancient political betrayals, gradually revealing how they fell in love across the distance of war, shame, and disapproval. The series uses horror-tinged mystery to expose cultivator society's hypocrisy and the cost of moral compromise.