by Ben Tomato
Liang Chen was born beneath the notice of cultivators.In Ash Reed Valley, mortals bow, pay tribute, and pray the sect disciples remember that servants bleed. Liang Chen learned early that talent matters less than who is allowed to claim it. When a Jade Furnace deacon sends him into a sealed alchemy chamber to die quietly, Liang Chen survives by taking something no mortal should touch: a broken fragment of the Mandate of Heaven.It does not make him chosen.It makes him a thief.Now every poison, flame, beast, and blade that fails to kill him may leave behind a stolen allowance of power. Each gain is small. Each one is dangerous. Each one draws the attention of enemies who know that Heaven once lost something precious.To rise from servant to disciple, from disciple to outlaw, and from outlaw to ascendant, Liang Chen must master a path no sect can teach.But Heaven keeps accounts.
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