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Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji come upon a stone marker for Yi City while traveling a sparsely populated country road. Pursuing leads about a cursed severed arm, they explore the abandoned settlement hoping to learn more. The investigation draws the attention of a enigmatic cultivator, and the pair’s inquiries uncover a scheme that endangers the established order of cultivation. Evidence points toward Jin Guangyao, the head figure of the Lanling Jin Sect, linking him to the unfolding threat. As Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji assemble the pieces of long-hidden conspiracies within cultivation history, their actions prompt doubt among allies and peers. With suspicion mounting against him, Wei Wuxian faces the challenge of disproving the label of demonic sorcerer so he can restore trust and confront the malign force imperiling their world.