modern au · cultivation · exorcist · half-ghost · gusu academy · stoic · rebellious · romance · mystery · supernatural
The Lan dynasty, reigning sovereigns of the cultivation world, ascended from the ashes of a great ghost purge. Yet one specter slipped the net, fusing with an unborn infant—a living accident of creation. Orphaned and held responsible by his aunt, Wei Ying was cast out at sixteen into the elite halls of Gusu College. There, he became both the tutors' despair and the students' secret champion. Lan Wangji, the frozen, mythic second heir, found himself utterly ensnared. Now, after a full month of theory, the real training is finally set to commence.