Seven Things at the Door

After three consecutive defeats in the national fortune wars, Longguo faces cultural断层, burned ancient texts, and 300 li of fertile land swallowed by sand. With only 11 points of national fortune left, Western nations are drafting a plan to carve up Longguo's territory. The fourth chosen one, Lin Chen, enters with only a shovel, a canteen, and a note. Everyone says he's walking to his death. Until he awakens the lost city of Jingjue from the void, and seven ordinary items transform into seven threads: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea—each hiding a lost secret realm. Jingjue, Longling, Chonggu, Kunlun, Huangpizifen, Nanhai Guixu, Nuqing Xiangxi, Wuxia Guanshan—eight secret realms, eight doors. Behind them are the gatekeepers from a thousand years ago, the erased roots of Longguo's civilization. Thirty nations' chosen ones swarm in, thinking they can seize the realms and carve up Longguo's fortune. Until they discover—the city's bricks move, the maze's passages shift, and the poison mist of Chonggu recognizes its master. Standing atop the Kunlun Divine Palace, Lin Chen watches the fleeing coalition and says only one sentence: "Longguo's things are not to be touched. As long as the door stands, Longguo's soul remains."