A Single Thought of the Heart

In the three realms of the universe, the Heavenly Dao is supreme, the human realm is the stage, and the demonic path is the blade. A single thought in the human heart can reach the heart of heaven; a single deed in the human world can cause a fall from the Heavenly Dao. Legend has it that when the accumulation of evil thoughts in the human world becomes unbearable for the Heavenly Dao, a 'Great Purge' capable of destroying all civilizations will descend—like the ancient global flood, sparing neither good nor evil, leaving no survivors. The great powers of the three realms who guard the Heavenly Dao follow a cold iron rule: if a person is corrupted and cannot awaken on their own, they are like a crooked tree that can only be cut down, not saved. Shen Yuan, a mortal judged by the Heavenly Dao as 'one about to be purged,' awakens a power that even the Heavenly Dao never foresaw in the last seven days before the great flood descends—he can hear the faint, unextinguished spark of goodness deep in the hearts of every 'crooked tree.' If crooked trees can also grow straight, can the Heavenly Dao's purge verdict be rewritten? If the human heart is truly irreversible, why can he hear those desperate cries? This is a story about protection and abandonment, salvation and purge, the coldness of the Heavenly Dao and the warmth of the human heart. When the fate of the three realms rests on one person's shoulders, he will bet his own life on an answer that even the Heavenly Dao dares not gamble on.