The Mundane Order

I have always used science as my measure to dissect the strange customs of the world, unraveling countless folk taboos and urban legends. Until I discovered that all the mysteries I had solved were part of a forty-six-year cycle of deception. Strange pink nails clung to me, eerie sounds called my true name, and images altered my form. I never actively entered the game, yet I was already destined as the seventh vessel of the Shen Qi cycle, a sacrificial substitute for generations. The six predecessors all sank into the abyss, trapped in the cage of fate, with none breaking free. Bound by the predetermined mundane order of heaven, I refuse to believe that fate cannot be defied. Even as I plunge deep into the mysterious chess game, sacrificing myself as a piece, I will tear apart the shackles of reincarnation, see through the illusions of ghosts and gods, and personally reshape the order of the world. — Description from novelcodex.org