The Great Wilderness: Chronicles of Demon Subduing

Grey cloth Daoist robe, old inkstone at the waist. An old man and a young boy, walking the four continents, passing a town, killing a demon. He destroyed a sect, and the world thought it was divine punishment. No one knew who they were, but every town remembered that fog, that blood, that bowl of fish soup without salt. East of Qingluo Continent, there is a sea named Canghai. On the sea there is a continent, on the continent there is a city, in the city a Daoist carries a child out of the fire. The child is named Gu Chang'an, the last living person of Liuxi Village. The Daoist is named Chen Qiuyan, who seventy years ago was also carried out like this. They walk toward the mountains, toward the sea, toward larger continents, farther cities, longer roads. This world is vast. Beyond the four great continents, there are still Yingzhou, Penglai, Fangzhang, Yuanqiao... Immortals dwell in high places, demons and monsters lurk in deep pools, and humans are in between, torn by both sides. Chen Qiuyan has lived seventy years and knows this world is not black and white—officials trade with bandits, immortals and demons exchange interests, massacring a village can be called "refining pills," silencing witnesses can be called "clearing the field." Gu Chang'an crawled out from the bottom of a well when he was four. When he was six, Chen Qiuyan pointed to where water met sky and said: "Over there is a city that was burned. Your name was given by me." Chen Qiuyan squatted down and wiped the salt frost from his face with his sleeve, "I wish you Chang'an. Not that city, but you as a person. Wherever you go, there is a city in your heart that cannot be burned down." — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Great Wilderness: Chronicles of Demon Subduing — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠