Born Against Heaven

I was born in an hour when no living thing should have entered the world. In a remote village in northeastern China, snakes gathered at our ancestral graves. The villagers called me an ill omen. The masters of the occult knew something worse: my birth had stolen a share of Heaven's fortune and broken the laws they lived by. They wanted me gone. My grandfather, a master of yin and yang, bought me time—and arranged a childhood betrothal that might one day save my life. Now he is dead. He has left me a book of secret arts, an address in town, and three instructions I must obey. On the night of his funeral, four enormous snakes come to carry away his coffin. My name is Li An. Heaven never meant for me to live. A tale of Chinese folk horror, occult cultivation, and the cost of defying fate. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Born Against Heaven — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠