Gods should never meddle in the affairs of mortals, but Xie Lian is not one to follow the rules when lives are at risk. He spits in the face of heaven and its laws and descends in a fury to save his country from drought and civil war. Yet this golden child gets a harsh dose of reality when he discovers just how little one individual—even a god—can do to save a crumbling nation. As the people reject and betray him, one young soldier stands by Xie Lian—a boy with a face wrapped in bandages and a fierce loyalty in his heart. In this chaotic past, can an unshakable bond grow from the ashes of unimaginable destruction?
Originally, Xie Lian had held a one-in-a-million bit of hope at the bottom of his heart. He’d hoped that, even if he was to admit he had done things he shouldn’t have, even if he had become the worst of himself like this, Feng Xin would still stay.
On se retrouve dans le passé dans ce tome là, de l'ascension de Xie Lian jusqu'à sa chute et c'était tellement douloureux à lire, j'avais les larmes aux yeux pendant une bonne partie du livre (avec les origines de "the human face disease", the white ghost et tous les malheurs qu'il se passe...)
Toute la partie dans le passé est un peu plus lente mais tellement importante pour comprendre les personnages et leurs histoires, surtout Xie Lian.
Une fois dans le présent, on commence avec un nouveau mystère qui entremêlent le passé de Xie Lian avec un nouveau problème, <spoiler>the foetus ghost</spoiler>.
Bref, j'aime tellement et j'ai hâte de lire la suite.
Résumé
Something to fight for, someone to live for.
Gods should never meddle in the affairs of mortals, but Xie Lian is not one to follow the rules when lives are at risk. He spits in the face of heaven and its laws and descends in a fury to save his country from drought and civil war. Yet this golden child gets a harsh dose of reality when he discovers just how little one individual—even a god—can do to save a crumbling nation. As the people reject and betray him, one young soldier stands by Xie Lian—a boy with a face wrapped in bandages and a fierce loyalty in his heart. In this chaotic past, can an unshakable bond grow from the ashes of unimaginable destruction?
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