His ultimate goal isn't power or conquest, but absolute freedom — liberation from death, from the control of powerful lords, and from the confines of this world. Meet Wuyi, formerly a gangster's accountant, now reborn in a world torn between the Righteous and the Demonics. Gifted with a unique ability by the gods of his previous life, Wuyi possesses an exceptional edge in this new realm. While Wuyi yearns for a peaceful life, he's not afraid to become the villain that this world might need. Determined to secure his freedom, he's prepared to upheave this world, paying no heed to its moral divides. He will not rest until he attains the deepest desire of his soul.
Luding needed to know more. He needed his friend in the Yushan fortress to be less coy. Luding summoned birds from the air even as he moved through the woods in the failing light. Now he was climbing summits. The descent on the north side was never as steep as the ascent had been, and he was going higher and higher into the mountains. The trees thinned, and he moved faster as the land opened up.
A pair of ravens descended to his fists as if they were hawks to a beastmaster. He spoke to them, planted messages in their wise heads, and sent them to the Yushan. No one ever suspected ravens. They rose above him and then soared away to the southeast, and he turned and saw how very high he had come.
He looked out over the wilderness. At his feet – far, far below – was the chain of beaver ponds like miniature lakes sparkling in the last of the sun. The stream that connected them was a thread of silver, visible here and there in the warp and weft of trees.