Judge’s

Zhuge Yuan’s writing tool; by writing characters in the air, he can impose their meaning on reality (e.g., making the canvas move faster with the word “Swift”).

Definition

Zhuge Yuan’s writing tool; by writing characters in the air, he can impose their meaning on reality (e.g., making the canvas move faster with the word “Swift”).

Story context

Ding-ding-ding! The Zuowandao break out their nuclear option and summon their Siming—Doumu, the Celestial Venerable of the Dipper Mother—directly into the heart of Shangjing’s battlefield. And they do it with a lie, laughing all the way. This isn’t a desperate last stand; it’s a performance. For Li Huowang, who’s just trying to find one slippery Heart-Element conman, this turns into a front-row seat to cosmic horror. He witnesses a Siming in the flesh for the first time, and his brain nearly melts trying to process it. Only Zhuge Yuan’s steady hand and a boat made of painted silk get him moving again. But just as escape feels possible, a familiar eye decides it’s very, very interested in him. Fun times!

Why it matters

**First contact with a Siming:** This chapter is your first real sense of what a Siming actually *feels* like. It’s not a monster you fight. It’s a law of the universe that just decides to show up. The fact that Doumu is summoned by a lie, and that her arrival turns reality into stretchy, liquid nonsense, is the novel’s way of saying: the rules you thought applied? They don’t apply here. Cherish that brief moment of Zhuge Yuan’s calm competence, because it’s the last sane thing in the room.