Sitian Jian

An imperial office historically responsible for astronomy and omens; in this novel, it has become a bureaucratic supernatural police force that monitors and hunts forbidden practices.

Definition

An imperial office historically responsible for astronomy and omens; in this novel, it has become a bureaucratic supernatural police force that monitors and hunts forbidden practices.

Story context

Buckle up, fellow Daoists—this chapter is a deep intel drop. Our boy Li Huowang finally gets his hands on the Supervisory Heavenly Office’s after-action report on the Zuowandao purge, and the numbers are *sweet*. But that cold satisfaction is immediately undercut by the same old problem: he still has no idea where Dice is hiding Bai Lingmiao. The chapter is a masterclass in tactical rumination, as Li weighs his resources, his enemies, and the impossible geometry of his situation—all while his own hallucinations mock him to his face.

Why it matters

This chapter is all **atmosphere and logistics**—no big fights, no new monsters, just Li Huowang hunched over a desk doing math on his enemies and feeling out the political terrain. But that atmosphere is *tense*. Nangong’s warning about the Office’s hands-off policy during the succession crisis adds a new layer of danger: Li Huowang is now operating in a city where everyone who can officially protect him has declared he’s on his own. Watch for how this isolation pushes him deeper into his own head—and deeper into the embrace of the very hallucinations he hates. The punch at the end? That’s not just rage. That’s him fighting the only enemy he can actually hit.