Li Ximing

He teaches Xiao Ling musical discipline and the Four Symbols Armor, leaving behind the notes that preserve their lineage.

His central purpose is to break divine control over the Three Realms, end the world's curse and uncover the truth behind its food chain.

Records the Four Symbols lineage, ancient cultivation methods and formulas for advanced mecha development.

Xiao Ling meets Li Ximing in a rehabilitation hospital and begins studying the Aike string, harmonic practice and the Four Symbols Armor.

Caught between debt, spiritual power and reincarnation, Xiao Ling follows the truth of the Three Realms. Ai Li searches for a way through the law; a mentor's legacy and a spirit-beast bond lead him toward an older order in which gods feed on beasts and beasts on humanity. If the chain can be reversed, who pays the price?

The storms of the Spirit Beast Realm erase direction and force Xiao Ling to remember why he crossed into it. Across Kesi Snow Mountain and the ice palace, he searches for Wolf Baibai through chains, visions and a life-changing contract. Framed by a reversal of fate, this journey finds a fracture in the order separating humans from beasts.