Hu Jianjun

A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive.

Centuries after the snake demon was sealed away, young waiter Luo Xiaotian encounters the mystical Chengying Sword through its loyal donkey and must navigate a series of trials to master its power and stop the demon from wreaking havoc.