Heaven-Subduing Scripture

Early Zhenguan. The Tang countryside does not sleep quietly.

Li Daoxuan is a modern mind stuck in a poor young Daoist's body, scraping by with yellow paper and thunder ink. In his head sits the Heaven-Subduing Scripture: every demon he truly kills pays out—spells, months of cultivation, or steel with a bad history. Fake deaths don't count. Running out of talismans does.

Xiaosha Village posts a fat reward and three "masters" climb into coffins at dusk. The monk is a fraud. The witch is arrogant. The boy nobody trusts stacked ten body-guard seals and brought Five-Thunder paper.

What to expect:

- Historical Tang folk-horror with progression loot

- Talisman combat that costs paper, blood, and mana

- Confirmed kill → Scripture settlement

- A cautious MC who plans escapes and still gets cornered