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What’s the difference between ascension and death? Between mortal and immortal, human and other?

The coins of destiny may reveal heaven’s will—but it’s up to you to obey it… or defy it.

Once a revered name in the cultivation world, the Fuyao Sect has fallen into disrepair—until a group of misfit disciples breathe life back into its hollow halls. A narcissist, a mischief-maker, a sharp-tongued prodigy, an idiot, and a half-blood child: together, they forge a bond stronger than any spiritual root.

Among them are Cheng Qian, who joins the sect at age ten with nothing but a sharp mind and a guarded heart, and Yan Zhengming, the reluctant senior disciple who must grow into the role he never wanted. Through bloodshed, brotherhood, and bitter truths, their journey unfolds over the span of a century.

As these young cultivators rise through the ranks, they must face not only external threats but the ever-changing nature of their own hearts. Fate is cruel. Power is fleeting. And sometimes, the only thing more painful than failure… is surviving.

Coins of Destiny is a sweeping xianxia epic about defiance, devotion, and the families we choose—set against a world where the line between immortality and humanity is dangerously thin.

For the peng flies southward over the foam; a hundred miles the seas swell like a dome. At ev’ry midsummer the mighty bird alights on the fierce fuyao and doth ride its estival current a thousand miles; soaring into the azure and beyond.

— Excerpt from Zhuangzi (庄子).