The Thousand Mechanisms Hall

The Thousand Mechanisms Hall is a xianxia novel by the web author Yuanfen 0. Serialized on Qidian from March 19, 2020, and completed on April 30, 2021, it runs about 1.9779 million characters (commonly listed as about 1.98 million). The author describes its style as 'xianxia espionage and battle-of-wits fiction.' The story begins at Tianji Mountain in Yuntian, Mozhou. The ancient foremost immortal sect, the Tianji Sect, poured the resources of an entire realm into forging the sacred artifact known as the Thousand Mechanisms Hall to secure its position. On the eve of its completion, the artifact came under attack from myriad immortals; the hall shattered and scattered, and the Tianji Sect declined, its successive leaders searching desperately for the fragments. The protagonist, Ning Ye, carries the Thousand Mechanisms Hall and its central divine artifact, the Kunlun Mirror. Under the alias Bai Yu, he hides on Tianji Mountain as a woodcutter. He befriends Qing Lin, a disciple of the Tianji Sect, after treating his injuries, and through his introduction joins the sect under its leader Xin Ranzi. Three years later, the secret of the Thousand Mechanisms Hall leaks, and the Tianji Sect is annihilated by an alliance of the three great immortal sects of the age. Only Ning Ye, Qing Lin, and Xin Xiaoye escape. To take revenge, the three willingly destroy their faces and disperse their cultivation, infiltrating the enemy sects separately to bring them down from within. Revenge is the main thread, with schemes, lies, and plotting as the blade, portraying an intelligent avenger climbing a mountain of despair from the lowest position. The book unfolds in multiple volumes, building on the setting of the hall's ten great divine artifacts and nine great divine arts to gradually reveal the truth of the heavenly Dao and the Evergreen Realm.