The Drought's False Prophet

Tang Dynasty, 803 AD. A catastrophic drought cripples the capital, and the desperate court legalizes private coinage to avert famine. Into this chaos rises a messianic cult, preaching that only a sacred “Baptism of Molten Copper” can cleanse the world. Guan Qi, a disillusioned imperial agent, infiltrates the sect to uncover the truth. The cult leader is no prophet, but a master counterfeiter using the ritual to destroy evidence. As the final ceremony nears, Guan realizes that in a world built on lies, revealing the truth is suicide—and silence is the only path to survival. With hundreds of lives at stake, he must ignite a reckoning before the temple collapses.