The Supporting Builder Stole the Demon Throne

Wenyue stands in the ruined court, and the fire is already eating her home. She is the person everyone calls in when a hall leaks qi, when a bridge bends, or when a hidden chamber needs to breathe without breaking. That skill becomes a curse when Elder Qiu seizes the demon throne and uses her own work to trap her people inside. Her hands shake once, privately, before she cuts the seal lines and saves who she can. The crack in her wooden practice sword, the spine fragment hidden in her sleeve, and the old travel chest at her feet become the only proof she still owns herself. She swears revenge in a cave that swallows her voice, then vanishes from the world that betrayed her. When she comes ba...