Xie Lian came back to the Ghost City after helping to rebuild and reconstruct the Heavenly Capital. He discovered something that's been going on behind his back.

REMINDER: This is not my work, this work belongs to Naamah Beherit on AO3. I am only sharing it on Wattpad. illustration from Pinterest. ** A story in four parts about Xie Lian meeting Hua Cheng before his third ascension. Things thought lost are found, old secrets come to light, and one moment changes everything. For centuries, Xie Lian had wandered alone with only RuoYe for company. For centuries, he's been nothing but a reflection of an age long forgotten, powerless and bound to the mortal realm. It takes an encounter with a swim of hungry ghosts to change his fate.