Tianbao Fuyao Lu/Novel

* Digital
* Book 1
* Book 2
* Book 3
* Book 4
* Book 5

**Tianbao Fuyao Lu** is a 2017 webnovel published on jjwxc, comprising of 221 chapters split into 5 books. It has an audio drama that recently wrapped up its third season, a manhua adaptation and a donghua that started July 5th, 2020. Chronologically, it is the second book of the Exorcist series.

## Synopsis

From the end of the horizon, a phoenix led millions of birds in flight. Behind it, a sky filled with billowing clouds that looked like a sea of flames skimmed over Chang’an. A golden-winged roc perched loftily atop the roof of the Xingqing Palace. In its eyes was reflected the splendor of the common people who lived in this Divine Land. In silence, dynasties rose and fell, and the tides ebbed and flowed.

Li Jinglong dragged along his wound-riddled body. From the palm of his hand, a brilliant light shone as he relentlessly drew closer to Hongjun.

“The living… are merely passing travelers…”

His deep voice resounded through the depths of the world, as the black fog that covered the sky and blanketed the earth receded before that light.

“The dead… return to their eternal homes.”

That light was the blazing sun that illuminated the heavens and the earth. It was the light of the stars that twinkled in the night sky. It was an everlasting Heart Lamp that pierced through the darkness.

“The heavens and the earth are… an inn; for all our grief we inevitably return… to dust.”

Li Jinglong closed his eyes, placing one hand on Hongjun’s forehead. The white light dispersed, illuminating the mountains of corpses and rivers of blood that filled the battlefield. In the shadows cast by the light of that lamp, the memories came: the flamboyant debauchery in Pingkang Li, the parasol tree in the Exorcism Department bathing in the light of the summer sun, the swirling sand and fluttering snow of Saiwai, the clear, spring-like sound of A-Tai’s song, the new green leaves that Mo Rigen and Lu Xu picked, the flying brushstrokes of Qiu Yongsi’s pen, which evolved into immortal verses that graced Li Bai’s cup —

*A young nobleman strolled through the Eastern Market of Chang’an,*

*Enjoying the breeze as he rode his white horse on a silver saddle.*

*After admiring the falling flowers, where does he like to go?*

*He smiles as he enters a Hu-run wine shop.*

## Characters

*For the full characters list, see: Tianbao Fuyao Lu Characters*

### Kong Hongjun

*For the character page, see: Kong Hongjun*

Hongjun is the main character of Tianbao Fuyao Lu, a half-yao son of Kong Xuan who was adopted by Chong Ming after his father's death. At age 16, he is sent down by Qing Xiong to the world for 3 tasks: the first to uncover who killed his father, the second to defeat the black *jiao yao* king, and the third to find the Chen family descendant to return the Heart Lamp to them.

### Li Jinglong

*For the character page, see: Li Jinglong*

Formerly a general of the Longwu Military Academy, Li Jinglong was removed from the army and reassigned to become the Superior Officer or Zhangshi of the Great Tang Exorcist Department after being seen running out of Pingkang Li after his first meeting with Kong Hongjun. He is the cousin of the decorated veteran Feng Changqing, and owns the Wisdom Sword after selling all of his possessions to acquire it.

### Mo Rigen

*For the character page, see: Mo Rigen*

Mo Rigen is the current incarnation of the Gray Wolf, having come to the Exorcist Department also with the aim of looking for the current incarnation of the White Deer.

### A-Tai

*For the character page, see: A-Tai*

Full name Tailobudamia Homihok Hammurabi, A-Tai is another individual who'd joined the Exorcist Department after receiving a letter from an unknown sender. He claims to be a noble from Tocharian

### Qiu Yongsi

*For the character page, see: Qiu Yongsi*

### Lu Xu

*For the character page, see: Lu Xu*

Initially a "fool" that Mo Rigen saved on his way back north, Lu Xu is later revealed to be the current incarnation of the White Deer.

### Zhao Zilong

*For the character page, see: Zhao Zilong*

A carp *yao* Kong Hongjun saved and named. Currently Hongjun's caretaker, and is trying to accumulate enough merit to become a dragon.

## Setting

Tianbao Fuyao Lu is set in the Tianbao (天寶) era of the Tang Dynasty (742–756), under the rule of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. The exorcist department of this dynasty is in Chang'an.

## Notes and Trivia

* The novel is jokingly referred to as "Who here isn't a prince, or something like that?" in the summary as Li Jinglong is the only one without an inherited position of nobility. Kong Hongjun is the prince of Yaojin Palace, Mo Rigen is son of the ruler of Shiwei, A-Tai is a noble from Tocharian tribe, Qiu Yongsi's family had saints and emperors in his ancestry.