The mysterious corpse that Wei Wuxian has been investigating has finally been pieced back together, all save its most crucial part--the head. Yet even with the head missing, the evidence points inevitably in a single direction.

To uncover the full truth, Wei Wuxian joins a delegation headed for Golden Carp Tower. There, a gathering of prominent cultivators is taking place.

Yet for some reason, everyone in the Tower's ruling clan harbors great animosity towards him...! Just what did the previous owner of his body do to earn so much resentment?