Talisman Sword: Defying Heaven's Execution

Branded with a forbidden technique and marked for death by the Thirty-Six Grotto Heavens, Dong Lin awakens in a crumbling temple with destiny itself hunting him. When he touches an ancient scripture, all laws converge—triggering the Ninefold Thunder Tribulation and an execution order from every orthodox sect. To survive, he hides at the bottom of a frozen pond for a century, where a white-robed sword soul—his protector from a forgotten age—awaits. Now awakened with a mysterious system and primordial runes blazing on his palm, he faces relentless pursuit from cultivation's most powerful forces.…