The Gatekeeper's Contract

The door exploded inward, and Su Jin’s blazing sword stopped at Mo Han’s throat. She had come to kill the lowest Trial Keeper in the Crucible Spire—only to find herself trapped inside his rulebook. A nobody with no cultivation, Mo Han defeats her with a single loophole and binds the arrogant prodigy to a three-year contract. Forced to obey his every trial, Su Jin swears to break him, while his calm schemes, hidden strength, and dangerous understanding begin tearing through her defenses. But as Mo Han recruits discarded geniuses and challenges the tower’s corrupt keepers, a black door linked to his former life starts hunting them both. Will Su Jin betray the man who enslaved her—or stand beside him when the entire cultivation world comes to collect his life?