The doll from Soul Extendere Wood wasn’t something to be casually refined either—Lu Yun’s master’s date of birth and the eight characters of his horoscope needed to be inscribed on it. The requirement sent Lu Yun down memory lane; it was like he’d returned to Earth!

The date of birth and eight characters of one’s horoscope were related to the heavenly stems and earthly branches of the sexagenary cycle.[1] The cycle pertained to astrology and the operation of the great cycles, and all of it had to do with the three hundred and sixty-five Major Cycle Worlds that supported the primary worlds.

The heavenly stems and earthly branches were a way to keep time, and they also existed in the worlds of the outside realm....