Weaver of the Crimson Dust

Zhelan was once the Celestial Weaver, the strongest Heavenly Emperor, who sacrificed his very essence to weave a cosmic seal around the Silent Void-Serpent, an entity that consumes reality. He awakens eons later in the body of a boy by the same name - a village mute, scorned for his uselessness and shattered meridians. The new Zhelan endures public humiliation at the annual Awakening Rite of the Soaring Pagoda sect, where he's mocked for his silence and weakness. But within this fragile form, the Celestial Weaver's mind is whole. He still remembers the divine arts that shaped the heavens. His first act is to silently recite the forgotten 'Sutra of the Astral Loom,' a god-tier manual that shocks the very foundations of the sect. Under the tutelage of the benevolent Elder Tsomo, who sees his hidden potential, Zhelan begins a quiet ascent. He only wants a peaceful life and the attention of Lhadon, the gifted but distant senior disciple he has fallen for. But as his 'miracles' grow, so does the shadow of his past. Why does Elder Tsomo's guidance feel so eerily familiar, and is the love he seeks a comfort, or the final thread in a trap laid before he was ever reborn?