Fifteen years ago, Ding Xiao lost his life in a legendary battle against the Ancient God in White. Yet fate was not done with him. Reborn fifteen years later, he formed a spirit fetus at the age of seven and was taken in by the Zhenling Division — a place where those with spiritual power served to protect the mortal world. But despite his early promise, he was dismissed as a useless physiognomist and relegated to the lowly role of a coffin bearer, enduring eight long years of mockery and neglect.
The Zhenling Division itself was no haven. Split into eight rival departments, the enmity between the Ling and Gui Departments ran deep. Everything changed when Ding Xiao unexpectedly awakened his true physiognomy. In the grand assessment, he rose from a ridiculed outcast to the pride of the Gui Department — and the greatest thorn in the side of the Ling Department.
But glory was fleeting. Across the land, strange and deadly spirit disturbances began to spread, each more sinister than the last. When Ding Xiao’s younger sister, Ding Ling, fell victim to a mysterious illness linked to these dark forces, he set out once more into the world of wandering souls and cursed lands.
What began as a desperate attempt to save his sister soon unraveled into something far greater — a web of deceit, death, and divine secrets. As the hidden hand behind these horrors came into view, Ding Xiao discovered that the truth was far closer — and far more terrifying — than he ever imagined.
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