River Keeper: I Fished a Millennium-Old Water Wraith from the Riverbed

Beneath the clamor of the modern city, beside the ancient Jiuqu River, lives a mysterious family known as the "Soul-Ferrying Ferrymen." Their calling has been passed down for generations. They do more than retrieve the bones of the drowned: they must also soothe their spirits and safeguard the balance between life and death.

Chen Feng, the protagonist, is a young man longing to escape his fate. But a once-in-a-century flood sweeps him into its whirlpool. The flood breaks open a thousand-year-old water burial tomb and releases a terrifying "water wraith." From then on, bizarre drownings become frequent, and every corpse bears strange "water marks."

Forced to shoulder this burden, Chen Feng discovers that by touching a body, he can empathize with the despair and terror the dead felt in their final moments, glimpsing the truth behind supernatural forces.

As the investigation deepens, a vast conspiracy spanning a thousand years comes to light. From the depths of the Jiuqu River to strange phenomena around the globe, from ancient sects to creatures from other worlds, he and his companions will peel back layer upon layer of mystery, fight the evil threatening the entire world, and fulfill the true mission of the Soul-Ferrying Ferrymen.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.