I Have a Sword That Slays Ghosts

Shen Yan, a graduate of a Taoist academy, inherits a dilapidated temple left behind by his grandfather. He only wants to make enough to get by, until one night, tears roll down the statue of the Great Emperor Zhenwu, black fumes rise from the old well in the back courtyard, and a woman hanged from the rafters begins walking toward him. Old Chen pulls an ancient sword from the base of the statue and puts it in his hand. The moment the sword leaves its sheath, the woman disintegrates into ash. Four ancient characters appear on the blade: “Slay only ghosts and fiends.” From then on, Shen Yan gains the Yin-Yang Eye and sees ghosts wherever he goes: a vengeful spirit repeatedly jumping to its death in an abandoned hospital, a murderous ghost entombed in a concrete pillar in an unfinished building, a neighbor from an old residential block who follows people home... He thinks this is just a job hunting ghosts. Until he discovers that two of the Ten Courts of the Underworld have gone silent. Until he sees the sword's memories: the name someone erased from the Investiture of the Gods. Before Old Chen dies, he tells him: “Your grandfather didn't die of illness. He found something he should never have discovered.” That sword only slays ghosts. But what if the greatest ghost was once human, too? This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.