Xu Chen was born with the ability to commune with spirits, living among the living by day and among the dead by night.
As a child, he nearly got devoured by ten thousand ghosts while journeying into the underworld. But his immense spiritual power burst forth by chance and devoured them instead. Emperor Fengdu, passing by, took a liking to him and accepted him as a disciple, intending to train him as his successor.
But after a rebellion in the Underworld left Emperor Fengdu gravely injured and in seclusion, Xu Chen stopped making trips to the underworld for his own safety.
Xu Chen had long grown accustomed to an ordinary life while concealing his identity in the mortal realm. He had planned to live that way forever, but fate rarely follows one's wishes. When certain things are destined to come, there's simply no escaping them.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
