Notes on Burning Clothes: Light a Lamp for the Dead

The road to the Yellow Springs is hard to find. When someone dies, first light a lamp,

Keep it burning to extend their life in the underworld, then gather their soul and spirit so they may enter reincarnation.

Everyone, from emperors and generals to ordinary folk, must eventually die.

As the saying goes, where there's demand, there's a market. Since ancient times, there have been extraordinary people who specialize in handling the affairs of the dead.

The official title is "Chief Clerk of the Grand Court of Sacrifices." Mysterious and powerful, they serve exclusively to communicate with the spirits of heaven and earth and handle royal funerals.

Among the common people, they are called "Garment-Burning Daoists." Unassuming yet unfathomable, they burn clothes and paper offerings for ordinary folk, accumulating merit from all corners of the land.

As time passes, the world's resources are continuously plundered, and the balance of yin and yang gradually falls apart. Strange people and events begin appearing one after another in the mortal world.

The head of the Traffic Bureau: "What? A million ghost soldiers suddenly appeared in the city center, marching through?"

The head of the National Defense Bureau: "What? The First Emperor and Li Er have appeared with an army of ghost soldiers?"

Yang Xiao: "In a world like this, our Garment-Burning lineage..."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.