The death of a village girl sets off a string of bizarre and eerie events. The Corpse Doctor clan, the Xuanmen Left Formation, yin-yang fate and destiny, divination and hexagrams: as the four great families wage a deadly struggle, they have no choice but to depend on one another. Is it better to cling to life by keeping each other in check, or to survive in the cracks? With no other choice, I set out on a road of no return, paved with thorns...
