Tomb Raiding: Stealing Souls from the King of Hell

Wen Nuan grew up in the Miao borderlands, at her grandmother’s side. Her grandmother was the region’s high priestess and a healer. From a young age, Wen Nuan displayed astonishing talent: her medical and poison-craft skills soon surpassed her grandmother’s. But what people didn’t know was that Wen Nuan had been able to communicate with spirits since childhood. She had guided countless souls to the afterlife and accumulated immeasurable merit. She was also beloved by animals, could communicate with them, and could command the beasts. Though Wen Nuan grew up in the Miao borderlands, she also went out to experience the world beyond. Whenever something caught her interest, her grandmother found a teacher to instruct her. In 2015, after a friend recommended The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, our little Wen Nuan became a devoted fan. She watched Wu Xie go from Third Master to Little Buddha, then to the Evil Emperor. She watched Black Glasses die in an unknown little tomb, tormented by his failing eyesight, and the Southern Blind Man fall for good. Zhang Qiling, a godlike figure, went to guard the Bronze Gate and made a ten-year pact. Wang Pangzi lost Yun Cai and shut himself away in lonely isolation for the rest of his life. Not one of the five in the tomb-raiding story had a happy ending. Wen Nuan was heartbroken, nearly to the point of death. She could have saved them all! Why wasn’t there a single doctor in The Grave Robbers' Chronicles? The ten-year pact has reached its end. Wen Nuan decides to set out for Changbai Mountain and see the path he walked...