The Tang dynasty is at its height, but undercurrents swirl through Chang'an.
Lu Mingyuan, a junior minister at the Court of Judicial Review, teams up with female constable Su Yurou to solve a series of bizarre murders, only to stumble into a shocking conspiracy that spans the realms of the living and the dead. From the “Murder by Netherworld Script” to the “Terror of Chang'an's Ghost Market,” every case is like a whisper from hell.
As their investigation deepens, an astonishing truth comes to light: the Lu family's ancestral book, Records of the Netherworld, is the key to solving every mystery.
Can they stop the gates to the netherworld from opening? The fate of the Tang dynasty now hangs by a thread!