She was the “vessel” found in a forest where insects and ants gnawed at her. Born burdened with an evil pact, she was destined to hold the grudges of the dead and the debts of sin.
A missing nose lets her see into the underworld, where gods and ghosts appear before her.
She predicts deaths without meaning to and can read the souls of the dead with a touch.
She thought it was a curse, but it was really a scheme. Her adoptive mother gave her life to protect her, while her adoptive father struck a deal just to stay alive. Both things happened because she was the key “new vessel” in an evil source that had endured for centuries. When the sinister neighbor next door, whose walls were covered in talismans, began quietly setting things in motion, and the blood-soaked secret arts of a Ming dynasty prince came to light, she realized that the deaths surrounding her were no accidents. They were a calculated “feeding” meant for her. She could either surrender to her instincts and become a breeding ground for the resurrection of evil, or burn the pact and break the scheme, becoming a torch to illuminate the darkness. This was a desperate race against fate. She had no choice but to use herself as bait, slay evil, and suppress demons, fighting for a reason to keep living.
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