- The Xie family’s ancestral home is shrouded in gloom. The entire clan has gathered for the funeral of “the short-lived one,” Xie Zhao. Xie Zhao lies pale in his coffin as people gossip: “He’s finally dead,” and “At last, the Xie family curse is over.”
- In the dead of night, Xie Zhao suddenly sits up in his coffin, frightening the old servant keeping watch into a faint. He discovers that he has not only come back to life, but gained “yin-yang eyes” that let him see ghosts.
- Xie Zhao encounters the ghost of his ancestor, Xie Yuanshan, and learns that his resurrection is tied to the Xie family’s century-old curse. He must break the curse to truly survive.
