Shen Zhaozhao has been haunted by a curse since birth. Her eyes can see through the boundary between yin and yang: she sees black miasma clinging to the living and wronged spirits lingering around the dead. Because of her “yin-yang eyes,” she was cast out by her family and spent years in a psychiatric hospital. Eventually, she made a living on the fringes of the city as a “medium.”
An ordinary commission to exorcise a spirit draws her into the notorious Mistveil Manor massacre from twenty years ago. When she steps into the gloomy old mansion, the sealed bloodshed plays out again in her spirit-seeing vision. Each victim's resentment takes the form of a twisted shadow, revealing the truth that was buried. At the same time, a mysterious man named Jiang Cizhou appears, his identity a mystery. He knows Shen Zhaozhao's past and holds the key to unlocking the boundary between yin and yang.
As the investigation deepens, Shen Zhaozhao discovers that the case involves a forbidden art capable of controlling life and death, and that she herself is a crucial part of the conspiracy. On the trail of the truth, she meets Lin Shen, a criminal investigator with the major crimes unit; Su Wan, an antique restorer who can speak with objects; and Chen Xuanyi, a Taoist priest burdened with his family's mission. Together, they form a special team, moving between the worlds of the living and the dead to solve one bizarre murder after another and uncover secrets thousands of years old, hidden beneath the bustling city.
As Shen Zhaozhao pursues the truth, she faces life-and-death choices again and again. She must fight vengeful ghosts and contend with living people who harbor sinister intentions. Jiang Cizhou's elusive manner and Lin Shen's quiet devotion stir feelings in her heart, but she stays clear-headed, putting her responsibility as a medium first. When the ultimate truth finally comes to light, how will she break free of fate's shackles and protect the living from between the worlds of yin and yang?
