We recommend reading Chapters 13 and 15 first. If they draw you in, go back and read the other chapters.
After opening his eyes following a car accident, Gu Nianyan discovers that not only did he survive, but he has also become the betrothed of Liu Shiyan, the Ghost King of the Underworld.
The Ghost King is breathtakingly beautiful and dotes on him completely. She embroiders him a sweet osmanthus wedding robe, shields him from evil spirits of the netherworld, and never says anything harsh to him, even when she's angry. But can someone tell him why a Western Regions envoy launches a sneak attack on their wedding night? And why does he keep running into red-clad female ghosts whenever he goes shopping?
Even more outrageous, the memories of a cultivator who lived a thousand years ago are hidden in his mortal soul. Liu Shiyan tells him, “Xu An was able to shield me from the heavenly tribulation back then. You can do it too.”
And so the pampered husband, who used to do nothing but play video games, is forced to pick up a cultivation manual: tempering his body, refining his qi, and condensing an osmanthus-soul sword... He spends his days making dumplings with his parents in the human world, helping his Ghost King wife deal with yin-corroding energy, and occasionally fending off the Lord of Ten Thousand Ghosts, who has his eye on his wife.
“Shiyan, I think I'm getting the hang of this.”
“Good. Then shall we deal with the resentful spirit under your pillow tonight?”
After a thousand years of reincarnation, they find their way to each other. It turns out that the best kind of protection is never one-sided support. It's following your light and slowly growing into someone who can stand by your side.
