When the city beneath the neon lights falls asleep, another bizarre and terrifying “celebration” is just beginning. Shen Mo, 23, was born with the Five Yin Fate, making him prone to attracting evil spirits. Yet that same fate draws him into a deadly mystery spanning the worlds of the living and the dead.
Old Zhou, a veteran night watchman, dies under mysterious circumstances. With his bloodied fingertip, he draws a mysterious contract in Shen Mo’s palm before dying, forcing the burden of the night watch onto his shoulders. From then on, Shen Mo becomes the next night watchman at the City God Temple, carrying a Judge’s Brush and bearing a pact between yin and yang. Every midnight, he can call on the ghost soldiers to clear the way and travel between the two realms, suppressing the evil spirits intent on wreaking havoc among the living. But this seemingly powerful gift comes at a price: his soul is being eroded by yin energy, and every use brings him one step closer to death.
As Shen Mo investigates, he discovers a shocking conspiracy. The mysterious organization Guixu plans to use the souls of ten thousand people to mend a rift in the Yellow Springs, awakening the ancient evil god Jiuyou and bringing about what they call the “reversal of yin and yang.” The people around him also seem to harbor secrets. Why are the corpses examined by forensic pathologist Su Wanqing all missing the bones of their ring fingers? And why does the bronze lamp held by Lu Qingya, one of Guixu’s Seven Luminaries, contain memories of his life before the age of seven?
In this clash between good and evil, Shen Mo must not only thwart Guixu’s plot but also uncover the mystery of his own origins. Can he stop the catastrophe before his soul vanishes? And when the Judge’s Brush breaks, what truth lies behind the sigh rising from deep within the underground palace?
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