(Metaphysics, suspense, episodic stories)
Across the vast lands between the White Mountains and Black Waters, tales of Northeastern Chinese mysticism drift like mist through an ancient forest, mysterious and chilling. Set against the region's distinctive culture, this book blends folk legends of the “Five Northeastern Immortals” (fox, weasel, hedgehog, snake, and rat) with elements such as a blood sea in the netherworld and sinister paper effigies.
The protagonist may stumble into a forbidden, abandoned village and plunge into danger after violating a taboo, or set off on a terrifying, suspense-filled quest to break a curse passed down through her family.
In the abandoned village of Yinhe Tun, paper effigies come to life, and a paper coffin containing ten thousand souls appears. Every shutter click might capture a ghost from the underworld. Beneath Changbai Mountain, the seal on the blood sea in the netherworld holds countless lives in the balance, as its guardians battle evil forces in a struggle spanning centuries. In the village, a weasel spirit's revenge after failing to receive a title from a human brings a string of bizarre incidents: villagers are possessed, livestock die for no apparent reason, and behind it all lie the tangled grudges and passions of the Five Immortals.
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