The Zombie Ancestor's Favorite

On the outskirts of a modern city, developers unearth a thousand-year-old corpse-nurturing ground, awakening the corpse king Rong Jing, a thousand-year-old zombie who has retained his striking looks from when he was alive. At the same time, ordinary college student Su Wan accidentally gets caught up in a paranormal incident and is saved by Rong Jing, leaving her with a strange strand of copper wire around her wrist that she can't remove.

The zombie who stands by her bed every night gradually reveals the bond that has tied them together across three lifetimes: Su Wan is descended from the Su family, a clan of mystics, while Rong Jing has deep ties to the Su family's ancestors. To protect her, Rong Jing transforms her into a “half-human, half-zombie,” allowing them to stay together while preserving her chance to reincarnate. But the Su family and the various mystic sects see him as a menace and swear to destroy him.

As Su Wan's origins come to light and Rong Jing faces the heavenly tribulation of becoming a zombie immortal, the two must join forces against the mystic world's onslaught and break the curse that condemns them to die in every lifetime. This is a thousand-year-old promise of protection, a forbidden love that defies the will of heaven, and a fierce battle against fate fought by a zombie and a mortal together.