In a world thrown into chaos by wind and snow, the sixty-year cycle begins anew.
A blood coffin and a cursed tomb appear in Shuilong Village. Open the coffin, and the whole village will be wiped out!
Zhou Jingxuan, a Daoist prodigy of Mount Shu, arrives with his sword, only to come face-to-face with a terrifying jiangshi in a fifth-rank official's robe: Pei Yuanshan, a prefect from the previous dynasty.
The curse of the blood-soaked children's rhyme...
To avert the village's destruction, Zhou Jingxuan storms the underground palace beneath the haunted house, battles a tide of corpse spiders and the Corpse King, and exposes a shocking evil plot.
In the end, he seals a blood pact and takes the Corpse King's orphaned daughter as his apprentice. He guards the secret of her origins as he ventures into the turbulent martial world.
Blood jade opens the gates to the netherworld; the Daoist sword subdues all under heaven!
Overall, this is a fast-paced and atmospheric supernatural novel that will appeal to readers who enjoy suspense, the supernatural, and fantasy/martial arts themes, making them eager to see how the story unfolds.
I stumbled upon this while searching for books on traditional Chinese culture, and this is the first time I've seen a work that incorporates the I Ching. I hope the author can continue writing with greater rigor; it's quite enjoyable ˙ᗜ˙ It took me an hour to read.
It's alright, the later parts are quite nice.