Paranormal Notes: The Earth Mother’s Cursed Ritual

A corpse suddenly comes back to life. A Miaojiang poison master is struck by a backlash. A Northeastern weasel spirit borrows a body to return from the dead… The strange events recorded in fragments of the Book of Yin and Yang all point to a shocking conspiracy spanning a thousand years: the Earth Mother’s blood-sacrifice array. Forensic doctor Lu Zhaoming is drawn into the case because of his fate of “being delivered by a hundred ghosts.” He discovers that every corpse has a mysterious star chart carved into its forehead. Only after teaming up with Shen Wei, a descendant of tomb guardians disguised as an antique dealer, does he realize that all the paranormal phenomena are rituals carried out by followers of the Earth Mother to resurrect an ancient evil god through the Nine-Star Calamity-Transforming Formation. The two lead a team of specialists, including feng shui masters, corpse drivers, and poison masters, as they solve traps in places like the Corpse-and-Ghost Cave in western Hunan, the Myriad Venoms Cavern in Miaojiang, and the Yin Corpse Tomb in Changbai Mountain. But they discover that Shen Wei is the key “human pillar” in the blood-sacrifice ritual. With the Muchen Pearl unearthed, the Earth Mother is on the verge of awakening. Lu Zhaoming must solve the ultimate riddle in the fragments of the Book of Yin and Yang within seven days. The Earth Mother’s sinister rite, which uses human sacrifice as its catalyst, is actually the last shackle left by the ancients to seal the evil god. Shen Wei’s true identity turns this desperate race against death into the ultimate choice between humanity and duty. The strange events conceal the code to the Earth Mother’s resurrection. A battle between good and evil that began three thousand years ago is about to reveal its answer the instant the Muchen Pearl opens a virtual space…