This novel falls into the suspense and horror genre, and centers on the protagonist, Liu Bawang. Born under the fate of the Lone Star of Calamity, he was accompanied by strange omens and branded a harbinger of disaster. To stop the evil spirit, Ma Xuan, from using his baleful aura to summon a thousand-year-old mountain demon and break its seal, he sets out into the perilous depths of the mountains with the help of the feng shui master Liu Banxian, his father, and a spirit crow. There, he must find nine bone talismans to reinforce the seal. The first five chapters already show his perilous quest to seize the talismans in places like mass graves and corpse caves. Blending folk legends with suspense and horror, the story pits the forces of justice against evil spirits while exploring family bonds, courage, and responsibility.
