The Soul-Crossing Blade

In the megacity of New Sheng in the year 2242, death is no longer the end. As long as your “soul core” remains intact, immortality is within reach.

Yet a phenomenon known as “soul shattering” is spreading through the city's shadows like a plague. It erases a person's digital consciousness outright, leaving behind a void more complete than death.

Ling Su, a former genius engineer at Everlife Dynamics, is now the notorious “soul ferryman” of the Core District: a private detective who handles difficult cases involving consciousness. He walks the line between reality and data, tracking down fragments of forgotten souls.

A bizarre case of “soul shattering” in the Sky District pulls him back into the vortex of “immortality,” built on lies and code. The victim is an Everlife Dynamics executive. There are no signs of physical intrusion at the scene, yet the victim's soul core has become a meaningless jumble of code.

As the investigation deepens, Ling Su discovers that this is no isolated incident. A series of soul-shattering cases seems to point to a shocking secret buried ten years ago, a secret closely tied to the past he would rather not revisit.

In this city where everyone longs for immortality, his task is to find true peace for the dead and strike a crucial blow against the all-powerful “immortality scam.”