Deep in the mountains of western Hunan, the dead roam at night, accompanied by the chime of bells.
Liu Feifei was found as an infant at a mass grave and raised by an old corpse-walker, traveling far and wide with him from childhood. She knows nothing of her origins and asks nothing about where she is headed. All she knows is the ancient craft she learned to the sound of the corpse bells.
But revenge took her grandfather at the hands of the Corpse King, leaving the young woman alone to embark on a journey into the netherworld.
Miaojiang Gu sorcery, Tujia Nuo opera, mountain-spirit rituals, and legends of the Hundred Tribes follow one after another.
Using the corpse bell to lead the way and swearing her vow in blood and fire, she gathers people with extraordinary skills to trace the truth long buried.
When the bell's chime shatters the darkness, she discovers that she is the Corpse King's biological daughter!
Blood and tears, love and hatred: through it all, only the bell's chime never fades.
