Storyteller Before the Hall of Reincarnation? Every Stroke of the Judge's Brush Brings Cause and Effect

Protagonist: Ling Yi, a down-and-out modern-day online novelist and transmigrator.

Identity: A lonely ghost before the Mirror of Retribution in the Underworld, about to be judged and cast into the animal realm.

Golden finger: The Story-Binding Pen.

Function: By consuming "soul power," the protagonist can write stories about his own or other people's "past lives" on the blank pages of the Book of Life and Death. The more coherent the story and the richer its details, the more it costs. Once written, the laws of Heaven and Earth will temporarily certify it as "a true karmic connection yet to be discovered," allowing it to directly affect reality.

Limitations: It cannot directly increase cultivation or conjure magical treasures out of nothing. It can only influence the "present" by changing the "past." For example, inventing a story about how "a certain big shot once owed your past life a great debt of gratitude" might stir something in that person and prompt them to come to your aid. Those with greater power, or those who specialize in the paths of karma or fate, may see through it.