#Eastern Fantasy #Supernatural Mystery #Decisive Protagonist #Invincible Protagonist #Folklore and the Supernatural #Passionate
My name is Chu Yang, and I was born a monster.
The day I was born, ghosts roamed the night and crows circled the roof beams. The village’s “Ghost-Eyed” seer took one look at me, then bled from all seven orifices and died raving mad. Before he died, he left behind a single prophecy:
“He is no monster. He is an emperor! The king whom all ghosts… have come to welcome!”
From that day on, I became the greatest ill omen in Lock Dragon Village. The villagers called me a jinx, and the children threw stones at me. They said I would bring misfortune to everyone around me.
They were right.
When I was three, the most spiteful woman in the village cursed me. That very night, she hanged herself from the beam in her own house. On the seventh day after her death, she became a vengeful spirit and came to claim my life.
When I was six, the bully who had tormented my grandfather saw his whole family slaughtered. Their deaths were bizarre, and their souls vanished without a trace.
Everyone feared me, avoided me, and wanted me dead.
They didn’t know that the things surrounding me weren’t here to harm me. They had come to “pay homage” to me.
The mortal world sees me as a monster and wants me eliminated.
The netherworld hails me as its king, waiting in silence for my return.
If the mortal world has no place for me, then I shall… rule the underworld!
The moment I open my eyes and utter my command
Every ghost must kneel before me as their emperor!
