“Master, can I drop out and focus on delivering takeout?” Lin Fan, a fresh graduate, has one greatest wish: to escape the “clutches” of his unreliable Taoist master.
It is only when he is kicked into a century-old haunted house and faced with a surging tide of vengeful spirits that he realizes the “feudal superstitions” his master taught him are actually real.
From then on, the top student from a prestigious university becomes a charlatan, and his scientific worldview lies shattered. With a compass in his left hand to chart the forces of the world and talismans in his right to suppress ghosts and spirits, he navigates the worlds of the wealthy, powerful families, and thousand-year-old ghost kings.
Just when he thinks this is all life has in store, a Taoist secret concerning the fate of all humanity quietly comes to light. Only then does Lin Fan realize that what his master pushed him into is not merely a trial, but also a game of strategy that has been waiting for a thousand years.
Hook: When he is forced to take the first step into his sect’s forbidden arts to save the one he loves, thunderclouds stretching for thousands of miles retreat before him. Qing Yunzi’s voice rings across heaven and earth, filled with both relief and solemnity: “My foolish child, you have finally… reached the threshold.”
