The Painted Skin of the Dead: The Mists of Shendu

The Painted Skin of Corpses: The Mystery of the Divine Capital In Luoyang, the Divine Capital, seven young women have vanished one after another, leaving behind nothing but their intact skins. The renowned detective Shen Shichu is ordered to investigate. Inside the skin of the sixth victim, he discovers a chilling prophecy: “Your wife is next.” He races home and sees his wife doing her makeup in front of a mirror. Her face suddenly peels away, revealing the face of the seventh missing girl in the reflection. From that moment on, Shen Shichu is plunged into a terrifying trap woven by the Netherworld Sect: puppets wearing human skin, “human candles” that burn souls, and a sacrificial altar of flesh and blood built to recreate the emperor... As those closest to him are consumed by dark magic and his colleagues conceal sinister secrets, he is struck by a deadly soul-corroding poison, yet unexpectedly cultivates icy-meridian inner power. On the night of the blood moon, the “sacred embryo” deep in Mount Li is about to awaken. Shen Shichu has only one choice: become a blade himself and, amid the ruins where his beloved’s soul has been scattered, complete the final sacrifice to the evil god, using his enemies’ corpses to pave the netherworld road to the truth.