The Corpse Retriever on the River

My name is Chen Jiu. I'm a corpse retriever.

The trade has its rules: don't retrieve corpses at midnight, don't ask for directions at noon, and never turn back when you see a corpse. But I went and hauled up a corpse in a bright red wedding gown that had been sunk in the river for a century.

They all say I've struck it rich. Only I know this isn't a corpse, but a "death warrant" from the underworld. The mark on her ankle, shaped like a ghostly claw, isn't coming for my life. It's here to claim someone else's...

Luckily, I was born with a pair of "Deadwater Eyes" that can see through illusions, and a short blade called "Waterbreaker" that can cut through the divide between yin and yang.

When a female college student who believes in science gets dragged into this, when a ghost market appears in the middle of the river at midnight, and when a sunken ancient city opens its eyes underwater, I finally realize that this corpse in the wedding gown is only the beginning.

They retrieve corpses. I retrieve the secrets buried beneath the Yangtze for a thousand years... and a legend that still lives.