The night I was born, hundreds of ghosts surrounded the house and red snakes coiled around the beams. Grandpa said that this was the retribution for the Cui family to reveal the secret - three generations were killed and their incense was cut off. In order to give me a chance of survival, he made a blood contract with the red-scaled snake who has been practicing for thousands of years: he will help her jump over the dragon gate, and she will keep the bloodline of the Cui family alive.
In the past eighteen years, I have seen red clothes in the mirror, encountered black dogs worshiping graves, and the vitality of my life that my grandpa passed through flows in my body. Until my birthday, a woman in a red dress came to me and handed me a wedding invitation written by my grandfather. She said: "My name is Hong Ling. From today on, I am your wife and your calamity."
In this heaven-defying chess game set up by grandpa, I was the last piece he risked his life on, and Hong Ling was the other piece. The chess player has passed away long ago, leaving us two chess pieces behind. Under the prying eyes of hundreds of ghosts and the pursuit of Xuanmen, we are heading towards the dangerous road of transforming into a dragon. We will either ascend to the nine heavens together or go to hell together.
