In the chaos of the Republic of China era, when warlords carve up the land, the young warlord Xiao Yisheng marches on Guli under the pretext of suppressing bandits. He appears to be conquering territory, but is really searching for the secret that can open the road to the underworld. Armed with a Miao saber and a plan for every contingency, he has no idea he is lifting the edge of a blood-red veil.
He Langxiao, the governor's only son, is Xiao Yisheng's sharpest blade. When the road to the underworld opens, he is the first to step into the netherworld with a gun in hand, vowing to find the woman who suffered humiliation in life and was left with no resting place for her soul in death.
Zhou Mei, an operative of the Northern Exorcism Bureau, has the smoke of a hundred vengeful spirits coiled around her fingers. She, too, is swept into the warlords' struggle. The Guixu Mirror can reveal where the dead roam, but it cannot illuminate every sinister corner of the human heart.
Wang Mazi, the forty-third seal-bearing disciple of the Hidden Sage Palace, carries a Seven-Star Sword and the Seals of the Three Caverns. He is timid by nature, yet compassionate at heart.
Qi Tian, a pale young man burdened by the blood debt of his murdered family, trades his soul to demons and lays a ten-year plot to destroy his enemies from within, vowing to drag them all to hell.
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