The Five Barbarians ravage the land, and the human world is a living hell. The balance of heaven and earth is broken, and the underworld is in disarray.
Lu Zhaoming, the last heir of the Way of the Celestial Masters, had hoped to keep himself safe amid the chaos. But at the Red-Clothed Tomb, he rescues A Qing, a lone girl afflicted by an evil soul-binding spell and stripped of her memories, and unexpectedly earns the recognition of Mo Yu, the auspicious beast cub who accompanies her.
With a prophecy ringing in his ears, Lu heads north. Along the way, he witnesses corpse soldiers wreaking havoc, befriends Chen Polu, a warlord of the Beggar's Army, and uncovers a shocking plot by Wu Guhun, the Hu people's state preceptor, to corrupt the dragon veins of China and establish an eternal dynasty of ghosts.
The eerie mirror of Ye City, the mystery of Chang'an, the Yellow River weeping blood... As the underworld's raging tide sweeps across China, Lu Zhaoming wields a yin-yang fish talisman tied to the fabric of time and space. A Qing carries a pure and kind heart, while Mo Yu bears the final legacy of auspiciousness.
This is a road of protection strewn with sacrifices. As those dearest to him fall one after another, will he be willing to burn away everything and become the eternal cornerstone of the dragon veins? And how will she preserve the final record of civilization's flame on that scorched earth?
"Crossing the Underworld" is not about ferrying one soul across, but about carrying an entire age through its tribulation.
Super pretty.