Soul Ferry: From the Start, I Became a Spirit Medium in a Korean Drama

Lin Chen, a spirit medium from Northeast China, is driven to flee to South Korea overnight after his mother sends him 38 voice messages nagging him to get married. The moment his ancestral soul jade arrives with him, he stumbles into a bizarre case: a black mist seeps from an airplane suitcase, concealing the spirit of a Chinese exchange student intercepted by the Hotel Del Luna; on the streets of Myeong-dong, he encounters the wronged spirit of an international student who was bullied by Korean classmates and had nowhere to seek justice. Armed with the Pact of the Three Realms and backed by Hu Sanye and Huang Erguniang, Lin Chen opens Qingfeng Hall in Seoul. He helps Chinese spirits find their way home while outwitting Zhang Man-wol, the thousand-year-old hotel owner, competing for clients and showing off their spells while also enjoying the hotel's VIP perks. He even recruits a K-pop-singing spirit monarch and a Korean-speaking student spirit monarch, forming a truly oddball ferrying team. Yuqi Song becomes his "number-one fan" and begs for a protective charm, Eun-jung Ham asks him to consult on a supernatural documentary, and Yeo, king of the Korean underworld, shows up with a stack of forms to "give him a hard time." Meanwhile, the forces of Guixu scheme in the shadows, using fragments of broken souls to plot Chi You's resurrection. From a ghost-haunted entertainment agency to an expedition to seal a site in the ruins of Goguryeo, from breaking a soul-collecting array in an underground shopping mall in Hongdae to searching for an unbinding flower in a volcanic crater on Jeju Island, Lin Chen dodges his mother's transnational marriage nagging while using the boisterous magic of his Northeast Chinese spirit patrons to deal with evil spirits. When Guixu unveils its plan to resurrect Chi You at Seoul Tower, Lin Chen joins forces with Zhang Man-wol and messengers from the underworld to form an alliance against Guixu. The ultimate showdown beneath the full moon is about to begin: Northeast spirit patrons versus Chi You's remnants. Who will triumph in this cross-border battle to ferry the dead?