Incense curled through the Su family ancestral hall as Su Father bowed to his ancestors. “Today, my daughter Su Nianxing is entering into a spirit marriage with Lord Hades!”
Her father placed a jade-inlaid necklace in Su Nianxing’s hands. It was both a protective charm and a token of their spirit marriage. When she revealed her identity as a paranormal detective and got caught up in a dangerous campus mystery, the oppressive power of the underworld descended without warning. The Hades King’s furious voice thundered through the air: “Did you ask me before laying a hand on my spirit-married wife?”
But before the turmoil could settle, an old engagement came to light. Her grandfather had arranged for her to marry Xie Ciyuan, a wealthy young man. The Hades King flew into a rage and forced her to tear up the betrothal letter. He even swore an oath before the ancestral tablets of the Su family: “I, Lu Zhiming, will protect Nianxing for the rest of my life, without fail!”
But the moment he finished speaking, the Hades King became so enraged that he coughed up blood and died. The soul escorts hurriedly took him back to the underworld. From then on, no one dared look down on the new student of folklore studies. Her husband was the ruler of the underworld, a man who would rage on her behalf until his very soul was damaged.
After the soul escorts took the Hades King away, she met the vampire young master Mu Si’an at a park behind the hills. He tricked her into taking a pill and tried to force her into marriage. After turning dark, Su Nianxing became Su Nian’er, a descendant of Nuwa who had lived for five hundred years. Unable to control her red serpent tail, she was driven away by the people throwing stones at her. She hid in a cave, waiting for him to return.
