Introduction to The Ashes of Divine Shadows
Mortician Lu Zhi receives a corpse: dead for three days, yet its chest is warm, and a red tattoo beneath the skin is moving.
Some people in this world take drugs to “invite the gods” and gain power. The price is possession by a deity, turning them into murderous monsters.
He was once the number-one assassin. Five years ago, he killed his best friend with his own hands. His dear friend, Lu Chenzhou, had been consumed by the drug. With his dying breath, he said, “Find my younger sister.”
His younger sister runs a shop selling paper offerings in the county town. Her name is Tang Niansheng. The paper effigies she makes can let the dead speak their final words.
Lu Zhi only wants to watch over his old friend’s sister from a distance. But when altered humans target her ability to make paper effigies, he has no choice but to act.
Every time he acts, another secret awakens: he is a rare Divine Shadow Vessel, one that appears only once in a thousand years. He needs no drugs and can form a pact with a god directly.
His pact deity is Yang Jian.
The price is that every use of his power makes him forget something. He forgets his best friend’s face, and the girl who brings him breakfast every day.
He starts keeping notes. Later, his notebook grows thicker and thicker, until he asks, “Who are you?”
She answers, “I’m your wife.”
He nods, then asks, “Then what’s my name?”
To remember her, he braves the Aotai Route alone, fighting for three days and nights through storms and thunder to pluck the legendary Forget-Worry Flower.
But the flower can only let him gaze at her once more from the abyss of forgetfulness.
Once is enough for him.
He forgets the whole world, but never forgets to wave toward her at dusk, because warmth comes from that direction.
A battle-hardened assassin’s tenderness, the warmth of an ancient god, and the choice between forgetting and protecting.
The Ashes of Divine Shadows invites you to enter the game.
Book Review of "Shadow Ember": He forgot the whole world, but he did not forget to love her The embalmer Lu Zhi received a corpse - it had been dead for three days and the chest was still warm. There are people in this world who take medicine to "invite God", but at the cost of being robbed and turned into monsters. He was once the number one killer on the killer list. Five years ago, he killed his friend with his own hands. After retiring, he just wanted to keep his old friend's sister from afar. But she was targeted, and he had to take action. His contract god is Yang Jian. The price is - every time you use your power, you will forget it. Forget the face of his best friend, forget the words he said, forget the girl who brought him breakfast every day. Then he forgot who she was. Every day I wake up and ask, "What's your name?" She replied: "I am your wife." He nodded and asked, "Then what is my name?" She smiled and burst into tears. He forgot the whole world, but remembered waving to her every evening - because there was warmth there. The gentleness of the iron-blooded killer and the warmth of the ancient gods made me cry like a dog after watching the ending.