Amber Soulbound

A single Amber Soul-Congealing Pearl holds the fate of three clans, bound together for thousands of years.

For generations, the Shen, Su, and Ouyang families have been plagued by a strange illness. Every man who lives past fifty is doomed to madness, with no cure in sight. The clans have suffered for generations.

Their only hope is the legendary ancient treasure, the Amber Soul-Congealing Pearl. To find this treasure, upon which the lives of all three clans depend, the protagonists venture through ancient tombs and forbidden sites, facing danger at every turn and barely escaping death time and again.

During the Republican era, the ancestors of the three clans joined forces to venture into the Ailao Mountains. They braved venomous insects and battled evil spirits, surviving countless deadly ordeals. In the end, almost the entire expedition perished, leaving behind a tragic tale and an unfinished quest for the pearl.

Decades later, Shen Lang, Su Qiao, and Ouyang Ce, descendants of the three clans, reunite and follow in their ancestors’ footsteps. Bearing their forebears’ unfinished mission and the hopes of all three clans, they reenter the forbidden site where their ancestors died to continue the search for the Amber Soul-Congealing Pearl, missing for thousands of years.

The underground caverns are riddled with deadly traps. Iron-devouring ants gnaw flesh and bone, quicksand tombs swallow the living, secret Japanese military bases conceal sinister mysteries, and an ancient, cursed land of the Baiyue people is terrifying at every turn. Through countless dangers and ordeals, the protagonists brave one ancient tomb and forbidden site after another, uncovering one buried truth after the next.

They must unravel more than the curse of the strange illness that has haunted the three clans for generations. They must also expose an earth-shattering secret buried for thousands of years, one tied to the clans’ origins and the ancient past!